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North Carolina was affected by several hurricanes in the mid-1950s, chiefly Hurricane Hazel (1954) and Hurricanes Connie, Diane and Ione (1955). While the Outer Banks were not affected by the these hurricanes as much as southern portions of the state, a series of nor'easters in the winter and early spring of 1956 caused shoreline erosion and damage to homes and businesses.

With dunes leveled and only a thin beach remaining, the Nags Head Chamber of Commerce called a public meeting at the Arlington Hotel, April 12, 1956, at which a committee was formed and "charged with the specific responsibility of determining whether damage from recent storms had been successfully severe enough to justify requesting Governor Luther Hodges to designate this as a Major Disaster Area." The seven member committee included T. H. Briggs, George Crocker, Robert Gunn, H.C. Lawrence, Lucille Purser, Lawrence Swain and David Stick.

Stick was the author of  Graveyard of the Atlantic, Shipwrecks of the North Carolina Coast (UNC Press, 1952), and was, at that time, working on a new book,  The Outer Banks of North Carolina, 1584-1958, for which had begun to research storms and erosion in the area. Stick was made chairman of the committee that quickly issued a report urging that Governor Hodges be asked to declare the Northern Dare beaches a disaster area.

The Dare County Board of Commissioners then appointed a permanent Dare County Storm Rehabilitation Committee made up of the members of the ad hoc Chamber of Commerce committee as well as seven others.

In May, 1956, David Stick wrote and organized the booklet  Handbook for Erosion Control: What the Individual Property Owner can do to Protect his Beachfront, that was published the following month by the committee, followed by  Presenting the Need for Hurricane Protection for the Outer Banks of North Carolina.

North Carolina was affected by several hurricanes in the mid-1950s, chiefly Hurricane Hazel (1954) and Hurricanes Connie, Diane and Ione (1955). While the Outer Banks were not affected by the these hurricanes as much as southern portions of the state, a series of noreasters in the winter and early spring of 1956 caused shoreline erosion and damage to homes and businesses.

With dunes leveled and only a thin beach remaining, the Nags Head Chamber of Commerce called a public meeting at the Arlington Hotel, April 12, 1956, at which a committee was formed and "charged with the specific responsibility of determining whether damage from recent storms had been successfully severe enough to justify requesting Governor Luther Hodges to designate this as a Major Disaster Area." The seven member committee included T. H. Briggs, George Crocker, Robert Gunn, H.C. Lawrence, Lucille Purser, Lawrence Swain and David Stick.

Stick was the author of  Graveyard of the Atlantic, Shipwrecks of the North Carolina Coast (UNC Press, 1952), and was, at that time, working on a new book,  The Outer Banks of North Carolina, 1584-1958, for which had begun to research storms and erosion in the area. Stick was made chairman of the committee that quickly issued a report urging that Governor Hodges be asked to declare the Northern Dare beaches a disaster area.

The Dare County Board of Commissioners then appointed a permanent Dare County Storm Rehabilitation Committee made up of the members of the ad hoc Chamber of Commerce committee as well as seven others.

In May, 1956, David Stick wrote and organized the booklet  Handbook for Erosion Control: What the Individual Property Owner can do to Protect his Beachfront, that was published the following month by the committee, followed by  Presenting the Need for Hurricane Protection for the Outer Banks of North Carolina.

[Identification of item], 33MSS-7, David Stick Hurricane Research Materials, Outer Banks History Center, Manteo, N.C., U.S.A.

Donated by David Stick

Additional information on topics found in this collection may be found in the Manuscript and Archives Reference System (MARS)  http://mars.archives.ncdcr.gov.

1. 33BOK-0-6348:  North Carolina Hurricanes: A Descriptive Listing of Tropical Cyclones Which Have Affected the State, Albert V. Hardy and Charles B. Carney, 1962. 33BOK-0-308:  Atlantic Hurricanes, Gordon E. Dunn and Banner I. Miller, 1964 33BOK-0-300:  Hurricanes, Storms, Tornadoes, James H. Winchester, 1968 33BOK-0-8797:  North Carolina's Hurricane History, Jay Barnes, 1998 33BOK-0-8939:  Florida's Hurricane History, Jay Barnes, 1998 33BOK-0-4853:  Presenting the Need for Hurricane Protection for the Outer Banks of North Carolina, Dare County Storm Rehabilitation Committee, 1957 33BOK-0-5173:  Handbook for Erosion Control: What the Individual Property Owner can do to Protect his Beachfront, David Stick, 1956 33MSS-53-3: Dare County Storm Rehabilitation Committee (1956-1957)

This collection contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, and other data on North Carolina hurricanes. It also contains storm and weather data, as well as a hurricane prepardness plan from 1961.

This collection is arranged topically.

This collection contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, and other data on North Carolina hurricanes. It also contains storm and weather data, as well as a hurricane prepardness plan from 1961.