T he first national evaluation of
National History Day (NHD)
finds that students who participate in
the program perform better on high-stakes
tests, are better writers, more
confident and capable researchers, and
have a more mature perspective on
current events and civic engagement
than their peers. Participants also
show a greater ability to collaborate
with peers, manage their time, and per-severe—
all skills needed in today’s
workforce.
“This research confirms what those of us
who work with National History Day
students have seen anecdotally for years,”
said Dr. Cathy Gorn, the program’s
executive director. “This program not
only helps students improve academi-cally,
it can also change their lives.”
National History Day is a year-long
academic program for students focused
on historical research, interpretation,
and creative expression. NHD students
become writers, filmmakers, website
designers, playwrights, and artists as
they create unique contemporary
expressions of history. The Federation
of North Carolina Historical Societies
and the N.C. Office of Archives and
History co-sponsor National History
Day in North Carolina.
North Carolina students who participate
in History Day also praised the program.
In surveys completed during the April
30 state competition in Raleigh, students
noted that creating History Day projects
had improved their skills in research,
writing, organization, time manage-ment,
public speaking, communication,
and more.
The Federation of North Study Confirms: National History Day Works
Carolina Historical Societies
is a non-profit organization
whose 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
cooperation between such
organizations, societies,
and commissions and the
Office of Archives and
History to the mutual benefit
of all; and to promote and
support history education
through sponsorship of the
National History Day
program and other appro-priate
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 August 1,
November 1, February 1,
and May 1.
Federation News 2
Member News 7
Grant Opportunities 11
History Help 13
Calendar of Events 16
Exhibits 28
Workshops and
Conferences
31
New Publications 35
Inside this issue:
Federation Bulletin
Federation of North Carolina Historical Societies
June 2011 Volume 31, no. 3
Federation of North Carolina Historical Societies, 4610 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-4610, (919) 807-7280
Web page: www.fnchs.org Editor’s email: Laura.Ketcham@ncdcr.gov
According to one student, “All of these
skills I have developed during History
Day: discerning bias, credible sources,
forming a bibliography, organizing my
ideas, analyzing a decision, and much
more.” Another student wrote,
“National History Day has helped me
in English, obviously History…, and
even public speaking! The short inter-view
with judges is amazingly helpful
with teaching me to think on my feet,
and while at times it seems stressful
and intimidating, National History
Day is a safe and fun environment that
allows me to grow each year.”
More than 1,000 students participated
in school and regional contests across
North Carolina this year, with more
than 320 students advancing to the
state contest in Raleigh. Winners from
the state contest will take part in the
national competition in June.
During the state contest, students also
competed to win special prizes, given
to projects that best explore a particular
time period or topic. As in previous
years, the Federation sponsored a Local
History prize, worth $100. Cody Cloer,
Cameron Jenkins, and Dakota Jones of
Swain County Middle School won this
prize for “Oh Dam!”, a website that
examined the debate that arose
around the building of Fontana Dam.
The Federation is proud to co-sponsor
National History Day in North Carolina.
If you would like to learn more about
this program or if your organization
would like to encourage schools in your
area to participate, please contact
Jo Ann Williford at (919) 807-7284 or
email her at joann.williford@ncdcr.gov.
Through 2011
Bob Crowley
North Carolina Railroad Museum
Betsy Foard
Raleigh City Cemeteries Preservation
Group
Through 2012
C. Rudolph Knight
Perry-Weston Institute
Jeff Pruett
Gaston County Museum of Art and
History
Through 2013
Ernest Dollar
Preservation Society of Chapel Hill
January Porter
Lincoln County Historical Association
Barbara Rowe
Cape Fear Museum
Julie Thomas
Historic Hope Foundation
Dr. Benjamin Speller
Historic Stagville
Leigh Strickland
Gov. Charles B. Aycock Birthplace
Advisory Committee
John Woodard
Historic Murfreesboro
Monika Fleming
Edgecombe County Community College
JUNE 2011 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
preserving 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.fnchs.org.
Members of the Federation Advisory Board
FEDERATION NEWS
About the Federation
See N.C. Historic Landmarks on New Virtual “Magic Carpet”
A chief purpose of the site is to assist environmental
planners at other government agencies to make
speedy identifications of historic resources that may
be affected by a proposed new highway, cell tower, or
other undertaking.
The site is also fun for virtual touring and is an aid to
historical research by the public. A series of short tuto-rial
videos guide visitors through the basics of naviga-tion.
Viewing the state map from a distance, the visitor
sees the outlines of historic districts and can zoom
down and use the Google Street View tool to walk down
the streets and look at buildings. Users may search
on keywords in names or descriptions to quickly identify
and then zoom to all the schools, churches or Greek
Revival houses listed in the National Register.
Hom`eowners or prospective home buyers can search
addresses to see if a property is within an existing or
proposed National Register district or a locally zoned
historic district.
Four hundred of the National Register sites are
linked to online copies of their nomination documents,
and the remainder will be added over time. Eventually
online photos will be linked to many sites.
W ould you like to visit some of North Carolina’s
many historic districts and landmarks, but are
stuck because you can’t afford the time or the price of
gas? A new Web site from the Department of Cultural
Resources’ State Historic Preservation Office (HPO)
called HPOWEB may help.
“By going to http://gis.ncdcr.gov/hpoweb, you may now
hop on a virtual magic carpet to fly over the state’s cities
and towns or zoom down to the Victorian neighborhoods,
old commercial districts, and textile mill villages, and
stroll up and down the streets,” says Michael T. South-ern,
Senior Architectural Historian/GIS Coordinator.
The Web site maps the state’s 2,700 listings in the
National Register of Historic Places, which includes
500 historic districts, and 32,000 other places that
have other types of historic designations or that have
been recorded in historic building inventories over
the past 40 years. Eventually all of the approximately
120,000 properties documented in the HPO’s survey
files will be mapped.
HPOWEB is part of the Department of Cultural Resources’
efforts to make its historical records more accessible.
Ask a Federation Advisor: Members Helping Members
JUNE 2011 PAGE 3
FEDERATION NEWS
Federation Bulletin
D o you have a question about exhibit development,
managing volunteers, or some other public history
topic? The Federation, through its new Federation
Advisor Network, can help!
With a diverse membership of historical societies,
museums, historic sites, genealogical societies, and
other groups, Federation members have years of experi-ence
in many aspects of preserving state and local
history. The Federation Advisor Network is a way that
members can share that knowledge with each other.
Topics Advisors Can Help With
The Federation has created a database of members
who have volunteered to offer advice on particular
topics. Please look at the list below to see the areas in
which advisors can offer support.
• Accession/Deaccession
• Board Training
• Creating Historical Publications/Videos
• Digital Outreach (Social Media)
• Disaster Recovery
• Exhibit Development
�� Fundraising
• Genealogical Research
• Grant Writing
• Management of a Museum Facility
• Management of Collections
• Management of Finances
• Management of Personnel
• Management of Volunteers
• Newsletter Publication
• Physical Security of a Facility
• Public Programming
• Public Relations/Working with the Media
• Restoration and Conservation
• Retail Issues
• School Programming
• Setting Up a Library
• Starting a Museum
How to Ask for Help
If you have a question or need advice in one of the
areas outlined above, please contact Laura Ketcham
at laura.ketcham@ncdcr.gov or at (919) 807-7395. In
your request, be sure to specify which area you would
like advice in and to give your contact information. In
return, you will receive the name and contact infor-mation
of up to three advisors who have signed up in
that area. It will then be up to you to contact any or
all of those advisors to seek assistance.
We Still Need Advisors!
In some cases, only one person has signed up to give
advice on a particular topic. Ideally, we would like to
have three or more people available for each topic, in
order to avoid overwhelming the same person with
requests for advice.
Please consider signing up as an advisor. We especially
need advisors in the following topics: board training
and development; digital outreach; disaster recovery;
grant writing; physical security of a facility; restora-tion
and conservation; retail issues; and setting up a
library. To find an advisor application form, visit
www.fnchs.org/fund/fund.htm.
Some Important Notes
The people who have volunteered as advisors have
agreed to offer their advice free of charge to Federa-tion
members seeking their assistance. We envision
this service being provided primarily through email
and phone calls. If the advisor and advisee decide to
meet, it is up to the advisor and advisee to decide
together whether the advisor’s travel costs, if any, are
paid for by the advisee.
Please also note that the Federation, the Office of
Archives and History, and the N.C. Department of
Cultural Resources shall not be responsible for the
efficacy of any advice given by the advisors or for any
damages, consequential or actual, or negative results
caused by the advice.
We hope this new program will be of use to you. We
look forward to hearing from you!
“Federation members have years of
experience in many aspects of
preserving state and local history.
The Federation Advisor Network is a
way that members can share that
knowledge with each other.”
libraries, museums, archives, and
historic sites. This is an opportunity
to share your organization’s
preservation efforts with colleagues
and the public. Please submit text
and images to ncpreserves editor
Susanne Grieve via email to
greives@ecu.edu. Please note that
text must be submitted in a Word
document. Images must be jpeg
with a printable quality of 250dpi
or more. Please include a caption
and photo credit for each image.
The North Carolina Preservation
is also offering a news listserv.
Interested individuals or groups
may subscribe at the following
url: http://ncpreservation.org/
mailman/listinfo/ncpcnews-l.
T he North Carolina Preservation
Consortium (NCPC) has
launched an electronic newsletter,
ncpreserves. The newsletter focuses
on preservation news and projects
from across the state as well as
some information about national
and international preservation.
The newsletter will be printed
quarterly and can be seen at
www.ncpreservation.org/
news.html.
Institutions and individuals are
invited to submit articles related
to the preservation of collections in
JUNE 2011 PAGE 4
FEDERATION NEWS
Federation Bulletin
N.C. Preservation Consortium Offers Online Newsletter
T he N.C. Department of Cultural Resources will
present a varied mix of artists, musicians,
re-enactors, historic sites, and museums in the second
year of its popular “2nd Saturdays” summer program.
Dates for 2011 include June 11, July 9, and Aug. 13,
at all 37 museums and Historic Sites that are part of
the Department of Cultural Resources.
“Our 2nd Saturdays program offers families lots of fun
things to do, whether they are making a day trip, or
as part of a longer vacation,” said Cultural Resources
Secretary Linda A. Carlisle. “It’s a great way for folks
to see history up close.”
Many of the historic sites will feature costumed
re-enactors who step out of the pages of history into
today. In many rural counties, the State Historic Site
or museum is a main tourist destination. Most events
are free.
The inaugural 2nd Saturdays program last summer
brought increased visitation by 50 percent overall,
and involved more than 600 artists who sold their
work—potters, weavers, photographers, painters,
metalworkers, papermakers, jewelers—as well as
farmers with produce or value-added products such
as honey, goat cheese, soy candle makers, or bakers.
Partners in 2nd Saturdays include Our State magazine,
and the Division of Tourism within the N.C. Depart-ment
of Commerce.
Themes for the first 2nd Saturday, which falls on June
11, vary by historic site and museum. Sample themes
include “Life on the Farm” at Historic Bath; “Dr.
Brown’s Birthday Party” at the Charlotte Hawkins
Brown Museum; “Underground Railroad Dedication”
at Historic Halifax; “Herb, Garden, and Craft Festival”
at Duke Homestead; “The Art of Quilting” at Aycock
Birthplace; “Soldier Life” at Fort Dobbs; “First at
Bethel” at the State Capitol; “Somerset Craftsman’s
Fair” at Somerset Place, and more.
Be sure to call or visit the website of local state historic
sites and state history museums to learn more about
their Second Saturday programs this summer.
For more information, call (919) 807-7389. The N.C.
Department of Cultural Resources is the state agency
with the mission to enrich lives and communities, and
the vision to harness the state’s cultural resources to
build North Carolina’s social, cultural and economic
future. Information is available 24/7 at
www.ncculture.com.
Department of Cultural Resources to Offer 2nd Saturdays
Program this Summer at State Historic Sites and Museums
The Traveling Archivist Program: Helping to Preserve Our
State History
JUNE 2011 PAGE 5
FEDERATION NEWS
Federation Bulletin
N orth Carolina has nearly 1,000 cultural and
historical repositories whose holdings chronicle
the history of our state—historic maps and photographs,
scrapbooks, diaries, and letters, oral histories, archi-tectural
drawings, business and organization records,
and other materials—yet many of these collections
are at risk due to normal deterioration, environmental
damage, negligence, or improper handling.
The North Carolina State Archives can help. Its
Traveling Archivist Program (TAP) offers onsite
hands-on assistance to institutions that preserve
North Carolina’s history and culture. Institutions
chosen to participate in this program will receive an
onsite collections assessment, recommendations for
managing and caring for the collections, and staff
training and instruction. Cultural institutions eligible
for this program include historical and genealogical
societies, libraries, archives, museums, and historic
houses.
The purpose of TAP is to educate the staffs who take
care of these collections and to encourage best practices
in collection preservation and access. Begun in 2009
as a pilot project with a federal grant from the National
Historical Publications Records Commission, the TAP
has assisted more than 40 institutions in 32 counties.
Many of these collections were started by individuals
interested in preserving the local history of their
communities and were later donated to historical
societies, public libraries, or community colleges.
As the Traveling Archivist, Hal Keiner, former archivist
at Appalachian State University, has seen it all.
“Each place I visit has hidden treasures. I have found
old scrapbooks documenting people and places, records
of important local businesses, nineteenth and early
twentieth century photographs, files of carefully
indexed genealogical research, photograph collections,
and rare books.”
State Archivist, Dick Lankford, acknowledges the
value of these collections. “By preserving local special
collections, we preserve a unique perspective of our
state’s history,” he commented.
Organizations must apply for assistance through an
application process. The application is open to all
North Carolina cultural and heritage institutions
that house and maintain active archive and record
collections accessible to the public. Institutions housing
solely objects or artifacts are ineligible for this program.
