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Y ou are invited to attend the joint annual meeting of the Federation of North Carolina Historical Societies and the North Carolina Literary and Historical Association, which will take place on November 9 and 10 at the Renaissance Hotel in Asheville. The conference offers several unique fea-tures, including a tour of Asheville, a discussion of the Bill of Rights, talks by N. C. authors, and a workshop for Federation members. On Friday afternoon, enjoy a guided walking tour of downtown Asheville. Then, in the evening come to UNC-Asheville and listen as Justice Willis P. Whichard talks about the Bill of Rights, focusing on the right to a jury trial and to due process. His talk is in conjunction with the tour of the ex-hibit Liberty and Freedom: North Carolina’s Tour of the Bill of Rights. On Saturday morning take part in a Federation workshop focusing on devel-oping a living history program. Then in the afternoon enjoy talks by Kay Byer, the N. C. Poet Laureate, and by Ron Rash, who will talk about his novel The World Made Straight, which deals in part with the Shelton Laurel Massa-cre in Madison County during the Civil War. In the evening the keynote speaker, Robert Morgan, will discuss his new book on Daniel Boone. The cost for the program varies depend-ing on what you choose to do. Look for a brochure with more information in a separate mailing. You can also find more information about the Saturday morning workshop on page 21 of the Bulletin. We hope to see you in Asheville! Make Plans to Attend Annual Meeting The Federation of North Carolina Historical Societies is a non- profit organization operating under the auspices of the N. C. Office of Archives and History. Its mission is to promote the pursuit of local history in North Carolina through existing and future local and regional historical organizations, societies, and commissions; to foster coop-eration between such organi-zations, societies, and com-missions and the Office of Archives and History to the mutual benefit of all; and to promote and support history education through sponsor-ship of the National History Day program and other ap-propriate activities. The Federation Bulletin is published quarterly. Submis-sions for the Bulletin should be sent to the address at the bottom of this page and should be received by November 1, February 1, May 1, and August 1. Federation News 2 Member News 3 Grant Opportunities 6 History Help 7 Calendar of Events 11 Exhibits 18 Workshops and Conferences 21 New Publications 26 Inside this issue: Federation Bulletin Federation of North Carolina Historical Societies Volume 27, no. 3 September 2007 Federation of North Carolina Historical Societies, 4610 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699- 4610, ( 919) 807- 7280 Web page: www. ah. dcr. state. nc. us/ affiliates/ fnchs/ fnchs. htm Editor’s email: Laura. Ketcham@ ncmail. net Call for Nominations: The Newsome Award describing the organization’s accom-plishments over the past twelve to eighteen months. Nominations are due by October 1. Please send your nominations to: Laura Ketcham Federation of N. C. Historical Societies 4610 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699- 4610 Recipients will be announced on Novem-ber 10, during the annual meeting of the Federation. For more information, please call ( 919) 807- 7280. W ould you like your organization to be recognized for its recent achievements in preserving local history? Then consider nominating your group for the Albert Ray Newsome Award. Each year the Federation recognizes organizations that have made signifi-cant contributions to the preservation and promotion of local history. Recipi-ents receive a framed certificate and a $ 250 cash prize. To nominate an organization, please write a one- to five- page narrative VOLUME 27, NO. 3 Federation Bulletin PAGE 2 T he Federation of North Caro-lina Historical Societies is a coalition of societies, associations, and commissions throughout the state that are dedicated to pre-serving and promoting history in North Carolina. An advisory board made up of members of historical organizations oversees the work of the Federation. The Federation sponsors work-shops and meetings; offers loans to members for the creation of historical publications, historical/ educational videos or cds, and special events; offers technical assistance to members who contact the Federation with questions; and more. For more information, visit the Federation’s web page at www. ah. dcr. state. nc. us/ affiliates/ fnchs/ fnchs. htm. Patricia Suggs Beaufort Historical Association Griselle Woodward Friends of Haywood Hall Barbara Rowe Cape Fear Museum Barbara Snowden Currituck County Historical Society Leigh Strickland Gov. Charles B. Aycock Birthplace Advisory Committee Through 2007 Merrikay Brown Lewisville Historical Society Jason Harpe Lincoln County Historical Association Through 2008 Kevin Cherry Friends of the Archives Jane Pyle Chatham County Historical Association Through 2009 Nyoni Collins Sankofa Center Charles Ingram Duplin County Historical Society Members of the Federation Advisory Board FEDERATION NEWS About the Federation T wo North Carolinians as well as the North Carolina Office of Archives and History will be presented with an Award of Merit at the annual conference for the American Association for State and Local History. This conference will be held in early September in Atlanta. William Powell won an award for The Encyclopedia of North Carolina, which he edited. More than 500 con-tributors submitted articles for this comprehensive encyclopedia, covering the events, institutions, and cultural forces that have defined the state. This highly praised publication includes more than 1,300 pages, 22 maps, and 373 illustrations. LaRae Umfleet and the North Carolina Office of Ar-chives and History won an Award of Merit for a report on the 1898 race riot in Wilmington. The report was a culmination of years of research by Ms. Umfleet, an employee of the Office of Archives and History who worked with the 1898 Wilmington Race Riot Commis-sion. This commission was established by the state legislature to develop a historical record of the race riot and to assess the economic impact of the riot on African Americans locally and across the region and state. Ms. Umfleet and the Office of Archives and History also won a “ WOW” Award, which recognizes projects of exceptional creativity, scholarship, and inclusive-ness; only four of these awards were given in the nation. It’s not too early to think about nominations to recog-nize work accomplished in 2007. Think about an organi-zation or person you would like to nominate for an Award of Merit, which is given to recognize excellence for projects ( including special projects, educational programs, exhibits, publications, restoration projects, etc.), individual achievement, and organizational general excellence. Nominations will be due in March. Look for more information in the December issue of the Bulletin. North Carolinians Receive Honors from AASLH Federation Bulletin I f you or a family member served or traveled on a hospital train during World War II or the Korean War, the N. C. Transporta-tion Museum would like to talk with you. The museum is plan-ning an exhibit later this year featuring a U. S. Army railway hospital car. The museum’s 1945 car was used during World War II and Korea. During these wars, injured sol-diers were shipped from overseas battlefields to American ports, where railway hospital units carried them to Veterans Affairs or civilian hospitals for further treatment. The museum is seeking personal stories to help it plan an interac-tive exhibit that will be added to the railway hospital car. If you have stories to share, please con-tact Larry Neal, director of visitor services, at ( 704) 636- 2889, ext. 227, or by email at larry. neal @ ncmail. net. VOLUME 27, NO. 3 PAGE 3 FEDERATION AND MEMBER NEWS A s textile mills close across the state and memo-ries of growing up in mill villages start to fade, North Carolina risks losing its rich textile heritage. To help preserve this history, the Textile Heritage Center in Cooleemee is calling on public officials and citizens to commemorate the first annual Textile Heritage Week during the first week of October. The Textile Heritage Center is offering a free kit to help people plan events for the week. The kit contains a petition calling on public officials to proclaim Textile Heritage Week in their communities; a model procla-mation; a model press release; a Power Point presen-tation; and more. Examples of ways to celebrate the week include giving talks at local schools, cleaning up an old mill graveyard, getting in touch with friends and classmates, and more. The Center is also offering a lapel pin with the Heri-tage Week logo for $ 5 plus $ 2 shipping and handling. Bulk orders of the pin are available to groups and businesses upon request. In addition, the fourth issue of The Bobbin and Shuttle maga-zine will be available by Labor Day for $ 3, plus $ 2 shipping and handling. Shelby became the first town to proclaim Textile Heritage Week, noting in its proclamation a de-sire “ to honor the ingenuity and labors of thousands of men, women, and children who opened the cotton bales, carded the fiber, spun the yarn, wove the cloth, shipped it to the far corners of the world, and maintained the mill village communities while at the same time weaving a distinct cultural fabric which has embossed its influence in all aspects of our social life.” For more information about Textile Heritage Week, email Initiative@ TextileHeritage. org, call ( 336) 284- 6040, or visit www. TextileHeritage. org. Send orders to THC, PO Box 667, Cooleemee, NC 27014. A Call to Celebrate Textile Heritage Week Chatham County Historical Association Pledges $ 25,000 to Library T he Chatham County Historical Association ( CCHA) recently announced that it is pledging $ 25,000 to the Chatham Community Library for the construction and furnishing of an area in the new library devoted to the local history, heritage, and genealogy of the county. The history area is planned as a part of the new Chatham Community Library to house those books and items of historic significance kept at the library for the use of its patrons. These items include county and family histories, genealogical records, gravesite registrations, publications on local history, and clipping files. Many of these items are irreplaceable, and will receive special handling and attention in this new library. The new library will be located on the campus of Central Carolina Community College, and jointly operated with the college. N. C. Transportation Museum Seeks Stories of Hospital Trains By Susan Alston, Administrator, The Murfreesboro Historical Association Cashiers Historical Society Studies Heritage Apples from the area’s early Indian cul-ture, agricultural life, and ship-ping industry. One room of the museum features the Gatling fam-ily and the famous Gatling gun, invented by Richard J. Gatling. Visitors can also tour the Agricul-ture and Transportation Museum, which houses a replica of a fasci-nating invention made by Richard Gatling’s brother, James. James Gatling invented and, according to witnesses, flew an airplane on his farm in Hertford County in 1873, well before the Wright brothers’ flight in 1903. MHA volunteers and volunteers from the Historic Murfreesboro Commission built a replica of this unusual machine, which was powered by hand-cranked fan blowers. The museum also houses many old vehicles, such as early carriages, as well as antique peanut pickers, an early cotton gin, and other farm implements. The Historic District also contains a Tinsmith Shop, Blacksmith Shop, Country Store and Law Of-fice, the Wheeler House, and the Hertford Academy, an early school for girls that later became what is now Chowan University. Associa-tion volunteers offer tours of the district every Saturday. The Association also runs the Brady C. Jefcoat Museum of Americana. Located in the 1920s Murfreesboro High School, it features eastern North Carolina’s premier collection of Americana, including the largest collection of washing machine equipment, a wonderful collection of music boxes, and much more. In addition, the Association offers several popular programs, includ-ing a Christmas Candlelight Tour of 12 historic buildings and a monthly Collector’s Forum, focus-ing on an area collector who talks about his or her collection. A vital part of the Murfreesboro community, MHA relies on its volunteers to make preservation a success story. The citizens truly exemplify the town’s newly adopted motto, “ A reverence for the past, a passion for the future.” T he Murfreesboro Historical Association ( MHA) was founded in 1965 to help preserve and promote the rich history of Murfreesboro, a restored riverport town on the banks of the Meherrin River in northeastern North Caro-lina. Incorporated in 1787, Murfrees-boro grew by developing trade and establishing a “ King’s Landing,” where a customs- style accounting of goods was undertaken. Because Murfreesboro was spared during the Civil War, many of its beautiful homes and buildings still exist. The Murfreesboro Historical Association has adaptively restored many of these buildings into a small historic village, known as the Historic District. The Association and its volunteers stay busy, working year- round to promote and maintain the buildings, historic homes, and collections located in this district; managing a museum of Americana; and offering popular programs. Visitors to the district can tour the Rea Museum, located in the oldest commercial brick building still standing in North Carolina. The museum contains displays VOLUME 27, NO. 3 PAGE 4 MEMBER NEWS Federation Bulletin T he Cashiers Historical Society and the Cashiers Community Council joined forces recently to sponsor a first- annual Heritage Apple Day. Speakers at the March 31 event focused on heritage apples such as the Junaluska Valley and Limber Twigs, and participants learned about grafting techniques. Some brought their own cuttings to graft while others used cuttings provided by one of the speakers. It is hoped participants will plant and nurture these grafted plants and that someday local residents will once again be able to enjoy these now rare heritage apples. The program was planned by local horticulturalist John McCarley and CHS board members Gillis MacKinnon and Ann Austin. The trio has been research-ing the apple trees at the Zachary- Tolbert House, and hopes to revitalize the orchard there as part of the master landscaping plan for the site. Focus on a Federation Member: The Murfreesboro Historical Association The Associa-tion’s logo reflects Murfreesboro’s maritime history. Send Us Your News! VOLUME 27, NO. 3 Federation Bulletin PAGE 5 MEMBER NEWS B e sure to send in news about your organization so we can feature you in the Bulletin! Add us to your newsletter mailing list, or simply email us press releases and other information. Tell us about your new exhibits, unique artifacts, upcoming programs, your accomplishments, your plans— anything you would like other Federation members to know about! We try to include information about as many Federa-tion members as possible, by using the newsletters that are sent to us and by conducting searches of mem-ber web pages. You are much more likely to be men-tioned if you send your news directly to us! Please also consider writing about your organization for the Focus on a Federation Member series, or writ-ing about a project or idea that others can imitate for the Sharing Ideas series. Send your newsletters to Laura Ketcham, FNCHS, 4610 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699- 4610, or send emails to Laura. Ketcham@ ncmail. net. THE ALLIANCE FOR HISTORIC HILLSBOROUGH recently received a grant from the F. M. Kirby Foundation to develop and install new exhibit panels in the Orange County Visitors Center/ Alexander Dickson House. These panels describe the history and architecture of the Dickson House; a significant Civil War event associated with the house and farm office; and the role of historic preservation in Hills-borough. The grant also helped the Alliance purchase furnishings for the visitors center and fund an improved artifact and furnishing exhibit in the Dickson Farm Office. THE CALDWELL HERITAGE MUSEUM announced that it has been accepted into the Museum Assessment Program, offered by the American Association of Museums and the Institute of Museum and Library Services. THE JOHNSTON COUNTY HERI-TAGE CENTER in Smithfield reports that information about Johnston County residents recorded for the 1920 U. S. Census is now available for online research via the Heri-tage Center’s Web site. It took staff members Joyce Mitchell and John McPhail two years to tran-scribe the information into a searchable database. As a result, the center now has online data-bases for census records from 1860 to 1880 and from 1900 to 1920 ( national records from the 1890 Census were destroyed by fire). Staff are currently working on transcribing the 1930 Census. THE LINCOLN COUNTY HISTORI-CAL ASSOCIATION announced it has been awarded a $ 10,000 grant by the Marion Stedman Covington Foundation of Greensboro. The grant will support a Conditions Assessment and Feasibility Study of the Eureka Manufacturing Company Cotton Mill in Lincoln-ton by Don Yelverton Architects of Charlotte. Upon completion of the study, the Association will begin a capital campaign to restore the mill as the new Lincoln County Museum of History. In addition to this grant, the Association has re-ceived grants and funding assis-tance from BFI/ Allied Waste, the National Trust for Historic Pres-ervation, and Walter Clark. The Association also announced the launching of its new website, www. LincolnCountyHistory. com. On May 4, members and friends gathered to celebrate the MUSEUM OF THE ALBEMARLE’s 40th birth-day. During the evening the Friends of the Museum of the Albemarle presented $ 1.5 million from a recent capital campaign for the design and construction of the exhibit “ Our Story,” which will be completed in 2008. PRESERVATION NORTH CARO-LINA ( PNC) announced that the Edenton Cotton Mill Village, which PNC preserved, has been named one of the 10 best cottage communities in the nation by Cottage Living magazine. In late 1995, shortly after closing the mill, Unifi Incorporated donated the 44- acre complex to Preserva-tion North Carolina. Using low prices and state tax credits for historic rehabilitation, PNC has sold all but 3 of the original 57 worker cottages. In addition, six new cottages are being built, and the 1898 cotton mill is being con-verted to house condominiums. Member News Briefs Federation Bulletin This is a selection of some of the grants available from private foundations. We welcome your suggestions as well. Please send us information about other grants you have found useful. THE BLUMENTHAL FOUNDATION The Blumenthal Foundation, based in Charlotte, focuses the majority of its grants on programs and projects that have an impact on Charlotte and the state of North Carolina. According to its web site, the Foundation “ provides grants for seed money, annual operating budgets, capital campaigns, conferences and seminars, special projects and endowments.” One of its nine areas of focus is Arts, Science, and Culture. Examples of grants in past include a grant to the Levine Museum of the New South, a Federation member, for educational programming; support of the 2002 Ocra-folk Art and Music Festival; and more. One aspect of this foundation that makes it stand out from many others is its belief in the importance of providing help for operating expenses. There are no grant deadlines; applications are reviewed at quarterly board meet-ings. For more information, visit wwwblumenthal foundation. org. HERITAGE PRESERVATION Conservation Assessment Program Deadline: October 15, 2007 Heritage Preservation is working with the Institute INSTITUTE FOR MUSEUMS AND LIBRARY SERVICES Conservation Project Support Deadline: October 1, 2007 This IMLS program awards grants to help museums identify collections needs and priorities and to perform activities to safeguard their collec-tions. Grants are available for many types of collections activities, such as surveys, training, research, treatment, and environmental improvements. For more informa-tion, visit www. imls. gov/ applicants/ grants/ conservProject. shtm. Grants from Public Organizations Museums for America Deadline: November 15, 2007 Museums for America grants support projects and ongoing activities that build museums’ capacity to serve their communities. As the IMLS web page notes, “ Museums for America grants are designed to be flexible: funds can be used for a wide variety of projects, including: ongoing museum work, research and other behind- the- scenes activi-ties, planning, new programs, purchase of equipment or services, and activities that will support the efforts of museums to upgrade and integrate new technologies.” Federation member Historic Hope Plantation received a grant in 2006 to develop a new exhibit exploring the lives of the enslaved African Americans who lived on the plan-tation and the lives of the Tuscarora Indians who lived on nearby lands until the early 1800s. For more information, visit www. imls. gov/ applicants/ grants/ forAmerica. shtm. VOLUME 27, NO. 3 PAGE 6 GRANT OPPORTUNITIES Grants from Private Organizations for Museum and Library Services to provide the Con-servation Assessment Program ( CAP) to help muse-ums care for their collections. As the website states, “ CAP provides a general conservation assessment of your museum's collection, environmental conditions, and site. Conservation priorities are identified by pro-fessional conservators who spend two days on- site and three days writing a report. The report can help your museum develop strategies for improved collec-tions care and provide a tool for long- range planning and fund- raising.” Most museums are assigned a con-servator to assess the museum’s collections, while museums with a historic structure may also get an architectural assessor. Though the program allocates money to help cover the costs of the assessors, muse-ums need to be prepared to pay any costs that go above the allocation. ( Heritage Preservation estimates these costs could be between $ 400 and $ 900, depending on how many assessors are assigned, their fees, the cost of lodging, mileage traveled, etc.). You must join Heri-tage Preservation’s mailing list to receive an applica-tion, which will be mailed in October; to be added to the mailing list, contact the CAP staff at cap@ heritage perservation. org or call ( 202) 233- 0800. For more infor-mation, visit www. heritagepreservation. org/ CAP/ index. html. Many museums who take part in this program later apply for an IMLS Conservation Project Support grant to implement recommended changes ( see a description of this grant above). HISTORY HELP N C LIVE ( North Carolina Libraries for Virtual Educa-tion) provides N. C. residents and students with access to high qual-ity information online— searchable collections of magazine, newspaper, and journal articles ( many with full text holdings); electronic books and audiobooks; primary sources; maps; and much more— covering a wide range of topics. NC LIVE offers many excellent resources for history professionals and lay-people. And, best of all, it’s free to N. C. residents; all you need is a library card. NC LIVE is funded through an appropriation from the N. C. General Assembly and by members of the N. C. Independent Colleges and Universities. How Does NC LIVE Work? Visit your library’s web site or contact the staff to get its NC LIVE password. Then go to www. nclive. org and log in. You can then search multiple databases simul-taneously using the EZ Search on the home page or the Advanced Search, which is also available from the home page. If you want to narrow your search to specific databases, the History & Geneal-ogy link on the left column under ‘ Browse by Subject’ is a great place to start. How Does It Help Historians? NC LIVE offers access to valuable historical databases, such as: • American Slavery: A Composite Autobiogra-phy, a collection of the life histories of former slaves in the United States com-piled through nearly 4,000 interviews with ex- slaves. Useful Resources: NC LIVE for Historians VOLUME 27, NO. 3 Federation Bulletin PAGE 7 By Beth Crist, E- Learning Consultant, State Library of North Carolina “ NC LIVE ( North Carolina Libraries for Virtual Education) provides N. C. residents and students with access to high quality information online— searchable collections of magazine, newspaper, and journal articles ( many with full text holdings); electronic books and audiobooks; primary sources; maps; and much more….” • Annals of American History, over 1,500 pri-mary documents impor-tant in American history; it also includes photo-graphs and multimedia as well as introductory infor-mation to provide context. • Daily Life through His-tory, a set of detailed por-trayals of what life was like for ordinary people in 26 cultures throughout history. • HeritageQuest, a collec-tion of research materials for tracing family history and American culture; it includes original page images, more than 25,000 books, the entire U. S. Fed-eral Census, and more. • Historic Events of the 20th Century, five