Architectural History/Surveys:

Graybeal, Kaye (surveyor). Historic Architecture Inventory: Guilford County, North Carolina, 1996. Guilford County Historic Preservation Commission, 1996.  (GPL:  Ref. 720.975662 G78)

Smith, H. McKelden. Architectural Resources: An Inventory of Historic Architecture, High Point, Jamestown, Gibsonville, Guilford County. Raleigh, N.C.: N.C. Dept. of Cultural Resources, Division of Archives 7 History, 1979.  (GPL:  720.975662 S64)

Churches & Religion (Guilford Co.):

Haworth, Cecil E. Deep River Friends: A Valiant People. Greensboro, N.C.: North Carolina Friends Historical Society, 1985.  (GPL:  289.6 H39)

Haworth, Sara A. Springfield, 1773-1940: A History of the Establishment and Growth of the Springfield Monthly Meeting of Friends.   High Point, N.C.: Barber-Hall Printing Co., 1940. (GPL:  289.6 H39)

Hinshaw, Seth. The Carolina Quaker Experience 1665-1985: an Interpretation. N.C.: N.C. Friends Historical Society, 1984.  (GPL: 286.9 H66)

Teague, Bobbie T. Cane Creek: Mother of Meetings. N.C.: North Carolina Friends Historical Society, 1995.  (GPL:  289.675658 T25)

Whitsett, William Thornton. History of Brick Church and the Clapp Family." Greensboro, N.C.: Harrison Printing Co., 1925.  (GPL:  929.2 C589w)

Education & School History (Guilford Co.):

Batchelor, John. The Guilford County Schools: A History. Winston-Salem: John F. Blair, 1991. (GPL: NC 370.975662 B32)

General (Guilford Co.):

Arnett, Ethel Stephens. The Saura and Keyauwee in the Land that Became Guilford, Randolph, and Rockingham. Greensboro: Media, 1975. (GPL: NC 970.3 C52)

Carroll, Karen Cobb. Windows to the Past; Primitive Watercolors from Guilford County, North Carolina, in the 1820’s. Greensboro: Greensboro Historical Museum, 1983. (GPL: NC 757.9 C31)

Ebert, Charles H. "Furniture Making in High Point."  N.C. Historical Review 36 (July 1959): 330-339.  (GPL: Periodicals)

Guilford County Bicentennial Commission. Guilford County, a Brief History. Greensboro: Guilford County Bicentennial Commission, 1971. (GPL: NC 975.662 G95)

Hatch, Charles E., Jr. Guilford Courthouse and Its Environs: Guilford Courthouse National Military Park. Wahington, D.C.: National Park Service, 1970.  (GPL: 975.6 H36g)

Hatch, Charles E., Jr. The Battle of Guilford Courthouse . Wahington, D.C.: National Park Service, 1971.  (GPL: 975.6 H36b)

Hughes, Fred. Guilford County: a Map Supplement. Jamestown: The Custom House, 1988. (GPL: NC 975.662 H89)

Pegg, William Wesley, Sr. Something of the Story of Deep River. Greensboro, N.C.: Pegg, 1980.  (GPL:   975.662 P37)

Publications of the Guilford County Literary and Historical Association. Vol. I. Greensboro: Published for the Association by Jos. J. Stone, 1908. (GPL: NC 975.662 G856p)

Robinson, Blackwell P. and Alexander R. Stoesen. The History of Guilford County, North Carolina, U.S.A. to 1980, A.D. Edited by Sydney M. Cone, Jr. 1981? (GPL: NC 975.662 R65)

Sharpe, Stella Gentry. Tobe. Chapel Hill: UNC Press, 1939  (GPL: NC 776.9 S53). Photos by Charles Farrell, Greensboro.  Images and story of rural African-American life, in Goshen, ten miles from Greensboro.

Sieber, H. A. Holy Ground: Significant Events in the Civil Rights-Related History of the African-American Communities of Guilford County, North Carolina, 1771-1995. Greensboro: Project Homestead, 1995. (GPL: NC 975.662 S57)

Sloan, John Alexander. Reminiscences of the Guilford Grays, Co. B, 27^th N.C. Regiment. Washington, D.C.: R. C. Polkinhorn, 1883.  (GPL:  929.3 NC AAA.46 S63)

Stockard, Sallie W. The History of Guilford County, North Carolina. Knoxville: Gant-Ogden, 1902. (GPL: NC 975.662 S86)

Stoesen, Alexander R. Guilford County: A Brief History. Raleigh: N.C. Division of Archives and History, 1993. (GPL: NC 975.662 S87)

Weatherly, Andrew Earl. The First Hundred Years of Historic Guilford, 1771-1871. Greensboro: Greensboro Print Co., 1972. (GPL: NC 975.662 W53)

Worth, Kathryn. They Loved to Laugh. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1942. (N.C.  F Worth)   Novel, set in 1830s, about a Quaker family in Guilford County.  (GPL: Juvenile-fiction)

Zopf, Paul E. The People of Guilford: Growth and Changes in the Population of Guilford County. Greensboro, N.C.: Chamber of Commerce, 1972.  (GPL:  312 Z88)

Medicine & Medical History (Guilford Co.):

Haworth, Chester C., Mrs., Out of the Black Bag: A Medical History of High Point, North Carolina.  High Point, N.C.: Guilford County Women's Medical Auxiliary, 1974. (GPL: 610.975662 H39)

Phillips, Robert L.  The Life and Writings of John Wesley Long MD, 1859-1926: History of Medicine in the Piedmont Section of North Carolina as well as a Medical and Generalized Chronology for this Period. Greensboro, N.C.: Custom Graphics, 1985.  (GPL: 610.92 L84)

Towns (Guilford County):

Brown Summit:

Phillips, Robert L. The Village of Brown Summit, Past and Present. Greensboro: The Printworks, 1993. (GPL: NC 975.662 P56)

Gibsonville:

Walker, Mary Hannah. A History of Gibsonville up to 1900.  (4 pp.) (GPL: NC 975.662 W18)

High Point:

The Building and the Builders of a City. Compiled by the High Point Chamber of Commerce. High Point: Hall, 1947. (GPL: NC 975.66211 H63)

McPherson, Holt. High Pointers of High Point. (High Point: [Chamber of Commerce of High Point, 1976] (GPL: NC 975.662 M17)

Selby, John Gregory. "Better to Starve in the Shade than in the Factory: Labor Protest in High Point, North Carolina, in the Early 1930s."  North Carolina Historical Review 64 (Jan. 1987): 43-64. (GPL: Periodicals)

Jamestown:

Crouch, Esther Kersey. A Short History of Jamestown, North Carolina. 1965. (GPL: NC 975.662 C95)

Thomas, C. Yvonne Bell. Roads to Jamestown: A View and Review of the Old Town. Fredericksburg: BookCrafters, 1997. (GPL: NC 975.662 T45)

Summerfield:

Scarlette, Gladys. Summerfield, North Carolina: a Pictorial History. Greensboro: Younts, 1995. (GPL: NC 975.662 S28)

Women of Guilford Co.:

Jordan, Pauls Stahls. Women of Guilford County, North Carolina: a Study of Women's Contributions, 1740-1979.  Greensboro, N.C.: Women of Guilford, 1979.  (GPL: 301.412 J82)

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