Applications and instructions are now available
online on the North Carolina State Archives Web site,
http://www.archives.ncdcr.gov. The application
deadline for the TAP is June 30, 2011.
Questions relating to the application or the program
may be addressed to Andrea Gabriel, North Carolina
State Archives, by calling (919) 807-7326, or by
emailing andrea.gabriel@ncdcr.gov , Monday through
Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
“The Traveling Archivist Program
(TAP) offers onsite hands-on assistance
to institutions that preserve North
Carolina’s history and culture. Institu-tions
chosen to participate in this
program will receive an onsite collec-tions
assessment, recommendations
for managing and caring for the
collections, and staff training and
instruction.”
By Andrea Gabriel, Supervisor, Research Management Branch, State Archives of North Carolina
Some of these families: Ewing, Edmiston, Seay,
Steele, Potts, Prowell, Fox, Rogers and Kiersey. I
would like to request that your Federation make
mention of this reunion in an upcoming publication.”
If your organization knows anyone who would be
interested in this reunion, please send an email to
Ms. Pollard at etpollard@verizon.net. Please also feel
free to spread the word about this reunion in your
own newsletters if you feel that it is relevant to your
members.
T he Federation occasionally receives requests for
research assistance, and we are happy to pass
these requests along to you. The most recent request
is a little unusual in that it is a request to help
spread the word about an upcoming family reunion.
According to the letter from Elaine Thompson Pollard,
“The families of Peter Thompson (1740-1823) and
John Thompson (1743-1795) of North Carolina are
planning a reunion on October 8, 2011 in Lenoir, NC.
We are seeking to contact families who married into
the Thompson family as well as additional Thompsons.
JUNE 2011 PAGE 6
FEDERATION NEWS
Federation Bulletin
Request for Help with a Family Reunion
A number of scholarships are available to help pay
for the cost of attending the annual meeting of
the American Association for State and Local History.
This year’s meeting will be held in Richmond,
Virginia, from September 14 to September 17.
Douglas Evelyn Scholarship for Minority
Professionals
The Evelyn Scholarship is named in honor of Douglas
Evelyn, AASLH president from 1992 to1994, and
recognizes Evelyn’s strong support of AASLH’s
professional development mission. A primary objective
of the Douglas Evelyn Scholarship is to increase
culturally diverse participation at the AASLH annual
meeting and in all of the association’s programs. The
scholarship includes annual meeting registration fee,
a one-year individual membership in AASLH, and
$500 toward travel and hotel expenses. Application
forms are available at www.aaslh.org/documents/
2011EvelynScholarshipApplication.doc.
Applications are due in the AASLH office by the end
of the day on July 1.
Small Museum Scholarship
This $500 scholarship will cover the cost of registration,
with any remaining funds used to offset travel and/or
lodging expenses.
To be eligible, applicants must be a full- or part-time
paid or volunteer employee of a small museum
(annual budget of up to $250,000). The scholarship is
open to AASLH individual members or people working
for institutional members and is a benefit of membership.
As noted in the scholarship announcement by Bruce
Teeple, Small Museum Scholarship Subcommittee
Chair, “AASLH’s Annual Meetings have become a
potent force for change, renewal and sustainability in
the field of local history. Dynamic speakers, such as
historians Adam Goodheart and Ed Ayers and Civil
Rights Movement veteran Dorothy Cotton, rejuvenate
our spirits at these meetings by re-affirming the
importance of our work and vision.
“Unfortunately, many working in our nation’s small
museums feel as if we can only dream of attending
this meeting. In a perfect world, boards would grant
every request for funding our professional develop-ment.
Institutions of modest means, however, may
not have the resources to help us become effective
stewards of our community’s memory.”
Applications are available at www.aaslh.org/
SmallMuseums. Please note that the deadline for
applications is June 30, 2011; award notification will
be made by July 15. For questions, please contact
Bruce Teeple, Small Museum Scholarship
Subcommittee Chair, at mongopawn44@hotmail.com.
Scholarships Available for AASLH Annual Meeting
Duke Homestead Forges Ties with Local Elementary School
JUNE 2011 PAGE 7
MEMBER NEWS
Federation Bulletin
T his school year, Duke Homestead forged a special
connection with local elementary school Y.E.
Smith. In 2009, Y. E. Smith was designated a
“museum school.” As such, the administrators, teachers
and students work closely with museum partners on
special projects, increased field trips, and enhanced
curriculum in the classroom. This school year, Duke
Homestead officially became one of those partners.
At the start of the school year, each partner chose a
grade level with whom they would like to work. The
Duke Homestead staff selected the fourth grade, as
those students would be learning about North Caro-lina’s
history and culture throughout the year. Our
staff has now held multiple meetings with school
administrators and the fourth grade teachers, hosted
a field trip for the grade level, created special activities
for the students, and are planning a few visits to the
students’ classrooms. This will all culminate in a final
project that will be displayed either at the school or at
Duke Homestead for the students to be able to show
to their families and friends.
In addition to our work with fourth grade students,
Duke Homestead also hosts a history club. Every
Friday afternoon, a Duke Homestead staff member
teaches the club members (ranging from first to fifth
grade) about various historic topics through special
crafts and activities. Topics covered so far have been
as disparate as the World War II home front, historic
board games, and corn husk doll making. They have
even been in an artillery drill by a Civil War soldier!
The students have been very enthusiastic about the
club, and always look forward to what they will be
learning the next week. Administrators have been
appreciative of the work we are doing, and our staff is
finding this to be a very rewarding experience.
Editor’s Note: This article is reprinted with permission
from the spring 2011 issue of Gold Leaf, the newsletter
of the Duke Homestead Education and History
Corporation.
T he Orange County Historical Museum is pleased
to announce that it was selected to participate in
Heritage Preservation’s 2011 Conservation Assess-ment
Program (CAP). CAP is supported through a
cooperative agreement with the federal Institute of
Museum and Library Services. CAP assists museums
by providing funds for professional conservation and
preservation specialists to identify the conservation
needs of their collections and historic buildings and
recommend ways to correctly improve collections and
building conditions.
Two professional conservators will spend two days
surveying the site and three days preparing compre-hensive
reports that will identify conservation priori-ties.
The on-site consultation will enable the Orange
County Historical Museum to evaluate its current
collections care policies, procedures, and environ-mental
conditions. The assessment reports will help
the museum make appropriate improvements for the
immediate, mid-range, and long-range care of their
collections and historic structures.
Heritage Preservation is a national non-profit organi-zation
dedicated to preserving the cultural heritage of
the United States. To learn more about Heritage
Preservation, please visit www.heritagepreservation.
org. The Institute of Museum and Library Services is
the primary source of federal support for the nation’s
123,000 libraries and 17,500 museums. To learn more
about the Institute, please visit www.imls.gov.
The Orange County Historical Museum is located at
201 N. Churton St. in Hillsborough and presents the
history of Orange County from its Native American
past to the present. It is open Tuesday through Satur-day
from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and on Sundays from 1 p.m.
to 4 p.m.
Orange County Historical Museum Chosen to Participate in
Conservation Assessment Program
By Jennifer Farley, Site Manager, Duke Homestead State Historic Site
Raleigh City Cemeteries Preservation Reports on Tornado Damage
JUNE 2011 PAGE 8
MEMBER NEWS
Federation Bulletin
R aleigh City Cemeteries Preservation Inc. is
working with the City of Raleigh and FEMA to
plan the clean-up and restoration of three historic
cemeteries damaged by the April tornadoes. The
affected cemeteries include City Cemetery, Mt. Hope
Cemetery, and O’Rorke Catholic Cemetery. You can
see pictures of the damage on RCCP’s Facebook page.
The preservation group notes that many people have
asked how they can help. Because of safety issues and
FEMA guidelines that must be followed, access to the
cemeteries is restricted. However RCCP is creating a
list of volunteers who will be contacted once clean-up
begins. To be added to the list, send an email to
jthurman@rccpreservation.org.
RCCP also welcomes financial donations to repair
and restore the cemeteries. You can send donations to
RCCP at PO Box 33012, Raleigh, NC 27636.
P reservation Durham has partnered with UNC-Chapel
Hill professor Robert C. Allen and his
class of undergraduate students to develop an online
map showing the location of structures in old Hayti, a
once-thriving African American neighborhood that
was devastated by Urban Renewal and the construc-tion
of Highway 147.
Using historic maps, photos, city directories, and
other sources, the students documented 15 demol-ished
structures—ranging from mansions to workers’
homes, from a tobacco mill to the original Lincoln
Hospital. Visitors to the website http://
mainstreet.lib.unc.edu/projects/durham/index.php/
map can see these photos; learn about the structures
and the people who used them; and compare early
20th-century maps to a modern view of contemporary
Durham.
Preservation Durham hopes to enlarge this project by
recruiting community volunteers to create a genealogy
of all the residents and business occupants of every
structure in Hayti that was torn down. Preservation
Durham also hopes to collect and make available
online stories, family papers, newspaper articles and
ads, and other sources to more fully tell the story of
Hayti.
To receive email updates about the progress of Recon-structing
Hayti, please contact Andrew Edmonds at
andy@preservationdurham.org.
Preservation Durham Offers Virtual Tour of Hayti Neighborhood
Historic Hope Plantation Reinterprets Furnishings
I n April, Historic Hope Plantation reopened for the
spring with a rearrangement of furniture that
more closely represents how the mansion might have
looked shortly after the house was built in 1802. Curator
Gregory Tyler studied the estate sale ledgers recorded
after David Stone’s death in 1818 and discovered that
four pages were out of order. By putting those pages in
the right order, she was able to deduce which rooms
held which furniture, which rooms were used by the
family, and which ones were used by enslaved
people.
The new evaluation of the inventory revealed that two
rooms at the plantation had been interpreted incorrectly.
In addition, the study showed that enslaved people
had more of a presence in the house than previously
thought and interacted more with the Stone family.
“It’s an exciting time,” Tyler said. “This major transition
at the mansion will lead to a broader, more accurate,
and more inclusive history of the mansion and planta-tion
life during the home’s occupation during Stone’s
lifetime.”
Federation Bulletin
Christmas Past candlelight tour, and a 150th Civil
War celebration. Visit our website for other program
offerings and details.
To learn more, please visit www.theislandfarm.com
or call (252) 473-6500.
N estled on the north end of Roanoke Island is the
old Etheridge Homeplace, a mid-19th century
dwelling originally built by Adam D. Etheridge IV as
a home for himself and his new bride Frances “Fanny”
Baum. Etheridge, a fourth-generation Roanoke
Islander, was industrious and diverse, fishing the
coastal waters and farming the sandy soil to provide
for his family. Today, the Etheridge Homeplace is
known as Island Farm c. 1847, a living history museum.
Over the course of one hundred and fifty years, the
original home saw many changes. The process of taking
the Farm back to its origins began in 1997 when four
Etheridge descendants donated the Homeplace to the
Outer Banks Conservationists, Inc., a nonprofit
organization working to protect and preserve natural,
cultural, and historic resources on the Outer Banks.
During the next thirteen years a mighty transformation
took place. The Homeplace was restored to its original
layout, supporting outbuildings were relocated and
recreated from extant regional examples, and additional
land was acquired. Animals also came to call the
Farm home.
The Etheridge Homeplace at Island Farm is currently
the oldest period restoration of a house on Roanoke
Island. Other buildings on the Farm include a Slave
Cabin, Cookhouse, Smokehouse, Barns, Dairy, Privy,
Blacksmith Shop, and a yet-to-be-restored windmill.
Drawing on the roots of the original farm, the mission
of Island Farm is to inspire curiosity about the diverse
history of mid-19th century Roanoke Island by creating
authentic, tangible, and meaningful visitor experi-ences
with the farm’s buildings, landscapes, stories,
and animals. The site is a working farm with a small
corn plot, kitchen garden, working ox and wagon,
cow, sheep and free ranging chickens. A cedar-roofed
visitors’ center houses exhibits, farming and fishing
implements, and a historic loom.
Self-guided tours are enhanced by living history
demonstrations and activities conducted by interpreters
dressed in period attire. Island Farm offers curriculum
based education programs available by appointment
in the spring and fall. Special events are hosted
throughout the year such as our Sheep Shearing Day,
Focus on a Federation Member: Island Farm c. 1847
JUNE 2011 PAGE 9
MEMBER NEWS
By Danielle Failor, Site Manager, Island Farm
Visitors to Island Farm on Roanoke Island can see
living history activities offered by interpreters dressed
in period attire. Here, an interpreter plows a field
with an ox-drawn plow.
JUNE 2011 Federation Bulletin PAGE 10
MEMBER NEWS
The ALLEGHANY HISTORICAL-GENEALOGICAL
SOCIETY has
partnered with Alleghany Commu-nity
Television to produce a new
television series featuring
Alleghany citizens who are 87
years old or older. Each episode of
Alleghany Memories will last
about an hour and will be aired on
television; DVDs will also be
available for purchase from the
Historical-Genealogical Society.
The BEAUFORT HISTORICAL
ASSOCIATION announced that it’s
Old Homes & Gardens Tour and
Antiques Show & Sale has been
selected by the Southeast Tourism
Society as one of the Top 20
Events for the month of June
2011. This is the eighth time that
the association’s annual event has
received this honor. This year’s
Old Homes & Gardens Tour will
be held on June 24 and 25, while
the Antiques Show and Sale will
be held on June 24, 25, and 26.
Please see the Calendar of Events
for more information.
The CARTERET COUNTY HISTORI-CAL
SOCIETY recently received
grants from the North Carolina
Community Foundation and the
Walmart Foundation. Both grants
will be used to help with the cost
of the society’s summer camp
scholarships, the popular children’s
program Pirate Punch, the new
Ralph Wade exhibit, and projects
for the Tar Heel Junior Historians.
The CATAWBA COUNTY HISTORI-CAL
ASSOCIATION reports that it
is developing a positive relationship
with a local Girl Scouts group by
offering special programs of interest
to the Scouts. The association
recently completed a 3-part program
with the Scouts. The program,
“It’s All About Me and My Family,”
helped Scouts develop family trees,
learn simple ways to preserve
their family history and objects,
and develop personal journals.