source-books on important time periods in U. S. and world history; teacher lesson plans are included. • North American Women’s Letters and Diaries, a set of over 150,000 pages of letters and diaries depicting the personal experiences of over 1,000 women from the Colonial times to 1950. • North Carolina Sanborn Maps, a group of more than 11,000 large- scale digital maps of 158 North Carolina towns and cities from 1867 to 1970. Other great resources include several Encyclopedia Britannica products and general academic databases including EBSCOhost’s Academic Search Elite and Mas-terFile Premier. These last two resources include indexes for and many full text articles from hun-dreds of history journals, includ-ing Military History, Oral History Review, Teaching History, and American 19th Century History. What If I Have Questions? Check the Help tab from any NC LIVE page for FAQs and support materials. Staff at your local library can give you assistance, too, or you can go to NCknows at www. ncknows. org to contact a helpful librarian online, around the clock. Editor’s Note: This article is part of the Useful Resources series, which explores helpful resources on the Web. HISTORY HELP The Web is a wonderful resource for historical organizations, offering a wide range of museum- or history- related sites to visit. In this section, we’ll review sites that might interest you. We welcome suggestions as well; please let us know of any sites you think might interest other Federation members. “ Documenting the American South” http:// docsouth. unc. edu The University Library at UNC-CH sponsors this fascinating web page, “ Documenting the American South,” which offers access to a wide range of primary sources about the South. To quote the web page, “ Documenting the American South... provides Internet access to texts, images, and audio files re-lated to southern history, litera-ture, and culture. Currently Doc- South includes ten thematic col-lections of books, diaries, posters, artifacts, letters, oral history in-terviews, and songs.” One example of its collections is “ The North Carolina Experience,” which offers online text for twenty oral history interviews, 30,000 pages of text from fiction and non-fiction, and more than 3,000 im-ages, all focusing on the state’s social and cultural history. Other online collections include “ North Carolinians and the Great War: The Impact of World War I on the Tar Heel State,” “ Oral His-tories of the American South,” “ True and Candid Compositions: Antebellum Writings” ( featuring writings of UNC- CH students), “ Library of Southern Literature,” “ North American Slave Narra-tives,” “ The Southern Homefront, 1861- 1865,” “ The Church in the Southern Black Community,” and “ The First Century of the First State University.” Information on Starting a Nonprofit www. ncnonprofits. org/ faq/ HowToStartA501( c)( 3) Nonprofit. pdf The North Carolina Center for Nonprofits offers this useful 22- page information packet about starting a 501( c)( 3). Included in the packet are steps in establish-ing a nonprofit, descriptions of the duties of board members, a list of helpful resources, and sample by-laws. Software for Nonprofits www. techsoup. org/ stock Do you need to buy software for your computer but believe you can’t afford it? Then plan to visit the web page for TechSoup, a non-profit that sells software to 501( c) 3 nonprofits at low prices. TechSoup is able to sell software so cheaply because the software has been donated by companies such as Microsoft, Adobe, and more; Tech Soup simply charges an adminis-trative fee. Be sure to click on “ TechSoup Stock at a Glance” in the Getting Started part of the web page to learn more about how to register your nonprofit and how to place orders. You may also want to click on the Learning Center tab at the top of the web page to read articles on a wide range of topics including fund raising, volunteers, databases, training, and more. A Web Site that Gives Money to Nonprofits www. goodsearch. com Imagine earning money for your registered nonprofit just by surf-ing the web. According to articles in the New York Times and For-tune magazine, going to www. goodsearch. com can help you do just that. Each time a person uses goodsearch. com to search the web, approximately a penny is donated to that person’s charity of choice. Over time, these pennies add up. For instance, if 200 people use this search engine 5 times a day for a year for the benefit of the same nonprofit, that organization would receive approximately $ 3,650. So consider telling your members and supporters about this web site— they can help you with just a click of the mouse! Useful Resources VOLUME 27, NO. 3 Federation Bulletin PAGE 8 UNC’s Documenting the American South website offers access to thou-sands of primary sources, including diaries, letters, interviews, publica-tions, images, and posters like this one, part of its collection on World War One. HISTORY HELP A s noted in Part One of this article in the June issue, the second generation of Web technologies, generally called Web 2.0, has particular promise for those involved in the historical enterprise. Below is a continuation of a list of some basic Web 2.0 tools along with examples of how they might be used by a local historical group. Photo Sharing Services Whether they are using high- end, high- resolution cameras or their cell phones, almost everyone seems to be taking digital photo-graphs these days. A number of Web- based sites have developed that allow individuals to share their images with friends and family— or with the world at large. Most of these sites allow viewers to comment on the images and contributors to make connections between their images and those provided by other contributors. While these are nice features, the true value of these photo sharing sites may be the sheer number of viewers that they attract and the ability for these viewers to search across the captions provided by the contributors. A person might search for images of his or her hometown and find current views of downtown being posted by locals, or discover turn- of- the century views being shared by individuals living on the other side of the world. The most popular of these photo sharing sites is Flickr, located at www. flickr. com. It was developed in 2002 and is now owned by Yahoo. Here is one measure of its use: there are approximately 300 images bearing the tags “ Old Well” and “ Chapel Hill.” Many local history organizations hold image collections, and they are usually seeking to add to these materials. Web- based photo sharing services can be used to advertise the existence of image collections, solicit additions to those collections, and seek infor-mation about images for which little is known. “ Do you know this man?” can be a useful caption, and a number of institutions post “ unknown photographs” from their holdings on their own Web site, as well as on photo sharing sites, in the hopes of gathering more information about the unidentified image. ( Institutions do need to remember to post only those photographs which are in the public domain or whose copy-right they own.) Often, the comments left by viewers provide information and context for an image that even the most experienced and knowledgeable local historians might miss. (“ The date of the picture you have must be wrong; the bicycle in the back-ground was not manufactured until . . . ”) As more and more amateur photographers are posting their images to these sites, local groups might use these online photo sharing resources to iden-tify potential donors to their collection. Choice images placed on popular photo sharing sites can also be used as “ teasers,” directing Web traffic from the more general photo sharing site to the historical society or local history collection’s own Web site. For example, the Kent Historical Society has uploaded a handful of its old images to flickr. See www. flickr. com/ photos/ kenthistory/. Podcasting/ Audiovisual Streaming. Podcasting refers to the creation of audio or video con-tent that can be downloaded from the Internet to an iPOD ( a player much like the old walkman but one that can hold much more information than its non- digital predecessors). Audiovisual streaming is the posting of videos and audio to the Web that can be How History Organizations Are Using New Web Technologies ( Part Two of a Three- Part Series) VOLUME 27, NO. 3 Federation Bulletin PAGE 9 By Kevin Cherry, President of the Federation and Past President of Friends of the Archives “ Many local history organizations hold image collections, and they are usually seeking to add to these materials. Web- based photo sharing services can be used to advertise the existence of image collections, solicit additions to those collections, and seek information about images for which little is known.” HISTORY HELP watched or listened to by almost anyone with a connection to the Internet. Taken together, podcast-ing and streaming bring radio-and television- like technology to the Web— but the “ shows” run when the viewer wants to watch or listen to them and not on any particular programming schedule. Because audiovisual materials take up a lot of computer storage space, they have been cost prohibitive for most Web creators. Now there are podcasting and online video sharing Web sites that allow anyone to post audio-visual materials to the Web for free. The best known video site is www. youtube. com Featuring every-thing from lip- syncing teenagers to the random, verbal meanderings of the town eccentric, Youtube has it all. Podcasts of all sorts can be found at podcast directory sites such as Podcast. net, Podcastalley. com, and Yahoo Podcasts. ( A direc-tory of podcast directories is located at www. podcast411. com/ page2. html. The education podcast network is especially useful for schools.) A quick search on “ history” at the Podcastalley. com site brought back productions on subjects ranging from high school advanced placement history to baseball history to one on the use of new technology in genealogy. Historical societies often find themselves video- or audio- taping some event of local significance, such as speakers at annual meet-ings. They might even do a form of documentary work, videotaping activities that were once common but that have disappeared from everyday life, such as the milking of cows by hand. Societies could post a copy of these types of audio-visual materials to one of the free video or audio hosting sites and then provide a link from their own Web page to that video or audio. Doing this would save local com-puter storage space and expand the potential audience for their materials. A simple search on “ Carolina and Museum” on the www. youtube. com site shows that visitors to our state’s cultural institutions are already making their own films documenting their visits to the state’s historical institutions, and individuals from all over the world are viewing these “ tourist-made” productions. One example of a history organi-zations using audiovisual stream-ing is the Hafferreffer Museum of Anthropology at Brown Univer-sity, which has posted a demon-stration of Viking sword fighting on www. youtube. com. A number of statewide historical agencies are now producing podcasts. North Carolina is no exception. The Department of Cultural Re-sources maintains a list of its pod-casts at www. ncculture. org/ podcast. asp. Programs include historic site audio tours and lectures and interviews on a number of North Carolina- related topics Editor’s note: The third part of this article will appear in the December issue of the Bulletin. How History Organizations Are Using New Web Technologies ( continued) VOLUME 27, NO. 3 Federation Bulletin PAGE 10 The N. C. Department of Cultural Resources is one example of a cultural organization using pod-casting to inform web users about its offerings. Podcasts include historical lectures, tours of historic sites, and more. CALENDAR OF EVENTS Williamsburg, will present his unique, rare, and free program played on the wooden flute. Fall Fundraising Party Saturday, Oct. 20, 6: 30 p. m. The Beaufort Historical Associa-tion’s Annual Fall Fundraising Party will be held in the water-front home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Logel located at 1107 Front Street. The party will feature art-work from Mike Hoyt, catering by Beaufort Grocery Company, and smooth jazz music that adds up to a party that’s not to be missed. The public is welcome to join the annual event, which raises funds for the preservation and educa-tional programs of the Associa-tion. Tickets: $ 75 per person. Please call or visit the web page for more information. Historic District Double Decker Bus Tour Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, September- October, 11 a. m. and 1: 30 p. m. Hop aboard and see Beaufort’s historic district from atop our 1967 English double- decker bus. Local narrators tell tales of Beau-fort’s rich past of pirates, star-crossed lovers, and Confederate spies. Tickets: $ 8 for adults, $ 4 for children. Charters are available year- round. Jumble Sale Saturday, Nov. 17, 9 a. m.- 3 p. m. The Jumble Sale is an event that harkens back to the English coun-tryside of the 1800s where vil-lages held these events during fes-tivals. Based on this historic premise, the grounds of the Beau-fort Historic Site will be filled with vendors selling antiques and collectibles, fine art, pottery, jew-elry, crafts, tag sale items, can-dles, books, food, holiday gift items, and more. Held rain or shine, it’s a great time to do some Christmas shopping. Community Thanksgiving Feast Sunday, Nov. 18, 11: 30 a. m.- 1: 30 pm Enjoy a traditional tur-key dinner provided by some of the area’s finest restaurants. Served at the Beaufort Historic Site, dinners are avail-able for take- out or to enjoy under a heated tent. Tickets: $ 17 in ad-vance, $ 20 the day of the event. Historic Buildings Tour Monday- Saturday, throughout the year, 10 a. m., 11: 30 a. m., 1 p. m., and 3 p. m. All prized for their period collec-tions and furnishings, these historic homes run the gamut from the rustic, ca. 1778 Leffers Cottage, and the elaborately furnished Victorian Josiah Bell House, ca. 1825, to the award- winning resto-ration of the Federal- style John C. Manson House, ca. 1825. The historic buildings include the Carteret County Jail, ca. 1829, the Apothecary Shop and Doctor’s Office, ca. 1857, containing price-less pharmaceutical and medicinal artifacts used in early Beaufort, and the Carteret County Court-house of 1796, which is the only remaining wood- framed English Circuit courthouse left intact in North Carolina. Each building depicts a different period or aspect of life in historic Beaufort. Historic buildings tours consist of three buildings. Tickets: $ 8 for adults, $ 4 for children. * * * * * * * CALDWELL COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ( Lenoir) ( 828) 758- 4004 VOLUME 27, NO. 3 Federation Bulletin PAGE 11 ALLIANCE FOR HISTORIC HILLSBOROUGH ( Hillsborough) www. historichillsborough. org Museum's Golden Anniversary Saturday, Nov. 10, 11 a. m.- 4 p. m. Join the Board of Directors and staff in this celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Orange County Historical Museum's official opening on November 10, 1957. See a special exhibit on the found-ing and development of the museum, and enjoy some cake! * * * * * * * AYCOCK BIRTHPLACE ( Fremont) www. ah. dcr. state. nc. us/ sections/ hs/ aycock/ AYCOCK. HTM, ( 919) 252- 5581 Living History Wednesdays Wednesdays, October- November, 9: 30 a. m.- 12: 30 p. m. Costumed interpreters will dem-onstrate chores typically done on a 19th- century eastern North Carolina farm. * * * * * * * BEAUFORT HISTORICAL ASSOCIA-TION ( Beaufort) www. beauforthistoricsite. org ( 252) 728- 5225 Popular Music of the Colonial Era Saturday, Sept. 1, 11 a. m. Come to the Carteret County Courthouse of 1796, located on the Beaufort Historic Grounds, 130 Turner Street, for a morning of music from 17th and 18th- century America. Herbert Watson, a member of the “ Governor’s Musick,” gives about 100 concerts every year at the colonial capitol build-ing, the Governor’s Palace, and other locations. Dressed in period clothes, Watson, from Colonial Open House Sunday, Sept. 9, 2 p. m.- 5 p. m. Come to the Caldwell Heritage Museum to learn more about the Historical Society and to enjoy the museum exhibits. Free, but dona-tions are accepted. * * * * * * * CARTERET COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ( Morehead City) www. thehistoryplace. org, ( 252) 247- 7533 Downeast Bus Tour Wednesday, Sept. 19 Enjoy this bus tour, led by Rodney Kemp, and learn the history behind the beautiful areas Downeast while having a great time. Seating is limited. Call ( 252) 247- 7533, ext. 106 for details. * * * * * * * CATAWBA COUNTY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION ( Newton) www. catawbahistory. org Murray's Mill Harvest Folk Festival Saturday, Sept. 29, 10 a. m.- 5 p. m., and Sunday, Sept. 30, 1 p. m.- 5 p. m. This festival celebrates Catawba County’s agricultural heritage with an array of exhibits, crafts-men, and activities, including petting zoos, antique cars, tractors, and farm machinery, as well as traditional food preparations such as molasses making. En-joy bluegrass, country, and gospel music, as well as a tour of the mill, which is still pro-ducing flour. Cost: $ 5. Directions are posted on the website. Hart Square Saturday, Oct. 27 This privately owned, recreated 19th- century village features the largest collection of original his-toric log buildings in the United States and is open to the public only one day each year. Dating from 1782 to 1873, the seventy log structures are all furnished, and around 220 volunteer artisans will demonstrate the period tech-niques of flax breaking and hack-ling, spinning, weaving, herb dying, open- hearth cooking, wheel-wrighting, and more. Tickets cost $ 25 each and go on sale at 9 a. m. on Oct. 1. They may be purchased in person at the Catawba County Museum of History in Newton or over the phone, with a credit card, at ( 828) 465- 0383. Directions are included with the tickets. * * * * * * * C. GRIER BEAM TRUCK MUSEUM ( Cherryville) www. beamtruckmuseum. com ( 704) 435- 3072 Old Trucks and Art in the Park Saturday, Sept. 9, 10 a. m.- 3 p. m. The fourth- annual festival features a display of original art outside on the grounds of the museum as well as a juried art show inside the museum. The art is available for purchase. * * * * * * * DURHAM COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY ( Durham) ( 919) 560- 0190 Friends of the Durham Library 2007 Book Sale Friday, October 5, 4 p. m.– 7 p. m. Saturday, Oct. 6, 10 a. m.- 4 p. m. Sunday, Oct. 7, 2 p. m.- 5 p. m. Discover fascinating books to add to your collection, all while support-ing the Durham County Public Library! The October 5 sale is open to members only; member-ships will be sold at the door. Everyone is welcome on October 6 and 7, with books offered for $ 7 per bag on October 7. All sales take place at the Main Library, 300 N. Roxboro St. * * * * * * * DUKE HOMESTEAD STATE HISTORIC SITE ( Durham) www. dukehomestead. nchistoric sites. org, ( 919) 477- 5498 The Tobacco Harvest and Hornworm Festival Saturday, Sept. 8, 10 a. m.- 4 p. m. Discover how 19th- century farmers like Mr. Duke primed and prepared their tobacco for curing. Join costumed interpret-ers as they prime, or harvest, tobacco; take part in a looping contest as you tie the tobacco leaves to tobacco sticks; and enjoy tours of the Duke family’s 1852 home. The festival will also offer a humorous “ celebration” of the hornworm, with hornworm races and games. Free. An Evening at the Homestead Saturday, Oct. 20, 2 p. m.- 6 p. m. Join the Duke Homestead junior interpreters for an afternoon pro-gram featuring traditional music, wagon rides, fall foods, and 19th-century games. Free. * * * * * * * HISTORICAL PRESERVATION GROUP ( Kinston) www. historicalpreservationgroup. org Fifth Annual Wil King Antebel-lum Ball Saturday, Sept. 29, 7 p. m. Social, CALENDAR OF EVENTS VOLUME 27, NO. 3 Federation Bulletin PAGE 12 CALENDAR OF EVENTS 8 p. m. Dance Enjoy music and dancing in the Tara Ball Room of the King’s Res-taurant in Kinston. Period clothing “ will be admired, but not required.” Proceeds go toward the preserva-tion of Civil War battlefields in Lenoir County. Cost: $ 25. Contact Jane Phillips for more information at diamondgp@ suddenlink. net. * * * * * * * LINCOLN COUNTY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION ( Lincolnton) www. lincolncountyhistory. com ( 704) 748- 9090 Making Faces with Michael Ball Saturday, Oct. 27, 10 a. m. to 2 p. m. This program offers everyone from novice to professional an opportu-nity to put their own hand- sculpted face on various forms made by Ca-tawba Valley potter Michael Ball. Ball will be available to assist you with the application of crafting your own work of art. Upon com-pletion, Ball will glaze the pieces in a traditional Catawba Valley alkaline glaze and fire them in his wood- fired groundhog kiln. The Association will hold a special re-ception at a later date, at which time they will display the pieces. Registration due by Oct. 1; cost depends on type of object you select ( such as vase, half- gallon jug, etc.) Please see the website for a registration form. * * * * * * * LOWER CAPE FEAR HISTORICAL SOCIETY ( Wilmington) www. latimerhouse. org ( 910) 762- 0492 Secret Garden Tour Friday and Saturday, Sept. 7 and 8 Mark your calendars now for the fourth- annual Secret Garden Tour, which features beautiful private gardens not usually open to the public. Tickets: $ 18 per person. Refreshments will be available at the Latimer House; bag lunches catered by Jester's Java will also be available for purchase. * * * * * * * MOORE COUNTY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION ( Southern Pines) www. moorehistory. com ( 910) 692- 2051 Historic Equestrian Lecture Series Sunday, Sept. 16, 2007, 2 p. m. This special event will cover the fascinating history of the Boyd family and the formation of the equestrian community in the Sand-hills. This one- hour program will take place in the Southern Pines Civic Club and will conclude with refreshments and an opportunity to speak with the guest lecturers. Free. Historic Equestrian Photo Exhibit Opening Friday, Sept. 21, 2007, 3 p. m.- 4 p, m. The Moore County Historical Association will unveil its annual Historic Photo Exhibit based on the equestrian com-munity of the Sandhills. Members of the eques-trian community and MCHA trustees will be welcoming guests at the Southern Pines Planning Office. Free. Mystery Day Tour Friday, October 5, 2007 Join us for a fun, one- day Mystery Tour. We can’t say where we are going, just that everyone will enjoy the ride and the surprise when we get there. The tour departs from the Shaw House in Southern Pines. Cost: $ 30 MCHA member/$ 40 non- member. Please call for reservations and more information. 47th Annual Antiques Show and Sale Friday, Nov. 2 10 a. m.- 7 p. m., Saturday, Nov. 3, 10 a. m.- 5 p. m., Sunday, Nov. 4, 12 noon- 5 p. m. Find the treasure of your dreams at the Moore County Historical Association’s 47th Annual Antique Show and Sale. Antique dealers from New York to Florida will fill the Fair Barn at the Pinehurst Harness Track with thousands of items for sale— maybe with the right gift for someone on your special holiday list. Cost: $ 6 per person, $ 11 for a 3- day pass. Tickets are also available for a private preview party and sale on Thursday, Nov. 1, with proceeds benefiting the association; call for more information. * * * * * * * MOUNT AIRY MUSEUM OF RE-GIONAL HISTORY ( Mount Airy) www. northcarolinamuseum. org/ mountairyevents. aspx ( 336) 786- 4478 “ Falling” into Winter Saturday, Oct. 27, 10 a. m. - 2 p. m. Enjoy family- friendly fall festivi-ties at the museum: take a ride in a wagon drawn by draft horses, make a fall scarecrow, and craft a cornhusk doll. Enjoy musical entertainment and light refresh-ments. “ They Call Me Aunt Orlene” Sunday, Nov. 11, 3 p. m. VOLUME 27, NO. 3 Federation Bulletin PAGE 13 CALENDAR OF EVENTS Join Phyllis Stump as she presents her one- woman show about the life of Orlene Hawks Puckett, a South-western Virginia midwife and local legend of this region. ( Her parents were married in Surry County.) Aunt Orlene is famous for having successfully delivered more than a thousand babies in her 49- year career, although none of her own 24 children lived past infancy. Tickets: $ 5 for museum members, $ 10 for non- members. * * * * * * * MUSEUM OF THE ALBEMARLE ( Elizabeth City) ( 252) 335- 1453, moa@ ncmail. net ( All programs are free.) Historic Albemarle Roundtable Thursday, Sept. 6, 7 p. m. Dr. Rebecca Seaman will present the talk “ Native Americans of the Albemarle Region.” Day on the River Saturday, Sept. 15, 10 a. m.- 3 p. m. Enjoy a day on the river explor-ing the nautical history of the Albemarle region, and watch the annual Moth Boat Regatta. Kids will love the pirate- themed activities. Historic Albemarle Roundtable Thursday, Oct. 4, 7 p. m. Hear Paul Clancy discuss his book Ironclad: The Epic Battle, Calami-tous Loss and Historic Recovery of the USS Monitor. A book signing follows the program. Cemetery Walk Saturday, Oct. 20, 1 p. m.