North Caroliniana Society

HISTORICAL PRESERVATION, LIBRARY SERVICE, AND PERPETUATION OF STATE LITERARY AND CULTURAL HERITAGE.

15,000 GRANT: NORTH CAROLINA HISTORY DAY, AN AFFILIATE OF THE NATIONAL HISTORY DAY PROGRAM, IS A YEARLONG ACADEMIC PROGRAM THAT ENGAGES STUDENTS IN GRADES 6 THROUGH 12 WITH THE DISCOVERY OF HISTORY. STUDENTS CHOOSE HISTORICAL TOPICS RELATED TO AN ANNUAL THEME, CONDUCT EXTENSIVE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY RESEARCH, ANALYZE AND INTERPRET THEIR SOURCES, DRAW CONCLUSIONS ABOUT THEIR TOPICS' SIGNIFICANCE IN HISTORY, AND PRESENT THEIR WORK IN ONE OF FIVE CATEGORIES - HISTORICAL PAPERS, WEBSITES, EXHIBITS, PERFORMANCES, OR DOCUMENTARIES. STUDENTS FIRST COMPETE IN ONE OF THE SEVEN REGIONAL CONTESTS ACROSS THE STATE. REGIONAL FINALISTS ARE THEN INVITED TO ATTEND THE STATE CONTEST. THE TOP TWO FINALISTS IN EACH CATEGORY AND DIVISION ARE THEN SELECTED TO REPRESENT N.C. AT THE NATIONAL CONTEST. WITH GUIDANCE FROM STAFF AND JUDGES, STUDENTS CAN IMPROVE THEIR PROJECTS AT EACH STAGE OF THE COMPETITION AND CONTINUE TO RESEARCH AND LEARN. THE SOCIETY BEGAN SUPPORT OF NATIONAL HISTORY DAY IN NORTH CAROLINA IN 1998 WHEN IT BECAME THE FIRST ORGANIZATION TO SPONSOR SPECIAL PRIZES. THAT SUPPORT HAS GROWN INTO ANNUAL SPONSORSHIP OF THE PROGRAM, AND A CONTRIBUTION OF 15,000 WAS AWARDED TO THE FEDERATION OF N.C. HISTORICAL SOCIETIES AS PART OF CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO NORTH CAROLINA STUDENTS AND TEACHERS. IN ADDITION TO THIS FUNDING, THE SOCIETY PRESIDENT AND OTHER MEMBERS WORK AS JUDGES. PRESENTERS AND CONSULTANTS. 7,500 GRANT: SINCE 1924 THE NORTH CAROLINA HISTORICAL REVIEW, PUBLISHED QUARTERLY, HAS BEEN A DEFINITIVE SOURCE FOR THE STUDY AND UNDERSTANDING OF NORTH CAROLINA HISTORY. REGULAR FEATURES INCLUDE CAREFULLY RESEARCHED, HANDSOMELY ILLUSTRATED ARTICLES THAT EXPLORE NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHERN HISTORY FROM THE COLONIAL PERIOD TO THE PRESENT AND COVER A VARIETY OF SUBJECTS; REVIEWS OF BOOKS ABOUT STATE, REGIONAL, AND NATIONAL HISTORY; AN ANNUAL BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOOKS PERTAINING TO NORTH CAROLINA SUBJECTS; AN ANNUAL INDEX; AND A LISTING, PRINTED ANNUALLY, OF THESES AND DISSERTATIONS RELATED TO NORTH CAROLINA SUBJECTS. THE SOCIETY CONTINUED ITS SUPPORT OF THE NORTH CAROLINA HISTORICAL REVIEW, CONTRIBUTING 7,500 TO THE N.C. DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL & CULTURAL RESOURCES TO PUBLISH THE REVIEW. 6,481 GRANT: THE NORTH CAROLINA COLLECTION IS DEDICATED TO PRESERVING LITERARY, VISUAL, AND ARTIFACTUAL MATERIALS ILLUSTRATING FOUR CENTURIES OF THE COLONY AND STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. THE COLLECTION COMPRISES THREE DIVISIONS: THE RESEARCH LIBRARY, NORTH CAROLINA COLLECTION GALLERY, AND PHOTOGRAPHIC ARCHIVES. THE NORTH CAROLINA COLLECTION, LOCATED IN HISTORIC WILSON SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARY ON THE