The CHATHAM COUNTY HISTORI-CAL
ASSOCIATION is offering links
on its website to twelve narratives
of formerly enslaved people who
lived in Chatham County before
the Civil War. These narratives
were gathered as part of the Federal
Writers Project between 1936 and
1938 and they—along with
hundreds of other narratives—are
available on the Library of Congress’
website. Beverly and Jim Wiggins,
members of the Chatham County
Historical Association, read all
176 North Carolina narratives to
find narratives of people who lived
in Chatham County. You can visit
www.chathamhistory.org/
archive.html to learn more.
The FEDERAL POINT HISTORIC
PRESERVATION SOCIETY is
welcoming donations to help it
collect historic postcards of the
area. To send a donation, mail a
check to FPHPS, PO Box 623,
Carolina Beach NC 28428; be sure
to mark the check “For the postcard
collection.”
HISTORIC FLAT ROCK recently
received a donation of a preservation
easement of nearly 20 acres
surrounding the historic Saluda
Cottages. Saluda Cottages is close
to the center of Flat Rock and
across Little River Road from the
Carl Sandburg National Historic
Site.
The JOEL LANE HOUSE MUSEUM
recently celebrated the completion
of a storage building on the site,
which will allow the museum to
open the last room in Joel Lane’s
house that is not open to the public.
The museum plans to move items
currently being stored in the
house to the storage building and
will begin interpreting the formerly
closed room as Joel Lane’s office.
The MATTHEWS HISTORICAL
FOUNDATION has renovated and
restored one of the earliest homes
in downtown Matthews, the 1880
Massey-Clark House. The reno-vated
building will house the
Foundation’s office, the Matthews
Police Department Community
Resource Office, and the Massey-
Clark Gallery, an open space
available for local art and craft
shows.
The RICHMOND COUNTY HISTORI-CAL
SOCIETY reports that it has
completed a successful fund-raising
drive. Using the donated
money, the society has created an
endowment fund through the
Foundation for the Carolina; the
society plans to use the earnings
from this endowment to help
provide a steady source of income.
The WILSON COUNTY HISTORICAL
ASSOCIATION invites the public to
visit http://digitalnc.org/exhibits/
wilson-wwii, to view its project
“Wilson County’s Greatest Genera-tion:
The Memories of World War
II Veterans of Wilson County.”
This project, which was under-taken
by association members
Betty McCain and John Hackney,
Jr., includes documents, clippings,
photographs, and reminiscences.
The website is hosted by the
North Carolina Digital Heritage
Center of the University of North
Carolina-Chapel Hill.
Member News Briefs
Federation Bulletin
Editor’s Note: With the uncer-tainty
of the federal budget, it is
not clear how much funding will
be available for grants from IMLS
and other federal agencies. Infor-mation
provided below is based on
information provided in previous
years; be sure to check the grant
websites over the next few weeks
to confirm that the grants are be-ing
offered again this year.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF
MUSEUMS
Museum Assessment Program
Deadline: July 1, December 1
The AAM and the IMLS support
this annual program, which is
designed to help museums assess
their strengths and weaknesses
and plan for the future. Museums
can ask for one of four types of
assessments: Collections Manage-ment
Assessment, Institutional
Assessment, Public Dimension
Assessment, and Governance
Assessment. Selected museums
complete a self-study workbook and
receive a visit by one or more
museum professionals, who tour the
museum and meet with staff, volun-teers,
and others. The museum
then receives a report evaluating
the museum, making recommen-dations,
and suggesting resources.
Participation in this program is
free for museums with annual
operating expenses of $125,000 or
less, with fees charged for museums
with larger budgets. (Please note,
however, that even for institutions
receiving a free MAP, there are
potential out-of-pocket costs such
as $1,350 for a if a second peer
reviewer is needed, and any peer
reviewer costs that exceed the
$950 cap set by MAP.) Applications
are available online at www.aam-us.
org/museumresources/map/
about.cfm.
Grants from Public or Museum-Related Organizations
INSTITUTE FOR MUSEUM AND
LIBRARY SERVICES
American Heritage Preservation
Program
Deadline: Mid-September
Bank of America partners with
IMLS to provide grants of up to
$3,000 to small museums, librar-ies,
and archives. The grants aim
to raise awareness and fund preser-vation
of specific items, including
works of art, artifacts, and histori-cal
documents that are in need of
conservation. Applicants should
build on completed conservation
assessments of their collections, to
ensure that the grants are used in
accordance with best practices in
the field. Grant programs that
provide assistance with conserva-tion
planning and assessments
include the Conservation Assess-ment
Program offered by Heritage
Preservation (visit www.heritage
preservation.org/cap/index.html to
learn more) and the National
Endowment for the Humanities
Preservation Assistance Grants
(visit www.neh.gov/grants/
guidelines/pag.html for more infor-mation).
Please note that the
deadline for 2011 has not yet been
announced; in previous years it
has been in mid-September. Appli-cations
are not yet posted online.
Visit www.imls.gov/collections/
grants/boa.htm to learn more.
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE
HUMANITIES
Humanities Collection and
Reference Resources
Deadline: July 20 (for projects
beginning April 2012)
As the web site states, “Thousands
of libraries, archives, museums, and
historical organizations across the
country maintain important
collections of books and manu-scripts,
photographs, sound
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GRANT OPPORTUNITIES
recordings and moving images,
archaeological and ethnographic
artifacts, art and material culture,
and digital objects. Funding from
this program strengthens efforts
to extend the life of such materials
and make their intellectual content
widely accessible, often through
the use of digital technology. Awards
are also made to create various
reference resources that facilitate
use of cultural materials.” Eligible
projects include “arranging and
describing archival and manuscript
collections; cataloging collections
of printed works, photographs,
recorded sound, moving images,
art, and material culture; providing
conservation treatment (including
deacidification) for collections,
leading to enhanced access; digi-tizing
collections; preserving and
improving access to born-digital
sources; developing databases,
virtual collections, or other
electronic resources” and more.
Grants can range up to $350,000
over 3 years. Please note that
NEH encourages applicants to
contact program officers, who can
offer advice about preparing the
proposal and can review prelimi-nary
proposal drafts if they are
submitted at least six weeks before
the deadline. You can also see
sample narratives of funded
projects under the Program
Resources links. Visit
www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/
HCRR.html for more information.
Be sure to look at other NEH
grants, such as the America’s
Historical and Cultural Organiza-tions
Grants, which were
described in the December 2010
issue of the Bulletin. These grants
have an August 17 deadline.
Federation Bulletin
BANK OF AMERICA
Art Conservation Project
Deadline: June 30, 2011
This program provides grants to
nonprofit institutions to conserve
works that are significant to the
cultural heritage of a country or
region, or important to the history
of art. Cultural institutions are
invited to apply for a grant to
conserve essential works of art
that are: paintings; works on paper;
manuscripts; photographs; sculp-ture;
architectural or archeological
pieces; and tapestries and other
works of decorative or applied art.
These works of art must be on
view to the public (or will be on
view once conservation work is
completed). To learn more, visit
http://museums.bankofamerica.
com/arts/ArtConservation.aspx.
CONSERVATION CENTER FOR
ART AND HISTORIC ARTIFACTS
Grants from Public Organizations (cont’d)
Preservation Needs Assessment
Program
Deadline: July 15
The Conservation Center for Art
and Historic Artifacts (CCAHA) is
seeking applicants for its Preserva-tion
Needs Assessment Program.
Through funding from the National
Endowment for the Humanities
(NEH), CCAHA is able to offer a
limited number of subsidized
preservation needs assessments
for $350, including the assessor’s
travel expenses. If your institution
owns a paper-based humanities
collection that is available to the
public on a regularly scheduled
basis and has national or regional
significance, you are eligible to
apply for participation in this
program. To be considered, the
institution should demonstrate a
strong commitment to collection
care, and the size of the institu-tion’s
paper-based collection must
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GRANT OPPORTUNITIES
warrant a full-day survey. Accord-ing
to CCAHA, “The preservation
needs assessment process encom-passes
a general evaluation of the
institution's preservation needs
for their collections and includes:
environment (temperature, relative
humidity, pollution and light),
housekeeping, pest control, fire
protection, security, and disaster
preparedness; collection storage,
handling, exhibition, and treat-ment;
and preservation planning.
The site visit consists of a review
of the site, an examination of the
collections, and interviews with
relevant staff. The written report
provides observations, recommen-dations,
and resources to serve as
a guide in the development of a
comprehensive preservation plan
for the collections.”
NORTH CAROLINA HUMANITIES
COUNCIL
Programming Grants
Deadline: August 15
The Humanities Council offers
three types of grants to help organi-zations
plan and present public
programming. A planning grant
pays up to $750 to help secure the
help of a humanities scholar or
consultant to plan a project. This
money can be used to pay a stipend
as well as expenses for the
scholar’s travel, meals, and lodging.
There are no deadlines for a
planning grant. A mini-grant
($1,200 or less) provides funds for
scholar stipends, travel expenses,
publicity, and some other expenses.
A large grant (more than $1,200)
provides funds for humanities
projects of extended scope including,
but not limited to, lecture/
discussion series; performance/
discussions; exhibit/discussions;
and film/video productions. Large
grants require the submission of a
draft proposal, which is reviewed
and returned to the applicant for
final changes. For projects begin-ning
after December 15, draft
proposals are due on August 15
and final proposals are due on
September 15. For projects that
will take place next summer (after
July 15, 2012), the deadlines are
March 15, 2012 for draft proposals
and April 15, 2012 for final
proposals. For more information,
call (336) 334-5325 or visit
www.nchumanities.org/content/
grants.
N.C. STATE ARCHIVES
Traveling Archivist Program
Deadline: June 30
As noted in the article on page 5
of the Bulletin, this program offers
onsite hands-on assistance to
institutions that house and main-tain
active archive and record
collections that are accessible to
the public. Institutions chosen to
participate in this program will
receive an onsite collections
assessment, recommendations for
managing and caring for the
collections, and staff training and
instruction. Applications and
instructions are now available
online on the North Carolina
State Archives Web site, http://
www.archives.ncdcr.gov.
Grants from Private Organizations
provide access to their collections
and work toward solutions in
mitigating the preservation
dangers that access inherently
involves.
Research: Allowing researchers
to survey or study the collection is
the most basic level of access an
institution can provide. For research
access to be possible, staff members
must maintain some kind of inven-tory
of the collection and location
records. Giving researchers access
to the collection allows most of the
collection to remain in storage
most of the time—thereby limiting
an object’s exposure to harmful
light levels and pollutants.
Dangers of research access include
both handling and security. To
inflict the least possible amount of
damage on an object, handlers
should be professionally trained
and, in most cases, wear gloves.
Historical organizations also need
to be aware of the risk of theft.
Researchers often come to a collec-tion
with a deep interest in a set
of documents or objects. For a tiny
fraction, their fixations have
induced them to alter or even steal
items from museum collections. A
simple security measure, which
can also be quite consuming of
staff time, is to require a staff
HISTORY HELP
H istorical societies and
museums holding collections
of artifacts and documents have
many obligations to the public.
Paramount among them are two
principles that often work in oppo-sition—
preservation and access.
All too often in our zeal to preserve
documents and objects for perpetu-ity,
those of us who manage collec-tions
loose sight of the value of
public access. Although most
forms of access do indeed come
with dangers to the collection’s
preservation, they fulfill an essen-tial
aspect of an institution’s
mission and purpose.
A few years ago, the American
Association of State and Local
History published an article written
by a pair of consultants, John Durel
and Anita Nowery Durel, urging
history museums and sites to shift
into the twenty-first century. The
Durels argued that the internet
and social networking have
spawned change that historical
institutions should embrace in
order to survive and thrive. Because
so much information is now readily
available online, institutions need
to focus less on their instructional
authority and more on facilitating
access to the unique settings and
resources they have to offer. Simi-larly,
institutions should judge
their own relevance based on the
commitment levels of the interest
groups they serve, such as members,
volunteers, and other donors,
rather than calculating numbers
of one-time visitors as the utmost
measure of success.
With wise guidance and planning,
historical organizations can
explore a number of methods to
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JUNE 2011 Federation Bulletin PAGE 13
member’s presence during any
level of access.
Digitization: A new and exciting
method of access, digitization allows
researchers all over the world to
connect with historic artifacts,
images, and documents online. A
project based out of the North
Carolina Collection at UNC
Chapel Hill makes digitization
available to many collecting insti-tutions
within the state. Digital
NC (http://digitalnc.org) offers
access to collections from public
libraries, historical societies,
universities, and museums
throughout North Carolina. This is
a tremendous resource that smaller
institutions should consider.
A larger nationwide project entitled
the “National Portal to Historic
Collections” has been developed by
American Heritage in conjunction
with the American Association for
State and Local History (AASLH).
Participation in this digitization
effort is low-cost or free. Currently
the N.C. Department of Cultural
Resources and the Charlotte
Museum of History are extending
their collections’ access through this
resource. Visit http://50.56.66.97/
about/portal to survey the site and
consider participation for your
own institution.
“All too often in our zeal to preserve documents and
objects for perpetuity, those of us who manage
collections loose sight of the value of public access.
Although most forms of access do indeed come with
dangers to the collection’s preservation, they fulfill
an essential aspect of an institution’s mission and
purpose.”
By Adrienne Berney, Collections Care Trainer, N.C. Department of Cultural Resources
Exhibitions can provide the most
access to collections for the greatest
number of people, though staff
must take care to protect artifacts
from the damaging effects of light,
acidic mounting materials, and
pests. A seasonal rotation schedule
can help limit light damage for
textile and paper artifacts, as can
various light-limiting and archival
materials. Products such as silica
gel can buffer harmful humidity
changes, while molecular pollutant
traps can limit exposure to acidic
vapors. Best practices in collections
care can be incorporated into exhi-bition
design in order to maximize
both preservation and access. (For
more information about exhibit
lighting, visit www.nedcc.org/
resources/leaflets/2
The_Environment/
04ProtectionFromLight.php.)