- 4 p. m. As you walk through a local ceme-tery, you will be greeted by ghosts of the deceased, who will be por-trayed by Junior Docents. * * * * * * * MUSEUM OF THE CAPE FEAR HISTORICAL COMPLEX ( Fayetteville) ( 910) 486- 1330, mcf@ ncmail. net. Festival of Yesteryear Saturday, Sept. 8, 10 a. m.- 5 p. m. Did you know that Fayetteville, N. C., was the first American city named in honor of Revolutionary War hero Maj. Gen. Marquis de Lafayette? Help the city celebrate Lafayette’s 250th birthday with crafts, colonial trades, music, reenactors, games, and food. The Festival of Yesteryear recalls a time when small- town colonial America offered a multitude of sights, sounds, and smells. Volunteer Orientation Day Monday, Sept. 10 10 a. m.- noon or 6 p. m.- 8 p. m. This two- hour session offers everything you need to know about volunteering at the museum. Live! At the Arsenal Sunday, Sept. 23, 1- 5 p. m. These guided tours of the Fayette-ville Arsenal will include black-smithing and woodworking dem-onstrations. The tours depart from the museum lobby at 1: 15 p. m., 2 p. m., 3 p. m., and 4 p. m. Exhibit Tour Saturday, Oct. 20 , 2 p. m. Join a special tour of the exhibit From Our Hands: Carolina Quilts led by Kathryn Beach, historian at the Museum of the Cape Fear Historical Complex. Family Day: From Our Hands Sunday, Oct. 28 , 1 p. m.- 5 p. m. Take one last look at the exhibit From Our Hands: Carolina Quilts. Enjoy freshly squeezed ci-der and play games at the 1897 Poe House. Old- time Music at the Museum Wednesdays, Sept. 12 and 26, Oct. 10 and 24, 7 p. m. Hear old- time pickers play a variety of traditional music. * * * * * * * NEW BERN HISTORICAL SOCIETY ( New Bern) ( 252) 638- 8558, www. newbern historical. org Haunted Evening: A Historical Drama in New Bern Every Saturday night, September- October 20, 7: 30 p. m. and 8: 30 p. m. Enjoy a haunted, candlelit, guided tour of the 19th- century Attmore- Oliver House. Learn about spirits from the past, southern funeral cus-toms, life after the Civil War, and recent paranormal investigations of the house. Tickets: $ 12. Advanced purchase is recommended as space is limited to 20 people per tour. A special Drama/ Dinner package is also available for $ 37 per person with dinner provided at the Chelsea Restaurant before or after the performance. Lunch & Learn: Tales of a Ghost Walk “ Ghost” Thursday, Sept. 13, 11: 30 a. m. Join John Leys, an active participant in the Histori-cal Society’s annual Ghost Walk, for an amusing look into the adventures and misadventures of being a “ ghost.” In his years of tak-ing part in the program, Leys has portrayed ghosts; created ghost cos-tumes; researched and written ghost speeches; found places to “ haunt,” and more. Tickets cost $ 13.50 and must be purchased in advance; the cost covers a buffet lunch at the Chelsea Restaurant. The Fires of Freedom: Abraham Galloway’s Civil War VOLUME 27, NO. 3 Federation Bulletin PAGE 14 CALENDAR OF EVENTS Sunday, Sept. 23, 2 p. m. Join author and scholar Dr. David Cecelski as he talks about the fascinating life of Abraham Gallo-way. Galloway was an African American man from coastal North Carolina who escaped slavery in 1857, became an abolitionist speaker, and later served as a Union spy in Virginia and North Carolina during the Civil War. He also became a political leader, pushing for better treatment of African American soldiers during the war; after the war, he organ-ized a freedmen’s convention and served in the state’s constitutional convention. This free program will be held in the Masonic Theater and will be followed by a reception at the Attmore- Oliver House. Ghostwalk in Haunted New Bern: The Civil War Years Friday and Saturday, Oct. 26 and Oct. 27 Take a self- guided tour of New Bern at night to hear stories by Confederate and Union soldiers, spies, and other “ spirits” as they talk about life in New Bern during the Civil War. Guides at each site will share the history of historic homes, while “ ghosts” tell the story of the 1862 Battle of New Bern. The society is also offering a special preview of the haunted cemetary on Thursday, Oct. 25. Cost: $ 15 in advance, $ 20 day of tour; tickets are good for all three days. On Saturday, from 10 a. m.- 4 p. m., you can also enjoy presen-tations by Civil War reenactors, historical displays, and tours of the New Bern Civil War Battle-field. * * * * * * * NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF HISTORY ( Raleigh) www. ncmuseumofhistory. org ( 919) 807- 7900 ( All programs are free, unless oth-erwise noted. For more informa-tion or a complete list of events, please call or visit the web page.) North Carolina and World War II Thursday, Sept. 20, 9 a. m.- 5 p. m. Enjoy a sneak peek of Ken Burns’ epic World War II documentary series “ The War,” before its premiere on UNC-TV on Sunday, Sept. 23. Watch 45 minutes of “ The War” at 11 a. m., 1 p. m., and 3 p. m. Tour a new exhibit about World War II. While you’re at the museum, be sure to see North Carolina’s origi-nal copy of the Bill of Rights. Remembering World War II: North Carolinians at Home and Abroad Saturday, Sept. 29, 11 a. m.- 4 p. m. During this Family Day event, learn about this period in our state’s history through first-person accounts, period music, and hands- on activities. Meet World War II veterans, and find out how the realities of World War II affected all North Carolinians. UNC- TV is a media sponsor of this event. History à la Carte: The First American Coloring Book Wednesday, Oct. 10, 12: 10 p. m. Bring your lunch; beverages pro-vided. Engraver Theodor de Bry is best known for his series of illustrated volumes chronicling many of the earliest expeditions to the Ameri-cas. Join Larry Tise, professor of history at East Carolina Univer-sity, and learn how de Bry’s 1590 volume brought the New World to life for the European public. Curator’s Tour: A New World: England’s First View of America Saturday, Oct. 20, 2 p. m. The paintings of John White gave the Elizabethan world its first glimpse of America. Join exhibi-tion curator Kim Sloan, Curator of British Drawings and Watercol-ours before 1880 and Francis Finlay Curator of the Enlighten-ment Gallery at the British Museum, for a special look at White’s remarkable works. A ticket to Mysteries of the Lost Col-ony and A New World: England’s First View of America is required. Cost: $ 10 for adults; $ 8 for stu-dents, senior citizens, active mili-tary personnel, and adult groups of 10 or more; free for Associates members. Call for more information. Historic Plants of Colonial America Thursday, Oct. 25, 2 p. m.- 4 p. m. The program will take place at the Doris Duke Center, Sarah P. Duke Gardens, Durham. To register, call 919- 730- 2503. Botanists John Clayton, André Michaux, and John and William Bartram were instrumental in discovering many plants in North America and introduc-ing them to colonial and European gardens. Join Mark McVicker, nursery manager at the Thomas Jefferson Cen-ter for Historic Plants, as he discusses the impact and signifi-cance of their finds. The program is presented in conjunction with the Sarah P. Duke Gardens. Cost: $ 15, $ 10 for Associates members. What Happened to the Lost Colony? Saturday, Oct. 27, 2 p. m. To register, call 919- 807- 7997 by Oct. 24. The Lost Colony is North Carolina’s legendary whodunit. Join David VOLUME 27, NO. 3 Federation Bulletin PAGE 15 CALENDAR OF EVENTS LaVere, professor of history at UNC- Wilmington, as he presents his theory about this centuries- old unsolved mystery. Twelfth Annual American Indian Heritage Celebration Saturday, Nov. 17, 11 a. m.- 4 p. m. Celebrate North Carolina’s Ameri-can Indian heritage at this excit-ing festival! The Museum of His-tory and Bicentennial Plaza will overflow with music, dancing, story- telling, hands- on activities, and food. See artists demonstrate their skills at pottery, basketry, beadwork, stone carving and other crafts. Watch dancers perform traditional dances to the rhythms of northern- and southern- style drum groups. Make crafts, play games, and listen to stories and legends presented by Indian sto-rytellers. It’s fun for the entire family! This event is supported by the N. C. Commission of Indian Affairs; the N. C. Museum of History Asso-ciates; and United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County, with funds from the United Arts cam-paign and the N. C. Arts Council, an agency funded by the State of North Carolina and the National Endowment for the Arts. * * * * * * * NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD MUSEUM/ NEW HOPE VALLEY RAILWAY ( New Hope) www. nhvry. org, ( 919) 362- 5416 Double- Headed Thunder Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 3, 4, 10, and 11 at 11 a. m., 12: 15 p. m., 1: 30 p. m., 2: 45 p. m., and 4 p. m. The New Hope Valley Railway will host guest steam locomotive Flagg Coal # 75 to join our very own # 17 for some very exciting double- headed excursions. This special event will feature the two Vulcan 0- 4- 0 tank engines pulling our passenger excursion trains through the piney woods of the New Hope Valley and up the hill Sherron Harris grade Ghost Trains Saturday, October 27 See ghosts and ghouls during this Halloween-themed ride on the New Hope Valley Railway. Halloween rides are pre-sold at participating ticket outlets; check the website in October for more information. PRESERVATION DURHAM ( Durham) www. preservationdurham. org ( 919) 682- 3036 Walking Tours of Durham 2nd- 4th Saturdays, Sept.- Nov. 10 a. m. Join a tour guide at Preservation Dur-ham’s sign at the Durham Farmers Market in Central Park, on Foster Street. These one- to two- hour walks focus on different aspects of Durham’s history. Tours on second Saturdays of the month focus on Durham’s tobacco heritage, while tours on third Satur-days focus on Durham’s civil rights legacy, and tours on fourth Saturdays highlight Durham’s architecture and urban landscape. There is no charge for these tours, and no reservations are required. * * * * * * * THE PRESERVATION SOCIETY OF CHAPEL HILL ( Chapel Hill) www. chapelhillpreservation. com ( 919) 942- 7818 Lunchbox Lectures Wednesdays, Sept. 26, Oct. 17, and Nov. 7, noon Bring your lunch, sit in the historic dining room of the Horace Williams House, and listen to captivating, informative, and entertaining dis-cussions led by staff and local ex-perts on a variety of subjects. On September 26 join Dick Baddour, Athletics Director of UNC- CH, as he talks about “ UNC Athletics: Past and Present.” On Oct. 17, Dr. Douglas MacLean will discuss “ Why Whould We Care? Under-standing Preservation.” On Nov. 7, Tom Magnuson will talk about “ The Roads and the Founding of Chapel Hill.” Space is limited; call to reserve your seat by noon of the day before the event. There is a suggested donation of $ 5. * * * * * * * ROANOKE ISLAND FESTIVAL PARK ( Manteo) www. roanokeisland. com ( 252) 475- 1500 ( For a complete view of programs, visit www. roanakeisland. com; for a complete view of programs offered at the Maritime Museum on Roa-noke Island, visit obxmaritime. org.) History, Arts, and Fun Programs September 1- 30, October 1- 31 Enjoy daily programs aboard the Elizabeth II, a sixteenth century representative sailing ship. Visit the Settlement Site and experience blacksmithing, woodworking and games. Explore 400 years of Outer Banks history in the interactive Roanoke Adventure Museum. Ad-mission charged. Simple Rigging Thursday, September 20, 10 a. m.- noon Learn basic rigging techniques, including whipping and splicing and three strand line. Students can bring dock lines to splice in this class. Cost: $ 30 members / VOLUME 27, NO. 3 Federation Bulletin PAGE 16 CALENDAR OF EVENTS $ 40 non- members. Class limit is 10. Call the Maritime Museum for more information at ( 252) 475- 1750. Build a Boat in a Day Thursday, Sept. 27 and Oct. 25, 9: 00 a. m. until 5: 00 p. m. Build an 8- foot plywood boat in a day, using the stitch- and- glue method. Workshop cost includes all materials and finished boat at end of the day. Cost: $ 275 mem-bers/$ 300 non- members. Minimum age is 8 years old with adult. Workshop limit is five teams. Call the Maritime Museum for more information at ( 252) 475- 1750. Elizabethan Tymes: A Country Faire Saturday and Sunday, October 6 and 7, 10 a. m.- 5 p. m. Enjoy this two- day fair at the Out-door Pavilion. A Faire Parade, be-ginning at 10 a. m. on Saturday, will feature the Baronial Court arriving at the Town of Manteo docks. The Court will be escorted across the Cora Mae Basnight Bridge to open the day’s festivities at Roanoke Island Festival Park. The admission price to the Faire is included in Roanoke Island Fes-tival Park’s general admission ticket and is good for both days of the event. For more information call ( 252) 475- 1500. * * * * * * * TRYON PALACE HISTORIC SITES & GARDENS ( New Bern) www. tryonpalace. org ( 800) 767- 1560 Stanly- Spaight Duel Re-enactment September 3, 2007 1 p. m. - 4 p. m. – Academy Tours 4 p. m. – Due Re- enactment Tour the New Bern Academy and then watch the spectacle of the September 5, 1802 Stanly- Spaight Duel unfold before your eyes. African American Historic Downtown Walking Tour September 16, 2007, 2 p. m. Reservations are required; call ( 252) 514- 4900 Learn about 300 years of African- American history on a walking tour of New Bern’s historic dis-trict. This tour lasts approxi-mately 90 minutes and covers 16 blocks. This program has a mini-mum of 10 people. Cost: $ 4 for adults, $ 2 for students. * * * * * * * WESTERN N. C. HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION ( Asheville) www. wnchistory. org, 828- 253- 9231 Tour of the Asheville City Building Saturday, Sept. 7, 9 a. m.- 2 p. m. Join historic- preservation consult-ant William Flynn Wescott in a behind- the- scenes tour of this 1928 Art Deco building. Tickets: $ 25 for WNCHA members, $ 35 for non- members. VOLUME 27, NO. 3 Federation Bulletin PAGE 17 EXHIBITS BEAUFORT HISTORICAL ASSOCIA-TION ( Beaufort) www. beauforthistoricsite. org ( 252) 728- 5225 Paintings by Hsi Mei Yates September 1- 30, 2007 Come to the Mattie King Davis Art Gallery, the oldest art gallery in Carteret County, to see paintings by Hsi Mei Yates. Yates’ oriental brush stokes are unique, every stroke becoming an extension of her hand creating beautiful and tranquil artwork. Her style includes Sumi- e ink and watercolor. Her reverence for different landscapes, flowers, birds, insects, and fish have inspired her paintings and have resulted in many awards from the local communities where she has lived. The gallery is open from 10a. m. to 4p. m., Monday through Saturday, and is located at Beaufort Historic Site. Paintings by Jim Wood Nov. 1- Dec. 31, 2007 Enjoy acrylic artwork by Jim Wood throughout the months of November and December. An opening reception will be held on November 3, from 3 p. m. to 5 p. m. * * * * * * * CALDWELL HERITAGE MUSEUM ( Lenoir) www. caldwellheritagemuseum. org ( 828) 0758- 4004 A Caldwell County Christmas: An Art Show Nov. 21- Dec. 31, 2007 This exhibit, sponsored by the museum and the Caldwell Arts Council, features photographs and works of art that were submitted as part of a contest. Vote for your favorite and help choose the winner, whose work will be featured on the museum’s 2008 Christmas card. * * * * * * * HIGH POINT MUSEUM ( High Point) www. highpointmuseum. org ( 336) 885- 1859 Back by Popular Demand Sept. 28, 2007- April 1, 2008 Like so many museums, the High Point Museum can only display a small percentage of its artifacts at any given time. For this exhibit, the museum gave community members a chance to nominate favorite artifacts to be shown again. Objects ranging from vintage toys to archaeological findings are on exhibit, accompanied by stories of what they mean to community members. * * * * * * * THE LINCOLN COUNTY HISTORI-CAL ASSOCIATION ( Lincolnton) www. lincolncountyhistory. com ( 704) 748- 9090 A Summer of Woodcarving: Hettie Smith King’s Collection Opens Aug. 1, 2007 Visit the C. R. Jonas Public Library in Lincolnton in August to see a unique collection of more than three dozen wood carvings, created by a Lincoln County native more than 80 years ago. In 1920 25- year- old Hettie Smith King began carving images from the natural world and from her daily life, including snakes, frogs, lizards, knives, spoons, shovels, baby dolls, axes, bowls, rolling pins, and more. She even carved a miniature figure of a neighbor and clothed it in a hand- stitched linen outfit. Though she lacked formal training, Mrs. King’s intricate carvings reflect an attention to detail and a connection to the rural world in which she lived. This ex-hibit marks the first time that this collection, which was given to the Lincoln County Museum of History in the 1990s, has been on display. The exhibit will be on dis-play in the library until the end of August, then will be displayed in the museum through 2007. * * * * * * * THE LEVINE MUSEUM OF THE NEW SOUTH ( Charlotte) www. museumofthenewsouth. org ( 704) 333- 1887 Rhythm & Roots: Music Tradi-tions of the American South Aug. 31- Dec. 23, 2007 Explore both the traditional roots of southern music and the evolving music brought to the region by immigrants from Asia, the Carib-bean, and Latino communities. Created by the Southern Arts Fed-eration in Atlanta, this exhibit high-lights one NEH Folk Heritage Award winner from nine southern states, creating a portrait of the South's musical traditions. In addition to featur-ing artifacts, information, and pho-tos, the exhibit also offers musical interactives so that visitors can enjoy samples of southern music. Comic Stripped: A Revealing Look at Southern Stereotypes in Cartoons Aug. 31, 2007- April 6, 2008 Cartoons have long shaped the public’s perception of the South. VOLUME 27, NO. 3 PAGE 18 In- State Exhibits Federation Bulletin EXHIBITS This exhibit will feature cartoons and comics from the 1860s to the present day as well as interactives to help visitors explore the idea of Southern stereotypes. Some of the stips featured include Lil’ Abner, POGO, and Kudzu. * * * * * * * NORTH CAROLINA MARITIME MUSEUM, ( Beaufort) ( 252) 728- 7317, maritime@ ncmail. net Masters of Realism Sept. 1- Oct. 28, 2007 See coastal scenes painted by artists Larry Burge, R. B. “ Bob” Dance and Joe Seme in this ex-hibit, marking the first time these North Carolina artists have presented their work together. The exhibit features approximately 30 paintings, with subjects ranging from waterfowl and wild horses to sports themes. * * * * * * * NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF HISTORY ( Raleigh) www. ncmuseumofhistory. org, ( 919) 807- 7900 ( All exhibits are free except Myster-ies of the Lost Colony and A New World: England’s First View of America.) Pleasing to the Eye: The Deco-rative Arts of North Carolina Opens Saturday, Aug. 18, 2007 For the first time, the N. C. Museum of History will feature a long- term exhibit gallery devoted to decora-tive arts. Visitors will see a wide variety of objects that reveal the craftsmanship and artistic expres-sion of generations of North Carolinians. The gallery will include paintings, pot-tery, furniture, needle-work, silver, costumes, and more. Transformations: Cherokee Baskets in the 20th Century Aug. 18, 2007- March 16, 2008 This traveling exhibit from the Asheville Art Museum examines Cherokee basketmaking over the past century. The exhibit appears in the gallery Pleasing to the Eye. Liberty and Freedom: North Carolina’s Tour of the Bill of Rights Sept. 17- 23, 2007 Take advantage of a rare opportu-nity to see North Carolina’s original copy of the Bill of Rights, taken from the State Capitol in 1865, and recovered in an undercover operation in 2003. This pre-cious document, also known as the first ten amendments to the U. S. Consti-tution, is one of thirteen copies circulated to the states. Everybody's War: North Carolina and World War II Sept. 18, 2007- March 17, 2008 The artifacts, images, and stories in this exhibit chronicle the contributions of North Carolinians during wartime. Mysteries of the Lost Colony and A New World: England’s First View of America from the British Museum Oct. 20, 2007- Jan. 13, 2008 Explore one of history’s most astonishing unsolved mysteries in the major exhibition Mysteries of the Lost Colony and A New World: England’s First View of America from the British Museum. The exhibition is presented through the collaboration of the N. C. Museum of History and the British Museum in London. Mysteries of the Lost Colony will examine England’s first attempts at a permanent settlement in America and what may have hap-pened to the colonists at Roanoke Island. At its heart is A New World: England’s First View of America, a traveling exhibition from the British Museum. This exhibition focuses on more than 70 original watercolors made by John White on his voyages to Virginia ( now North Carolina) in the 1580s. This is the first time in over 40 years that the complete collection of White’s original watercolors will be shown outside of England. Initial exhibition sponsors are Blue Cross/ Blue Shield, GlaxoSmithKline, the Josephus Daniels Foundation and Time Warner Cable. Tickets are $ 10 for adults; $ 8 for students, senior citizens, active military personnel and adult groups of 10 or more; $ 5 for children ages 5 to 12 and youth groups ages 5 to 18; free for children ages 4 and under and for Associates members. Purchase tickets at the Museum Shop, online at www. etix. com or through ncmuseumof history. org or ncmuseumofhistory shop. com. ( Service charges apply for etix purchases.) Most major credit cards are accepted. For more ticket information, call ( 919) 807- 7900. In conjunction with this exhibit, the N. C. Museum of History’s hours will temporarily change. From Oct. 20, 2007, to Jan. 13, 2008, the Museum’s hours will be Monday through Saturday, 9 a. m. to 5 p. m., and Sunday, noon to 5 p. m. To schedule tours for groups of 10 or more, call the Capital Area VOLUME 27, NO. 3 Federation Bulletin PAGE 19 EXHIBITS Visitor Center at ( 919) 807- 7950 or ( 866) 724- 8687. Reservations are required for groups of 10 or more. * * * * * * * PRESERVATION SOCIETY OF CHAPEL HILL ( Chapel Hill) www. chapelhillpreservation. com ( 919) 942- 7818 Recent Works by Lyde Zavaleta Aug. 19- Sept. 16, 2007 Come see these works in mixed media by Zavaleta, a native of Peru who received an MFA degree from UNC- Chapel Hill. * * * * * * * ROANOKE ISLAND FESTIVAL PARK ( Manteo) www. roanokeisland. com ( 252) 475- 1500 Henry Applewhite Photography Retrospective September 3- October 26, 2007 Monday- Friday, 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. This show in the Art Gallery honors the creative endeavors of Henry Applewhite, photographer. Enjoy the opening reception on Septem-ber 2 from 4 p. m. to 6 p. m., during which Professor James Applewhite and daughter Lisa Applewhite will offer a poetry reading. WESTERN N. C. HISTORICAL ASSO-CIATION/ THE SMITH- MCDOWELL HOUSE MUSEUM www. wnchistory. org, 828- 253- 9231 Victorian Mourning: A Death in the Family September 1 - November 10, 2007 Discover how people in this region viewed death in the 19th century, starting with the wrapping of the porch railings of the Smith- McDowell House to announce that the family had suffered a loss. Victorian Christmas Celebration Nov. 15, 2007 - Jan. 6, 2008 Celebrate Christmas the old-fashioned way. The Museum's timeline of authentically decorated period rooms show-cases the evolution of Christmas celebrations and includes hand-crafted decorations and live trees. VOLUME 27, NO. 3 Federation Bulletin PAGE 20 This is a selection of some of out-of- state exhibits that may interest Federation members. We welcome your suggestions as well. AMERICAN CIVIL WAR CENTER ( Richmond, VA) www. tredegar. org, ( 804) 780- 0264 In the Cause of Liberty In the Cause of Liberty is a perma-nent exhibit in the new American Civil War Center, which opened in the fall of 2006 in the historic Tre-degar Iron Works, a former gun foundry for the Confederacy. The exhibit’s goal is to present the causes and legacies of the war from the viewpoints of Unionists, Confederates, and African Ameri-cans. Cost: $ 8 for adults, $ 6 for students and seniors, with special rates for children. * * * * * * JAMESTOWN SETTLEMENT MUSEUM, ( Williamsburg, VA) www. historyisfun. org/ Jamestown- Settlement. htm, ( 888) 593- 4682 The World of 1607 April 27, 2007 – April 2008 Part of the 400th anniversary of the settlement at Jamestown, this special exhibit places America’s first permanent English colony in a global context, portraying a larger world of discovery, strife, expansion, innovation, artistic expression, and cultural exchange. The exhibit features major arti-facts from museums, libraries, and private collections from more than 10 countries. * * * * * * * SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY ( Washington, D. C.) www. mnh. si. edu/ exhibits ( 202) 633- 1000 Out- of- State Exhibits Emissaries of Peace: The 1762 Cherokee and British Delegations June 27, 2007- November 25, 2007 This exhibit presents vivid images of Cherokee and British society in the eighteenth century, as seen through the eyes of the British lieutenant and diarist Henry Timberlake and of three Cherokee leaders who accompanied Timber-lake to England to meet King George III. The exhibit provides new insights into the complex interactions between Native and European societies on the eve of the American Revolution, brought to life by a variety of items from their daily lives— weapons, peace pipes, eyeglasses, clothing, table-ware, and jewelry. Emissaries of Peace