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PRESERVING LOCAL HisToRY
Plummer Alston Jones, Jr. and
Thomas Kevin B. Cherry, Guest Editors
Preserving Local History: A Tale of Three High Schools, Patricia Ryckman
Unusual Requests for Local History Collections, Beverly Tetterton
Managing Photograph Collections, Molly G. Rawls
Local History in North Carolina Libraries: Selected Bibliography & Directory,
Bryna Coonin
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From the President
Lagniappe: North Carolina Special Collections: From Print to the Web,
Joan Ferguson and Eileen McGrath
Wired to the World: Online Rx Information, Ralph Lee Scott
Between Us: oIf LigonTs Trees Could Talk ...,� Kimberly Poe Shelton, Ann Thompson,
Marsha Alibrandi, Anna Victoria Wilson, Candy Lee Metz Beal, Rita Hagevik
North Carolina Books
In View Of... The Olivia Raney Local History Library
NCLA Minutes
About the Authors
This safe, manufactured by Mosler of Hamilton, Ohio, was in the original Olivia Raney
Library that opened in 1901. Put in storage during the 1980s, when the Olivia Raney
Library was closed, the safe was taken out of storage and moved to the new Olivia Raney
Library that opened in August 1997. (See oIn View Of ...� page 39.) Photo by Joline Ezzell.
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Milestones in
arlier this year, I received an e-mail message from Jordan Scepanski at the
Triangle Research Library Network. Jordan was concerned that many of the
accomplishments of North Carolina libraries and librarians often go unnoticed
due to a combination of poor communication within our profession and
extreme modesty on the part of those worthy of the spotlight. I totally agreed with
Jordan and broached the subject of using the PresidentTs column in each North Carolina
Libraries issue as the forum for sharing the good news of our colleagues with Frances
Bradburn, NCL Editor. Frances gave an enthusiastic nod. Here is the first installment of
what I will refer to in subsequent issues as oMilestones in North Carolina
Librarianship.� Thanks, Jordan, for your thoughtful suggestion, and thanks, Frances,
for your editorial support.
The Leadership Conference on Access to Special Collections was held March 1-2,
2000, in High Point. This most productive gathering of librarians, historians, archi-
vists, genealogists, and museum curators was planned and organized by librarians
David Ferriero (Duke), Chair, State Librarian Sandy Cooper, Kevin Cherry
(Rowan Public Library), Steve Hensen (Duke), Robert Burgin (State
Library), Eileen McGrath (UNC-CH), Julie Nye (State Library), and Helen
Wykle (UNCA), four archivists from the Division of Archives and
History, and representatives from the North Carolina Museum of Art and
U the Biltmore Company. There was every indication that this conference
N or th Ca re ol / n a represented the beginning of the movement toward Web access to
Librarianship
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statewide special collections.
Our colleagues at North Carolina State University Libraries recently
won the Excellence in Academic Libraries Award, a new award sponsored
by the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), Blackwell
Books, and Blackwell Information Services. The award recognizes the
staffs of a community college, a college, and a university library for
innovative programs that deliver exemplary services and resources to further the
educational mission of their respective institutions. Susan Nutter, Vice Provost and
Director of NCSU Libraries, in the February 2000 issue of ALA News Releases
www.ala.org/news, gave all the credit to her staff and is convinced that the award
recognized othe adoption of a fundamentally new culture and set of values� which
made it possible oto create innovative library services that place the needs of the user
first.� Nutter won the 1999 Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award jointly sponsored by
ACRL, the Library Administration and Management Association (LAMA), the Library
and Information Technology Association (LITA), and the Association for Library
Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) (College and Research Libraries News (April
1999): 278, 280).
The Rowan Public Library, headed by NCLA Director Phil Barton, began a winning
momentum back in 1997 when they won Special Mention in Library JournalTs Library
of the Year Award competition. In 1998 the RPL won the ALA/Information Today
Library of the Future award. That same year, a series of articles on World War II written
for the Salisbury Post by Kevin Cherry, Local History Librarian at RPL, received the first
prize in Enterprise Reporting by the North Carolina Press Association. The oral history
program on World War II won in October 1999 the North Carolina Association of
County Commissions Outstanding Project Award and in February 2000 received
Special Recognition in the 2nd Annual Culture and Arts Award competition of the
National Association of Counties (NACo). Cherry is chair of the NCLA Round Table on
Special Collections for the 1999-2001 biennium.