Reproduction: Despite the use
of preservation materials and
methods, certain objects are simply
too important and too fragile to
remain on exhibit for long periods
of time. In such cases, reproduction
is an excellent solution for continual
access, and it can also be a way to
reach out to your site’s constituents.
Visitors, members, volunteers,
and other interest groups often feel
their unique connection to your
institution strengthened by their
ability to bring home a reproduction
of an item in your collection.
HISTORY HELP
Storage: Several methods and
products can help improve access
to the collection. By using appropri-ate
polyester sleeves and supportive
archival boards, your institution
can mitigate the damaging effects
of handling for its photographic
collection. If digitization is not
possible, a set of photocopies can
be a first line of access to allow
users to target their handling of
the actual collection. For artifacts,
boxes with interior trays can offer
proper support and improve access.
Archival boxes with mylar windows
allow researchers and other interest
groups to view collection artifacts
with minimal handling.
Consider setting up an open storage
area in secure cases within exhibits
or other public spaces. This can be
a way to allow visitors (and even
staff members) to connect with
your institution’s collecting history,
mission, and its range of resources.
Special tours of storage areas for
small groups can be a way to engage
more of your community with your
collection and to educate visitors
about the preservation measures
your staff strives to provide.
Exhibition: Showcasing artifacts
in order to tell stories of a site
and/or community often fulfills an
essential aspect of an historical
organization’s mission statement.
Interest in objects from the past is
often what draws visitors to a site,
and historical societies and
museums can tap into that impulse
through exhibitions, in order to
engage the communities they seek
to serve. An exhibit opening can
be a community-building event
that generates media coverage
and further interest and support
for the institution.
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Many businesses work with
museums to create one-of-a-kind
custom reproductions (Rosebrand
and Top Notch Graphics, for
example) or to produce a large run
to sell in gift shops. Digitization
technologies have made reproduc-tion
of this type more possible for
small institutions to afford. One
North Carolina business, Spoon-flower
(www.spoonflower.com),
located in Durham, is worth
contacting for textile projects. The
company uses digital images to
custom-print a range of fabrics,
with a cost of $15-$25/ yard for
most textures. Best of all for small
institutions, there is no minimum
order, so you can try it out and
test the market for limited edition
items. Another company, Historical
Documents Company(http://
www.histdocs.com/home/pages/
customshop.php), produces repro-duction
documents. It has a large
minimum order of 1,000, but then
the cost of individual items is only
$.60-$1.50, depending on packaging.
Consider finding some interesting
or colorful images from your collec-tion
to digitize, and then contract
to make postcards, calendars,
posters, or other prints. Reproduc-tions
can radically expand the reach
of your collection while promoting
your institution’s mission.
With smart planning, creative
thinking, and dedication, your
“By using appropriate polyester sleeves and supportive
archival boards, your institution can mitigate the
damaging effects of handling for its photographic
collection. If digitization is not possible, a set of
photocopies can be a first line of access to allow users
to target their handling of the actual collection.”
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HISTORY HELP
Useful Resources
In this section, we review museum or history-related
sites that might interest you. We welcome your
suggestions as well.
Best Practices Manual for Historic Sites
http://historicsites.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/
best-practices-manual_feb-2010.pdf
The National Trust has made its Best Practices
Manual available online. Though the manual includes
many policies specific to National Trust Historic
Sites, its content may be useful to historic sites across
the country. Sample topics include disaster planning,
sustainability practices, climate management, fire
safety, and more.
BoardSource
www.boardsource.org
BoardSource provides information to help nonprofit
boards improve their governance. It sells books,
online tools, CDs, and videos on topics such as strate-gic
planning, leadership, responsibilities of the board
of directors, and more. It also offers consultation
services, workshops, and an annual conference.
Recruiting Interns
www.internactive.org
The Federation recently learned about a new website
that offers museums, archives, and other cultural or-ganizations
a free way to list internship opportunities
for college students. InternActive allows you to post
your intern opportunities and to review applications
from across the country. It appears that organizations
must first sign in and create a profile before listing
openings. The website also offers links to resources,
such as the article “Summer Internships: Strategies
for Success.”
Resources on Accessibility
The internet offers a wealth of resources relating to
accessibility in museums. The Smithsonian Institu-tion
and the National Park Service, for instance, offer
guidelines for their museums and parks; though these
guidelines were written for staff of the Smithsonian
and the Park Service, they still may be of interest to
other organizations. You can find the Smithsonian’s
“Guidelines for Accessible Exhibition Design” at
http://accessible.si.edu/. The National Park Service
offers links to articles on accessibility at www.nps.
gov/hfc/accessibility/index.htm. The Association of
Science-Technology Centers offers a very useful
website (www.astc.org/resource/access/index.htm)
with links to articles about ADA, the legal responsi-bilities
of museums (though the website notes that it
does not intend its information to be used as legal
advice), information about grants that can help muse-ums
become more accessible, and more. You can learn
more about the American with Disabilities Act at
www.access-board.gov/adaag/html/adaag.htm#4.4
Training Tool for Museum Educators
The Virginia Association of Museums is offering
“Serving the Community: Training Museum Educators
to Meet Teacher Needs,” a 43-page document designed
to help museums improve the programs they offer
schools to better meet the needs of teachers. As stated
in an email promoting this resource, “The content covers
curricular standards, best practices such as constructiv-ism,
cooperative learning, and higher order questioning
skills, ‘classroom’ management techniques, tips on
marketing and reaching out to teachers and school
districts, and more.” You can find the document at
www.vamuseums.org/Portals/0/Resources/Serving%
20the%20Community%20Training%20Museum%
20Educators%20to%20Meet%20Teacher%20Needs.pdf.
organization can take advantage
of available resources to increase
access to the collection, while
preserving artifacts. Our Connecting
to Collections project, part of the
NC Department of Cultural
Resources, is here to help through
workshops, consultations, and
online resources. Visit http://
c2c.ncdcr.gov and stay tuned for
upcoming website additions and
improvements. Click on the list-serv
link (in red on the upper
right side of the website) in order
to sign up for regular emails from
our NC ECHO announcements
service. We want to connect to the
wealth of North Carolina’s varied
and significant cultural heritage
collections and to assist those who
manage them in preserving their
treasures and connecting to their
communities through those collec-tions.
Please also feel free to contact
me directly if you have questions;
you can reach me at (919) 807-7418
or at adrienne.berney@ncdcr.gov.
Collections Access: Principles and Strategies (continued)
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Learn about the many ways cotton
was used in the late 19th century.
Watch as site volunteers demon-strate
carding, spinning, dyeing,
weaving, quilting, and clothes
washing. Free.
Ice Cream Social
Saturday, Aug. 13, 12:30 p.m.-
4:30 p.m.
Enjoy ice cream while listening to
music by the Harmony Boys of
Mount Olive.
* * * * * * *
BEAUFORT HISTORICAL ASSOCIA-TION
(Beaufort)
www.beauforthistoricsite.org
(800) 575-7483
51st Annual Old Homes &
Gardens Tour
Friday-Saturday, June 24-25,
10 a.m.-5 p.m.
This 51st annual walking tour of
private historic homes, gardens,
churches, and meeting halls is the
last full weekend in June. Private
homes, the buildings on the Beau-fort
Historic Site, the Old Burying
Ground, narrated bus tours of the
historic district, music concerts,
and an antique car show are all
highlights of this signature event.
Antiques Show and Sale
Friday-Sunday, June 24-26,
times vary
Held in conjunction with the
Beaufort Old Homes & Gardens
Tour in June at the Crystal Coast
Civic Center in Morehead City,
this event features more than 40
booths of antiques and collectibles,
as well as a gourmet Tea Room.
Carteret County Arts & Crafts
Coalition Summer Show
Saturday-Sunday, July 2-3
This juried sale of arts and crafts
of coastal artisans is held three
weekends a year. Held at the
Beaufort Historic Site on Memorial
Day, Fourth of July and Labor
Day, and at another venue for a
three-week show between
Thanksgiving and Christmas, this
is the perfect occasion to browse
and buy the work of coastal artists
and craftsmen.
BHA Summer Party:
“Summertime is Calling Me…
So it’s Time to Party in Beaufort-by-
the-Sea”
Saturday, July 9, 7 p.m.-11 p.m.
Come celebrate Beaufort
summers with a fabulous
summer party at the
Beaufort Historic Site.
Enjoy gourmet food by
Beaufort Grocery
Company, an open bar,
live music by the band Black &
Blue, and a live and silent auction
with proceeds benefiting the Beau-fort
Historical Association.
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BENTONVILLE BATTLEFIELD
STATE HISTORIC SITE (Four Oaks)
www.nchistoricsites.org/bentonvi/
bentonvi.htm, (910) 594-0789
Camp Life
Saturday, June 11, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Discover how Civil War soldiers
lived in camp and what role the
enlisted man played in battle.
Period-costumed living historians
will demonstrate how soldiers
made meals, maintained their
weapons and uniforms, trained for
battle, and more.
A Day in the Life of a Civil War
Soldier
Saturday, Aug. 27, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
The sounds of artillery and musket
fire will once again ring out at
Bentonville Battlefield during our
second summer living history
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ALLIANCE FOR HISTORIC
HILLSBOROUGH (Hillsborough)
www.historichillsborough.org
(919) 732-7741
(For a complete list of events,
please visit the website.)
Guided Walking Tour
Saturdays, June 11, July 9, and
Aug. 13, 10 a.m., 2 p.m.
Come to the Alexander Dickson
House and explore Hillsborough’s
history on a 90-minute guided
walking tour through its historic
district. Cost is $5 for adults and
$2 for children ages 5 to 15.
Family Fun Day
Saturday, June 11, 10 a.m.-
4 p.m.
Come to Hillsborough for a day of
family fun. Begin your day at the
Alexander Dickson House with a
scavenger hunt around town. Pick
up a sheet with a list of the day’s
activities with stops at the Orange
County Historical Museum, the
Burwell School Historic Site, and
other local shops and businesses.
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AYCOCK BIRTHPLACE (Fremont)
www.nchistoricsites.org/aycock/
aycock.htm, (919) 252-5581
Quilts! Quilts! Quilts!
Saturday, June 11, noon-4 p.m.
Visit with the Cotton
Club Quilters Guild of
Goldsboro as they
quilt. Talk to costumed
interpreters as they
demonstrate quilting
19th-century style. View
Aycock Birthplace’s
antique quilts, and make your
own paper quilt square. Free.
In the Land of Cotton
Saturday, July 9, 9:30 a.m.-
12:30 p.m.
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event. Talk with reenactors to
learn about a typical soldier’s life,
and watch artillery and musket
demonstrations.
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CAPE FEAR MUSEUM OF HISTORY
AND SCIENCE (Wilmington)
www.capefearmuseum.com
(919) 798-4362
Learning Center: Pirate Invasion
Saturdays, June 4, 11, 18, and 25,
1 p.m.-4 p.m.
What were pirates really like?
Discover the world of pirates as
you make and hoist your own
Jolly Roger, get a pirate tattoo,
and make a Lego pirate ship.
Dress up like a privateer and
learn how to tie knots aboard a
ship. Play pirate games and go on
an exciting treasure hunt through
the museum! The Learning Center
is free with paid museum admis-sion.
Activities are appropriate for
children ages 5 to 12; parental
participation is required.
Summer Camps
The museum is offering weeklong
summer camps on such topics as
“Beneath Your Feet,” “Science
Masters,” and “Young Engineers.”
A fee is charged for the camps,
and pre-registration is required.
Please visit the website or call the
museum for more information.
Summer Shorts
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays
in June, starting June 14
The museum is offering a wide
range of one-hour adventures for
children with adult chaperones on
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays
in June, starting June 14. Themes
include “Eco Adventures,” “Star
Search,” “Pirates Ahoy” and
“Dino-mite!” A fee is charged, and
pre-registration is required. For
more information, please visit the
website.
Cape Fear Skies: Moon Madness
Sunday, June 19, 1:30 p.m.,
2:30 p.m., and 3:30 p.m.
Venture into Cape
Fear Museum’s port-able
planetarium and
explore the night sky
in the daytime.
Examine the moon to
uncover the “secret”
behind the lunar cycle. This
program is free with paid museum
admission and is appropriate for
all ages. Parental participation is
required.
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CARTERET COUNTY HISTORICAL
SOCIETY (Morehead City)
www.thehistoryplace.org
(252) 247-7533
Lunch with a Dash of History
Fridays, June 3, June 17, July 8
Enjoy talks by historian Rodney
Kemp. Mr. Kemp will talk about
“Fish House Lies: Storytelling” on
June 3, “The 40th Anniversary of
the Carteret County Historical
Society: Camp Glenn” on June 17,
and “The 10th Anniversary of the
History Place: Charles S. Wallace”
on July 8. Tickets are $12 for lunch
and $4 without lunch. Reservations
must be made and tickets paid for
by the Wednesday prior to each
lecture by calling (252) 247-7533,
ext. 106.
Portsmouth Island: A Walk in
the Past
Sunday, June 12, 2 p.m.
Join author James E. White, III,
for a book signing and a presenta-tion
about the history of Ports-mouth
Island. Through his personal
knowledge, family connections,
many interviews, and years of
research, he brings Portsmouth
back to life. White is the grandson
of Lucy Beacham Gilgo, who came
to Portsmouth Island in 1922 as
the schoolteacher and met and
married Tom Gilgo, whose family
had lived on the island since the
early 1800s.
Go for the Gold Raffle
Through July 8
This fundraiser for the historical
society offers you a chance to win
a 10-k gold sea-themed bracelet or
a 14-k gold angel fish pendant.
Only 200 tickets will be sold, giving
everyone a good chance to win.
Tickets are $5 each or 5 for $20.