is a “ We the People” exhibit sponsored by the National Endow-ment for the Humanities and pro-duced by the Museum of the Cherokee Indian, Cherokee, North Carolina. Free. WORKSHOPS AND CONFERENCES DUKE UNIVERSITY ( classes offered throughout the state) Duke Nonprofit Program Year- round Part of Duke University’s Continuing Studies program, the Duke Nonprofit Program aims to strengthen the capacities of people, networks, and organizations within the nonprofit sector. Participants in this program can take classes in the Nonprofit Management Program, attend a Leadership Institute, or pursue an Advanced Leadership Certificate. By taking 50 hours of classes in the Nonprofit Management Program, participants can earn a Nonprofit Management Certificate. No specific classes are required for this certificate; rather, you can choose which classes best suit your needs. In addition, there are no exams or grades; the only requirement is that you attend every class meeting. In an effort to make this program accessible to everyone, the Nonprofit Manage-ment Program offers 400 classes in 17 sites across the state, from Murphy to Manteo; some classes are even offered online. Examples of class topics include fund raising, marketing, management, leader-ship, legal issues, public relations, board relationships, human resource issues, and more. Tuition is $ 16 per hour, plus any materials fee, with a $ 2 fee added to each course. Visit www. learnmore. duke. edu/ certificates/ nonprofit/ index. asp or call ( 919) 668- 6742 for more information. LINCOLN COUNTY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION ( Lincolnton) www. lincolncountyhistory. org ( 704) 748- 9090 Cemetery Preservation: Making Good Choices Friday- Saturday, Sept. 21- 22 During this workshop, presented by the Chicora Foundation, Inc, you can learn about the different kinds of cemeteries, the basics of developing a preservation plan, and issues that every cemetery must consider. Find out how to determine what monuments need immediate intervention, which monuments you can tackle safely yourself, and which ones need a professional conservator. You’ll also explore different monument styles, discover the meanings of cemetery symbolism, learn how to properly record cemeteries for maximum data, and more. Cost: $ 15 for registration before Sept. 3. Register by phone or visit the web page for a registration form. VOLUME 27, NO. 3 Federation Bulletin PAGE 21 In- State Workshops H ave you ever thought about creating a living history program for your site, but wondered how to do it? Do you already have a living history program, and would you like to share some of your successes and struggles? Then plan to attend the Federation’s workshop, “ Bringing History to Life: Developing a Living History Program,” during the Federation’s annual meeting in Asheville on November 10. Chris Morton, assistant site manager at the Thomas Wolfe Memorial State Historic Site, will discuss how the site developed its living history program, which features costumed interpreters acting as boarders and workers in the boarding house run by Thomas Wolfe’s mother. Jo Ann Williford, Education Super-visor of the N. C. Office of Archives and History, will talk about how she developed a successful first-person interpretation of the occupation of the State Capitol during the Civil War. Rachel Dickens, Educa-tions Programs Coordinator for the N. C. Museum of History, will describe some of the challenges and benefits posed by both first- person and third- person interpretation. The workshop will also include a question and answer period as well as time for you to share your own sugges-tions or stories. The workshop will end with a tour of the Thomas Wolfe Memorial, with costumed staff and volunteers presenting first- person interpretation. The cost for the workshop for Federation members is $ 10. Please note that if you pay the $ 40 registration fee to attend the annual meeting’s Saturday evening program, the cost for the workshop will be included. Look for a brochure to be mailed in the fall with more information about the annual meeting and with a registration form. Federation to Host Workshop on Living History Programs WORKSHOPS AND CONFERENCES AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR STATE AND LOCAL HISTORY Annual Meeting ( Atlanta, GA) September 5- 8, 2007 Organized around the theme of “ Relevance = The Bottom Line,” the 2007 AASLH annual meeting will emphasize the necessity to make historical societies relevant and important to the communities they serve, both through the edu-cational services they provide as well as practices they utilize to make themselves financially sus-tainable. Cost: $ 265 for members, $ 365 for non- members, with lower rates for one- day registration. For more information, visit www. aaslh. org/ anmeeting. htm. SOUTHEASTERN MUSEUMS CONFERENCE Annual Meeting ( Little Rock, AK) October 2- 6, 2007 With the theme “ Making Your Museum Matter,” workshops will focus on innovative ways muse-ums can make a difference in their community. Examples of topics include how to use innova-tive technologies such as wikis and podcasting; techniques for writing appealing labels; informa-tion on grants from the Institute for Library and Museum Sciences; ways to use oral histories to bring generations together; and more. For more information, visit www. semcdirect. net. Cost: $ 250 before Sept. 10, $ 300 after Sept. 10; $ 150 for single- day registration before Sept. 10, and $ 175 for single- day registration after Sept. 10. VOLUME 27, NO. 3 Federation Bulletin PAGE 22 In- State Conferences NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF HISTORY ( Raleigh) Bill of Rights Symposium September 17, 2007 Sessions begin at 2: 30 p. m. and 7 p. m. In conjunction with the museum’s hosting of the exhibit Liberty and Freedom: North Carolina’s Tour of the Bill of Rights, the museum will hold a free symposium focusing on this historic document. At 2: 30 p. m., Charlene Bickford, editor of the papers of the First Federal Congress at George Washington University, will speak on the origins of the Bill of Rights and her role in iden-tifying North Carolina’s copy. Then Dale Talbert and Karen Blum, attorneys with the N. C. At-torney General’s Office, will discuss the history of this copy of the Bill of Rights from 1789 to the present and their role in representing the state’s claims to the document. At 7 p. m., Professor Walter E. Dellinger III of Duke University Law School will speak about the Ninth Amendment. For more infor-mation, call ( 919) 807- 7900. NORTH CAROLINA CENTER FOR NONPROFITS 2007 Summit for the Nonprofit Sector ( Raleigh) October 24- 26, 2007 This summit, hosted by the N. C. Center for Nonprofits, the Non-profit Risk Management Center, and NCGives, features workshops on a variety of topics of interest to nonprofits, such as fraud preven-tion, risk management, nonprofit accounting basics, human resource legal issues, and more. For more information, visit www. ncnonprofits. org/ conference. asp. OLD SALEM MUSEUMS & GARDENS ( Winston- Salem) Lost Landscapes/ Preserved Prospects: Confronting Natural and Human Threats to the Historic Landscape September 27- 29, 2007 Out- of- State Conferences Every year important Southern landscapes are imperiled or suc-cumb to threats that include natural disasters, human apathy, greed, haphazard development, and unmanaged growth. This con-ference examines the threats and the solutions, addressing successful means of preserving the grounds of southern history. Cost: $ 325, with a reduced rate of $ 295 for members of Old Salem. For more details, contact Martha Ash-ley at ( 336) 721- 7360. PRESERVATION NORTH CAROLINA Annual Conference ( Raleigh) October 25- October 27, 2007 This year’s theme is “ Home! Sweet Home! Preservation of Our Historic Homes and Neighbor-hoods.” Learn how to build public will for historic preservation, how to understand preservation tax credits, and more. For more infor-mation, visit www. presnc. org. WORKSHOPS AND CONFERENCES E njoyed it!” “ Wonderful presentations! “ Great job! Especially impressed with the enthusiasm!” These were some of the comments from participants in the Federation’s spring workshop series, “ Putting Your Best Foot Forward: Creating Attractive Exhibits on a Budget, and the Basics of a Good Web Page.” Linda Jacobson, Assistant Keeper of the North Caro-lina Collection at UNC- Chapel Hill, and Jill Wagy, Reference Assistant of the North Carolina Collection, presented the workshops in Fayetteville, Lincolnton, and Washington, N. C. Though this article cannot serve as a replacement for attending a workshop, it is intended to summarize many major points of the workshops and thus serve as a refresher for those who were able to attend and as a source of basic information for those who could not. Creating Attractive Exhibits In talking about how to create attractive exhibits, Ms. Jacobson started with a description of basic supplies for making an exhibit. These supplies included • card stock paper, on which to print labels; • Foamboard/ Fome- Cor ® , on which to mount labels; • 3M spray adhesive, to attach labels to Foamboard; • X- Acto knives for cutting out labels and cut-ting Fome- Cor; • Gatorfoam ® / Gatorboard ® , used as panels on which labels and other elements are mounted; • box cutters, for cutting Gatorfoam; • glue guns, to mount elements to panels; • latex paint, to paint Gatorfoam; • contact paper, to add color; ( optional) • large vinyl or wooden letters, for titles; ( optional) • museum/ conservation board; • electronic clip art, for pictures; and • props, to add life to an exhibit. A cutting surface, such as a table, is also needed; the table should be covered by layers of conservation or museum board to protect the surface underneath. Ms. Jacobson also talked about some of the special features of these basic supplies. Because Gatorfoam is thicker and sturdier than Foamboard, it won’t warp or bend, making it perfect for use as a panel that hangs on a wall. Gatorfoam can be reused many times, and it can be painted, so that the colors can change as needed for use in different exhibits. One should use latex paint and use a roll- on brush to paint the panels. In addition, glossy or semi- glossy paint is preferable to flat paint, because it doesn’t show finger-prints as much as flat paint does. One can clean a painted panel simply by wiping it with a damp cloth. Ms. Jacobson noted that Foamboard comes in differ-ent colors, in addition to white; when labels are mounted to the Foamboard, one could leave a large margin of the Foamboard around the label to add color. She also noted that because museum and con-servation board are acid free, they can be placed be-tween an artifact and its stand; this protects the arti-fact if the stand itself is not acid free. Examples of Attractive Design Ms. Jacobson showed photos of exhibits and panels from the North Carolina Collection as examples of ways to create attractive exhibits on a budget. One simple way to add visual interest to a display is to incorporate images. In addition to using copies of historical photographs that they own, museums can photocopy images from books ( if the book is out of copyright) or use clip art. The North Carolina Collec-tion often enlarges images for visual impact; images can be mounted onto Foamboard ( if small enough), or they can be mounted onto museum board or Gatorboard. Images mounted onto museum board or Gatorboard can even be cut out, by cutting around the outline or silhouette of the image. One would use scissors to cut out an image on museum board or use a jigsaw to cut out an image on Gatorboard. By having a cut- out image rather than an image mounted on a square or VOLUME 27, NO. 3 Federation Bulletin PAGE 23 Highlights from the Federation’s Recent Workshops One way to add visual interest to an exhibit is to use images. This image was photocopied and enlarged, hand colored with color pencils, mounted onto Gatorboard, and cut out with a jigsaw. Its size, its use of color, and the fact that it has been cut out, rather than simply displayed on a rectangular backing, make the surrounding display more appealing. WORKSHOPS AND CONFERENCES rectangular piece of Fome- Cor, the N. C. Collection avoids having a display that consists entirely of square and rectangular shapes. In addition, to add color before an image is mounted and cut out, Ms. Jacob-son said she often hand- tints copies of drawings and clip art by using color or watercolor pencils. In addition to using images, one can also use copies of historical documents to make a panel more attractive. These documents can be photocopied and enlarged for more impact. Ms. Jacobson demonstrated ways to make a photocopy appear old, including crumpling the paper and brushing on a mixture of mineral spir-its and wood stain to add a brown color to the paper. An accompanying label should, of course, state that this image is a reproduction. Ms. Jacobson also talked about ways to display an original document. To avoid using any adhesive on a document, one could use clear photo/ holding corners to hold the document in place. The document should rest on an acid- free backing, and if it is being placed in a picture frame, there should be an acid free mat around the document, to prevent the glass from touching the document. Another way to add visual interest to an exhibit is to use contact paper on a panel. Contact paper comes in a variety of colors; one type of contact paper even looks like marble. The N. C. Collection has used strips of contact paper on a panel to underline a title or to make a line near the bottom of the panel, with an im-age placed across that line. One example Ms. Jacob-son showed included a thick black line near the top of a red panel, with the exhibit title “ Civil War Cur-rency” in white vinyl letters on this black background. Ms. Jacobson added that it is possible to buy online large vinyl, acrylic, or wood block letters to spell out a title; these large letters add interest and a sense of permanence, and the wooden ones can even be painted. Another way to add interest to a panel is by placing some labels at a different height from the others; this gives a sense of dimension. Instead of mounting all the labels to a panel at the same level, Ms. Jacobson said she often adds strips of FomeCor to the back of some labels or images before attaching them to the panel, to make them stand out at a different height. Artifacts in a display case can also be presented at different heights, again to add interest. Props also can make an exhibit more appealing, especially when there are few artifacts on display. Ms. Jacobson said she has recently gone to Michael’s to purchase props such as artificial food and plants to go along with exhibit topics such as cooking or scenes of nature. Tips for Creating Labels and Panels Ms. Jacobson offered several tips for when one is actually creating the exhibit. For items such as panels, labels, and artwork that will be attached to a wall, the horizontal center should be five feet, two inches from the floor. Labels on shelves or display cases will often need to be propped at an angle, rather than lying flat, to make them easier to read. One can support labels at an angle by cutting out triangles of FomeCor and gluing them to the back of a label. When cutting FomeCor for labels, Ms. Jacobson rec-ommends holding the X- Acto knife at an angle, so the FomeCor will be cut on a bias. She also recommends using 3M spray adhesive to attach labels to their FomeCore backing; this should be done in a well-ventilated room. She then recommended applying hot glue from a glue gun on the back corners of the Fome- Cor to attach the labels to a panel. Waiting until the glue on the FomeCor becomes a bit cloudy before attaching a label to a panel will make it easier to remove the label from the panel when the exhibit is over. Ms. Jacobson also distributed a list of suppliers for basic exhibit building supplies. Some vendors include Michael’s for Fome- Cor ® and X- Acto knives and blades; Tri- Dee Distributors for FomeCor and Gatorboard ( www. tri- dee. com); Walmart, Kmart, and Target for contact paper; Jerry’s Artarama for conservation/ museum board ( www. jerrysartarama. com/ art- supply-stores/ online/ 4973); and Light Impressions for clear hold corners ( www. lightimpressionsdirect. com/ servlet/ OnlineShopping). Ms. Jacobson is willing to answer questions; you can reach her at ljacobso@ email. unc. edu. VOLUME 27, NO. 3 Federation Bulletin PAGE 24 Highlights from the Federation’s Recent Workshops ( continued) The use of large, textured wooden letters that are painted gold and the use of contact paper to underline the title all help make this top part of a panel visually interesting. WORKSHOPS AND CONFERENCES The Basics of a Good Web Page In the second part of the Federation’s workshop, Jill Wagy talked about the basics of a good web page as well as some of the tools needed to create a web page. Of special interest to museums would be the free soft-ware she mentioned: N- vu, for creating a web page ( available at www. nvu. com/ download. php), and GIMP ( www. gimp. org), to change picture sizes and crop pic-tures as needed. She recommended several books for people creating a web page, such as The Non- Designer’s Web Book and Teach Yourself Visually HTML. Ms. Wagy pointed out that the majority of people visit-ing a web site are doing so for very basic information; they want to know where an organization is located, what its hours are, if there’s an admission fee, and how to contact that organization ( by phone and email). She strongly recommended having this information clearly presented on the first page of a web page. Ms. Wagy also noted that a good way to learn about web site design is to visit many web sites and notice design elements that you like and may want to imi-tate as well as design elements that you would like to avoid. She then reviewed several web sites to offer examples of both bad and good design. Examples of Poor Design Ms. Wagy talked about several problems she saw in The Florida Historical Society’s web page ( www. florida- historical- soc. org). The use of a repeating im-age in the background was distracting, as was the use of text that scrolled across the screen. In addition, the scrolling text slowed down the process of downloading the page, which can frustrate viewers. Since people typically spend about five seconds reviewing a web page, many viewers will simply lose patience and leave a website that is slow to download fully. Ms. Wagy discussed some other problems of the soci-ety’s website, especially the fact that different pages of the society’s web page had a completely different look, with a different background color and format. Web pages should have a consistent look from page to page, so viewers won’t wonder if they have acciden-tally left the web site they are interested in. Having a consistent format— for example, having a menu that appears at the same location on each page— helps viewers know where to go to find more information. Ms. Wagy also noted that one page used a piece of clip art as an image. She recommended that historical societies and museums use historical photographs or images of the museum or historic house, rather than clip art, because visitors to these kinds of web sites are interested in history. Examples of Good Design Some good websites that Ms. Wagy highlighted included the Wisconsin Historical Society ( www. wisconsinhistory. org) and the Alabama Historical Association ( www. archives. state. al. us/ aha/ aha. html.) Both of these sites have a consistent look from page to page and use photographs to enhance the page. The Hubbard House Underground Railroad Museum ( www. hubbardhouseugrrmuseum. org) also has a consistent look and layout, and it has its location, phone num-ber, hours, and admission price on the first page. Ms. Wagy pointed out that some organizations offer online exhibits, which can catch visitor interest and can highlight a unique aspect of an organization’s collection. The U. S. Archives, for example, has an online display of photographs of the unusual meeting between Elvis and President Richard Nixon ( www. archives. gov/ exhibits/ nixon- met-elvis/ main. php). To end her presentation, Ms. Wagy discussed how to keep visitors returning to a web page by having a feature that is updated with new information. Possible features include blogs, information about recently acquired artifacts, infor-mation about this day or month in a community’s history, and more. The N. C. Collection web page ( www. lib. unc. edu/ ncc/) is a good example of a web page that keeps visitor interest by frequently adding new information. The web page has a blog, in which staff write short arti-cles about a topic in N. C. history; a feature called “ This Month in North Carolina History;” and a fea-ture entitled “ What’s New in the N. C. Collection?” VOLUME 27, NO. 3 Federation Bulletin PAGE 25 Highlights from the Federation’s Recent Workshops ( continued) Some web sites offer changing features to encourage repeat visi-tation. The N. C. Col-lection at UNC- CH offers a link to “ This Month in North Carolina History,” to encourage web users to return to the site each month and learn more about the state’s past. petitions, and public opinion; dealing with public offi-cials; strategizing for public hearings; and winning the vote for district designation.” AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF MUSEUMS www. aam- us. org/ bookstore/ index. cfm, ( 877) 226- 3034 Collection Conundrums: Solving Museum Regis-tration Mysteries, by Rebecca Buck and Jean Allman Gilmore, $ 40 ( members), $ 55 ( non- members) According to the AAM website, this text, written by museum registrars, “ offers solutions to the problems of old loans, undocumented objects found in collec-tions, items lost in inventory, supplementary collec-tions and more, as well as guidelines on how to keep problems from occurring in the first place.” The book also features “ a history of registration methods and the standards for collection documentation and care, along with sample documents such as loan agree-ments, co- tenancy agreements, storage agreements and deed of gift.” NEW PUBLICATIONS The HISTORICAL PRESERVATION GROUP and the Lenoir County Colonial Commission announce the publication of The First of Patriots and The Best of Men: Richard Caswell in Public Life. This book is based on a Ph. D. dissertation written by Clayton Brown Alexander in 1930, and is the only book- length study of Caswell, a Patriot during the Revolutionary War and the state’s first governor. The publication has been edited by Dr. Keats Sparrow, former dean of ECU’s Harriot College of Arts and Sciences. Cost: $ 26, plus $ 6 shipping. For more information, contact Martha Mewborn Marble at 58mar-ble@ sudden link. net. or send a check ( made out to the Lenoir County Colonial Commission) to the Lenoir County Colonial Com-mission, Caswell Book, PO Box 1734, Kinston, NC 28503. PRESERVATION NORTH CAROLINA is offering Southern Built: American Architecture, Regional Practice, by Catherine Bishir. The essays collected in this volume represent three decades in the career of Catherine Bishir, a leader in the fields of both regional architectural history and historic preservation. The essays included here think globally while reaching locally. Cost: $ 35 for members, $ 42 for non- members. For more information, visit www. presnc. org/ shopping/ Books. html. The TEXTILE HERITAGE CENTER is now offering The Bobbin & Shuttle # 4, featuring stories from Carolina mill hills and textile towns across the South. Cost: $ 3, plus $ 2 shipping and handling. The Center is also offering a special on the first three issues for $ 8, plus $ 3 shipping and handling. The Center is also offering Saving Our Legacy: Stories of the Van-ishing World of the Southern Cotton Mill People: A “ How To” Manual, by Lynn Rumley & Sarah Bryan. This publication is based on the authors’ eighteen years of experience in Cooleemee, NC, and is written for people in-terested in undertaking a mill town preservation project. The ap-pendix includes model interview permission form, model “ deed of gift”, technical tips on interview-ing elders, and the 23- page “ Mill Family Life Survey.” Cost: $ 20 plus $ 5 shipping and handling. This publication was made possi-ble by a grant from the North Carolina Arts Council. VOLUME 27, NO. 3 Federation Bulletin PAGE 26 Other Publishers This is a selection of new books by other publishers that may interest Federation members. We welcome your suggestions as well. To find these books on the publishers’ web page, type the title into the search field. ALTAMIRA PRESS www. altamirapress. com ( 800) 462- 6420 ( Altamira gives a 15% discount for online orders.) The Politics of Historic Districts: A Primer for Grassroots Preservation, by William E. Schmickle, $ 24.95 ( paperback). According to Altamira’s web page, “ This how- to guide will give citizens who are fighting to designate a local historic district the politi-cal know- how to win the support of fellow residents and city hall. Everything is here: learning to think politically; mastering the political process; planning and strategy; campaign organizing and leadership; framing a practical vision; anticipating and handling the opposition; conducting community meetings; skir-mishing with property rightists; managing issues,