CAMPUS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL, TRACES ITS ORIGINS TO THE FOUNDING OF THE NORTH CAROLINA HISTORICAL SOCIETY IN 1844. THE NORTH CAROLINA COLLECTION'S RESEARCH LIBRARY HAS GROWN TO BECOME THE LARGEST COLLECTION OF PRINTED MATERIALS RELATED TO A SINGLE STATE. THE RESEARCH LIBRARY'S HOLDINGS ARE ESPECIALLY STRONG IN PRINTED MATERIALS RELATING TO THE HISTORY AND CULTURE OF NORTH CAROLINA, FROM THE EARLIEST ACCOUNTS OF EXPLORERS ALONG THE NORTH AMERICAN COAST TO PRESENT-DAY BOOKS AND JOURNALS. THERE ARE EXTENSIVE HOLDINGS OF MAPS, NEWSPAPERS, AND PHOTOGRAPHS IN THE NCC AND AN UNPARALLELED COLLECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA LITERARY WORKS. THE NORTH CAROLINA COLLECTION GALLERY IS AN EXHIBITION FACILITY AND PROGRAM WITH MORE THAN 50,000 OBJECTS IN ITS CARE. THE GALLERY, A COMPONENT OF THE NORTH CAROLINA COLLECTION, PROVIDES AN IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE OF NORTH CAROLINA'S HISTORY AND CULTURE THROUGH HISTORIC ROOMS, CHANGING EXHIBITIONS, AND PERMANENT DISPLAYS. THE SOCIETY CONTINUED ITS SUPPORT OF THE NORTH CAROLINA COLLECTION, CONTRIBUTING 6,481 TO THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES AT UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL FOR THE COST OF PROFESSIONALLY FRAMING AND MATTING HIGH QUALITY DIGITAL PRINTS OF SPECIAL HAND COLORED COLLOTYPE REPRODUCTIONS MADE IN THE 1960S OF THE ORIGINAL JOHN WHITE WATERCOLORS OF NATIVE AMERICANS ENCOUNTERED BY ENGLISH EXPLORERS AND COLONISTS IN THE ROANOKE ISLAND AREA IN THE 1580S. TWO MAPS ARE INCLUDED AMONG THE EIGHTEEN. THE FRAMED PRINTS WERE DEVELOPED INTO A TRAVELING EXHIBITION WITH THE FIRST DISPLAY IN MANTEO IN THE DARE COUNTY ART COUNCIL FACILITY DURING SPRING 2022. 20,047 + 60,075 = 80,482 GRANTS: THE NORTH CAROLINA COLLECTION IS DEDICATED TO PRESERVING LITERARY, VISUAL, AND ARTIFACTUAL MATERIALS ILLUSTRATING FOUR CENTURIES OF THE COLONY AND STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. THE COLLECTION COMPRISES THREE DIVISIONS: THE RESEARCH LIBRARY, NORTH CAROLINA COLLECTION GALLERY, AND PHOTOGRAPHIC ARCHIVES. THE NORTH CAROLINA COLLECTION, LOCATED IN HISTORIC WILSON SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARY ON THE CAMPUS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL, TRACES ITS ORIGINS TO THE FOUNDING OF THE NORTH CAROLINA HISTORICAL SOCIETY IN 1844. THE NORTH CAROLINA DIGITAL HERITAGE CENTER IS A STATEWIDE DIGITIZATION AND DIGITAL PUBLISHING PROGRAM THAT WORKS WITH CULTURAL HERITAGE INSTITUTIONS OF ALL SIZES ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA TO DIGITIZE AND PUBLISH HISTORIC MATERIALS ONLINE. IT IS HOUSED IN THE WILSON SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARY AND ADMINISTERED THROUGH THE NORTH CAROLINA COLLECTION. THE SOCIETY CONTINUED ITS SUPPORT OF THE NORTH CAROLINA COLLECTION, CONTRIBUTING 80,482 TO THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL FOR THEIR ONGOING NEWSPAPER