The drawing will be held on July 8,
during Rodney Kemp’s lunchtime
lecture.
Kinston Indians Bus Trip
Friday, July 22, 4:30 p.m.
Join Rodney
Kemp, who will
share baseball
trivia, and other
members of the
historical society
on this bus ride to
Kinston. Partici-pants
will enjoy
seeing a 7 p.m.
baseball game, the last game that
the Indians will play in Kinston.
Please note that the bus will leave
the History Center at 4:30 p.m.
sharp and will return around 11
p.m. Tickets cost $25, which does
not include dinner; participants
can buy hot dogs at the stadium.
Space is limited; call the History
Place to reserve a spot.
Visit to National Parks of the
American West
Sept. 25-October 2, 2011
It’s not too early to start thinking
about a fall vacation! This fund-raiser
for the historical society
features round-trip transportation;
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accommodations for 7 nights; visits
to canyons and parks; two nights
in Las Vegas, and more. Cost:
$1,485. For a packet or for more
information, call Joanne Belanger
at Changes In Latitude at (252)
726-7383.
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CHICAMACOMICO LIFE-SAVING
STATION HISTORIC SITE AND
MUSEUM (Rodanthe)
www.chicamacomico.net
(252) 987-1552
Summer Porch Programs
Monday-Fridays, June-August,
2 p.m.
Enjoy regular programs through-out
the summer. On Mondays, the
“Nights in Rodanthe Movie: Behind
the Scenes” program features site
operations manager Linda Molly,
who played a small but pivotal
role in the movie. Molly will auto-graph
books and DVDs and will
talk about her movie experience.
On Tuesdays, during the program
“America’s Forgotten Heroes,” you
will discover the forgotten yet
fascinating history of the United
States Life-Saving Service, the
original “Storm Warriors” who
were the predecessors of today’s
U.S. Coast Guard. On Wednesdays,
during “The Real Taffy of Torpedo
Junction,” you will hear the stories
of Hatteras Island native Carol
Dillon, who served as the inspira-tion
for the novel Taffy of Torpedo
Junction. This book from the
1950s tells the daring antics of an
independent young teenager living
on Hatteras Island during World
War II. On Thursdays, you can
watch history come alive during
the “Beach Apparatus Drill,” a
rescue method that lifesaving
stations were once required to
practice weekly. Volunteers will
reenact that drill, including live
black powder firing and live shot.
And on Fridays, Scott Dawson
will offer his theory about what
happened to the Lost Colony.
These programs are free with
regular site admission.
Centennial Celebrations
Thursday, Aug. 4
Come to this once-in-a-lifetime
event to celebrate the centennial
of the Chicamacomico Lifesaving
Station. Plans for this event
include antique cars, boats, planes,
motorcycles, quilters, period
crafters, living history interpreters,
period baseball reenactors, live
singing of 1911 chart toppers by
local singing celebrities, exhibits,
and more. The event will also
recognize and honor the men of
the Lifesaving Station as well as
those working in the Coast Guard
today.
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DUKE HOMESTEAD STATE
HISTORIC SITE (Durham)
www.nchistoricsites.org/duke/
duke.htm, (919) 477-5498
Herb, Garden, and Craft
Festival
Saturday, June 11, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Enjoy many herb and craft
vendors, 19th-century
children’s games, displays of
traditional herbal uses,
musical entertainment, craft
demonstrations, and more.
Pork, Pickles, & Peanuts:
Tastes of NC
Saturday, July 9, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Food and art are the themes of
the day! This festival will include
a barbecue cook-off and a juried
pie competition. Throughout the
day, visitors can enjoy historical
cooking demonstrations and art
and craft vendors.
“Your Boy Jim:” Tobacco and
Slave Labor
Saturday, July 30, 2 p.m.
This lecture tackles one of the
more difficult issues surrounding
the Civil War. While not all local
farmers could afford to own a
slave, slave leasing was quite
common in Piedmont North Caro-lina.
Learn more about this topic
at this informative lecture.
Summer Children’s Festival
Saturday, Aug. 13, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
This event will be a treat for the
young as well as the young-at-heart.
Throughout the day, enjoy
music, dancing, historical crafts,
and activities and games.
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FORSYTH COUNTY HISTORICAL
SOCIETY
www.forsythnchistory.com
Townfork Settlement
Wednesday, June 15, 1 p.m.
Phyllis Roberson Hoots, history
instructor at Forsyth Technical
Community College, and Judy S.
Cardwell are conducting a research
project on Townfork Settlement
(1749-1799), founded along Town-fork
Creek in today’s northern
Forsyth County and southern
Stokes County. One of the most
prominent members of this commu-nity
was Peter Hairston, sometimes
referred to as “Sauratown” Peter
Hairston. He was instrumental in
the founding of the town of
Germanton, which became the
county seat of the new county of
Stokes. Learn more about this
man, who was a member of a
large, remarkable family, and
about his great-grandson, Peter
W. Hairston, owner of Cooleemee
Plantation in Davie County. This
program will be held at the
Kernersville Senior Center.
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FRIENDS OF THE PAGE-WALKER
HOTEL (Cary)
www.friendsofpagewalker.org
(919) 460-4963
Starlight Concert Series
Fridays, June 3, June 17, July 1,
July 8, July 15, and Aug. 5,
7 p.m.-9 p.m.
Come to the Page-Walker garden
to enjoy this free concert series
under the stars. Each evening
features a different band, starting
with Jamrock playing reggae
music on June 3, and followed by
Moment’s Notice (jazz) on June
17; Shady Grove Band (bluegrass)
on July 1; the Triangle Wind
Ensemble playing Mozart woodwind
octets on July 8; Craicdown
(acoustic roots music) on July 15;
and Mickey Mills (reggae) and
Tropic Orchestra (Latin dance
music) on August 5.
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FRISCO NATIVE AMERICAN
MUSEUM AND NATURAL HISTORY
CENTER
www.nativeamericanmuseum.org
(252) 995-4440
Beginning Archaeology
Fridays, mid-June through
September, 3 p.m.
Learn the “how, where, what, and
why” of the original inhabitants of
Hatteras Island. Discover the
history of Native Americans,
using authentic artifacts many
thousands of years old. Take home
a piece of history, a free gift from
the museum. This program is
included in the price of admission
and is appropriate for the whole
family.
Beginning Birding
Fridays, mid-June
through September,
2 p.m.
Ever wondered how birds fly?
What is the smallest bird? Why
birds sing? Discover the museum’s
bird garden and see the “biggest
bird house” on the east coast. Join
the museum director for a fun-filled
experience in a look at some
of the island’s local birds. The
session will provide a great intro-duction
to bird watching and
possibly start participants on the
path to a rich and rewarding life-long
hobby.
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GASTON COUNTY MUSEUM
(Dallas)
www.gastoncountymuseum.org
(704) 922-7681
Coffee with the Curator
Wednesday, June 1, 10:30 a.m.-
11:30 a.m.
During this program,
curator Stephanie
Haiar will identify
objects and provide
preservation assistance
on pieces brought to
the museum by visitors. If objects
are too large, please bring photo-graphs.
During this program,
object donations to the museum
will also be considered. There is
no appointment needed for this
program, and it is free and open to
the public. Please note that there
is a three-item limit per person,
and there will be no monetary
appraisals at this program.
Blues Out Back
Fridays, June 10, July 8, Aug. 12,
6:30 p.m.-8 p.m.
Bring your lawn chairs and a picnic
and join the Gaston County
Museum for the second free Blues
Out Back concert series of the
summer. Abe Reid will play on
June 10, Big Ron Hunter will play
on July 8, and the Harris Brothers
will perform on August 12.
Civil War Soldiers Camp
Tuesday, June 21, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Kids, ever wondered what it’s like
to be a Civil War soldier? Join the
Gaston County Museum and experi-ence
life in an early Civil War
camp! This special one-day experi-ence
is designed for kids ages 8 to
12. Children will begin the day by
setting up a camp, learning period
military marching drills, and
observing historic firing demon-strations.
After this, campers will
learn about home life, experience
writing letters to soldiers, play a
game of Town Ball, and finish the
day by engaging in a special
mission! Campers should bring a
bagged lunch and wear closed-toed
shoes. This program will be
very interactive and hands-on.
Cost: $30 per child. Reservations
are required by calling Lynn
Duncan at (704) 922-7681, x106.
Ancient Airs & Dances: Music
by Jamie Laval
Saturday, June 25, 7:30 p.m.-
8:30 p.m.
Jamie Laval has been heralded as
one of North Americas finest
practitioners of traditional Scottish
music. Now a resident of Asheville,
Jamie began his music career
studying classical music at the
Victoria Conservatory of Music. In
2002 Laval won the U.S. National
Scottish Fiddle Championship
and subsequently embarked on a
full time touring career which
today includes over 120 engage-ments
per year throughout the
U.S. and Scotland. Tickets: $15/
adults, $8/students. Reservations
are required by June 22 by calling
Jeff Pruett at (704) 922-7681,
x105.
Cartooning Camp
Tuesday, June 28, 10 a.m.-noon,
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or 1 p.m.-3 p.m.
Want to learn how
to draw cartoons or
become a better
artist? Then join
us as author and
illustrator Dave
McDonald, who has over 25 years
experience (his most recent work
is entitled “The Secret Adventures
of Hamster Sam: Attack of the
Evil Boll Weevils!”), presents a fun
and exciting program on cartooning
and basic drawing. This interactive
program includes a look at comic
book storytelling elements, plus an
in-depth cartooning lesson; kids
draw characters right along with
Dave! Dave McDonald is a member
of The Society for Children’s Book
Writers & Illustrators and The
Southeast Chapter of the National
Cartoonists Society, and appears
on the South Carolina Arts Com-mission’s
Roster of Approved Art-ists.
The Camp is for ages 8 to 12
and costs $20. Reservations are
required by June 23 by calling Lynn
Duncan at (704) 922-7681, x106.
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GRAVEYARD OF THE ATLANTIC
MUSEUM (Hatteras)
www.ncmaritimemuseums.com,
(252) 728-7317
Flags Over Hatteras Sesqui-centennial
Commemoration
Monday-Sunday, Aug. 22-28
The beaches of North Carolina’s
Outer Banks set the scene for the
first Union victory of the Civil
War, which is the focus of the
Flags Over Hatteras sesquicen-tennial
commemoration from Aug.
22 to 28. During this event, exhibits
and lectures will highlight the
significance of the 1861 battles of
Fort Hatteras and Fort Clark.
Please note that there is a “Flags
Over Hatteras” conference taking
place from August 25 to 27; space
is limited for the conference and
registration is required. Confer-ence
tickets are $175 per person,
with 30 spaces reserved for students
at $75 per student. Please see
www.flagsoverhatteras.com for
more information about the con-ference
and other activities.
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GREENSBORO HISTORICAL
MUSEUM
www.greensborohistory.org
(336) 373-2043
Jewish Soldiers in Blue and
Gray
Tuesday, June 14, 7:30 pm
Produced by Indigo Films, this
first-of-its-kind documentary
reveals the little-known struggles
facing Jewish Americans both in
battle and on the home front during
the Civil War. Through photo-graphs,
documents, letters and
artifacts, and extensive interviews
with experts and descendants, the
film chronicles the sacrifices that
Jews made for their beliefs, and
how they took up arms to defend
their country, both in the Union
and the Confederacy. Q&A follows
with co-producer/co-writer Robert
Marcus.
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HIGHLANDS HISTORICAL SOCIETY
www.highlandshistory.com
(828) 787-1050
History Live!
Friday-Saturday, June 24-25,
6 p.m.-7:30 p.m., and Sunday,
June 26, 4 p.m.-5:15 p.m.
These performances will celebrate
road builders of the early High-lands,
including Samuel Kelsey,
Celia Hill, John Jay Smith, Herman
Wilson, Florence Ravenel, and
Prioleau Ravenel, Jr. Tickets: $10
each, free for students. Please call
the society for more information.
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HIGH POINT HISTORICAL SOCIETY
www.highpointmuseum.org
(336) 885-1859
Blacksmithing Demonstration
in the Historical Park
Saturdays, June 4 and 18,
10 a.m.-4 p.m., and Sundays,
June 5 and 19, 1 p.m.-4 p.m.
Come watch our costumed black-smith
in action as he crafts various
iron pieces. All ages are welcome
to this free, drop-in program.
Quaker Wedding & Colonial
Dancing in the Historical
Park
Saturday, June 11, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.,
Sunday, June 12, 1 p.m.-4 p.m.
Discover the beauty and simplicity
of a traditional Quaker wedding.
Our historical interpreters will
reenact a typical ceremony from
the early American period and
explain how it exemplifies Quaker
beliefs. Also come try out some
popular country dances of the late
18th and early 19th century. No
experience necessary! All ages are
welcome to this free, drop-in
program.
Evaluation Extravaganza
Saturday, June 11, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
The Evaluation Extravaganza
provides an opportunity for
community members to bring their
valued treasures before expert
evaluators, who will briefly assess
the item and provide a verbal
approximation of value. Cost per
object is $5 for High Point Historical
Society Members and $10 per
item for non-members. Limit of
three objects per person. No large
furniture or loaded firearms.
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Washington Street Walking
Tour
Saturday, June 18, 10:30 a.m.
Join local historian Glenn Chavis
on this guided tour of historic
Washington Street, which was a
thriving business and entertain-ment
district for High Point’s
black community during the
period of segregation. The tour,
lasting approximately 90 minutes,
is free of charge but is limited to
20 people, so you must call to
reserve your spot. Please call the
museum to register. The tour
starts at Changing Tides Cultural
Center, 613 Washington St.
Let’s Play! Early American
Games in the Historical Park
Saturday, June 25, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.,
Sunday, June 26, 1 p.m.-4 p.m.
Try out the rolling hoops, stilts,
graces, and other games played by
early American children. Our
costumed interpreters will show
you how. All ages are welcome to
this free, drop-in program.
