About the Research Room
Visit the collection, understand what the catalog contains, and learn how archive materials may be used and cited.
Susie Carson Research Room
The Research Room is part of the Southport Historical Society and preserves photographs, manuscripts, publications, family files, reports, recorded voices, and other materials relating to Southport and Brunswick County.
223 East Bay Street
Southport, NC 28461
SCRR2015@gmail.com
Contact the Research Room before traveling to confirm current hours, access, and whether the materials you need are available onsite.
Using the catalog
- The catalog describes; Google Drive delivers. Search and browse here, then open the preserved original in Drive.
- Search follows catalog descriptions. It reaches titles, descriptions, names, places, subjects, and dates. It does not promise full-text search inside every scan.
- Cataloging is ongoing. Names, places, subject terms, dates, covers, and descriptions improve as Society volunteers review the collection.
Using archive materials
Copyright notice
Copyright 2015 — Southport Historical Society, P.O. Box 10014, Southport, NC 28461, USA. All rights reserved. Copyright in these materials is owned by the Southport Historical Society unless another rights holder is identified.
All information and media provided is for the personal use of Society members, students, educators, scholars, and the public. Any commercial use or publication is strictly prohibited without permission.
Copyright to individual materials may be owned by the Society, a private individual, or an organization. To protect those rights, the Society has established the following policies and procedures.
Personal use
Permission is granted to view, use, and copy documents for personal use provided:
- The document is used for informational purposes only.
- The document is used for non-commercial purposes only.
- Credit is given to the Southport Historical Society’s Susie Carson Research Room and to the holder of the original copyright.
Permission to publish
The requester is responsible for securing any necessary permission from the creator or rights holder of copyrighted materials, including newspaper clippings, excerpts from magazines and books, unpublished manuscripts, photographs, and similar works.
Consistent with these conditions for permission to publish, the requester agrees to indemnify and save and hold harmless the Executive Board of the Southport Historical Society and its officers, employees, and volunteers from any and all claims arising under the permission agreement, including any action involving infringement of the rights of any person, heir, or descendant under statutory copyright.
How to request permission
Permission to publish must be obtained in writing from the Director of the Susie Carson Research Room. The Society asks in exchange that it receive a copy of the finished work.
In granting permission, the Southport Historical Society does not surrender its own right to publish the material or grant permission to others, nor does the Society assume responsibility for infringement of copyright, literary rights, or publication rights held by others.
Director, Susie Carson Research RoomSouthport Historical Society
P.O. Box 10014
Southport, NC 28461
Your inquiry must list the specific items for which you request authorization, identify the publication in which they will appear, and provide precise information about the materials. Quotations must appear in context in the request, or you may attach copies of the pages containing them.
How to cite materials
Publishers, professional journals, and graduate faculties may prescribe their own style. At minimum, identify:
Name of collection, Southport Historical Society / Susie Carson Research Room.