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Full Text | Y ou are invited to attend the joint annual meeting of the Federation of North Carolina Historical Societies and the North Carolina Literary and Historical Association, which will take place on November 9 and 10 at the Renaissance Hotel in Asheville. The conference offers several unique fea-tures, including a tour of Asheville, a discussion of the Bill of Rights, talks by N. C. authors, and a workshop for Federation members. On Friday afternoon, enjoy a guided walking tour of downtown Asheville. Then, in the evening come to UNC-Asheville and listen as Justice Willis P. Whichard talks about the Bill of Rights, focusing on the right to a jury trial and to due process. His talk is in conjunction with the tour of the ex-hibit Liberty and Freedom: North Carolina’s Tour of the Bill of Rights. On Saturday morning take part in a Federation workshop focusing on devel-oping a living history program. Then in the afternoon enjoy talks by Kay Byer, the N. C. Poet Laureate, and by Ron Rash, who will talk about his novel The World Made Straight, which deals in part with the Shelton Laurel Massa-cre in Madison County during the Civil War. In the evening the keynote speaker, Robert Morgan, will discuss his new book on Daniel Boone. The cost for the program varies depend-ing on what you choose to do. Look for a brochure with more information in a separate mailing. You can also find more information about the Saturday morning workshop on page 21 of the Bulletin. We hope to see you in Asheville! Make Plans to Attend Annual Meeting The Federation of North Carolina Historical Societies is a non- profit organization operating under the auspices of the N. C. Office of Archives and History. Its mission is to promote the pursuit of local history in North Carolina through existing and future local and regional historical organizations, societies, and commissions; to foster coop-eration between such organi-zations, societies, and com-missions and the Office of Archives and History to the mutual benefit of all; and to promote and support history education through sponsor-ship of the National History Day program and other ap-propriate activities. The Federation Bulletin is published quarterly. Submis-sions for the Bulletin should be sent to the address at the bottom of this page and should be received by November 1, February 1, May 1, and August 1. Federation News 2 Member News 3 Grant Opportunities 6 History Help 7 Calendar of Events 11 Exhibits 18 Workshops and Conferences 21 New Publications 26 Inside this issue: Federation Bulletin Federation of North Carolina Historical Societies Volume 27, no. 3 September 2007 Federation of North Carolina Historical Societies, 4610 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699- 4610, ( 919) 807- 7280 Web page: www. ah. dcr. state. nc. us/ affiliates/ fnchs/ fnchs. htm Editor’s email: Laura. Ketcham@ ncmail. net Call for Nominations: The Newsome Award describing the organization’s accom-plishments over the past twelve to eighteen months. Nominations are due by October 1. Please send your nominations to: Laura Ketcham Federation of N. C. Historical Societies 4610 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699- 4610 Recipients will be announced on Novem-ber 10, during the annual meeting of the Federation. For more information, please call ( 919) 807- 7280. W ould you like your organization to be recognized for its recent achievements in preserving local history? Then consider nominating your group for the Albert Ray Newsome Award. Each year the Federation recognizes organizations that have made signifi-cant contributions to the preservation and promotion of local history. Recipi-ents receive a framed certificate and a $ 250 cash prize. To nominate an organization, please write a one- to five- page narrative VOLUME 27, NO. 3 Federation Bulletin PAGE 2 T he Federation of North Caro-lina Historical Societies is a coalition of societies, associations, and commissions throughout the state that are dedicated to pre-serving and promoting history in North Carolina. An advisory board made up of members of historical organizations oversees the work of the Federation. The Federation sponsors work-shops and meetings; offers loans to members for the creation of historical publications, historical/ educational videos or cds, and special events; offers technical assistance to members who contact the Federation with questions; and more. For more information, visit the Federation’s web page at www. ah. dcr. state. nc. us/ affiliates/ fnchs/ fnchs. htm. Patricia Suggs Beaufort Historical Association Griselle Woodward Friends of Haywood Hall Barbara Rowe Cape Fear Museum Barbara Snowden Currituck County Historical Society Leigh Strickland Gov. Charles B. Aycock Birthplace Advisory Committee Through 2007 Merrikay Brown Lewisville Historical Society Jason Harpe Lincoln County Historical Association Through 2008 Kevin Cherry Friends of the Archives Jane Pyle Chatham County Historical Association Through 2009 Nyoni Collins Sankofa Center Charles Ingram Duplin County Historical Society Members of the Federation Advisory Board FEDERATION NEWS About the Federation T wo North Carolinians as well as the North Carolina Office of Archives and History will be presented with an Award of Merit at the annual conference for the American Association for State and Local History. This conference will be held in early September in Atlanta. William Powell won an award for The Encyclopedia of North Carolina, which he edited. More than 500 con-tributors submitted articles for this comprehensive encyclopedia, covering the events, institutions, and cultural forces that have defined the state. This highly praised publication includes more than 1,300 pages, 22 maps, and 373 illustrations. LaRae Umfleet and the North Carolina Office of Ar-chives and History won an Award of Merit for a report on the 1898 race riot in Wilmington. The report was a culmination of years of research by Ms. Umfleet, an employee of the Office of Archives and History who worked with the 1898 Wilmington Race Riot Commis-sion. This commission was established by the state legislature to develop a historical record of the race riot and to assess the economic impact of the riot on African Americans locally and across the region and state. Ms. Umfleet and the Office of Archives and History also won a “ WOW” Award, which recognizes projects of exceptional creativity, scholarship, and inclusive-ness; only four of these awards were given in the nation. It’s not too early to think about nominations to recog-nize work accomplished in 2007. Think about an organi-zation or person you would like to nominate for an Award of Merit, which is given to recognize excellence for projects ( including special projects, educational programs, exhibits, publications, restoration projects, etc.), individual achievement, and organizational general excellence. Nominations will be due in March. Look for more information in the December issue of the Bulletin. North Carolinians Receive Honors from AASLH Federation Bulletin I f you or a family member served or traveled on a hospital train during World War II or the Korean War, the N. C. Transporta-tion Museum would like to talk with you. The museum is plan-ning an exhibit later this year featuring a U. S. Army railway hospital car. The museum’s 1945 car was used during World War II and Korea. During these wars, injured sol-diers were shipped from overseas battlefields to American ports, where railway hospital units carried them to Veterans Affairs or civilian hospitals for further treatment. The museum is seeking personal stories to help it plan an interac-tive exhibit that will be added to the railway hospital car. If you have stories to share, please con-tact Larry Neal, director of visitor services, at ( 704) 636- 2889, ext. 227, or by email at larry. neal @ ncmail. net. VOLUME 27, NO. 3 PAGE 3 FEDERATION AND MEMBER NEWS A s textile mills close across the state and memo-ries of growing up in mill villages start to fade, North Carolina risks losing its rich textile heritage. To help preserve this history, the Textile Heritage Center in Cooleemee is calling on public officials and citizens to commemorate the first annual Textile Heritage Week during the first week of October. The Textile Heritage Center is offering a free kit to help people plan events for the week. The kit contains a petition calling on public officials to proclaim Textile Heritage Week in their communities; a model procla-mation; a model press release; a Power Point presen-tation; and more. Examples of ways to celebrate the week include giving talks at local schools, cleaning up an old mill graveyard, getting in touch with friends and classmates, and more. The Center is also offering a lapel pin with the Heri-tage Week logo for $ 5 plus $ 2 shipping and handling. Bulk orders of the pin are available to groups and businesses upon request. In addition, the fourth issue of The Bobbin and Shuttle maga-zine will be available by Labor Day for $ 3, plus $ 2 shipping and handling. Shelby became the first town to proclaim Textile Heritage Week, noting in its proclamation a de-sire “ to honor the ingenuity and labors of thousands of men, women, and children who opened the cotton bales, carded the fiber, spun the yarn, wove the cloth, shipped it to the far corners of the world, and maintained the mill village communities while at the same time weaving a distinct cultural fabric which has embossed its influence in all aspects of our social life.” For more information about Textile Heritage Week, email Initiative@ TextileHeritage. org, call ( 336) 284- 6040, or visit www. TextileHeritage. org. Send orders to THC, PO Box 667, Cooleemee, NC 27014. A Call to Celebrate Textile Heritage Week Chatham County Historical Association Pledges $ 25,000 to Library T he Chatham County Historical Association ( CCHA) recently announced that it is pledging $ 25,000 to the Chatham Community Library for the construction and furnishing of an area in the new library devoted to the local history, heritage, and genealogy of the county. The history area is planned as a part of the new Chatham Community Library to house those books and items of historic significance kept at the library for the use of its patrons. These items include county and family histories, genealogical records, gravesite registrations, publications on local history, and clipping files. Many of these items are irreplaceable, and will receive special handling and attention in this new library. The new library will be located on the campus of Central Carolina Community College, and jointly operated with the college. N. C. Transportation Museum Seeks Stories of Hospital Trains By Susan Alston, Administrator, The Murfreesboro Historical Association Cashiers Historical Society Studies Heritage Apples from the area’s early Indian cul-ture, agricultural life, and ship-ping industry. One room of the museum features the Gatling fam-ily and the famous Gatling gun, invented by Richard J. Gatling. Visitors can also tour the Agricul-ture and Transportation Museum, which houses a replica of a fasci-nating invention made by Richard Gatling’s brother, James. James Gatling invented and, according to witnesses, flew an airplane on his farm in Hertford County in 1873, well before the Wright brothers’ flight in 1903. MHA volunteers and volunteers from the Historic Murfreesboro Commission built a replica of this unusual machine, which was powered by hand-cranked fan blowers. The museum also houses many old vehicles, such as early carriages, as well as antique peanut pickers, an early cotton gin, and other farm implements. The Historic District also contains a Tinsmith Shop, Blacksmith Shop, Country Store and Law Of-fice, the Wheeler House, and the Hertford Academy, an early school for girls that later became what is now Chowan University. Associa-tion volunteers offer tours of the district every Saturday. The Association also runs the Brady C. Jefcoat Museum of Americana. Located in the 1920s Murfreesboro High School, it features eastern North Carolina’s premier collection of Americana, including the largest collection of washing machine equipment, a wonderful collection of music boxes, and much more. In addition, the Association offers several popular programs, includ-ing a Christmas Candlelight Tour of 12 historic buildings and a monthly Collector’s Forum, focus-ing on an area collector who talks about his or her collection. A vital part of the Murfreesboro community, MHA relies on its volunteers to make preservation a success story. The citizens truly exemplify the town’s newly adopted motto, “ A reverence for the past, a passion for the future.” T he Murfreesboro Historical Association ( MHA) was founded in 1965 to help preserve and promote the rich history of Murfreesboro, a restored riverport town on the banks of the Meherrin River in northeastern North Caro-lina. Incorporated in 1787, Murfrees-boro grew by developing trade and establishing a “ King’s Landing,” where a customs- style accounting of goods was undertaken. Because Murfreesboro was spared during the Civil War, many of its beautiful homes and buildings still exist. The Murfreesboro Historical Association has adaptively restored many of these buildings into a small historic village, known as the Historic District. The Association and its volunteers stay busy, working year- round to promote and maintain the buildings, historic homes, and collections located in this district; managing a museum of Americana; and offering popular programs. Visitors to the district can tour the Rea Museum, located in the oldest commercial brick building still standing in North Carolina. The museum contains displays VOLUME 27, NO. 3 PAGE 4 MEMBER NEWS Federation Bulletin T he Cashiers Historical Society and the Cashiers Community Council joined forces recently to sponsor a first- annual Heritage Apple Day. Speakers at the March 31 event focused on heritage apples such as the Junaluska Valley and Limber Twigs, and participants learned about grafting techniques. Some brought their own cuttings to graft while others used cuttings provided by one of the speakers. It is hoped participants will plant and nurture these grafted plants and that someday local residents will once again be able to enjoy these now rare heritage apples. The program was planned by local horticulturalist John McCarley and CHS board members Gillis MacKinnon and Ann Austin. The trio has been research-ing the apple trees at the Zachary- Tolbert House, and hopes to revitalize the orchard there as part of the master landscaping plan for the site. Focus on a Federation Member: The Murfreesboro Historical Association The Associa-tion’s logo reflects Murfreesboro’s maritime history. Send Us Your News! VOLUME 27, NO. 3 Federation Bulletin PAGE 5 MEMBER NEWS B e sure to send in news about your organization so we can feature you in the Bulletin! Add us to your newsletter mailing list, or simply email us press releases and other information. Tell us about your new exhibits, unique artifacts, upcoming programs, your accomplishments, your plans— anything you would like other Federation members to know about! We try to include information about as many Federa-tion members as possible, by using the newsletters that are sent to us and by conducting searches of mem-ber web pages. You are much more likely to be men-tioned if you send your news directly to us! Please also consider writing about your organization for the Focus on a Federation Member series, or writ-ing about a project or idea that others can imitate for the Sharing Ideas series. Send your newsletters to Laura Ketcham, FNCHS, 4610 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699- 4610, or send emails to Laura. Ketcham@ ncmail. net. THE ALLIANCE FOR HISTORIC HILLSBOROUGH recently received a grant from the F. M. Kirby Foundation to develop and install new exhibit panels in the Orange County Visitors Center/ Alexander Dickson House. These panels describe the history and architecture of the Dickson House; a significant Civil War event associated with the house and farm office; and the role of historic preservation in Hills-borough. The grant also helped the Alliance purchase furnishings for the visitors center and fund an improved artifact and furnishing exhibit in the Dickson Farm Office. THE CALDWELL HERITAGE MUSEUM announced that it has been accepted into the Museum Assessment Program, offered by the American Association of Museums and the Institute of Museum and Library Services. THE JOHNSTON COUNTY HERI-TAGE CENTER in Smithfield reports that information about Johnston County residents recorded for the 1920 U. S. Census is now available for online research via the Heri-tage Center’s Web site. It took staff members Joyce Mitchell and John McPhail two years to tran-scribe the information into a searchable database. As a result, the center now has online data-bases for census records from 1860 to 1880 and from 1900 to 1920 ( national records from the 1890 Census were destroyed by fire). Staff are currently working on transcribing the 1930 Census. THE LINCOLN COUNTY HISTORI-CAL ASSOCIATION announced it has been awarded a $ 10,000 grant by the Marion Stedman Covington Foundation of Greensboro. The grant will support a Conditions Assessment and Feasibility Study of the Eureka Manufacturing Company Cotton Mill in Lincoln-ton by Don Yelverton Architects of Charlotte. Upon completion of the study, the Association will begin a capital campaign to restore the mill as the new Lincoln County Museum of History. In addition to this grant, the Association has re-ceived grants and funding assis-tance from BFI/ Allied Waste, the National Trust for Historic Pres-ervation, and Walter Clark. The Association also announced the launching of its new website, www. LincolnCountyHistory. com. On May 4, members and friends gathered to celebrate the MUSEUM OF THE ALBEMARLE’s 40th birth-day. During the evening the Friends of the Museum of the Albemarle presented $ 1.5 million from a recent capital campaign for the design and construction of the exhibit “ Our Story,” which will be completed in 2008. PRESERVATION NORTH CARO-LINA ( PNC) announced that the Edenton Cotton Mill Village, which PNC preserved, has been named one of the 10 best cottage communities in the nation by Cottage Living magazine. In late 1995, shortly after closing the mill, Unifi Incorporated donated the 44- acre complex to Preserva-tion North Carolina. Using low prices and state tax credits for historic rehabilitation, PNC has sold all but 3 of the original 57 worker cottages. In addition, six new cottages are being built, and the 1898 cotton mill is being con-verted to house condominiums. Member News Briefs Federation Bulletin This is a selection of some of the grants available from private foundations. We welcome your suggestions as well. Please send us information about other grants you have found useful. THE BLUMENTHAL FOUNDATION The Blumenthal Foundation, based in Charlotte, focuses the majority of its grants on programs and projects that have an impact on Charlotte and the state of North Carolina. According to its web site, the Foundation “ provides grants for seed money, annual operating budgets, capital campaigns, conferences and seminars, special projects and endowments.” One of its nine areas of focus is Arts, Science, and Culture. Examples of grants in past include a grant to the Levine Museum of the New South, a Federation member, for educational programming; support of the 2002 Ocra-folk Art and Music Festival; and more. One aspect of this foundation that makes it stand out from many others is its belief in the importance of providing help for operating expenses. There are no grant deadlines; applications are reviewed at quarterly board meet-ings. For more information, visit wwwblumenthal foundation. org. HERITAGE PRESERVATION Conservation Assessment Program Deadline: October 15, 2007 Heritage Preservation is working with the Institute INSTITUTE FOR MUSEUMS AND LIBRARY SERVICES Conservation Project Support Deadline: October 1, 2007 This IMLS program awards grants to help museums identify collections needs and priorities and to perform activities to safeguard their collec-tions. Grants are available for many types of collections activities, such as surveys, training, research, treatment, and environmental improvements. For more informa-tion, visit www. imls. gov/ applicants/ grants/ conservProject. shtm. Grants from Public Organizations Museums for America Deadline: November 15, 2007 Museums for America grants support projects and ongoing activities that build museums’ capacity to serve their communities. As the IMLS web page notes, “ Museums for America grants are designed to be flexible: funds can be used for a wide variety of projects, including: ongoing museum work, research and other behind- the- scenes activi-ties, planning, new programs, purchase of equipment or services, and activities that will support the efforts of museums to upgrade and integrate new technologies.” Federation member Historic Hope Plantation received a grant in 2006 to develop a new exhibit exploring the lives of the enslaved African Americans who lived on the plan-tation and the lives of the Tuscarora Indians who lived on nearby lands until the early 1800s. For more information, visit www. imls. gov/ applicants/ grants/ forAmerica. shtm. VOLUME 27, NO. 3 PAGE 6 GRANT OPPORTUNITIES Grants from Private Organizations for Museum and Library Services to provide the Con-servation Assessment Program ( CAP) to help muse-ums care for their collections. As the website states, “ CAP provides a general conservation assessment of your museum's collection, environmental conditions, and site. Conservation priorities are identified by pro-fessional conservators who spend two days on- site and three days writing a report. The report can help your museum develop strategies for improved collec-tions care and provide a tool for long- range planning and fund- raising.” Most museums are assigned a con-servator to assess the museum’s collections, while museums with a historic structure may also get an architectural assessor. Though the program allocates money to help cover the costs of the assessors, muse-ums need to be prepared to pay any costs that go above the allocation. ( Heritage Preservation estimates these costs could be between $ 400 and $ 900, depending on how many assessors are assigned, their fees, the cost of lodging, mileage traveled, etc.). You must join Heri-tage Preservation’s mailing list to receive an applica-tion, which will be mailed in October; to be added to the mailing list, contact the CAP staff at cap@ heritage perservation. org or call ( 202) 233- 0800. For more infor-mation, visit www. heritagepreservation. org/ CAP/ index. html. Many museums who take part in this program later apply for an IMLS Conservation Project Support grant to implement recommended changes ( see a description of this grant above). HISTORY HELP N C LIVE ( North Carolina Libraries for Virtual Educa-tion) provides N. C. residents and students with access to high qual-ity information online— searchable collections of magazine, newspaper, and journal articles ( many with full text holdings); electronic books and audiobooks; primary sources; maps; and much more— covering a wide range of topics. NC LIVE offers many excellent resources for history professionals and lay-people. And, best of all, it’s free to N. C. residents; all you need is a library card. NC LIVE is funded through an appropriation from the N. C. General Assembly and by members of the N. C. Independent Colleges and Universities. How Does NC LIVE Work? Visit your library’s web site or contact the staff to get its NC LIVE password. Then go to www. nclive. org and log in. You can then search multiple databases simul-taneously using the EZ Search on the home page or the Advanced Search, which is also available from the home page. If you want to narrow your search to specific databases, the History & Geneal-ogy link on the left column under ‘ Browse by Subject’ is a great place to start. How Does It Help Historians? NC LIVE offers access to valuable historical databases, such as: • American Slavery: A Composite Autobiogra-phy, a collection of the life histories of former slaves in the United States com-piled through nearly 4,000 interviews with ex- slaves. Useful Resources: NC LIVE for Historians VOLUME 27, NO. 3 Federation Bulletin PAGE 7 By Beth Crist, E- Learning Consultant, State Library of North Carolina “ NC LIVE ( North Carolina Libraries for Virtual Education) provides N. C. residents and students with access to high quality information online— searchable collections of magazine, newspaper, and journal articles ( many with full text holdings); electronic books and audiobooks; primary sources; maps; and much more….” • Annals of American History, over 1,500 pri-mary documents impor-tant in American history; it also includes photo-graphs and multimedia as well as introductory infor-mation to provide context. • Daily Life through His-tory, a set of detailed por-trayals of what life was like for ordinary people in 26 cultures throughout history. • HeritageQuest, a collec-tion of research materials for tracing family history and American culture; it includes original page images, more than 25,000 books, the entire U. S. Fed-eral Census, and more. • Historic Events of the 20th Century, five source-books on