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HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF THE
LOWER CAPE FEAR (Wilmington)
http://hslcf.org, (910) 762-0492
Shrimparoo
Saturday, June 4,
6 p.m.-8 p.m.
A new and
delicious fundraiser
is coming to benefit the Historical
Society of the Lower Cape Fear!
The exciting thing is the tie to the
Latimer family that we will cele-brate
along with the great food
and company. Thanks to the
hospitable owner, Jimbo Fox, the
Shrimparoo will be held at the
Bradley-Latimer Summer House,
on the banks of Bradley Creek.
The house was built by Richard
Bradley and later became the
summer home of Zebulon Latimer
and his family. Enjoy shrimp,
music, and a beautiful water view.
All the traditional shrimparoo
food—boiled local shrimp, potatoes,
corn on the cob and beer and
wine—will be enjoyed under a
tent. Musicians will entertain,
and congenial company will be in
abundance. Tickets cost $25 per
person and can be bought online
or at the Latimer House.
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HISTORIC FLAT ROCK, INC.
www.historicflatrockinc.org
(828) 697-0208
Ceilidh
Saturday, July 23, time TBA
This Scottish-themed fundraiser
will feature a buffet, an auction,
entertainment, and a private
home tour. Details are still being
finalized. Be sure to check the
website for more information.
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HISTORIC JAMESTOWN SOCIETY
www.mendenhallplantation.org,
(336) 454-3819
Village Fair
Saturday, July 16, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Come to Mendenhall Plantation,
the 200-year-old home of Quaker
Richard Mendenhall, for this free
festival featuring quilting, spinning,
crafts, music, food, fun, and games.
As part of the day’s activities,
children and adults will enjoy
storytelling and colonial games
provided by volunteers from the
High Point Museum. A variety of
musical acts will perform, and
actors from Snow Camp Outdoor
Theater provide a piece of musical
history about the Underground
Railroad with excerpts of their
production Pathway to Freedom.
A Family of Friends
July, Specific Date TBA
In July, the NC Shakespeare
Festival will present A Family of
Friends, an original play written
by Martha Mendenhall, that tells
the story of the Mendenhall family.
Be sure to check the webpage for
updates.
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HISTORIC STAGVILLE STATE
HISTORIC SITE (Durham)
www.stagville.org, (919) 620-0120
Stagville Under the Stars
Thursday, June 9, 8:30 p.m.-
10 p.m.
To kick off our summer events,
Stagville will partner with More-head
Planetarium presenting a
program that focuses on the
astronomy and night sky myths
and legends told in African cultures,
as well as the related stories told
by scientists today. Step inside
original slave quarters from the
1850s where interpreters can
answer questions about the lives
of enslaved people, or peer
through the planetariums tele-scopes
at the moon and Saturn.
The program will wrap up with a
constellation tour looking at the
same stars as our ancestors. Fun
for the whole family! Expand your
universe, bring your blankets, and
observe the sky.
Jubilee Music Festival
Saturday, June 11, 5 p.m.-8 p.m.
Come enjoy an evening
at Stagville and hear a
wide range of music,
from folk and Ameri-cana
to blues. Visitors
are encouraged to
bring blankets and
appreciate the musi-cal
influence of Amer-ica’s
African ancestry.
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North Carolina native and N.C.
Heritage Award Winner John Dee
Holeman will be here to bring the
blues to life. Local artists Lightnin’
Wells and Tad Walters will also
be performing.
Stagville Cinema: Gone with
the Wind
Saturday July 9, 7 p.m.-11 p.m.
Gone with the Wind sold more
tickets than any other film in
history. Visitors can take in this
Academy Award-winning movie
for free under the stars at Historic
Stagville and compare actual
plantation life at Stagville to the
Hollywood interpretation.
Stagville Cinema: Jezebel
Saturday, August 13, 7 p.m.-
9 p.m.
This 1938 film introduced Holly-wood’s
discussion of antebellum
life. The film follows the life of a
headstrong woman in antebellum
New Orleans, offering visitors a
chance to compare plantation life
in other Southern states to
Stagville and North Carolina.
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JOEL LANE HOUSE MUSEUM
(Raleigh)
www.joellane.org, (919) 833-3431
Independence Day Open House
Monday, July 4, 1 p.m.-4 p.m.
See re-enactors demon-strating
various aspects of
colonial life, and partici-pate
in chores such as
churning butter and
carrying water in buckets.
Enjoy old-fashioned crafts
and games for the children
and lemonade for all. The garden
in its full summer glory will be on
view, and herbs from the garden
will be for sale. In addition to out-door
activities, the circa 1770
plantation manor house, the 1790
“kitchen” building, and the Visitors
Center and Museum Shop will be
open. Please plan to celebrate the
independence of this great nation
at the beautiful Joel Lane Museum
House!
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JOHNSTON COUNTY HERITAGE
CENTER (Smithfield)
http://www.johnstonnc.com
(919) 934-2836
A Beginner’s Look at Genealogy
Thursdays, June 9, 16, 23, and 30,
6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
Michael (Mike) Watts of the
Heritage Center’s staff will lead
this popular course, which is limited
to 10 participants. Call (919) 934-
2836 to reserve your space.
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LINCOLN COUNTY HISTORICAL
ASSOCIATION (Lincolnton)
www.lincolncountyhistory.com
(704) 477-0987
Dreaming of Dixie: How The
South Was Created in American
Pop Culture
Thursday, June 23, 6 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
From the late nineteenth century
through World War II, popular
culture portrayed the American
South as a region ensconced in its
antebellum past, draped in
moonlight and magnolias, and
represented by such southern
icons as the mammy, the belle,
the chivalrous planter, white-columned
mansions, and even
bolls of cotton. In Dreaming of
Dixie, Karen Cox shows that the
chief purveyors of this constructed
nostalgia for the Old South were
outsiders of the region, especially
advertising agencies, musicians,
publishers, radio personalities,
writers, and filmmakers playing
to consumers’ anxiety about
modernity by marketing the
South as a region still dedicated
to America’s pastoral traditions.
Cox examines how southerners
themselves embraced the imagi-nary
romance of the region’s past,
particularly in the tourist trade as
southern states and cities sought
to capitalize on popular percep-tions
by showcasing their Old
South heritage. Only when televi-sion
emerged as the most influen-tial
medium of popular culture did
views of the South begin to
change, as news coverage of the
civil rights movement brought
images of violence, protest, and
conflict in the South into people's
living rooms. Until then, Cox
argues, most Americans remained
content with their romantic vision
of Dixie. This book signing
program will take place at 36th
Street Bakery.
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MATHEWS HISTORICAL
FOUNDATION
www.matthewshistoricalfoundation
.org, (704) 849-7368
The Sound of Music
Saturday, June 11, 8 p.m.
Enjoy The Sound of Music, one of
Rodgers and Hammerstein’s most
beloved musicals, while also
helping the Matthews Historical
Foundation. The Matthews Play-house
has generously agreed to
partner with the Matthews
Historical Foundation and will
donate all proceeds from the Play-house’s
June 11 evening perform-ance
to the Foundation. At 7 p.m.
you can enjoy a dessert reception
at the Community Center. Tickets
for the play, including the reception,
cost $17 for regular admission,
$15 for students and guests 65
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and older. To buy tickets, you can
visit the Historical Foundation
website, call (704) 846-6693, or
call the Playhouse box office at
(704) 846-8343.
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MOUNT AIRY MUSEUM OF
REGIONAL HISTORY
www.northcarolinamuseum.org
(336) 786-4478
Storybook Museum
Fridays, June 3, July 1, Aug. 5,
10 a.m.
Join your museum the first Friday
of every month for fun and fantasy
as we explore history and nature
through books, activities and
more! This free program is
intended for preschool age children.
Super Saturday
Saturday, June 11, 10 a.m.
Super Saturdays, held the 2nd
Saturday of each month, are
workshops for children ages 7 and
up where they can roll up their
sleeves and get their hands on
history! Space is limited to 25
children, so pre-registration is
encouraged. Super Saturday is
free to museum members and $5
for non-members.
Toast and Jam
Saturdays, June 11, July 9,
Aug. 13, 5 p.m.-7 p.m.
Enjoy good wine and good music,
all set in the museum’s pictur-esque
courtyard. This free
monthly program, sponsored by
B & L Custom Jewelers, showcases
a number of the region’s wineries
as well as local musical talent.
The wineries will be offering wine
tasting and sales, along with a
brief educational program about
their wines between musical sets.
As an added bonus, there will be
one local restaurant on-hand at
each event to provide visitors with
“a taste of Mount Airy.” Free.
Basket Weaving Workshop
Saturday June 18, 10 a.m.-
2 p.m.
Join us for a fun and relaxed intro-duction
to basket weaving! Learn
something new, meet people who
share your interest, and make
your own Jeremiah Basket under
the instruction of Ruby Maxey, a
local basket weaving enthusiast.
This adult-only workshop is open
to the public, but space is limited
to 12. All materials and supplies
will be provided. Please contact
Nancy Davis, at (336) 786-4478,
ext. #229 to pre-register or for any
additional information. Cost: $15
for museum members, $20 for
non-members.
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MURFREESBORO HISTORICAL
ASSOCIATION
http://www.murfreesboronc.org
(252) 398-5922
Watermelon Festival
July 27-30
Enjoy the town’s
annual festival,
which features a
5K race and walk;
free watermelon
slices and games;
a largest water-melon
contest; food and amuse-ment
rides; street dances each
night; bingo; antiques, collectibles,
and craft fair; and more. The
Murfreesboro Historical Associa-tion
will run its famous Hot
Fudge Booth from July 28 to July
30; will offer bingo on July 28; and
will featue the Jefcoat Museum’s
BBQ/fried chicken dinner on July
29. For more information about
the festival, visit
www.watermelonfestivalnc.com or
contact Laurie Brook at (252) 398-
7695.
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MUSEUM OF THE ALBEMARLE
(Elizabeth City)
www.museumofthealbemarle.com
(252) 335-1453
(All programs are free, except the
Designer’s Workshop.)
First Friday: Formed, Fired
and Finished: North Carolina
Art Pottery
Friday, June 3, 5:30 p.m.-7 p.m.
Explore this new exhibit,
and watch Carolyn
Sleeper, a pottery artist
and jewelry maker from
Washington, N.C., make
pottery.
2nd Saturdays: Formed, Fired
and Finished: North Carolina
Art Pottery
Saturday, June 11, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
In conjunction with the statewide
2nd Saturdays program, the
museum is offering a celebration
of pottery. View the exhibit and
enjoy one of the many hands-on
activities, including a pottery
demonstration.
2nd Saturdays: Strike up the
Band! Music in the Albemarle
Saturday, July 9, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Share your musical talent by
taking advantage of an “open
mike” day. Participants will
pre-register for 30-minute segments
that include setup, performance
and breakdown. Take in a Miles
Clark silent home movie, and
participate in hands-on activities
led by the museum’s Junior
Docents. Call the museum for
more information.
Designer’s Workshop:
Christmas in July
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Saturday, July 9, 2:30 p.m.-
4:30 p.m.
Design and make your own unique
holiday decoration. Select your
choice from the brochure (available
in June). This workshop is for
adults and mature teens. Pre-registration
and a supply fee are
required. Register by Wednesday,
June 15. The workshop costs $25
and is $30 for members. Please
call to register.
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MUSEUM OF THE CAPE FEAR
HISTORICAL COMPLEX
(Fayetteville)
www.museumofthecapefear.ncdcr.
gov, (910) 486-1330
2nd Saturdays Programs
Saturdays, June 11, July 9, and
Aug. 13, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
These programs are a
tribute to the arts. The
museum will host a
decorative arts-themed
tour and cooking
demonstration in the
1897 Poe House. There
will be weaving, candle
dipping, and
watercolor painting
demonstrations as well
as “make and take” crafts for the
young and young at heart. Free.
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NORTH CAROLINA MARITIME
MUSEUM (Beaufort)
www.ncmaritimemuseums.com,
(252) 728-7317
(Admission is free for all events.)
Grand Opening Celebration
Day: Life Aboard the QAR
Saturday, June 11, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Celebrate opening day of the
exhibit Blackbeard’s Queen Anne’s
Revenge. Adults and children
alike will experience aspects of
pirate life through weapons demon-strations,
free boat rides, and food.
Archaeologists will be on hand to
talk about the recovery of the arti-facts.
At 7 p.m. author Elliott
Engel will give a presentation on
Blackbeard.
Living History Day
Saturday, June 25, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Sailor re-enactors from the War of
1812 and the Civil War will
demonstrate nautical skills and
display weapons and period dress.
Demonstrations and activities for
the whole family will commemo-rate
the War of 1812 bicentennial
and the Civil War sesquicentennial.
Book Signing: Linda Greenlaw
Monday, July 11, 6 p.m.
Well-known author and reality TV
star Linda Greenlaw offers a
presentation and book signing at
the museum. The event is free,
but space is limited and tickets
are required for admission to the
6 p.m. program. Museum member
ticket days are June 20 to 22.
Tickets will be offered to the general
public on June 23 until all seats
are filled. Doors open for the book
signing at 7 p.m., and no ticket is
required.
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NORTH CAROLINA MARITIME
MUSEUM (Southport)
www.ncmaritimemuseums.com
Museum Closure
The N.C. Maritime Museum at
Southport remains closed until
renovations and exhibits are
complete.
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NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF
HISTORY (Raleigh)
www.ncmuseumofhistory.org
(919) 807-7900
(All programs are free. For a
complete list of events, please call
or visit the website.)
Music of the Carolinas:
Flamenco Comes Alive
Sunday, June 12, 3 p.m.-
4 p.m.
Explore the history,
cultural significance, and
secrets of flamenco dancing
with Carlota Santana,
artistic director of
Flamenco Vivo Carlota
Santana. Then try some
of the steps (zapateados)
and rhythmic handclaps
(palmas). PineCone co-sponsors
the performance.
2nd Saturdays: Lynn Burcher
Saturday, July 9, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
Chat with this glass crafter and
learn how she creates glass objects.
