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. 20,000 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 20,000 TO THE N.C. DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL & CULTURAL RESOURCES TO PUBLISH THE REVIEW. 18,652 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 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 PORTRAIT OF SIR WALTER RALEIGH, CREATED CA. 1593, IN THE NC COLLECTION GALLERY'S "SIR WALTER RALEIGH ROOM" IS ONE OF THE MAIN FEATURES VISITORS ARE ABLE TO OBSERVE AND EXPERIENCE IN THIS PERIOD EXHIBIT. THE GALLERY'S SIR WALTER RALEIGH ROOMS FEATURE ENGLISH FURNITURE FROM THE LATE ELIZABETHAN AND JACOBEAN PERIODS. ADJACENT TO THE RALEIGH ROOMS ARE EXHIBITS AND ARTIFACTS THAT FOCUS ON RALEIGH'S ILL-FATED EFFORTS IN THE 1580S TO ESTABLISH A PERMANENT ENGLISH COLONY AT ROANOKE. VISITORS FROM AROUND THE STATE, NATION, AND WORLD, INCLUDING NUMEROUS K12 STUDENTS, TEACHERS, AND CHAPERONES, ARE INTRODUCED TO THIS FORMATIVE PERIOD OUR STATE'S HISTORY IN THIS ROOM. THE SOCIETY CONTINUED ITS SUPPORT OF THE NORTH CAROLINA COLLECTION, CONTRIBUTING 5,000 TO THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL FOR CONSERVATION WORK, FRAMING AND GLAZING THE PORTRAIT OF SIR WALTER RALEIGH. 7,514 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. DURING THE AUTUMN OF 2022, THE NORTH CAROLINA COLLECTION GALLERY INSTALLED AN EXHIBITION TITLED, "WE BIRTHED THE MOVEMENT: THE WARREN COUNTY PCB LANDFILL PROTESTS, 1978-1982." THE EXHIBITION COMMEMORATED THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MOMENTOUS PROTESTS BY A COALITION OF CONCERNED CITIZENS, CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS, AND ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISTS WHO FOUGHT STATE PLANS TO RELOCATE 60,000 TONS OF CARCINOGEN-LACED SOIL TO THE MAJORITY BLACK COMMUNITY OF AFTON. DURING THE YEAR, THE GALLERY EXHIBITION "WE BIRTHED THE MOVEMENT- AND "FROM AFTON TO WOODLAND" HAS TRAVELED TO THE KENAN INSTITUTE FOR ETHICS AT DUKE UNIVERSITY, THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY CAMPUS AT RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, AND THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI'S CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF SOUTHERN CULTURE. THE SOCIETY CONTINUED ITS SUPPORT OF THE NORTH CAROLINA COLLECTION, CONTRIBUTING 7,514 TO THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL TO TRANSLATE THE GALLERY EXHIBITION INTO A TRAVELING EXHIBITION, USING REPRODUCTIONS OF A SELECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS AND DOCUMENTS USED IN THE ORIGINAL INSTALLATION. 19,900 GRANT: CAROLINA PUBLIC HUMANITIES (FORMERLY THE PROGRAM IN THE HUMANITIES AND HUMAN VALUES) IS A UNIT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES. CAROLINA PUBLIC HUMANITIES SERVES NORTH CAROLINA BY CONNECTING THE UNIVERSITY'S FACULTY AND RESOURCES WITH COMMUNITIES IN OUR HOMETOWN AND THROUGHOUT THE STATE. THE PORTRAITS OF CLIMATE CHANGE INITIATIVE IS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE JOURNAL SOUTHERN CULTURES, CAROLINA PUBLIC HUMANITIES, AND NC COMMUNITY COLLEGES. PARTNERING WITH THE COLLEGE OF THE ALBERMARLE AND PITT COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND CORRESPONDING FACULTY LIAISONS, CAROLINA PUBLIC HUMANITIES HELPED TO STRUCTURE AND ADVERTISE PHOTO CONTESTS THAT INVITED COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, AND THE BROADER PUBLIC TO CAPTURE IMAGES OF WHAT CLIMATE CHANGE LOOKS LIKE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. IN ADDITION, LESSON PLANS AND ACTIVITIES WERE DEVELOPED AND DISTRIBUTED. IN THE FALL OF 2023, SOUTHERN CULTURES PUBLISHED AN ISSUE FOCUSED ON PHOTOGRAPHS OF CLIMATE CHANGE FROM AROUND THE SOUTH, SNAPSHOT: CLIMATE. AS PART OF THE PROJECT, 100 COPIES OF SNAPSHOT: CLIMATE AT EACH SCHOOL FOR CLASSROOM USE. GALLERY EXHIBITS AT THE COLLEGE OF ALBEMARLE AND PITT COMMUNITY COLLEGE WERE SET UP TO SHOWCASE PHOTOGRAPHS FROM SOUTHERN CULTURE'S SNAPSHOT: CLIMATE PUBLICATION AND FROM LOCAL PHOTOGRAPHY CONTESTS. ONE OTHER GALLERY EXHIBIT IS PLANNED FOR SPRING 2025. THE SOCIETY SUPPORTED THE PORTRAITS OF CLIMATE CHANGE INITIATIVE, CONTRIBUTING 19,900 TO CAROLINA PUBLIC HUMANITIES AS PART OF THEIR CONTINUOUS COMMITMENT TO CONNECT THE SCHOLARS AND RESOURCES OF THE UNIVERSITY WITH COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE, WORKING PRIMARILY WITH COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND STATE HISTORIC SITES.