important time periods in U. S. and world history; teacher lesson plans are included. • North American Women’s Letters and Diaries, a set of over 150,000 pages of letters and diaries depicting the personal experiences of over 1,000 women from the Colonial times to 1950. • North Carolina Sanborn Maps, a group of more than 11,000 large- scale digital maps of 158 North Carolina towns and cities from 1867 to 1970. Other great resources include several Encyclopedia Britannica products and general academic databases including EBSCOhost’s Academic Search Elite and Mas-terFile Premier. These last two resources include indexes for and many full text articles from hun-dreds of history journals, includ-ing Military History, Oral History Review, Teaching History, and American 19th Century History. What If I Have Questions? Check the Help tab from any NC LIVE page for FAQs and support materials. Staff at your local library can give you assistance, too, or you can go to NCknows at www. ncknows. org to contact a helpful librarian online, around the clock. Editor’s Note: This article is part of the Useful Resources series, which explores helpful resources on the Web. HISTORY HELP The Web is a wonderful resource for historical organizations, offering a wide range of museum- or history- related sites to visit. In this section, we’ll review sites that might interest you. We welcome suggestions as well; please let us know of any sites you think might interest other Federation members. “ Documenting the American South” http:// docsouth. unc. edu The University Library at UNC-CH sponsors this fascinating web page, “ Documenting the American South,” which offers access to a wide range of primary sources about the South. To quote the web page, “ Documenting the American South... provides Internet access to texts, images, and audio files re-lated to southern history, litera-ture, and culture. Currently Doc- South includes ten thematic col-lections of books, diaries, posters, artifacts, letters, oral history in-terviews, and songs.” One example of its collections is “ The North Carolina Experience,” which offers online text for twenty oral history interviews, 30,000 pages of text from fiction and non-fiction, and more than 3,000 im-ages, all focusing on the state’s social and cultural history. Other online collections include “ North Carolinians and the Great War: The Impact of World War I on the Tar Heel State,” “ Oral His-tories of the American South,” “ True and Candid Compositions: Antebellum Writings” ( featuring writings of UNC- CH students), “ Library of Southern Literature,” “ North American Slave Narra-tives,” “ The Southern Homefront, 1861- 1865,” “ The Church in the Southern Black Community,” and “ The First Century of the First State University.” Information on Starting a Nonprofit www. ncnonprofits. org/ faq/ HowToStartA501( c)( 3) Nonprofit. pdf The North Carolina Center for Nonprofits offers this useful 22- page information packet about starting a 501( c)( 3). Included in the packet are steps in establish-ing a nonprofit, descriptions of the duties of board members, a list of helpful resources, and sample by-laws. Software for Nonprofits www. techsoup. org/ stock Do you need to buy software for your computer but believe you can’t afford it? Then plan to visit the web page for TechSoup, a non-profit that sells software to 501( c) 3 nonprofits at low prices. TechSoup is able to sell software so cheaply because the software has been donated by companies such as Microsoft, Adobe, and more; Tech Soup simply charges an adminis-trative fee. Be sure to click on “ TechSoup Stock at a Glance” in the Getting Started part of the web page to learn more about how to register your nonprofit and how to place orders. You may also want to click on the Learning Center tab at the top of the web page to read articles on a wide range of topics including fund raising, volunteers, databases, training, and more. A Web Site that Gives Money to Nonprofits www. goodsearch. com Imagine earning money for your registered nonprofit just by surf-ing the web. According to articles in the New York Times and For-tune magazine, going to www. goodsearch. com can help you do just that. Each time a person uses goodsearch. com to search the web, approximately a penny is donated to that person’s charity of choice. Over time, these pennies add up. For instance, if 200 people use this search engine 5 times a day for a year for the benefit of the same nonprofit, that organization would receive approximately $ 3,650. So consider telling your members and supporters about this web site— they can help you with just a click of the mouse! Useful Resources VOLUME 27, NO. 3 Federation Bulletin PAGE 8 UNC’s Documenting the American South website offers access to thou-sands of primary sources, including diaries, letters, interviews, publica-tions, images, and posters like this one, part of its collection on World War One. HISTORY HELP A s noted in Part One of this article in the June issue, the second generation of Web technologies, generally called Web 2.0, has particular promise for those involved in the historical enterprise. Below is a continuation of a list of some basic Web 2.0 tools along with examples of how they might be used by a local historical group. Photo Sharing Services Whether they are using high- end, high- resolution cameras or their cell phones, almost everyone seems to be taking digital photo-graphs these days. A number of Web- based sites have developed that allow individuals to share their images with friends and family— or with the world at large. Most of these sites allow viewers to comment on the images and contributors to make connections between their images and those provided by other contributors. While these are nice features, the true value of these photo sharing sites may be the sheer number of viewers that they attract and the ability for these viewers to search across the captions provided by the contributors. A person might search for images of his or her hometown and find current views of downtown being posted by locals, or discover turn- of- the century views being shared by individuals living on the other side of the world. The most popular of these photo sharing sites is Flickr, located at www. flickr. com. It was developed in 2002 and is now owned by Yahoo. Here is one measure of its use: there are approximately 300 images bearing the tags “ Old Well” and “ Chapel Hill.” Many local history organizations hold image collections, and they are usually seeking to add to these materials. Web- based photo sharing services can be used to advertise the existence of image collections, solicit additions to those collections, and seek infor-mation about images for which little is known. “ Do you know this man?” can be a useful caption, and a number of institutions post “ unknown photographs” from their holdings on their own Web site, as well as on photo sharing sites, in the hopes of gathering more information about the unidentified image. ( Institutions do need to remember to post only those photographs which are in the public domain or whose copy-right they own.) Often, the comments left by viewers provide information and context for an image that even the most experienced and knowledgeable local historians might miss. (“ The date of the picture you have must be wrong; the bicycle in the back-ground was not manufactured until . . . ”) As more and more amateur photographers are posting their images to these sites, local groups might use these online photo sharing resources to iden-tify potential donors to their collection. Choice images placed on popular photo sharing sites can also be used as “ teasers,” directing Web traffic from the more general photo sharing site to the historical society or local history collection’s own Web site. For example, the Kent Historical Society has uploaded a handful of its old images to flickr. See www. flickr. com/ photos/ kenthistory/. Podcasting/ Audiovisual Streaming. Podcasting refers to the creation of audio or video con-tent that can be downloaded from the Internet to an iPOD ( a player much like the old walkman but one that can hold much more information than its non- digital predecessors). Audiovisual streaming is the posting of videos and audio to the Web that can be How History Organizations Are Using New Web Technologies ( Part Two of a Three- Part Series) VOLUME 27, NO. 3 Federation Bulletin PAGE 9 By Kevin Cherry, President of the Federation and Past President of Friends of the Archives “ Many local history organizations hold image collections, and they are usually seeking to add to these materials. Web- based photo sharing services can be used to advertise the existence of image collections, solicit additions to those collections, and seek information about images for which little is known.” HISTORY HELP watched or listened to by almost anyone with a connection to the Internet. Taken together, podcast-ing and streaming bring radio-and television- like technology to the Web— but the “ shows” run when the viewer wants to watch or listen to them and not on any particular programming schedule. Because audiovisual materials take up a lot of computer storage space, they have been cost prohibitive for most Web creators. Now there are podcasting and online video sharing Web sites that allow anyone to post audio-visual materials to the Web for free. The best known video site is www. youtube. com Featuring every-thing from lip- syncing teenagers to the random, verbal meanderings of the town eccentric, Youtube has it all. Podcasts of all sorts can be found at podcast directory sites such as Podcast. net, Podcastalley. com, and Yahoo Podcasts. ( A direc-tory of podcast directories is located at www. podcast411. com/ page2. html. The education podcast network is especially useful for schools.) A quick search on “ history” at the Podcastalley. com site brought back productions on subjects ranging from high school advanced placement history to baseball history to one on the use of new technology in genealogy. Historical societies often find themselves video- or audio- taping some event of local significance, such as speakers at annual meet-ings. They might even do a form of documentary work, videotaping activities that were once common but that have disappeared from everyday life, such as the milking of cows by hand. Societies could post a copy of these types of audio-visual materials to one of the free video or audio hosting sites and then provide a link from their own Web page to that video or audio. Doing this would save local com-puter storage space and expand the potential audience for their materials. A simple search on “ Carolina and Museum” on the www. youtube. com site shows that visitors to our state’s cultural institutions are already making their own films documenting their visits to the state’s historical institutions, and individuals from all over the world are viewing these “ tourist-made” productions. One example of a history organi-zations using audiovisual stream-ing is the Hafferreffer Museum of Anthropology at Brown Univer-sity, which has posted a demon-stration of Viking sword fighting on www. youtube. com. A number of statewide historical agencies are now producing podcasts. North Carolina is no exception. The Department of Cultural Re-sources maintains a list of its pod-casts at www. ncculture. org/ podcast. asp. Programs include historic site audio tours and lectures and interviews on a number of North Carolina- related topics Editor’s note: The third part of this article will appear in the December issue of the Bulletin. How History Organizations Are Using New Web Technologies ( continued) VOLUME 27, NO. 3 Federation Bulletin PAGE 10 The N. C. Department of Cultural Resources is one example of a cultural organization using pod-casting to inform web users about its offerings. Podcasts include historical lectures, tours of historic sites, and more. CALENDAR OF EVENTS Williamsburg, will present his unique, rare, and free program played on the wooden flute. Fall Fundraising Party Saturday, Oct. 20, 6: 30 p. m. The Beaufort Historical Associa-tion’s Annual Fall Fundraising Party will be held in the water-front home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Logel located at 1107 Front Street. The party will feature art-work from Mike Hoyt, catering by Beaufort Grocery Company, and smooth jazz music that adds up to a party that’s not to be missed. The public is welcome to join the annual event, which raises funds for the preservation and educa-tional programs of the Associa-tion. Tickets: $ 75 per person. Please call or visit the web page for more information. Historic District Double Decker Bus Tour Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, September- October, 11 a. m. and 1: 30 p. m. Hop aboard and see Beaufort’s historic district from atop our 1967 English double- decker bus. Local narrators tell tales of Beau-fort’s rich past of pirates, star-crossed lovers, and Confederate spies. Tickets: $ 8 for adults, $ 4 for children. Charters are available year- round. Jumble Sale Saturday, Nov. 17, 9 a. m.- 3 p. m. The Jumble Sale is an event that harkens back to the English coun-tryside of the 1800s where vil-lages held these events during fes-tivals. Based on this historic premise, the grounds of the Beau-fort Historic Site will be filled with vendors selling antiques and collectibles, fine art, pottery, jew-elry, crafts, tag sale items, can-dles, books, food, holiday gift items, and more. Held rain or shine, it’s a great time to do some Christmas shopping. Community Thanksgiving Feast Sunday, Nov. 18, 11: 30 a. m.- 1: 30 pm Enjoy a traditional tur-key dinner provided by some of the area’s finest restaurants. Served at the Beaufort Historic Site, dinners are avail-able for take- out or to enjoy under a heated tent. Tickets: $ 17 in ad-vance, $ 20 the day of the event. Historic Buildings Tour Monday- Saturday, throughout the year, 10 a. m., 11: 30 a. m., 1 p. m., and 3 p. m. All prized for their period collec-tions and furnishings, these historic homes run the gamut from the rustic, ca. 1778 Leffers Cottage, and the elaborately furnished Victorian Josiah Bell House, ca. 1825, to the award- winning resto-ration of the Federal- style John C. Manson House, ca. 1825. The historic buildings include the Carteret County Jail, ca. 1829, the Apothecary Shop and Doctor’s Office, ca. 1857, containing price-less pharmaceutical and medicinal artifacts used in early Beaufort, and the Carteret County Court-house of 1796, which is the only remaining wood- framed English Circuit courthouse left intact in North Carolina. Each building depicts a different period or aspect of life in historic Beaufort. Historic buildings tours consist of three buildings. Tickets: $ 8 for adults, $ 4 for children. * * * * * * * CALDWELL COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ( Lenoir) ( 828) 758- 4004 VOLUME 27, NO. 3 Federation Bulletin PAGE 11 ALLIANCE FOR HISTORIC HILLSBOROUGH ( Hillsborough) www. historichillsborough. org Museum's Golden Anniversary Saturday, Nov. 10, 11 a. m.- 4 p. m. Join the Board of Directors and staff in this celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Orange County Historical Museum's official opening on November 10, 1957. See a special exhibit on the found-ing and development of the museum, and enjoy some cake! * * * * * * * AYCOCK BIRTHPLACE ( Fremont) www. ah. dcr. state. nc. us/ sections/ hs/ aycock/ AYCOCK. HTM, ( 919) 252- 5581 Living History Wednesdays Wednesdays, October- November, 9: 30 a. m.- 12: 30 p. m. Costumed interpreters will dem-onstrate chores typically done on a 19th- century eastern North Carolina farm. * * * * * * * BEAUFORT HISTORICAL ASSOCIA-TION ( Beaufort) www. beauforthistoricsite. org ( 252) 728- 5225 Popular Music of the Colonial Era Saturday, Sept. 1, 11 a. m. Come to the Carteret County Courthouse of 1796, located on the Beaufort Historic Grounds, 130 Turner Street, for a morning of music from 17th and 18th- century America. Herbert Watson, a member of the “ Governor’s Musick,” gives about 100 concerts every year at the colonial capitol build-ing, the Governor’s Palace, and other locations. Dressed in period clothes, Watson, from Colonial Open House Sunday, Sept. 9, 2 p. m.- 5 p. m. Come to the Caldwell Heritage Museum to learn more about the Historical Society and to enjoy the museum exhibits. Free, but dona-tions are accepted. * * * * * * * CARTERET COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ( Morehead City) www. thehistoryplace. org, ( 252) 247- 7533 Downeast Bus Tour Wednesday, Sept. 19 Enjoy this bus tour, led by Rodney Kemp, and learn the history behind the beautiful areas Downeast while having a great time. Seating is limited. Call ( 252) 247- 7533, ext. 106 for details. * * * * * * * CATAWBA COUNTY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION ( Newton) www. catawbahistory. org Murray's Mill Harvest Folk Festival Saturday, Sept. 29, 10 a. m.- 5 p. m., and Sunday, Sept. 30, 1 p. m.- 5 p. m. This festival celebrates Catawba County’s agricultural heritage with an array of exhibits, crafts-men, and activities, including petting zoos, antique cars, tractors, and farm machinery, as well as traditional food preparations such as molasses making. En-joy bluegrass, country, and gospel music, as well as a tour of the mill, which is still pro-ducing flour. Cost: $ 5. Directions are posted on the website. Hart Square Saturday, Oct. 27 This privately owned, recreated 19th- century village features the largest collection of original his-toric log buildings in the United States and is open to the public only one day each year. Dating from 1782 to 1873, the seventy log structures are all furnished, and around 220 volunteer artisans will demonstrate the period tech-niques of flax breaking and hack-ling, spinning, weaving, herb dying, open- hearth cooking, wheel-wrighting, and more. Tickets cost $ 25 each and go on sale at 9 a. m. on Oct. 1. They may be purchased in person at the Catawba County Museum of History in Newton or over the phone, with a credit card, at ( 828) 465- 0383. Directions are included with the tickets. * * * * * * * C. GRIER BEAM TRUCK MUSEUM ( Cherryville) www. beamtruckmuseum. com ( 704) 435- 3072 Old Trucks and Art in the Park Saturday, Sept. 9, 10 a. m.- 3 p. m. The fourth- annual festival features a display of original art outside on the grounds of the museum as well as a juried art show inside the museum. The art is available for purchase. * * * * * * * DURHAM COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY ( Durham) ( 919) 560- 0190 Friends of the Durham Library 2007 Book Sale Friday, October 5, 4 p. m.– 7 p. m. Saturday, Oct. 6, 10 a. m.- 4 p. m. Sunday, Oct. 7, 2 p. m.- 5 p. m. Discover fascinating books to add to your collection, all while support-ing the Durham County Public Library! The October 5 sale is open to members only; member-ships will be sold at the door. Everyone is welcome on October 6 and 7, with books offered for $ 7 per bag on October 7. All sales take place at the Main Library, 300 N. Roxboro St. * * * * * * * DUKE HOMESTEAD STATE HISTORIC SITE ( Durham) www. dukehomestead. nchistoric sites. org, ( 919) 477- 5498 The Tobacco Harvest and Hornworm Festival Saturday, Sept. 8, 10 a. m.- 4 p. m. Discover how 19th- century farmers like Mr. Duke primed and prepared their tobacco for curing. Join costumed interpret-ers as they prime, or harvest, tobacco; take part in a looping contest as you tie the tobacco leaves to tobacco sticks; and enjoy tours of the Duke family’s 1852 home. The festival will also offer a humorous “ celebration” of the hornworm, with hornworm races and games. Free. An Evening at the Homestead Saturday, Oct. 20, 2 p. m.- 6 p. m. Join the Duke Homestead junior interpreters for an afternoon pro-gram featuring traditional music, wagon rides, fall foods, and 19th-century games. Free. * * * * * * * HISTORICAL PRESERVATION GROUP ( Kinston) www. historicalpreservationgroup. org Fifth Annual Wil King Antebel-lum Ball Saturday, Sept. 29, 7 p. m. Social, CALENDAR OF EVENTS VOLUME 27, NO. 3 Federation Bulletin PAGE 12 CALENDAR OF EVENTS 8 p. m. Dance Enjoy music and dancing in the Tara Ball Room of the King’s Res-taurant in Kinston. Period clothing “ will be admired, but not required.” Proceeds go toward the preserva-tion of Civil War battlefields in Lenoir County. Cost: $ 25. Contact Jane Phillips for more information at diamondgp@ suddenlink. net. * * * * * * * LINCOLN COUNTY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION ( Lincolnton) www. lincolncountyhistory. com ( 704) 748- 9090 Making Faces with Michael Ball Saturday, Oct. 27, 10 a. m. to 2 p. m. This program offers everyone from novice to professional an opportu-nity to put their own hand- sculpted face on various forms made by Ca-tawba Valley potter Michael Ball. Ball will be available to assist you with the application of crafting your own work of art. Upon com-pletion, Ball will glaze the pieces in a traditional Catawba Valley alkaline glaze and fire them in his wood- fired groundhog kiln. The Association will hold a special re-ception at a later date, at which time they will display the pieces. Registration due by Oct. 1; cost depends on type of object you select ( such as vase, half- gallon jug, etc.) Please see the website for a registration form. * * * * * * * LOWER CAPE FEAR HISTORICAL SOCIETY ( Wilmington) www. latimerhouse. org ( 910) 762- 0492 Secret Garden Tour Friday and Saturday, Sept. 7 and 8 Mark your calendars now for the fourth- annual Secret Garden Tour, which features beautiful private gardens not usually open to the public. Tickets: $ 18 per person. Refreshments will be available at the Latimer House; bag lunches catered by Jester's Java will also be available for purchase. * * * * * * * MOORE COUNTY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION ( Southern Pines) www. moorehistory. com ( 910) 692- 2051 Historic Equestrian Lecture Series Sunday, Sept. 16, 2007, 2 p. m. This special event will cover the fascinating history of the Boyd family and the formation of the equestrian community in the Sand-hills. This one- hour program will take place in the Southern Pines Civic Club and will conclude with refreshments and an opportunity to speak with the guest lecturers. Free. Historic Equestrian Photo Exhibit Opening Friday, Sept. 21, 2007, 3 p. m.- 4 p, m. The Moore County Historical Association will unveil its annual Historic Photo Exhibit based on the equestrian com-munity of the Sandhills. Members of the eques-trian community and MCHA trustees will be welcoming guests at the Southern Pines Planning Office. Free. Mystery Day Tour Friday, October 5, 2007 Join us for a fun, one- day Mystery Tour. We can’t say where we are going, just that everyone will enjoy the ride and the surprise when we get there. The tour departs from the Shaw House in Southern Pines. Cost: $ 30 MCHA member/$ 40 non- member. Please call for reservations and more information. 47th Annual Antiques Show and Sale Friday, Nov. 2 10 a. m.- 7 p. m., Saturday, Nov. 3, 10 a. m.- 5 p. m., Sunday, Nov. 4, 12 noon- 5 p. m. Find the treasure of your dreams at the Moore County Historical Association’s 47th Annual Antique Show and Sale. Antique dealers from New York to Florida will fill the Fair Barn at the Pinehurst Harness Track with thousands of items for sale— maybe with the right gift for someone on your special holiday list. Cost: $ 6 per person, $ 11 for a 3- day pass. Tickets are also available for a private preview party and sale on Thursday, Nov. 1, with proceeds benefiting the association; call for more information. * * * * * * * MOUNT AIRY MUSEUM OF RE-GIONAL HISTORY ( Mount Airy) www. northcarolinamuseum. org/ mountairyevents. aspx ( 336) 786- 4478 “ Falling” into Winter Saturday, Oct. 27, 10 a. m. - 2 p. m. Enjoy family- friendly fall festivi-ties at the museum: take a ride in a wagon drawn by draft horses, make a fall scarecrow, and craft a cornhusk doll. Enjoy musical entertainment and light refresh-ments. “ They Call Me Aunt Orlene” Sunday, Nov. 11, 3 p. m. VOLUME 27, NO. 3 Federation Bulletin PAGE 13 CALENDAR OF EVENTS Join Phyllis Stump as she presents her one- woman show about the life of Orlene Hawks Puckett, a South-western Virginia midwife and local legend of this region. ( Her parents were married in Surry County.) Aunt Orlene is famous for having successfully delivered more than a thousand babies in her 49- year career, although none of her own 24 children lived past infancy. Tickets: $ 5 for museum members, $ 10 for non- members. * * * * * * * MUSEUM OF THE ALBEMARLE ( Elizabeth City) ( 252) 335- 1453, moa@ ncmail. net ( All programs are free.) Historic Albemarle Roundtable Thursday, Sept. 6, 7 p. m. Dr. Rebecca Seaman will present the talk “ Native Americans of the Albemarle Region.” Day on the River Saturday, Sept. 15, 10 a. m.- 3 p. m. Enjoy a day on the river explor-ing the nautical history of the Albemarle region, and watch the annual Moth Boat Regatta. Kids will love the pirate- themed activities. Historic Albemarle Roundtable Thursday, Oct. 4, 7 p. m. Hear Paul Clancy discuss his book Ironclad: The Epic Battle, Calami-tous Loss and Historic Recovery of the USS Monitor. A book signing follows the program. Cemetery Walk Saturday, Oct. 20, 1 p. m.- 4 p. m. As you walk through a local ceme-tery, you will be greeted by ghosts of the deceased, who will be por-trayed by Junior Docents. * * * * * * * MUSEUM OF THE CAPE FEAR HISTORICAL COMPLEX ( Fayetteville) ( 910) 486- 1330, mcf@ ncmail. net. Festival of Yesteryear Saturday, Sept. 8, 10 a. m.