Vintage pre-owned faux-wood grain scrapbook album containing an extensive, multi-decade collection of original newspaper clippings, full section pages, religious publications, and official political reports. PLEASE NOTE: This binder contains additional unphotographed pages, clippings, and ephemera beyond what is pictured in the listing photos. Paper exhibits expected age-appropriate toning, yellowing, light edge wear, and original fold creases consistent with vintage newsprint. Items are preserved mounted on album pages or tucked securely inside the binder. All text, photos, and headlines remain clean and completely legible. Please review photos as a representative sample of the full collection.
Up for sale is a massive, highly detailed vintage scrapbook binder housed in a decorative faux-wood grain album cover. This heavy collection is packed with original vintage newspaper front pages, complete section features, political reports, regional NC historical articles, and rare religious ephemera primarily spanning the 1960s and 1970s.
*** NOTE: The listing photos show a curated highlight sample of the album\'s contents. The binder contains MUCH MORE unphotographed material, additional newspaper clippings, regional articles, and historical features throughout! ***
COLLECTION HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:
1. 1968 ROBERT F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION & CRIME COVERAGE: - Congressman James T. Broyhill\'s \"WASHINGTON REPORT\" (June 13, 1968): Official newsletter addressing the murder of Senator Robert Kennedy, national crime, wiretapping legislation, and gun control laws. - Charlotte Observer Column (June 9, 1968): \"We Know We Are Engulfed In Hell, ... But Cannot Trace Its Roots\" (C.L. Sulzberger commentary following RFK\'s assassination).
2. RARE RELIGIOUS PUBLICATIONS & SOUTHERN BAPTIST HISTORY: - \"MIDNIGHT CRY MESSENGER\" (Vol. 8 No. 6, Nov-Dec 1964): Complete vintage religious newspaper published in Southern Pines, NC (\"The Seal of the Spirit\" / \"The Church\"). - \"Southern Baptist Institutions of Higher Learning\" Foldout Map Brochure: Large color map listing colleges, universities, and seminaries across the USA. - \"The Church And Taxation: When Churches Buy Businesses An Alarmed Uncle Sam Loses\" (The Charlotte Observer, July 9, 1967 - Full Section B front page featuring St. Patrick\'s Cathedral photo). - \"Christian Unity—Is It Possible?\" (Series on COCU / 8 Major Protestant Churches) & clipping on LSD hazards. - \"THAT ALL THE WORLD MAY KNOW\" (Full-page Mecklenburg Baptist Association Statement of Faith) & Luther Rice Site feature.
3. VIETNAM WAR & NATIONAL POLITICS (1967–1976): - \"Vietnam: Time For Straight Talk\" (July 9, 1967 - Critical editorial on Defense Secretary McNamara, Gen. Westmoreland, and troop escalation). - \"VIETNAM STRATEGY: \'Enclave\' Plan No Solution\" by Howard K. Smith. - \"VIOLENCE COMMISSION REPORT: Crime Goes With Poverty, Not Race\" featuring Dr. Milton Eisenhower (Nov 24, 1969). - \"Ford Concedes / Presidential Results\" (The Charlotte Observer, Nov 4, 1976 - Ford vs. Carter election). - \"Apollo 8: Earth\'s Shackles Broken\" (The Concord Tribune, Dec 27, 1968).
4. NORTH CAROLINA & CHARLOTTE LOCAL HISTORY (PLUS UNPHOTOGRAPHED EXTRA ARTICLES): - \"Life After Death - Image of Doomed Building May Linger On That Corner\" (Sept 26, 1981 - Demolition of Charlotte\'s historic Independence Building). - \"Tis The Season For Fort Caswell\" (Historical WWII/1943 feature on Oak Island, NC). - \"Veteran Lightship To Be Out Of Frying Pan Into Museum\" (May 14, 1972 feature on Southport, NC lightship). - PLUS additional unphotographed clippings, local news features, and vintage ephemera tucked throughout the album pages!
GREAT FOR:North Carolina local historians, political history collectors, religious scholars, archives, and historical researchers!
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