See her work in the Museum Shop
and sample tasty North Carolina
treats! This drop-in program is
sponsored by Our State magazine
and AT&T.
History à la Carte: Recounting
Civil War Sacrifices
Wednesday, July 27, 12:10-1 p.m.
New research examines how many
soldiers from North Carolina died
during the Civil War. Using official
military records, as well as archival
and newspaper accounts, Josh
Howard, research historian with
the N.C. Office of Archives and
History, will discuss his investiga-tions
and present personal stories
he has uncovered. Bring your
lunch to this program; beverages
are provided.
Exhibit Opening: Cherokee
Carvers: Tradition Renewed
Friday, Aug. 5, 6 p.m.-8 p.m.
This traveling exhibit from the
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Asheville Art Museum features 45
works by 15 Cherokee carvers.
Stop by for light refreshments and
watch a carving demonstration.
The exhibit is made possible by
the Revitalization of Traditional
Cherokee Artisan Resources ini-tiative,
Cherokee Preservation
Foundation, Eastern Band of
Cherokee Indians, and Western
Carolina University.
2nd Saturdays: New Salem
Pottery
Saturday, Aug. 13, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
Watch potters from New Salem
Pottery decorate bowls, vases, and
other clay objects. See their work
in the Museum Shop and sample
tasty North Carolina treats! This
drop-in program is sponsored by
Our State magazine and AT&T.
History à la Carte: The House
That Solomon Built
Wednesday, Aug. 17, 12:10-1 p.m.
One of the Museum of History’s
prized artifacts is the house that
carpenter Solomon Robson built in
Pitt County in 1742. Join Bill
McCrea, Design Section chief of
the N.C. Museum of History, as
he discusses 18th-century archi-tectural
methods and shares how
the museum acquired and restored
the structure for The Story of
North Carolina. Bring your lunch
to this program; beverages are
provided.
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NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD
MUSEUM/NEW HOPE VALLEY
RAILWAY (New Hope)
www.nhvry.org, (919) 362-5416
Train Rides
Sundays, June 5 and July 3,
11 a.m., 12:15 p.m., 1:30 p.m.,
2:45 p.m., and 4 p.m.
Experience the thrill of riding the
rails—see, hear, and feel a part of
railroad history. The New Hope
Valley Railway offers activities,
themes, and events for all ages to
enjoy. Tickets are available online
and cost $10 for adults and for
children 13 and up, $7 for children
ages 2 to 12.
Operate a Locomotive - Steam
and Diesel
Saturdays, June 4, July 2, Aug. 6,
and Sundays June 19, July 17,
and Aug. 21
The New Hope Valley Railway
Operate-a-Loco program puts
YOU in the engineer’s seat of one
of our diesel-electric or steam loco-motives.
Spend an hour at the
throttle on the 4-mile New Hope
Valley Railway main line through
the North Carolina piney woods.
Experience the thrill of driving a
real railroad locomotive. Please
note that Operate-a-Loco partici-pants
who choose the Steam loco-motive
option are required to
wear long pants and closed-toed
shoes; long sleeve shirts are rec-ommended
but not necessary. The
temperature inside the steam
locomotive cab can get up to 125
degrees fahrenheit, so be sure you
can take the heat! You must be
able to climb into the locomotive
cab and stand for over an hour
unassisted. Bring your own gloves
if you have them or you can borrow
a pair of ours. Steam Operate-a-
Loco sessions may take up to two
hours depending upon level of
participation. And yes, you can
blow the whistle. Cost: $125 for
the historic diesel locomotive,
$250 for the 0-4-OT steam locomo-tive.
You can buy tickets online or
call the office.
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OLD SALEM (Winston-Salem)
www.oldsalem.org, (888) 653-7253
(For a complete listing of events,
please visit the Web site.)
Saturday Seminar
Saturday, June 4
This morning seminar focuses on
the objects that surrounded and
celebrated America’s founding
father, George Washington, and is
one of the several events at Old
Salem celebrating the 220th anni-versary
of Washington’s visit in
1791. The program will feature
Carol Borchert Cadou, vice-president
of collections and senior
curator at George Washington’s
Mount Vernon. Registration is
required. Visit www.mesda.org.
Music for the First President
Saturday, June 18
This special Saturday
will feature music
throughout the
district celebrating
George Washington’s
visit in 1791. Hear
David and Ginger
Hildebrande of the
Colonial Music Insti-tute
perform at
11 a.m., 1 p.m., 2 p.m., and 3 p.m.
in the Horton Center Auditorium.
Enjoy violin music at the Tavern,
hear music on the historic piano
forte at the John Vogler House,
enjoy period organ music at the
Single Brothers’ House, and more.
Dawn of a New Nation Evening
Tour
Friday-Saturday, July 1-2,
6:30 p.m., 7 p.m., 7:30 p.m., 8 p.m.
On this exclusive interactive evening
tour guests will learn about Salem’s
position in the Revolutionary War,
then visit the Single Brothers’
House where you will hear about
the 1783 celebration of the peace
following the Revolution with the
original music on the Tannenberg
organ. Next you will travel to the
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Tavern to play tavern games
popular in the new nation, hear
music, and enjoy refreshments—
all while learning about the new
America, and one of Salem’s most
famous visitors: George Washing-ton.
Please note that this tour
includes walking distances in a hilly
area, standing outside, and stand-ing
for long periods of time. The
Tavern is not handicapped acces-sible.
It is recommended that you
wear comfortable shoes. Tours
depart from the Herbst House on
Main Street in Old Salem. Tickets
cost $20 for adults, $15 for children;
for members of Friends of Old
Salem, tickets cost $18 for adults
and $13 for children. Please note
that space is limited. Call (800)
441-5305 to reserve your space.
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PRESERVATION DURHAM (Durham)
www.preservationdurham.org
(919) 682-3036
Cleveland-Holloway
Home Tour
Saturday, June 4,
10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Explore this fast devel-oping
historic district,
starting at Oakwood
Park, on the corner of Holloway
Street and Oakwood Avenue. The
tour is free, but a $5 donation will
be appreciated. Look for food trucks
to buy refreshments on the tour.
For more information, contact
Adrian Brown at yoadrian13@
gmail.com or visit http://
clevelandholloway.blogspot.com.
Annual Meeting
June 15
Join Preservation Durham mem-bers
and friends at Pop's Restau-rant
in West Village for a deli-cious
lunch and a program includ-ing
the announcement of the 2011
Pyne Preservation Awards and
Neighborhood Conservation
Awards. The awards honor the
homeowners, developers, and
designers responsible for work on
houses and commercial buildings
that were renovated during the
last year. Award winners this
year included homes in several
neighborhoods throughout
Durham; a factory that has been
made over into artist's studios and
apartments; a high school made
over into a community center; a
commercial block that is anchor-ing
revitalization in its neighbor-hood,
a historic baseball park, and
a hot dog stand. The variety of
projects is an good indicator of the
vitality of the historic preserva-tion
now happening in the Bull
City!
Downtown Durham Walking
Tours
2nd, 3rd, and 4th Saturdays of June,
July, and August, 10 a.m.
Meet our entertaining and well-informed
docents on Foster Street
at the Durham Farmers’ market
for a glimpse into the history of
the Bull City. On second Saturdays,
our tours describe the tobacco
industry in Durham and its impor-tance
in the city’s history; on third
Saturdays, our tours focus on the
legacy of the Civil Rights movement
in Durham; and on fourth Satur-days,
our tours examine the
unique architecture of the city
that earned it National Historic
District status in 1974. Tours last
about 90 minutes, though they are
shortened to one hour on days
when the temperature is above 90
degrees, and return to the starting
point at the Farmers’ Market.
Please wear comfortable shoes
and plan to wear a hat and bring
a water bottle in hot weather.
Free.
THE PRESERVATION SOCIETY OF
CHAPEL HILL (Chapel Hill)
www.chapelhillpreservation.com
(919) 942-7818
Old Fashioned July Fourth
Sunday, July 4, 1 p.m.-3 p.m.
Bring a picnic to the grounds of
the Horace Williams House
and enjoy free ice cream and
music in this July Fourth cele-bration.
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STANLY COUNTY MUSEUM
(Albemarle)
www.stanlycountymuseum.com
(704) 986-3777
Second Saturday at the Museum
June 11, 1 p.m.
Learn about old-fashioned games
during this program for children
in 4th through 7th grade.
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ST. JOSEPH’S HISTORIC FOUNDA-TION
(Durham)
www.hayti.org, (919) 683-1709
Hayti Heritage Celebrity Golf
Tournament
Friday, July 15
This annual event at the Falls
Village Golf Club matches amateur
golfers and celebrities for a summer
day filled with great camaraderie
and fun for the sole purpose of
raising funds for St. Joseph’s
Historic Foundation and Hayti
Heritage Center’s arts, education,
and historic preservation programs.
Registration deadline for individual
golfers is July 8. Please visit the
website for a registration form
and for information about sponsor-ship
opportunities.
Carolina Idol Talent Show
Competition
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July 15, 7 p.m.
Vegas Don Entertainment presents
this competition at the Hayti
Heritage Center; tickets cost $5 in
advance, $8 at the door. To register
for a free audition, please call
(919) 519-8156. Auditions will be
held June 21 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
at the Durham County Main
Library; competition categories
include ages 5-9, 10-14, 15-19, and
20-up.
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WALKERTOWN AREA HISTORICAL
SOCIETY
www.walkertownareahistorical
society.org
Historical Society Meeting
Tuesday, July 19, 6:30 p.m.
Anyone with an interest in
Walkertown is welcome to attend
the historical society meetings,
which are held at the Walkertown
Library on Main Street.
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WAYNE COUNTY HISTORICAL
ASSOCIATION
www.waynecountyhistoricalnc.org
(919) 734-5023
“Louis Froelich: Arms-Maker
to the Confederacy”
Tuesday, June 7, 7 p.m.
Hear historians Chris Fonvielle
and John McAden talk about
Louis Froelich and his role in the
Civil War.
“Southern Cooking
High and Low: A
Short History of the
Cuisine of the South”
Tuesday, June 14,
7 p.m.
Join John Beck as he
talks about Southern cooking.
This program is made possible by
a grant from the North Carolina
Humanities Council.
Homespun and Homefront
Tuesday, June 28, 7 p.m.
Join Jennifer Weisner as she talks
about the home front during the
Civil War.
Goldsboro Rifles
Tuesday, July 5, 7 p.m.
Stacy Jones will talk about the
Goldsboro Rifles, a Civil War unit.
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WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
www.wnchistory.org
(828) 253-9231
Back of the House Bash!
Saturday, June 18, 3 p.m.-8 p.m.
Enjoy music and fun at the Smith-
McDowell House. Hear live music
by Appalachian Fire, Alarm Clock
Conspiracy, Letters to Abigail,
and Dave Desmelik Trio; take a
free house tour; and buy food and
drinks. This event will be held
rain or shine; musical performances
and seating for guests are under a
tent. This is a fund-raising event
for the Educational Programming
of the WNC Historical Association.
Tickets are $10 for adults, $7 for
students, and free for children
under 12.
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NEW EXHIBITS
CAPE FEAR MUSEUM OF HISTORY
AND SCIENCE (Wilmington)
www.capefearmuseum.com
(910) 798-4350
Pirates
Now Open
Welcome to a world of swashbuck-lers,
scallywags, and scurvy sea
dogs. Encounter pirates of the
New World; play pirate games;
learn to speak like a pirate; and
uncover a rich buried treasure of
pirate facts and fiction. Free with
paid museum admission.
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GASTON COUNTY MUSEUM OF
ART AND HISTORY (Dallas)
www.gastoncountymuseum.org
(704) 922-7681
Tradition & Innovation: Folk
Art of North Carolina
May 2-August 27, 2011
This exciting new exhibit features
fourteen folk artists from North
Carolina.They are all self-taught
artists working in the fields of
traditional Catawba Valley pottery,
modern sculpture, or unique
painting. This collection of work is
an interesting combination of
tradition and innovation, and
showcases the talent of several
North Carolina folk artists.
Visitors can learn about the differ-ent
works through the artists’ own
words, and children can experience
making their own folk art through
the hands-on stations located
throughout the exhibit. Whether
you are a folk art follower or
someone who is interested in
learning more, this exhibit will be
a great way to experience what
North Carolina folk artists have
to offer.
The History of Sun Drop: A
Gaston County Legacy
May 10–September 10, 2011
Learn more about the history of
the soft drink Sun Drop in this
exhibit, sponsored by Choice
Beverage, Inc.
Toss: Artwork by Raymond Ray
Through July 9, 2011
Come to the Bullpen to see this
display of art by Gastonia native
Raymond Ray. Ray is currently
enrolled in the BFA program at
UNC-Charlotte.
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JOHNSTON COUNTY HERITAGE
CENTER (Smithfield)
http://www.johnstonnc.com
(919) 934-2836
“The Game of Life”: Highlight-ing
the Heritage of Johnston
County’s African American
Athletes
Now Open
This exhibit showcases stories of
black Johnstonians who excelled
as players and coaches in high
school and beyond, including the
late Reginald “Hawk” Ennis, Al
and Harvey Heartley, Tol Avery,
Donald Sinclair, Tom and Bobby
Revell, and others.
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LINCOLN COUNTY HISTORICAL
ASSOCIATION (Lincolnton)
www.lincolncountyhistory.com
(704) 477-0987
Standing on a Box: Lewis
Hine…Gaston County 1908
June 4-August 26, 2011
This exhibition features photo-graphs
taken by National Child
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Labor Committee staff photogra-pher
Lewis Hine in Gaston
County textile communities in
November 1908. These images of
young textile workers, along with
Hine’s photographs documenting
child labor in other American
industries, were shown around
the country to bring attention to
the issue of child labor. Hine’s
National Child Labor Committee
documentary photography has
been credited with the success of
the child labor reform to enact
federal and state legislation limit-ing
child labor in the United
States. Standing on a Box was
created by the Gaston County
Museum of Art & History staff
from archival photographs in the
National Child Labor Committee
collection of the Library of Congress.