- 5 p. m. Did you know that Fayetteville, N. C., was the first American city named in honor of Revolutionary War hero Maj. Gen. Marquis de Lafayette? Help the city celebrate Lafayette’s 250th birthday with crafts, colonial trades, music, reenactors, games, and food. The Festival of Yesteryear recalls a time when small- town colonial America offered a multitude of sights, sounds, and smells. Volunteer Orientation Day Monday, Sept. 10 10 a. m.- noon or 6 p. m.- 8 p. m. This two- hour session offers everything you need to know about volunteering at the museum. Live! At the Arsenal Sunday, Sept. 23, 1- 5 p. m. These guided tours of the Fayette-ville Arsenal will include black-smithing and woodworking dem-onstrations. The tours depart from the museum lobby at 1: 15 p. m., 2 p. m., 3 p. m., and 4 p. m. Exhibit Tour Saturday, Oct. 20 , 2 p. m. Join a special tour of the exhibit From Our Hands: Carolina Quilts led by Kathryn Beach, historian at the Museum of the Cape Fear Historical Complex. Family Day: From Our Hands Sunday, Oct. 28 , 1 p. m.- 5 p. m. Take one last look at the exhibit From Our Hands: Carolina Quilts. Enjoy freshly squeezed ci-der and play games at the 1897 Poe House. Old- time Music at the Museum Wednesdays, Sept. 12 and 26, Oct. 10 and 24, 7 p. m. Hear old- time pickers play a variety of traditional music. * * * * * * * NEW BERN HISTORICAL SOCIETY ( New Bern) ( 252) 638- 8558, www. newbern historical. org Haunted Evening: A Historical Drama in New Bern Every Saturday night, September- October 20, 7: 30 p. m. and 8: 30 p. m. Enjoy a haunted, candlelit, guided tour of the 19th- century Attmore- Oliver House. Learn about spirits from the past, southern funeral cus-toms, life after the Civil War, and recent paranormal investigations of the house. Tickets: $ 12. Advanced purchase is recommended as space is limited to 20 people per tour. A special Drama/ Dinner package is also available for $ 37 per person with dinner provided at the Chelsea Restaurant before or after the performance. Lunch & Learn: Tales of a Ghost Walk “ Ghost” Thursday, Sept. 13, 11: 30 a. m. Join John Leys, an active participant in the Histori-cal Society’s annual Ghost Walk, for an amusing look into the adventures and misadventures of being a “ ghost.” In his years of tak-ing part in the program, Leys has portrayed ghosts; created ghost cos-tumes; researched and written ghost speeches; found places to “ haunt,” and more. Tickets cost $ 13.50 and must be purchased in advance; the cost covers a buffet lunch at the Chelsea Restaurant. The Fires of Freedom: Abraham Galloway’s Civil War VOLUME 27, NO. 3 Federation Bulletin PAGE 14 CALENDAR OF EVENTS Sunday, Sept. 23, 2 p. m. Join author and scholar Dr. David Cecelski as he talks about the fascinating life of Abraham Gallo-way. Galloway was an African American man from coastal North Carolina who escaped slavery in 1857, became an abolitionist speaker, and later served as a Union spy in Virginia and North Carolina during the Civil War. He also became a political leader, pushing for better treatment of African American soldiers during the war; after the war, he organ-ized a freedmen’s convention and served in the state’s constitutional convention. This free program will be held in the Masonic Theater and will be followed by a reception at the Attmore- Oliver House. Ghostwalk in Haunted New Bern: The Civil War Years Friday and Saturday, Oct. 26 and Oct. 27 Take a self- guided tour of New Bern at night to hear stories by Confederate and Union soldiers, spies, and other “ spirits” as they talk about life in New Bern during the Civil War. Guides at each site will share the history of historic homes, while “ ghosts” tell the story of the 1862 Battle of New Bern. The society is also offering a special preview of the haunted cemetary on Thursday, Oct. 25. Cost: $ 15 in advance, $ 20 day of tour; tickets are good for all three days. On Saturday, from 10 a. m.- 4 p. m., you can also enjoy presen-tations by Civil War reenactors, historical displays, and tours of the New Bern Civil War Battle-field. * * * * * * * NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF HISTORY ( Raleigh) www. ncmuseumofhistory. org ( 919) 807- 7900 ( All programs are free, unless oth-erwise noted. For more informa-tion or a complete list of events, please call or visit the web page.) North Carolina and World War II Thursday, Sept. 20, 9 a. m.- 5 p. m. Enjoy a sneak peek of Ken Burns’ epic World War II documentary series “ The War,” before its premiere on UNC-TV on Sunday, Sept. 23. Watch 45 minutes of “ The War” at 11 a. m., 1 p. m., and 3 p. m. Tour a new exhibit about World War II. While you’re at the museum, be sure to see North Carolina’s origi-nal copy of the Bill of Rights. Remembering World War II: North Carolinians at Home and Abroad Saturday, Sept. 29, 11 a. m.- 4 p. m. During this Family Day event, learn about this period in our state’s history through first-person accounts, period music, and hands- on activities. Meet World War II veterans, and find out how the realities of World War II affected all North Carolinians. UNC- TV is a media sponsor of this event. History à la Carte: The First American Coloring Book Wednesday, Oct. 10, 12: 10 p. m. Bring your lunch; beverages pro-vided. Engraver Theodor de Bry is best known for his series of illustrated volumes chronicling many of the earliest expeditions to the Ameri-cas. Join Larry Tise, professor of history at East Carolina Univer-sity, and learn how de Bry’s 1590 volume brought the New World to life for the European public. Curator’s Tour: A New World: England’s First View of America Saturday, Oct. 20, 2 p. m. The paintings of John White gave the Elizabethan world its first glimpse of America. Join exhibi-tion curator Kim Sloan, Curator of British Drawings and Watercol-ours before 1880 and Francis Finlay Curator of the Enlighten-ment Gallery at the British Museum, for a special look at White’s remarkable works. A ticket to Mysteries of the Lost Col-ony and A New World: England’s First View of America is required. Cost: $ 10 for adults; $ 8 for stu-dents, senior citizens, active mili-tary personnel, and adult groups of 10 or more; free for Associates members. Call for more information. Historic Plants of Colonial America Thursday, Oct. 25, 2 p. m.- 4 p. m. The program will take place at the Doris Duke Center, Sarah P. Duke Gardens, Durham. To register, call 919- 730- 2503. Botanists John Clayton, André Michaux, and John and William Bartram were instrumental in discovering many plants in North America and introduc-ing them to colonial and European gardens. Join Mark McVicker, nursery manager at the Thomas Jefferson Cen-ter for Historic Plants, as he discusses the impact and signifi-cance of their finds. The program is presented in conjunction with the Sarah P. Duke Gardens. Cost: $ 15, $ 10 for Associates members. What Happened to the Lost Colony? Saturday, Oct. 27, 2 p. m. To register, call 919- 807- 7997 by Oct. 24. The Lost Colony is North Carolina’s legendary whodunit. Join David VOLUME 27, NO. 3 Federation Bulletin PAGE 15 CALENDAR OF EVENTS LaVere, professor of history at UNC- Wilmington, as he presents his theory about this centuries- old unsolved mystery. Twelfth Annual American Indian Heritage Celebration Saturday, Nov. 17, 11 a. m.- 4 p. m. Celebrate North Carolina’s Ameri-can Indian heritage at this excit-ing festival! The Museum of His-tory and Bicentennial Plaza will overflow with music, dancing, story- telling, hands- on activities, and food. See artists demonstrate their skills at pottery, basketry, beadwork, stone carving and other crafts. Watch dancers perform traditional dances to the rhythms of northern- and southern- style drum groups. Make crafts, play games, and listen to stories and legends presented by Indian sto-rytellers. It’s fun for the entire family! This event is supported by the N. C. Commission of Indian Affairs; the N. C. Museum of History Asso-ciates; and United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County, with funds from the United Arts cam-paign and the N. C. Arts Council, an agency funded by the State of North Carolina and the National Endowment for the Arts. * * * * * * * NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD MUSEUM/ NEW HOPE VALLEY RAILWAY ( New Hope) www. nhvry. org, ( 919) 362- 5416 Double- Headed Thunder Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 3, 4, 10, and 11 at 11 a. m., 12: 15 p. m., 1: 30 p. m., 2: 45 p. m., and 4 p. m. The New Hope Valley Railway will host guest steam locomotive Flagg Coal # 75 to join our very own # 17 for some very exciting double- headed excursions. This special event will feature the two Vulcan 0- 4- 0 tank engines pulling our passenger excursion trains through the piney woods of the New Hope Valley and up the hill Sherron Harris grade Ghost Trains Saturday, October 27 See ghosts and ghouls during this Halloween-themed ride on the New Hope Valley Railway. Halloween rides are pre-sold at participating ticket outlets; check the website in October for more information. PRESERVATION DURHAM ( Durham) www. preservationdurham. org ( 919) 682- 3036 Walking Tours of Durham 2nd- 4th Saturdays, Sept.- Nov. 10 a. m. Join a tour guide at Preservation Dur-ham’s sign at the Durham Farmers Market in Central Park, on Foster Street. These one- to two- hour walks focus on different aspects of Durham’s history. Tours on second Saturdays of the month focus on Durham’s tobacco heritage, while tours on third Satur-days focus on Durham’s civil rights legacy, and tours on fourth Saturdays highlight Durham’s architecture and urban landscape. There is no charge for these tours, and no reservations are required. * * * * * * * THE PRESERVATION SOCIETY OF CHAPEL HILL ( Chapel Hill) www. chapelhillpreservation. com ( 919) 942- 7818 Lunchbox Lectures Wednesdays, Sept. 26, Oct. 17, and Nov. 7, noon Bring your lunch, sit in the historic dining room of the Horace Williams House, and listen to captivating, informative, and entertaining dis-cussions led by staff and local ex-perts on a variety of subjects. On September 26 join Dick Baddour, Athletics Director of UNC- CH, as he talks about “ UNC Athletics: Past and Present.” On Oct. 17, Dr. Douglas MacLean will discuss “ Why Whould We Care? Under-standing Preservation.” On Nov. 7, Tom Magnuson will talk about “ The Roads and the Founding of Chapel Hill.” Space is limited; call to reserve your seat by noon of the day before the event. There is a suggested donation of $ 5. * * * * * * * ROANOKE ISLAND FESTIVAL PARK ( Manteo) www. roanokeisland. com ( 252) 475- 1500 ( For a complete view of programs, visit www. roanakeisland. com; for a complete view of programs offered at the Maritime Museum on Roa-noke Island, visit obxmaritime. org.) History, Arts, and Fun Programs September 1- 30, October 1- 31 Enjoy daily programs aboard the Elizabeth II, a sixteenth century representative sailing ship. Visit the Settlement Site and experience blacksmithing, woodworking and games. Explore 400 years of Outer Banks history in the interactive Roanoke Adventure Museum. Ad-mission charged. Simple Rigging Thursday, September 20, 10 a. m.- noon Learn basic rigging techniques, including whipping and splicing and three strand line. Students can bring dock lines to splice in this class. Cost: $ 30 members / VOLUME 27, NO. 3 Federation Bulletin PAGE 16 CALENDAR OF EVENTS $ 40 non- members. Class limit is 10. Call the Maritime Museum for more information at ( 252) 475- 1750. Build a Boat in a Day Thursday, Sept. 27 and Oct. 25, 9: 00 a. m. until 5: 00 p. m. Build an 8- foot plywood boat in a day, using the stitch- and- glue method. Workshop cost includes all materials and finished boat at end of the day. Cost: $ 275 mem-bers/$ 300 non- members. Minimum age is 8 years old with adult. Workshop limit is five teams. Call the Maritime Museum for more information at ( 252) 475- 1750. Elizabethan Tymes: A Country Faire Saturday and Sunday, October 6 and 7, 10 a. m.- 5 p. m. Enjoy this two- day fair at the Out-door Pavilion. A Faire Parade, be-ginning at 10 a. m. on Saturday, will feature the Baronial Court arriving at the Town of Manteo docks. The Court will be escorted across the Cora Mae Basnight Bridge to open the day’s festivities at Roanoke Island Festival Park. The admission price to the Faire is included in Roanoke Island Fes-tival Park’s general admission ticket and is good for both days of the event. For more information call ( 252) 475- 1500. * * * * * * * TRYON PALACE HISTORIC SITES & GARDENS ( New Bern) www. tryonpalace. org ( 800) 767- 1560 Stanly- Spaight Duel Re-enactment September 3, 2007 1 p. m. - 4 p. m. – Academy Tours 4 p. m. – Due Re- enactment Tour the New Bern Academy and then watch the spectacle of the September 5, 1802 Stanly- Spaight Duel unfold before your eyes. African American Historic Downtown Walking Tour September 16, 2007, 2 p. m. Reservations are required; call ( 252) 514- 4900 Learn about 300 years of African- American history on a walking tour of New Bern’s historic dis-trict. This tour lasts approxi-mately 90 minutes and covers 16 blocks. This program has a mini-mum of 10 people. Cost: $ 4 for adults, $ 2 for students. * * * * * * * WESTERN N. C. HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION ( Asheville) www. wnchistory. org, 828- 253- 9231 Tour of the Asheville City Building Saturday, Sept. 7, 9 a. m.- 2 p. m. Join historic- preservation consult-ant William Flynn Wescott in a behind- the- scenes tour of this 1928 Art Deco building. Tickets: $ 25 for WNCHA members, $ 35 for non- members. VOLUME 27, NO. 3 Federation Bulletin PAGE 17 EXHIBITS BEAUFORT HISTORICAL ASSOCIA-TION ( Beaufort) www. beauforthistoricsite. org ( 252) 728- 5225 Paintings by Hsi Mei Yates September 1- 30, 2007 Come to the Mattie King Davis Art Gallery, the oldest art gallery in Carteret County, to see paintings by Hsi Mei Yates. Yates’ oriental brush stokes are unique, every stroke becoming an extension of her hand creating beautiful and tranquil artwork. Her style includes Sumi- e ink and watercolor. Her reverence for different landscapes, flowers, birds, insects, and fish have inspired her paintings and have resulted in many awards from the local communities where she has lived. The gallery is open from 10a. m. to 4p. m., Monday through Saturday, and is located at Beaufort Historic Site. Paintings by Jim Wood Nov. 1- Dec. 31, 2007 Enjoy acrylic artwork by Jim Wood throughout the months of November and December. An opening reception will be held on November 3, from 3 p. m. to 5 p. m. * * * * * * * CALDWELL HERITAGE MUSEUM ( Lenoir) www. caldwellheritagemuseum. org ( 828) 0758- 4004 A Caldwell County Christmas: An Art Show Nov. 21- Dec. 31, 2007 This exhibit, sponsored by the museum and the Caldwell Arts Council, features photographs and works of art that were submitted as part of a contest. Vote for your favorite and help choose the winner, whose work will be featured on the museum’s 2008 Christmas card. * * * * * * * HIGH POINT MUSEUM ( High Point) www. highpointmuseum. org ( 336) 885- 1859 Back by Popular Demand Sept. 28, 2007- April 1, 2008 Like so many museums, the High Point Museum can only display a small percentage of its artifacts at any given time. For this exhibit, the museum gave community members a chance to nominate favorite artifacts to be shown again. Objects ranging from vintage toys to archaeological findings are on exhibit, accompanied by stories of what they mean to community members. * * * * * * * THE LINCOLN COUNTY HISTORI-CAL ASSOCIATION ( Lincolnton) www. lincolncountyhistory. com ( 704) 748- 9090 A Summer of Woodcarving: Hettie Smith King’s Collection Opens Aug. 1, 2007 Visit the C. R. Jonas Public Library in Lincolnton in August to see a unique collection of more than three dozen wood carvings, created by a Lincoln County native more than 80 years ago. In 1920 25- year- old Hettie Smith King began carving images from the natural world and from her daily life, including snakes, frogs, lizards, knives, spoons, shovels, baby dolls, axes, bowls, rolling pins, and more. She even carved a miniature figure of a neighbor and clothed it in a hand- stitched linen outfit. Though she lacked formal training, Mrs. King’s intricate carvings reflect an attention to detail and a connection to the rural world in which she lived. This ex-hibit marks the first time that this collection, which was given to the Lincoln County Museum of History in the 1990s, has been on display. The exhibit will be on dis-play in the library until the end of August, then will be displayed in the museum through 2007. * * * * * * * THE LEVINE MUSEUM OF THE NEW SOUTH ( Charlotte) www. museumofthenewsouth. org ( 704) 333- 1887 Rhythm & Roots: Music Tradi-tions of the American South Aug. 31- Dec. 23, 2007 Explore both the traditional roots of southern music and the evolving music brought to the region by immigrants from Asia, the Carib-bean, and Latino communities. Created by the Southern Arts Fed-eration in Atlanta, this exhibit high-lights one NEH Folk Heritage Award winner from nine southern states, creating a portrait of the South's musical traditions. In addition to featur-ing artifacts, information, and pho-tos, the exhibit also offers musical interactives so that visitors can enjoy samples of southern music. Comic Stripped: A Revealing Look at Southern Stereotypes in Cartoons Aug. 31, 2007- April 6, 2008 Cartoons have long shaped the public’s perception of the South. VOLUME 27, NO. 3 PAGE 18 In- State Exhibits Federation Bulletin EXHIBITS This exhibit will feature cartoons and comics from the 1860s to the present day as well as interactives to help visitors explore the idea of Southern stereotypes. Some of the stips featured include Lil’ Abner, POGO, and Kudzu. * * * * * * * NORTH CAROLINA MARITIME MUSEUM, ( Beaufort) ( 252) 728- 7317, maritime@ ncmail. net Masters of Realism Sept. 1- Oct. 28, 2007 See coastal scenes painted by artists Larry Burge, R. B. “ Bob” Dance and Joe Seme in this ex-hibit, marking the first time these North Carolina artists have presented their work together. The exhibit features approximately 30 paintings, with subjects ranging from waterfowl and wild horses to sports themes. * * * * * * * NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF HISTORY ( Raleigh) www. ncmuseumofhistory. org, ( 919) 807- 7900 ( All exhibits are free except Myster-ies of the Lost Colony and A New World: England’s First View of America.) Pleasing to the Eye: The Deco-rative Arts of North Carolina Opens Saturday, Aug. 18, 2007 For the first time, the N. C. Museum of History will feature a long- term exhibit gallery devoted to decora-tive arts. Visitors will see a wide variety of objects that reveal the craftsmanship and artistic expres-sion of generations of North Carolinians. The gallery will include paintings, pot-tery, furniture, needle-work, silver, costumes, and more. Transformations: Cherokee Baskets in the 20th Century Aug. 18, 2007- March 16, 2008 This traveling exhibit from the Asheville Art Museum examines Cherokee basketmaking over the past century. The exhibit appears in the gallery Pleasing to the Eye. Liberty and Freedom: North Carolina’s Tour of the Bill of Rights Sept. 17- 23, 2007 Take advantage of a rare opportu-nity to see North Carolina’s original copy of the Bill of Rights, taken from the State Capitol in 1865, and recovered in an undercover operation in 2003. This pre-cious document, also known as the first ten amendments to the U. S. Consti-tution, is one of thirteen copies circulated to the states. Everybody's War: North Carolina and World War II Sept. 18, 2007- March 17, 2008 The artifacts, images, and stories in this exhibit chronicle the contributions of North Carolinians during wartime. Mysteries of the Lost Colony and A New World: England’s First View of America from the British Museum Oct. 20, 2007- Jan. 13, 2008 Explore one of history’s most astonishing unsolved mysteries in the major exhibition Mysteries of the Lost Colony and A New World: England’s First View of America from the British Museum. The exhibition is presented through the collaboration of the N. C. Museum of History and the British Museum in London. Mysteries of the Lost Colony will examine England’s first attempts at a permanent settlement in America and what may have hap-pened to the colonists at Roanoke Island. At its heart is A New World: England’s First View of America, a traveling exhibition from the British Museum. This exhibition focuses on more than 70 original watercolors made by John White on his voyages to Virginia ( now North Carolina) in the 1580s. This is the first time in over 40 years that the complete collection of White’s original watercolors will be shown outside of England. Initial exhibition sponsors are Blue Cross/ Blue Shield, GlaxoSmithKline, the Josephus Daniels Foundation and Time Warner Cable. Tickets are $ 10 for adults; $ 8 for students, senior citizens, active military personnel and adult groups of 10 or more; $ 5 for children ages 5 to 12 and youth groups ages 5 to 18; free for children ages 4 and under and for Associates members. Purchase tickets at the Museum Shop, online at www. etix. com or through ncmuseumof history. org or ncmuseumofhistory shop. com. ( Service charges apply for etix purchases.) Most major credit cards are accepted. For more ticket information, call ( 919) 807- 7900. In conjunction with this exhibit, the N. C. Museum of History’s hours will temporarily change. From Oct. 20, 2007, to Jan. 13, 2008, the Museum’s hours will be Monday through Saturday, 9 a. m. to 5 p. m., and Sunday, noon to 5 p. m. To schedule tours for groups of 10 or more, call the Capital Area VOLUME 27, NO. 3 Federation Bulletin PAGE 19 EXHIBITS Visitor Center at ( 919) 807- 7950 or ( 866) 724- 8687. Reservations are required for groups of 10 or more. * * * * * * * PRESERVATION SOCIETY OF CHAPEL HILL ( Chapel Hill) www. chapelhillpreservation. com ( 919) 942- 7818 Recent Works by Lyde Zavaleta Aug. 19- Sept. 16, 2007 Come see these works in mixed media by Zavaleta, a native of Peru who received an MFA degree from UNC- Chapel Hill. * * * * * * * ROANOKE ISLAND FESTIVAL PARK ( Manteo) www. roanokeisland. com ( 252) 475- 1500 Henry Applewhite Photography Retrospective September 3- October 26, 2007 Monday- Friday, 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. This show in the Art Gallery honors the creative endeavors of Henry Applewhite, photographer. Enjoy the opening reception on Septem-ber 2 from 4 p. m. to 6 p. m., during which Professor James Applewhite and daughter Lisa Applewhite will offer a poetry reading. WESTERN N. C. HISTORICAL ASSO-CIATION/ THE SMITH- MCDOWELL HOUSE MUSEUM www. wnchistory. org, 828- 253- 9231 Victorian Mourning: A Death in the Family September 1 - November 10, 2007 Discover how people in this region viewed death in the 19th century, starting with the wrapping of the porch railings of the Smith- McDowell House to announce that the family had suffered a loss. Victorian Christmas Celebration Nov. 15, 2007 - Jan. 6, 2008 Celebrate Christmas the old-fashioned way. The Museum's timeline of authentically decorated period rooms show-cases the evolution of Christmas celebrations and includes hand-crafted decorations and live trees. VOLUME 27, NO. 3 Federation Bulletin PAGE 20 This is a selection of some of out-of- state exhibits that may interest Federation members. We welcome your suggestions as well. AMERICAN CIVIL WAR CENTER ( Richmond, VA) www. tredegar. org, ( 804) 780- 0264 In the Cause of Liberty In the Cause of Liberty is a perma-nent exhibit in the new American Civil War Center, which opened in the fall of 2006 in the historic Tre-degar Iron Works, a former gun foundry for the Confederacy. The exhibit’s goal is to present the causes and legacies of the war from the viewpoints of Unionists, Confederates, and African Ameri-cans. Cost: $ 8 for adults, $ 6 for students and seniors, with special rates for children. * * * * * * JAMESTOWN SETTLEMENT MUSEUM, ( Williamsburg, VA) www. historyisfun. org/ Jamestown- Settlement. htm, ( 888) 593- 4682 The World of 1607 April 27, 2007 – April 2008 Part of the 400th anniversary of the settlement at Jamestown, this special exhibit places America’s first permanent English colony in a global context, portraying a larger world of discovery, strife, expansion, innovation, artistic expression, and cultural exchange. The exhibit features major arti-facts from museums, libraries, and private collections from more than 10 countries. * * * * * * * SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY ( Washington, D. C.) www. mnh. si. edu/ exhibits ( 202) 633- 1000 Out- of- State Exhibits Emissaries of Peace: The 1762 Cherokee and British Delegations June 27, 2007- November 25, 2007 This exhibit presents vivid images of Cherokee and British society in the eighteenth century, as seen through the eyes of the British lieutenant and diarist Henry Timberlake and of three Cherokee leaders who accompanied Timber-lake to England to meet King George III. The exhibit provides new insights into the complex interactions between Native and European societies on the eve of the American Revolution, brought to life by a variety of items from their daily lives— weapons, peace pipes, eyeglasses, clothing, table-ware, and jewelry. Emissaries of Peace is a “ We the