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.

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, 2024, THE NORTH CAROLINIANA SOCIETY AWARDED SEVEN (7) 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. THE GOAL OF THIS NOW WIDELY ACCLAIMED INITIATIVE IS TO EQUALLY EDUCATE AND APPRECIATE OUR STATE'S HARD-WORKING EDUCATORS THROUGH FREE, QUALITY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EVENTS, TEACHER RETREATS, AND RESOURCES. 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 40,000 TO CAROLINA PUBLIC HUMANITIES AS PART OF THEIR CONTINUOUS COMMITMENT TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO NORTH CAROLINA STUDENTS AND TEACHERS. IN JUNE 2024, CAROLINA K-12, THE NORTH CAROLINIANA SOCIETY, AND THE NC DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL & CULTURAL RESOURCES SERVED 42 TEACHERS FROM 23 COUNTIES AT THE ANNUAL WILLIAM FRIDAY TEACHER RETREAT. THIS SPECIAL GROUP OF EDUCATORS WERE TREATED TO THREE FULL DAYS OF LEARNING AND FUN "DOWN EAST," IN BEAUFORT, HARKERS ISLAND, AND CAPE LOOKOUT. IN ADDITION TO PLENTY OF PAMPERING AT THE BEAUFORT INN, PARTICIPANTS DEEPENED THEIR CONTENT AND PEDAGOGICAL KNOWLEDGE, HEARING FROM DECORATED SCHOLARS AND LOCAL EXPERTS. SOME HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE: "A POWERFUL GOSPEL PERFORMANCE BY SINGER/SCHOLAR, MARY D. WILLIAMS, "A PRIVATE TOUR OF HARKERS ISLAND AND CAPE LOOKOUT, FOLLOWED BY A "FAMILY SUPPER" WITH MARITIME HISTORIAN AND DIRECTOR OF THE CORE SOUND WATERFOWL MUSEUM & HERITAGE CENTER, KAREN AMSPACHER, ""BEHIND-THE-SCENES" VISITS TO THE NC MARITIME MUSEUM AND THE BONEHENGE WHALE CENTER, "A DOUBLE-DECKER BUS TOUR OF HISTORIC DOWNTOWN BEAUFORT, "A LAVISH TEACHER APPRECIATION DINNER WITH COMMENTS FROM NORTH CAROLINIANA SOCIETY PRESIDENT DR. JIM CLARK, NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES SECRETARY REID WILSON, AND FRIDAY RETREAT HONOREE TODD MILLER, AND "A ROUSING CLOSING SESSION FROM DR. TERRY ROBERTS THAT LEFT THE TEACHERS ENERGIZED AND READY TO START A NEW SCHOOL YEAR RIGHT THERE TO DATE, 382 PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS FROM 86 NC COUNTIES HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE ANNUAL WILLIAM FRIDAY TEACHER RETREATS. THESE TEACHERS WILL REACH A MINIMUM OF 53,480 K-12 STUDENTS EACH SCHOOL YEAR. SINCE 2022, AN ADDITIONAL 670 NORTH CAROLININIANS HAVE BEEN REACHED THROUGH OTHER EVENTS SPONSORED BY THE SOCIETY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CAROLINA K-12.