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MUSEUM OF THE ALBEMARLE
(Elizabeth City)
www.museumofthealbemarle.com
(252) 335-1453
Formed, Fired and Finished:
North Carolina Art Pottery
Through May 13, 2012
North Carolina art pottery
evolved from a 200-year tradition
of making functional wares, one of
the state’s oldest continuous
industries. As early-20th-century
Americans prospered, their appe-tite
for art objects grew and the
demand for decorative pottery
increased. This exhibit features
many pieces of art pottery from
the state’s Seagrove community
and illustrates the diversity and
creativity of the artists. Free.
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In-State Exhibits
NEW EXHIBITS
NORTH CAROLINA MARITIME
MUSEUM (Beaufort)
www.ncmaritimemuseums.com,
(252) 728-7317
Blackbeard’s Queen Anne’s
Revenge
Opens June 11
The world of Blackbeard and his
fellow pirates comes to life in this
new permanent exhibit. In 1718
the notorious pirate ran his flag-ship,
Queen Anne’s Revenge,
aground in Beaufort Inlet, roughly
two miles from the museum. Due
to shifting sands and waterways,
the shipwreck’s location remained
a mystery for centuries. In 1996
the private company Intersal Inc.
discovered the shipwreck. Archae-ologists
with the N.C. Underwater
Archaeology Branch have led
research and recovery on the
wreck for 13 years. As artifacts
have been collected, the Queen
Anne’s Revenge Conservation Lab
in Greenville has cleaned and
prepared the objects for exhibition.
With artifacts, interactive features,
and fun facts, the exhibit illumi-nates
the life of pirates aboard the
ship. Newly released key artifacts
include an entire wine bottle,
glass beads, cannon tompions,
cask parts, and French ceramics.
Free.
Diving Through History
June 26-Sept. 18, 2011
Go deep with a collection of scuba
gear from the 1950s through the
early 1980s. View regulators,
gauges, meters and flotation
devices of dives gone by. Free.
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NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF
HISTORY (Raleigh)
www.ncmuseumofhistory.org
(919) 807-7900
North Carolina and the Civil
War: 1861-1865
Through 2015
In commemoration of the 150th
anniversary of the Civil War, the
museum is featuring a three-part
exhibition series that explores the
four-year conflict that changed
the state and nation. On view
from 2011 through 2015, the series
North Carolina and the Civil War:
1861-1865 includes weapons, uni-forms,
flags, and images that tell
the story of North Carolinians
who lived, served, and sacrificed
during the nation’s bloodiest
conflict. The series’ first exhibit,
North Carolina and the Civil War:
The Breaking Storm, 1861-1862,
opened on May 20 and will run
through Oct. 29, 2012. This small
exhibit addresses the events lead-ing
up to the outbreak of the Civil
War and the early battles. The
Breaking Storm also features
biographical information about
North Carolinians and sections on
weapons and music of the Civil
War. Artifacts include an M1833
dragoon saber and scabbard used
by Zebulon B. Vance, colonel of
the 26th Regiment N.C. Troops,
1861-1862, and the Confederate
first national flag of the 33rd N.C.
Volunteers, 1861-1862. A bugle,
snare drum, banjo and flugelhorn
are among the musical instruments
on exhibit. The series’ second
exhibit, debuting in 2013, will focus
on the year 1863. The final instal-lation,
opening in 2014, will explore
the last engagements of 1864-
1865 and postwar consequences.
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A Change Is Gonna Come:
Black, Indian, and White
Voices for Racial Equality
Online exhibit launches on July 1
The online component of the
exhibit project A Change Is Gonna
Come: Black, Indian, and White
Voices for Racial Equality will be
launched by the Museum of His-tory
on Friday, July 1, 2011. In a
rare undertaking, this online site
(www.nccivilrights.org) will high-light
the experiences of African
Americans, American Indians,
and whites in the struggle for
equal rights for oppressed citizens
in the state of North Carolina.
The online exhibit will focus
primarily on the years between
1865 and 1980 and will include
historical information, compelling
images of people and artifacts
(objects), audio and video clips,
civil rights resources, and more.
The site will feature individuals,
stories, and events that showcase
the social and political changes
initiated by courageous citizens
who were willing to stand against
a system of oppression that existed
on both a legal (de jure) level
and in everyday life (de facto).
Although African Americans and
American Indians were the
primary targets of the system,
the individuals who championed
change in North Carolina repre-sented
black, American Indian,
and white communities. Because
of these courageous citizens’
efforts, all groups today can claim
certain civil liberties and inalien-able
rights. GlaxoSmithKline is a
major sponsor of the Civil Rights
project.
Cherokee Carvers: Tradition
Renewed
Aug. 5-Nov. 27, 2011
In-State Exhibits
NEW EXHIBITS
This traveling exhibit from the
Asheville Art Museum showcases
45 works by 15 Cherokee carvers
who live and work in western
North Carolina. These artists are
preserving and expanding the tradi-tions
of Cherokee art and culture.
Exhibit items include ritual
objects as well as functional wares
that were designed to be sold to
tourists and collectors. Cherokee
Carvers also features pieces by
the late Amanda Crowe, a noted
Cherokee carver who taught many
of the artists represented in the
exhibit. Cherokee Carvers is made
possible by the Revitalization of
Traditional Cherokee Artisan
Resources initiative, Cherokee
Preservation Foundation, Eastern
Band of Cherokee Indians, and
Western Carolina University.
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ROWAN MUSEUM (Salisbury)
www.rowanmuseum.org
(704) 633-5946
When We Fought Ourselves:
1861-1865
Through mid-January 2012
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Out-of-State Exhibits
NATIONAL BUILDING MUSEUM (Washington, D.C.)
www.nbm.org, (202) 272-2448
Designing Tomorrow: America’s World’s Fairs of
the 1930s
Through July 10, 2011
In the midst of the Great Depression, tens of millions
of visitors flocked to world’s fairs in Chicago, San
Diego, Cleveland, Dallas, San Francisco, and New
York where they encountered visions of a modern,
technological tomorrow unlike anything seen before.
This exhibition is the first-ever to consider the impact
of all six American world fairs of the Depression era on
the popularization of modern design and the creation
of a modern consumer culture. The exhibition further
explores how the 1930s world’s fairs were used by
leading corporations and the federal government as
laboratories for experimenting with innovative
display and public relations techniques, and as grand
platforms for the introduction of new products and
ideas to the American public. Free.
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY
(Washington, D.C.)
http://americanhistory.si.edu, (202) 633-1000
“So Much Need of Service”—The Diary of a Civil
War Nurse
Through July 29, 2011
This exhibition features the diary, photo albums, and
letters of Civil War nurse, Amanda Akin. In April
1863, Akin left her home in Quaker Hill, N.Y., to
serve as a nurse at Armory Square Hospital in Wash-ington,
D.C. During her 15 months at Armory
Square, Akin wrote long letters to her sisters and
recorded her daily activities in diaries. Nearly 50
years later, Akin drew on these written records to
publish an account of her wartime role in a book, The
Nurse of Ward E, also on display in the gallery.
While this collection preserves the memories and
experiences of Akin, the documents also represent
millions of others who left their families and commu-nities
behind to contribute to the Civil War effort.
Pictures for Everyone: Nineteenth-century
Photographs, Prints and Posters
Nineteenth-century Americans were keen observers
of the world around them, and they eagerly sought to
acquire all types of pictures. The introduction of pho-tography
and improvements in graphic production
made printed images much more available for use in
family albums, illustrated magazines and newspa-pers,
and as posters for advertising. This exhibition
features images which explore how nineteenth cen-tury
audiences received and shared visual informa-tion
that crossed many barriers, including those of
race, class, and language.
Learn about the experiences of
soldiers, civilians, and prisoners
in Salisbury during the Civil War.
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WAYNE COUNTY MUSEUM
(Goldsboro)
waynecountyhistoricalnc.org
(919) 734-5023
Civil War: Troops and Hoops
Through July 30
Take a look at the Civil War
through this exhibit that focuses
on women and children.
In-State Exhibits
WORKSHOPS AND CONFERENCES
In-State Workshops
CONNECTING TO COLLECTIONS,
N.C. DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL
RESOURCES
Preparing for a Digital Project
Monday, June 13, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
Digitization is a great way for
cultural heritage institutions to
share their holdings. Library,
archive, and museum professionals
are increasingly looking to the
internet as a means to publicize
their collections and reach out to
new users. This workshop, to be
held at the Wilson County Public
Library, will address the challenges
and opportunities presented by
digital projects. We’ll talk about
strategies for digitizing special
collections materials, discuss
metadata for digital objects, and
look at options for sharing your
collections online. Participants
will also learn about the North
Carolina Digital Heritage Center,
a new program that offers digiti-zation
and digital publishing
services to institutions across
North Carolina. Nick Graham, of
the N.C. Digital Heritage Center
at UNC-Chapel Hill, and Audra
Eagle Yun of Wake Forest Univer-sity
will lead this workshop. Cost:
$10. To register, visit http://
www.surveymonkey.com/s/
c2cdigitizationwilson.
Collections Management Boot
Camp
Monday, June 20, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
Join John Campbell of the N.C.
Museum of History and Martha
Battle Jackson of N.C. State
Historic Sites at Historic Hope
Plantation in Windsor for this
informative workshop. The work-shop
will cover the basics of collec-tions
management, including
collections management policies,
collections gift and loan agree-ments,
facilities reports, and other
documents necessary to manage
artifacts. This interactive workshop
encourages participants to share
specific situations and challenges
they may be facing in their own
institutions. Participants will also
be given helpful hand-outs, exam-ples,
and resources to take back to
their individual institutions—
take-away materials which may
facilitate far-reaching instruction
among staff and volunteers who
do not have the opportunity to
attend the boot camp. Cost: $10.
To register, visit http://
www.surveymonkey.com/s/
c2ccollectionsmanagementwindsor
EDGECOMBE COMMUNITY
COLLEGE
Historic Preservation Trades
Courses
Edgecombe Community College
offers a number of continuing
education classes on historic
preservation trades. On June 4 and
June 5 and on June 11 and 12, the
class “Preservation of Farm
Structures” will focus on methods
of preserving historic dependency
buildings; participants will go on
site and visit several structures and
work on various ways of stabilizing
the buildings. From June 6 through
June 10, from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.,
Benjamin Curran will direct the
“Special Woodworking Field
School.” In this focused session
students will learn to measure,
make, and install wooden window
sashes in historic buildings. Fee to
be announced. This class will offer
college credit. On Saturday, June
18, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Scott
Power and John Wood will lead
“Introduction to Historic Preser-vation.”
This class will explore the
laws and process of preservation in
the state, how historic districts
are created, and how structures
become eligible for tax credits or
National Register nomination.
Online Workshops
LYRASIS
Various Classes
Though Lyrasis focuses primarily
on libraries, it does offer some
classes that may be of interest to
archives and historical societies.
For instance, Lyrasis is offering
Preservation and Salvage of
Audiovisual Materials on June
15 from 2 to 5 p.m.; Introduction
to Grants for Preservation on
June 22 at 10 a.m., and Preserva-tion
of Photographic Materials
on June 29 and June 30, at 2 p.m.
Visit http://www.lyrasis.org/
Classes-and-Events.aspx to search
its list of classes and to register.
NORTHEAST DOCUMENT CONSER-VATION
CENTER
Care and Handling of
Scrapbooks
Tuesday, July 19, 2 p.m. (Eastern)
This webinar will cover the issues
to be addressed in order to provide
the best level of care for scrapbook
collections. Learn about the
structure of scrapbooks, types of
materials commonly found in
them, methods of attachment, and
the implications for preservation
and conservation. Low-cost, in-house
preservation approaches
will be discussed. Registration is
due by July 18 and costs $95, $80
if received by early-bird deadline
of June 28.
Pest Management,
Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2 p.m. (Eastern)
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Workshops
WORKSHOPS AND CONFERENCES
This class will cover the best
practices for protecting against
pest infestation and what to do if
a problem with pests is identi-fied.
The common types of pests
found in libraries, archives, and
museums will be covered, along
with their preferred environ-ment.
Registration is due by
August 8 and costs $95, $80 if
received by early-bird deadline of
July 19.
To register for either class, please
visit http://www.nedcc.org/
education/training.calendar.php.
SMALL MUSEUM PRO!
Museum Education: Crafting
Great learning Experiences
June 6-July 29
Museums are places to store,
conserve, display, and learn about
things. This course is about the
last of these processes, learning.
At the end of the course you will
know something about how learn-ing
occurs; how museums can
facilitate learning; resources to
assist you in future development
of learning experiences; and how
to develop and implement learn-ing
experiences—you will develop
one! Please note that you will need
to buy The Museum Educator’s
Manual: Educators Share Success-ful
Techniques. Cost for the class:
$195.
Building Effective Museum
Exhibits
June 6-July 29
In this course, we will go through
a compressed, abbreviated version
of the basic exhibit development
and design process. All of the
assignments will relate to the design
of an exhibit for your institution,
beginning with brainstorming and
ending with a basic design, more
or less ready to be installed. In
the course, we will be loosely
working in the following stages:
Pre-Design and Preliminary
Design; Schematic Design; and
Design Development. At the end
of each of our mini-phases, we will
devote a week to reviewing and
critiquing each other’s work. You
will go through the assignments
your classmates have uploaded
and offer your own comments and
suggestions. Please note that you
will need to have a copy of the text
Exhibit Makeovers: A Do-It-
Yourself Workbook for Small
Museums, by Alice Parman and
Jeffrey Jane Flowers. Cost: $195.
These classes are offered through
Eastern New Mexico University.
To register for either class, visit
www.enmu.edu/academics/
distance-ed/non-credit/
registration.pdf or call (565) 562-
2165. For more information, visit
www.smallmuseumpro.org.
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