People” exhibit sponsored by the National Endow-ment for the Humanities and pro-duced by the Museum of the Cherokee Indian, Cherokee, North Carolina. Free. WORKSHOPS AND CONFERENCES DUKE UNIVERSITY ( classes offered throughout the state) Duke Nonprofit Program Year- round Part of Duke University’s Continuing Studies program, the Duke Nonprofit Program aims to strengthen the capacities of people, networks, and organizations within the nonprofit sector. Participants in this program can take classes in the Nonprofit Management Program, attend a Leadership Institute, or pursue an Advanced Leadership Certificate. By taking 50 hours of classes in the Nonprofit Management Program, participants can earn a Nonprofit Management Certificate. No specific classes are required for this certificate; rather, you can choose which classes best suit your needs. In addition, there are no exams or grades; the only requirement is that you attend every class meeting. In an effort to make this program accessible to everyone, the Nonprofit Manage-ment Program offers 400 classes in 17 sites across the state, from Murphy to Manteo; some classes are even offered online. Examples of class topics include fund raising, marketing, management, leader-ship, legal issues, public relations, board relationships, human resource issues, and more. Tuition is $ 16 per hour, plus any materials fee, with a $ 2 fee added to each course. Visit www. learnmore. duke. edu/ certificates/ nonprofit/ index. asp or call ( 919) 668- 6742 for more information. LINCOLN COUNTY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION ( Lincolnton) www. lincolncountyhistory. org ( 704) 748- 9090 Cemetery Preservation: Making Good Choices Friday- Saturday, Sept. 21- 22 During this workshop, presented by the Chicora Foundation, Inc, you can learn about the different kinds of cemeteries, the basics of developing a preservation plan, and issues that every cemetery must consider. Find out how to determine what monuments need immediate intervention, which monuments you can tackle safely yourself, and which ones need a professional conservator. You’ll also explore different monument styles, discover the meanings of cemetery symbolism, learn how to properly record cemeteries for maximum data, and more. Cost: $ 15 for registration before Sept. 3. Register by phone or visit the web page for a registration form. VOLUME 27, NO. 3 Federation Bulletin PAGE 21 In- State Workshops H ave you ever thought about creating a living history program for your site, but wondered how to do it? Do you already have a living history program, and would you like to share some of your successes and struggles? Then plan to attend the Federation’s workshop, “ Bringing History to Life: Developing a Living History Program,” during the Federation’s annual meeting in Asheville on November 10. Chris Morton, assistant site manager at the Thomas Wolfe Memorial State Historic Site, will discuss how the site developed its living history program, which features costumed interpreters acting as boarders and workers in the boarding house run by Thomas Wolfe’s mother. Jo Ann Williford, Education Super-visor of the N. C. Office of Archives and History, will talk about how she developed a successful first-person interpretation of the occupation of the State Capitol during the Civil War. Rachel Dickens, Educa-tions Programs Coordinator for the N. C. Museum of History, will describe some of the challenges and benefits posed by both first- person and third- person interpretation. The workshop will also include a question and answer period as well as time for you to share your own sugges-tions or stories. The workshop will end with a tour of the Thomas Wolfe Memorial, with costumed staff and volunteers presenting first- person interpretation. The cost for the workshop for Federation members is $ 10. Please note that if you pay the $ 40 registration fee to attend the annual meeting’s Saturday evening program, the cost for the workshop will be included. Look for a brochure to be mailed in the fall with more information about the annual meeting and with a registration form. Federation to Host Workshop on Living History Programs WORKSHOPS AND CONFERENCES AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR STATE AND LOCAL HISTORY Annual Meeting ( Atlanta, GA) September 5- 8, 2007 Organized around the theme of “ Relevance = The Bottom Line,” the 2007 AASLH annual meeting will emphasize the necessity to make historical societies relevant and important to the communities they serve, both through the edu-cational services they provide as well as practices they utilize to make themselves financially sus-tainable. Cost: $ 265 for members, $ 365 for non- members, with lower rates for one- day registration. For more information, visit www. aaslh. org/ anmeeting. htm. SOUTHEASTERN MUSEUMS CONFERENCE Annual Meeting ( Little Rock, AK) October 2- 6, 2007 With the theme “ Making Your Museum Matter,” workshops will focus on innovative ways muse-ums can make a difference in their community. Examples of topics include how to use innova-tive technologies such as wikis and podcasting; techniques for writing appealing labels; informa-tion on grants from the Institute for Library and Museum Sciences; ways to use oral histories to bring generations together; and more. For more information, visit www. semcdirect. net. Cost: $ 250 before Sept. 10, $ 300 after Sept. 10; $ 150 for single- day registration before Sept. 10, and $ 175 for single- day registration after Sept. 10. VOLUME 27, NO. 3 Federation Bulletin PAGE 22 In- State Conferences NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF HISTORY ( Raleigh) Bill of Rights Symposium September 17, 2007 Sessions begin at 2: 30 p. m. and 7 p. m. In conjunction with the museum’s hosting of the exhibit Liberty and Freedom: North Carolina’s Tour of the Bill of Rights, the museum will hold a free symposium focusing on this historic document. At 2: 30 p. m., Charlene Bickford, editor of the papers of the First Federal Congress at George Washington University, will speak on the origins of the Bill of Rights and her role in iden-tifying North Carolina’s copy. Then Dale Talbert and Karen Blum, attorneys with the N. C. At-torney General’s Office, will discuss the history of this copy of the Bill of Rights from 1789 to the present and their role in representing the state’s claims to the document. At 7 p. m., Professor Walter E. Dellinger III of Duke University Law School will speak about the Ninth Amendment. For more infor-mation, call ( 919) 807- 7900. NORTH CAROLINA CENTER FOR NONPROFITS 2007 Summit for the Nonprofit Sector ( Raleigh) October 24- 26, 2007 This summit, hosted by the N. C. Center for Nonprofits, the Non-profit Risk Management Center, and NCGives, features workshops on a variety of topics of interest to nonprofits, such as fraud preven-tion, risk management, nonprofit accounting basics, human resource legal issues, and more. For more information, visit www. ncnonprofits. org/ conference. asp. OLD SALEM MUSEUMS & GARDENS ( Winston- Salem) Lost Landscapes/ Preserved Prospects: Confronting Natural and Human Threats to the Historic Landscape September 27- 29, 2007 Out- of- State Conferences Every year important Southern landscapes are imperiled or suc-cumb to threats that include natural disasters, human apathy, greed, haphazard development, and unmanaged growth. This con-ference examines the threats and the solutions, addressing successful means of preserving the grounds of southern history. Cost: $ 325, with a reduced rate of $ 295 for members of Old Salem. For more details, contact Martha Ash-ley at ( 336) 721- 7360. PRESERVATION NORTH CAROLINA Annual Conference ( Raleigh) October 25- October 27, 2007 This year’s theme is “ Home! Sweet Home! Preservation of Our Historic Homes and Neighbor-hoods.” Learn how to build public will for historic preservation, how to understand preservation tax credits, and more. For more infor-mation, visit www. presnc. org. WORKSHOPS AND CONFERENCES E njoyed it!” “ Wonderful presentations! “ Great job! Especially impressed with the enthusiasm!” These were some of the comments from participants in the Federation’s spring workshop series, “ Putting Your Best Foot Forward: Creating Attractive Exhibits on a Budget, and the Basics of a Good Web Page.” Linda Jacobson, Assistant Keeper of the North Caro-lina Collection at UNC- Chapel Hill, and Jill Wagy, Reference Assistant of the North Carolina Collection, presented the workshops in Fayetteville, Lincolnton, and Washington, N. C. Though this article cannot serve as a replacement for attending a workshop, it is intended to summarize many major points of the workshops and thus serve as a refresher for those who were able to attend and as a source of basic information for those who could not. Creating Attractive Exhibits In talking about how to create attractive exhibits, Ms. Jacobson started with a description of basic supplies for making an exhibit. These supplies included • card stock paper, on which to print labels; • Foamboard/ Fome- Cor ® , on which to mount labels; • 3M spray adhesive, to attach labels to Foamboard; • X- Acto knives for cutting out labels and cut-ting Fome- Cor; • Gatorfoam ® / Gatorboard ® , used as panels on which labels and other elements are mounted; • box cutters, for cutting Gatorfoam; • glue guns, to mount elements to panels; • latex paint, to paint Gatorfoam; • contact paper, to add color; ( optional) • large vinyl or wooden letters, for titles; ( optional) • museum/ conservation board; • electronic clip art, for pictures; and • props, to add life to an exhibit. A cutting surface, such as a table, is also needed; the table should be covered by layers of conservation or museum board to protect the surface underneath. Ms. Jacobson also talked about some of the special features of these basic supplies. Because Gatorfoam is thicker and sturdier than Foamboard, it won’t warp or bend, making it perfect for use as a panel that hangs on a wall. Gatorfoam can be reused many times, and it can be painted, so that the colors can change as needed for use in different exhibits. One should use latex paint and use a roll- on brush to paint the panels. In addition, glossy or semi- glossy paint is preferable to flat paint, because it doesn’t show finger-prints as much as flat paint does. One can clean a painted panel simply by wiping it with a damp cloth. Ms. Jacobson noted that Foamboard comes in differ-ent colors, in addition to white; when labels are mounted to the Foamboard, one could leave a large margin of the Foamboard around the label to add color. She also noted that because museum and con-servation board are acid free, they can be placed be-tween an artifact and its stand; this protects the arti-fact if the stand itself is not acid free. Examples of Attractive Design Ms. Jacobson showed photos of exhibits and panels from the North Carolina Collection as examples of ways to create attractive exhibits on a budget. One simple way to add visual interest to a display is to incorporate images. In addition to using copies of historical photographs that they own, museums can photocopy images from books ( if the book is out of copyright) or use clip art. The North Carolina Collec-tion often enlarges images for visual impact; images can be mounted onto Foamboard ( if small enough), or they can be mounted onto museum board or Gatorboard. Images mounted onto museum board or Gatorboard can even be cut out, by cutting around the outline or silhouette of the image. One would use scissors to cut out an image on museum board or use a jigsaw to cut out an image on Gatorboard. By having a cut- out image rather than an image mounted on a square or VOLUME 27, NO. 3 Federation Bulletin PAGE 23 Highlights from the Federation’s Recent Workshops One way to add visual interest to an exhibit is to use images. This image was photocopied and enlarged, hand colored with color pencils, mounted onto Gatorboard, and cut out with a jigsaw. Its size, its use of color, and the fact that it has been cut out, rather than simply displayed on a rectangular backing, make the surrounding display more appealing. WORKSHOPS AND CONFERENCES rectangular piece of Fome- Cor, the N. C. Collection avoids having a display that consists entirely of square and rectangular shapes. In addition, to add color before an image is mounted and cut out, Ms. Jacob-son said she often hand- tints copies of drawings and clip art by using color or watercolor pencils. In addition to using images, one can also use copies of historical documents to make a panel more attractive. These documents can be photocopied and enlarged for more impact. Ms. Jacobson demonstrated ways to make a photocopy appear old, including crumpling the paper and brushing on a mixture of mineral spir-its and wood stain to add a brown color to the paper. An accompanying label should, of course, state that this image is a reproduction. Ms. Jacobson also talked about ways to display an original document. To avoid using any adhesive on a document, one could use clear photo/ holding corners to hold the document in place. The document should rest on an acid- free backing, and if it is being placed in a picture frame, there should be an acid free mat around the document, to prevent the glass from touching the document. Another way to add visual interest to an exhibit is to use contact paper on a panel. Contact paper comes in a variety of colors; one type of contact paper even looks like marble. The N. C. Collection has used strips of contact paper on a panel to underline a title or to make a line near the bottom of the panel, with an im-age placed across that line. One example Ms. Jacob-son showed included a thick black line near the top of a red panel, with the exhibit title “ Civil War Cur-rency” in white vinyl letters on this black background. Ms. Jacobson added that it is possible to buy online large vinyl, acrylic, or wood block letters to spell out a title; these large letters add interest and a sense of permanence, and the wooden ones can even be painted. Another way to add interest to a panel is by placing some labels at a different height from the others; this gives a sense of dimension. Instead of mounting all the labels to a panel at the same level, Ms. Jacobson said she often adds strips of FomeCor to the back of some labels or images before attaching them to the panel, to make them stand out at a different height. Artifacts in a display case can also be presented at different heights, again to add interest. Props also can make an exhibit more appealing, especially when there are few artifacts on display. Ms. Jacobson said she has recently gone to Michael’s to purchase props such as artificial food and plants to go along with exhibit topics such as cooking or scenes of nature. Tips for Creating Labels and Panels Ms. Jacobson offered several tips for when one is actually creating the exhibit. For items such as panels, labels, and artwork that will be attached to a wall, the horizontal center should be five feet, two inches from the floor. Labels on shelves or display cases will often need to be propped at an angle, rather than lying flat, to make them easier to read. One can support labels at an angle by cutting out triangles of FomeCor and gluing them to the back of a label. When cutting FomeCor for labels, Ms. Jacobson rec-ommends holding the X- Acto knife at an angle, so the FomeCor will be cut on a bias. She also recommends using 3M spray adhesive to attach labels to their FomeCore backing; this should be done in a well-ventilated room. She then recommended applying hot glue from a glue gun on the back corners of the Fome- Cor to attach the labels to a panel. Waiting until the glue on the FomeCor becomes a bit cloudy before attaching a label to a panel will make it easier to remove the label from the panel when the exhibit is over. Ms. Jacobson also distributed a list of suppliers for basic exhibit building supplies. Some vendors include Michael’s for Fome- Cor ® and X- Acto knives and blades; Tri- Dee Distributors for FomeCor and Gatorboard ( www. tri- dee. com); Walmart, Kmart, and Target for contact paper; Jerry’s Artarama for conservation/ museum board ( www. jerrysartarama. com/ art- supply-stores/ online/ 4973); and Light Impressions for clear hold corners ( www. lightimpressionsdirect. com/ servlet/ OnlineShopping). Ms. Jacobson is willing to answer questions; you can reach her at ljacobso@ email. unc. edu. VOLUME 27, NO. 3 Federation Bulletin PAGE 24 Highlights from the Federation’s Recent Workshops ( continued) The use of large, textured wooden letters that are painted gold and the use of contact paper to underline the title all help make this top part of a panel visually interesting. WORKSHOPS AND CONFERENCES The Basics of a Good Web Page In the second part of the Federation’s workshop, Jill Wagy talked about the basics of a good web page as well as some of the tools needed to create a web page. Of special interest to museums would be the free soft-ware she mentioned: N- vu, for creating a web page ( available at www. nvu. com/ download. php), and GIMP ( www. gimp. org), to change picture sizes and crop pic-tures as needed. She recommended several books for people creating a web page, such as The Non- Designer’s Web Book and Teach Yourself Visually HTML. Ms. Wagy pointed out that the majority of people visit-ing a web site are doing so for very basic information; they want to know where an organization is located, what its hours are, if there’s an admission fee, and how to contact that organization ( by phone and email). She strongly recommended having this information clearly presented on the first page of a web page. Ms. Wagy also noted that a good way to learn about web site design is to visit many web sites and notice design elements that you like and may want to imi-tate as well as design elements that you would like to avoid. She then reviewed several web sites to offer examples of both bad and good design. Examples of Poor Design Ms. Wagy talked about several problems she saw in The Florida Historical Society’s web page ( www. florida- historical- soc. org). The use of a repeating im-age in the background was distracting, as was the use of text that scrolled across the screen. In addition, the scrolling text slowed down the process of downloading the page, which can frustrate viewers. Since people typically spend about five seconds reviewing a web page, many viewers will simply lose patience and leave a website that is slow to download fully. Ms. Wagy discussed some other problems of the soci-ety’s website, especially the fact that different pages of the society’s web page had a completely different look, with a different background color and format. Web pages should have a consistent look from page to page, so viewers won’t wonder if they have acciden-tally left the web site they are interested in. Having a consistent format— for example, having a menu that appears at the same location on each page— helps viewers know where to go to find more information. Ms. Wagy also noted that one page used a piece of clip art as an image. She recommended that historical societies and museums use historical photographs or images of the museum or historic house, rather than clip art, because visitors to these kinds of web sites are interested in history. Examples of Good Design Some good websites that Ms. Wagy highlighted included the Wisconsin Historical Society ( www. wisconsinhistory. org) and the Alabama Historical Association ( www. archives. state. al. us/ aha/ aha. html.) Both of these sites have a consistent look from page to page and use photographs to enhance the page. The Hubbard House Underground Railroad Museum ( www. hubbardhouseugrrmuseum. org) also has a consistent look and layout, and it has its location, phone num-ber, hours, and admission price on the first page. Ms. Wagy pointed out that some organizations offer online exhibits, which can catch visitor interest and can highlight a unique aspect of an organization’s collection. The U. S. Archives, for example, has an online display of photographs of the unusual meeting between Elvis and President Richard Nixon ( www. archives. gov/ exhibits/ nixon- met-elvis/ main. php). To end her presentation, Ms. Wagy discussed how to keep visitors returning to a web page by having a feature that is updated with new information. Possible features include blogs, information about recently acquired artifacts, infor-mation about this day or month in a community’s history, and more. The N. C. Collection web page ( www. lib. unc. edu/ ncc/) is a good example of a web page that keeps visitor interest by frequently adding new information. The web page has a blog, in which staff write short arti-cles about a topic in N. C. history; a feature called “ This Month in North Carolina History;” and a fea-ture entitled “ What’s New in the N. C. Collection?” VOLUME 27, NO. 3 Federation Bulletin PAGE 25 Highlights from the Federation’s Recent Workshops ( continued) Some web sites offer changing features to encourage repeat visi-tation. The N. C. Col-lection at UNC- CH offers a link to “ This Month in North Carolina History,” to encourage web users to return to the site each month and learn more about the state’s past. petitions, and public opinion; dealing with public offi-cials; strategizing for public hearings; and winning the vote for district designation.” AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF MUSEUMS www. aam- us. org/ bookstore/ index. cfm, ( 877) 226- 3034 Collection Conundrums: Solving Museum Regis-tration Mysteries, by Rebecca Buck and Jean Allman Gilmore, $ 40 ( members), $ 55 ( non- members) According to the AAM website, this text, written by museum registrars, “ offers solutions to the problems of old loans, undocumented objects found in collec-tions, items lost in inventory, supplementary collec-tions and more, as well as guidelines on how to keep problems from occurring in the first place.” The book also features “ a history of registration methods and the standards for collection documentation and care, along with sample documents such as loan agree-ments, co- tenancy agreements, storage agreements and deed of gift.” NEW PUBLICATIONS The HISTORICAL PRESERVATION GROUP and the Lenoir County Colonial Commission announce the publication of The First of Patriots and The Best of Men: Richard Caswell in Public Life. This book is based on a Ph. D. dissertation written by Clayton Brown Alexander in 1930, and is the only book- length study of Caswell, a Patriot during the Revolutionary War and the state’s first governor. The publication has been edited by Dr. Keats Sparrow, former dean of ECU’s Harriot College of Arts and Sciences. Cost: $ 26, plus $ 6 shipping. For more information, contact Martha Mewborn Marble at 58mar-ble@ sudden link. net. or send a check ( made out to the Lenoir County Colonial Commission) to the Lenoir County Colonial Com-mission, Caswell Book, PO Box 1734, Kinston, NC 28503. PRESERVATION NORTH CAROLINA is offering Southern Built: American Architecture, Regional Practice, by Catherine Bishir. The essays collected in this volume represent three decades in the career of Catherine Bishir, a leader in the fields of both regional architectural history and historic preservation. The essays included here think globally while reaching locally. Cost: $ 35 for members, $ 42 for non- members. For more information, visit www. presnc. org/ shopping/ Books. html. The TEXTILE HERITAGE CENTER is now offering The Bobbin & Shuttle # 4, featuring stories from Carolina mill hills and textile towns across the South. Cost: $ 3, plus $ 2 shipping and handling. The Center is also offering a special on the first three issues for $ 8, plus $ 3 shipping and handling. The Center is also offering Saving Our Legacy: Stories of the Van-ishing World of the Southern Cotton Mill People: A “ How To” Manual, by Lynn Rumley & Sarah Bryan. This publication is based on the authors’ eighteen years of experience in Cooleemee, NC, and is written for people in-terested in undertaking a mill town preservation project. The ap-pendix includes model interview permission form, model “ deed of gift”, technical tips on interview-ing elders, and the 23- page “ Mill Family Life Survey.” Cost: $ 20 plus $ 5 shipping and handling. This publication was made possi-ble by a grant from the North Carolina Arts Council. VOLUME 27, NO. 3 Federation Bulletin PAGE 26 Other Publishers This is a selection of new books by other publishers that may interest Federation members. We welcome your suggestions as well. To find these books on the publishers’ web page, type the title into the search field. ALTAMIRA PRESS www. altamirapress. com ( 800) 462- 6420 ( Altamira gives a 15% discount for online orders.) The Politics of Historic Districts: A Primer for Grassroots Preservation, by William E. Schmickle, $ 24.95 ( paperback). According to Altamira’s web page, “ This how- to guide will give citizens who are fighting to designate a local historic district the politi-cal know- how to win the support of fellow residents and city hall. Everything is here: learning to think politically; mastering the political process; planning and strategy; campaign organizing and leadership; framing a practical vision; anticipating and handling the opposition; conducting community meetings; skir-mishing with property rightists; managing issues, |
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