DIGITIZATION PROJECTS. WITH THE RAGLAND FUND GRANT OF 20,407, THE NC DIGITAL HERITAGE CENTER WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE ITS PROJECT OF DIGITIZING MICROFILM OF NEWSPAPERS. THE NC DIGITAL HERITAGE CENTER STAFF SENT 92 REELS OF NEWSPAPERS REPRESENTING 15 TITLES AND A LITTLE OVER 80,000 PAGES. TITLES INCLUDED THE WASHINGTON NEWS, THE RALEIGH CAROLINIAN, THE SHELBY STAR, AND THE IREDELL CITIZEN. WITH THE GRANT OF 60,075, THE NC DIGITAL HERITAGE CENTER HIRED A STAFF MEMBER TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR WORKING WITH THE LIBRARY'S DIGITAL PRODUCTION CENTER AND THE LIBRARY INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENTS TO SCHEDULE AND UPLOAD THE DIGITAL FILES FOR 1,392,088 PAGES OF PRE-1923 NORTH CAROLINA NEWSPAPERS AND MAKE THEM AVAILABLE FOR FREE AND UNLIMITED PUBLIC ACCESS. 15,000 GRANT: THE NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY CREATED THE AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE COMMISSION (AAHC) IN 2008 TO "ASSIST THE SECRETARY OF CULTURAL RESOURCES IN THE PRESERVATION, INTERPRETATION, AND PROMOTION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY, ARTS, AND CULTURE." WITH THIS LEGISLATION THE AAHC HAS IDENTIFIED AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE PRACTITIONERS, SUCH AS CURATORS, DOCENTS, AND MUSEUM DIRECTORS, AS PRIORITY SERVICE POPULATIONS. THE AAHC WAS RECOGNIZED AS A DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES IN 2017, AFTER BEING HOUSED IN THE OFFICE OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY AND THE NORTH CAROLINA ARTS COUNCIL. THE COMMISSION WORKS ACROSS THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES TO ACHIEVE THE MISSION OF PRESERVING, PROTECTING, AND PROMOTING NORTH CAROLINA'S AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY, ART, AND CULTURE, FOR ALL PEOPLE. NORTH CAROLINA HAS A LONG LEGACY OF PUBLIC HISTORY. OUR STATE'S HISTORICAL PROGRAM, FOUNDED IN 1903, HAS EVOLVED INTO WHAT IS NOW OUR OFFICE OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY (OAH). THE AGENCIES OF THE NORTH CAROLINA OFFICE OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY CELEBRATE HISTORY FROM PRE-COLONIAL TIMES TO THE PRESENT. THEY COLLECTIVELY SAFEGUARD DOCUMENTARY AND MATERIAL EVIDENCE OF EARLIER GENERATIONS AND PROVIDE LEADERSHIP AND ASSISTANCE TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, INDIVIDUALS, BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS TO FURTHER THE STEWARDSHIP OF THE STATE'S HISTORIC RESOURCES. BOTH ENTITIES EXECUTE THEIR MISSION IN PART BY PRODUCING RESOURCES CENTERED ON NORTH CAROLINA HISTORY, INCLUDING PUBLICATIONS. TO THIS END, THE NCAAHC AND THE NCOAH, THROUGH ITS HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS OFFICE, ENTERED AN AGREEMENT IN 2020 TO PRODUCE AN INCREASED NUMBER OF TITLES CENTERED ON THE AFRICAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE IN NORTH CAROLINA. THE SOCIETY