David Stick first came to the Outer Banks with his parents in 1929. His father was the renowned outdoor illustrator Frank Stick. His mother, Maud, was often a model for Frank and other artists. David's natural curiosity about North Carolina's untamed coast led him to explore the region, its history and peoples, fostering a lifelong passion for research and writing. He is the author of several books including Graveyard of the Atlantic: Shipwrecks of the North Carolina Coast, The Outer Banks of North Carolina: 1584-1958 and Roanoke Island: the Beginnings of English America.
Throughout a long career as writer, historian, and community
activist, Stick had amassed a very large collection of primary and
secondary research materials, with emphasis on the North Carolina coast.
In July 1986, Stick donated this personal library, an extensive private
collection of North Caroliniana, to the North Carolina Department of
Cultural Resources and it became the core around which the Outer Banks
History Center was built. Throughout the years, the History Center has
continued to add print, non-print and non-textual items to its initial
collection.Cont.
http://www.obhistorycenter.ncdcr.gov/history.htm
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