CONTRIBUTED 15,000 TO THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO FURTHER THIS WORK, AND TO FUND A BOOK PROJECT TO PUBLISH A CONTEMPORARY VERSION OF THE POPULAR PUBLICATION A HISTORY OF AFRICAN AMERICANS IN NORTH CAROLINA. IN NOVEMBER, 2021, VIA EMAIL VOTE, THE SOCIETY BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVED THIS GRANT. THE VOLUME, ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN 1992, IS THE ONLY COMPREHENSIVE SURVEY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY IN NORTH CAROLINA. THE MOST RECENT SECOND REVISED EDITION WAS PUBLISHED IN 2011. SINCE THIS TIME, THE FIELD OF HISTORY HAS SEEN A FLOURISHING OF NEW AVENUES OF INQUIRY, PARTICULARLY AROUND RECONSTRUCTION, JIM CROW, WHITE SUPREMACY, AND AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. A NEW PUBLICATION OFFERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE THESE RECENT HISTORIOGRAPHIC DEVELOPMENTS MORE FULLY IN EXISTING CHAPTERS OF THE TEXT, THE OPPORTUNITY TO DOCUMENT THE MANY HISTORICAL CHANGES FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE LAST DECADE IN NEW CHAPTERS, AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHIFT LANGUAGE IN THE TEXT TO MEET CONTEMPORARY BEST PRACTICES. AN ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITY EXISTS TO CRAFT A WORK THAT ALIGNS WITH THE K-12

ARCHIE K. DAVIS FELLOWSHIPS ASSISTED SCHOLARS WITH TRAVEL TO NORTH CAROLINA'S HISTORICAL RESOURCES, THUS PROMOTING RESEARCH AND STUDY IN THE HISTORY AND CULTURE OF NORTH CAROLINA. SCHOLARS SEEK ACCESS TO MANUSCRIPTS AND OTHER ORIGINAL SOURCE MATERIALS AVAILABLE IN LIBRARIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL, DUKE UNIVERSITY, AND NC STATE UNIVERSITY, AND MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS OF THE NC DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES, DIVISION OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY. FOR YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2022, THE NORTH CAROLINIANA SOCIETY AWARDED SIX (6) ARCHIE K. DAVIS FELLOWSHIPS.

IN 2016, COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING OUR STATE'S K-12 TEACHERS, THE SOCIETY AND CAROLINA K-12, A PROGRAM OF CAROLINA PUBLIC HUMANITIES AT UNC-CH, DEVELOPED THE WILLIAM FRIDAY TEACHER EDUCATION INITIATIVE, WITH THE GOAL OF EQUALLY EDUCATING AND APPRECIATING OUR STATE'S HARD-WORKING EDUCATORS THROUGH FREE, QUALITY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EVENTS AND RESOURCES. ASPECTS OF THIS IMPACT INITIATIVE INCLUDE: THE WILLIAM FRIDAY VIRTUAL EDUCATION SERIES: UNDERSTANDING THAT EDUCATORS STILL NEED ACCESS TO QUALITY CONTINUING EDUCATION IN NORTH CAROLINA HISTORY, EVEN DURING THE TIME OF COVID-19, THE NORTH CAROLINIANA SOCIETY AND CAROLINA K-12 LAUNCHED A VIRTUAL EDUCATION SERIES IN THE FALL OF 2020. THESE ONE-TWO HOUR ONLINE EVENTS ELEVATE ASPECTS OF NORTH CAROLINA'S HISTORY, PEOPLE, EVENTS, CULTURE, AND MORE, WHILE FEATURING PROMINENT SCHOLARS, ARTISTS, AUTHORS, EDUCATORS, AND OTHER PROFESSIONALS. ANNUAL WILLIAM FRIDAY TEACHER RETREATS: THESE UNIQUE RETREATS PROVIDE K-12 TEACHERS WITH THREE DYNAMIC DAYS TO LEARN ABOUT NORTH CAROLINA'S CAPTIVATING HISTORY, LITERATURE, AND CULTURE IN AN ACADEMIC, PROFESSIONAL AND CELEBRATORY RETREAT ATMOSPHERE. EACH AGENDA STRATEGICALLY INTEGRATES: PRESENTATIONS ON COMPELLING TOPICS FROM NORTH CAROLINA HISTORY, LITERATURE, CULTURE, CURRENT EVENTS, AND MORE, FROM ENGAGING SCHOLARS, AUTHORS & PERFORMERS IN ORDER TO DEEPEN PARTICIPANT'S CONTENT KNOWLEDGE INTERACTIVE EXPLORATION OF INNOVATIVE TEACHING STRATEGIES AND COORDINATING LESSON PLANS TO HELP TEACHERS TRANSLATE WHAT THEY LEARN TO THEIR K-12 STUDENTS IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCES (TOURS, MUSEUM VISITS, PERFORMANCES, ETC.) THAT CONNECT TO PROGRAM THEMES EXPLORATION OF PRIMARY SOURCES AND ONLINE RESOURCES FROM UNC-CHAPEL HILL LIBRARIES, SUCH AS WILSON LIBRARY'S NORTH CAROLINA COLLECTION TIME FOR DISCUSSION AND COLLABORATION AMONG ATTENDING TEACHERS, A RARITY IN THE HECTIC SCHEDULES OF EDUCATORS, BUT CRUCIAL FOR FORGING A NETWORK OF TEACHER SUPPORT AROUND THE STATE CONSTANT AFFIRMATION AND APPRECIATION OF ATTENDING TEACHERS AND THE CHALLENGES THEY FACE THE SOCIETY CONTINUED ITS SUPPORT OF THE WILLIAM FRIDAY TEACHER EDUCATION INITIATIVE, CONTRIBUTING 35,000 TO CAROLINA PUBLIC HUMANITIES AS PART OF THEIR CONTINUOUS COMMITMENT TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO NORTH CAROLINA STUDENTS AND TEACHERS. WITH THIS YEAR'S SUPPORT, AND FUNDS FROM PREVIOUS YEARS (DUE TO RESCHEDULING FROM PANDEMIC RESTRICTIONS), THE SOCIETY PARTNERED WITH CAROLINA K12 TO SPONSOR FIVE EVENTS. TOPICS FOR THE WORKSHOPS INCLUDED A VARIETY OF NORTH CAROLINA SUBJECTS. A HYBRID EVENT IN NOVEMBER 2021 INVOLVED AWARD-WINNING HISTORIANS, A PULITZER PRIZE WINNING AUTHOR, WILMINGTON LOCALS, AND OTHER EXPERTS TEACHING ABOUT THE WILMINGTON COUP D'E?TAT OF 1898. IN FEBRUARY 2022 TEACHERS LEARNED ABOUT ACTIVIST AND MUSICIAN NINA SIMONE. IN MAY A VIRTUAL WORKSHOP FOCUSED ON SARAH KEYES EVANS WHO REFUSED TO GIVE UP HER SEAT ON A BUS IN ROANOKE RAPIDS THREE YEARS BEFORE ROSA PARKS MADE A SIMILAR STAND. THE WILLIAM FRIDAY TEACHER RETREAT OFFERED IN JULY 2021 AND AGAIN IN JUNE 2022 INCLUDED TOPICS RANGING FROM HOW TO RECONNECT IN THE CLASSROOM FOLLOWING THE CHALLENGES OF THE COVID ERA TO SESSIONS ON AFRICAN AMERICAN, INDIGENOUS, TEXTILE, LITERARY, AND REVOLUTIONARY WAR HISTORY AMONG OTHERS. APPRECIATION DINNERS WERE HELD FOR THE TEACHERS AT BOTH EVENTS. TO DATE, 303 PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS FROM 78 NC COUNTIES HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE WILLIAM FRIDAY TEACHER RETREATS. THESE TEACHERS WILL REACH A MINIMUM OF 42,420 K-12 STUDENTS EACH SCHOOL YEAR.

NORTH CAROLINIANA SOCIETY PUBLISHED AN IMPRINT AND AN ANNUAL REPORT; PRESENTED THE ANNUAL NORTH CAROLINIANA SOCIETY AWARD, NORTH CAROLINIANA SOCIETY BOOK AWARD AND WILLIAM STEVENS POWELL AWARD.