On February 2, 2000, Ridley Kessler, Documents Librarian at UNC-CH, testified
before the House Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch,
in support of the US GPOTs budget request for fiscal year 2001. Ridley spoke in support
of the Depository Library Program and on behalf of the Association of Research
Libraries (ARL), American Association of Law Librarians (AALL), American Library
North Carolina Libraries
North Carolina Libraries
Association (ALA), Medical Library Association (MLA), and Special Libraries Association (SLA). On
March 1, 2000, Ridley was presented the UNC Mentor Ward for Lifetime Achievement in recogni-
tion of the fact that he has served as advisor to over 56 masterTs papers done in the UNC-CH
School of Information and Library Science and mentor to countless students.
The cover of the January 2000 issue of Library Journal proudly proclaims North CarolinaTs
own Jerry Thrasher as Librarian of the Year. Thrasher, library director of the Cumberland County
Library and Information Center, won this well-deserved national recognition for his fight for
intellectual freedom. Previously he was awarded the NCLA/SIRS Intellectual Freedom Award in
September 1999 at the 53rd NCLA Biennial Conference. ThrasherTs experience is proof positive
that outstanding service in North Carolina will be recognized nationally as well. He has replaced
the indefatigable Gene Lanier as chair of the NCLA Intellectual Freedom Committee for the 1999-
2001 biennium.
Our colleagues at the Public Library of Charlotte/Mecklenburg County deserve several pats
on the back for putting North Carolina on the library map. PLCMC has been Library of the
Future for two years in recognition of its proactive innovative service to the Charlotte commu-
nity through its electronic network known as CharlotteTs Web. The March 3, 1999 issue of
American Libraries features an article on a local history CD-ROM that PLCMC created in concert
with the African American community of Charlotte. I was thrilled to see two of UNCG-DLIS
students, Robin Bryan and Tony Tallent, hosting the PLCMC booth at the 2000 ALA Midwinter in
San Antonio. In the April 2000 issue of ALA News Releases, Pamela Standhart of the PLCMC was
one of four librarians named winners of the 2000 Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers
Award administered by the ALATs Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC). She will
receive a $600 grant to attend the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago. Recipients of the annual
award must have one to ten years of experience as a childrenTs librarian, work directly with
children, and have never attended an ALA Annual Conference.
Convention facilities in Charlotte were attractive to the planners of the Public Library
Association (PLA) that held its national conference in Charlotte March 28-April 1, 2000. The
oDatebook� column of the February 2000 issue of American Libraries announced that the Associa-
tion for College and Research Libraries (ACRL) will hold its national conference there April 8-15,
2003. According to the March 2000 issue of ALA News Releases, PLA awarded one of ten Spectrum
Scholar Conference Travel Grants for the March/April 2000 conference to Monecia Barry of
Carrboro.
According to the March 2000 issue of ALA News Releases, ten members of the ALA will receive
EBSCO ALA Conference Sponsorship Awards to assist them to attend the 2000 Annual Confer-
ence in Chicago. Leah G. McGinnis of Chapel Hill and Kathryn Leach of Fayetteville were two of
the winners.
Congratulations go to East Carolina UniversityTs Elizabeth Smith and Mary Boccaccio for
their creative responses to Hurricane Floyd. Smith has led the preservation efforts following
Floyd. Recently the Southeast Journal section of the Wall Street Journal, January 26, 2000, page S4,
applauded in its oWinners� column, BoccaccioTs contribution as Interim Head of Special Collec-
tions and Manuscripts Curator. The citation reads: oLiterary Treasures: Student essays from Bethel
Elementary School in Bethel, NC, join a Hurricane Floyd manuscript collection at East Carolina
University.� Earlier on October 15-16, 1999, ECU used a North Carolina Humanities Council
grant to present the symposium oTriumph of the Human Spirit: Friday Jones and His North
Carolina Slave Narrative� (C&RL News (March 2000): 231).
Jerry Cotten, North Carolina Collection Photographic Archivist at UNC-CH, received the
LoPresti Award for his recent book, Light and Air: The Photography of Bayard Wootten (UNC Press,
1999). CottenTs book was among four award-winning publications selected by the Art Libraries
Society of North America/Southeast Chapter.
Mary Reichel, University Librarian at Appalachian State University, is the 1999 winner of the
ACRL Instruction SectionTs Miriam Dudley Instruction Librarian Award. The Dudley Award
orecognizes an individual librarian who has made an especially significant contribution to the
advancement of instruction in a college or research library environment� (C&RL News (April
1999): 280-81).
Wake Forest University made the list of the 100 most wired campuses in a survey conducted
by Yahoo.com (National Public Radio broadcast, April 11, 2000).
Frances BradburnTs Output Measures for School Library Media Programs was published in January
1999 by Neal-Schuman Publishing. James oJim� V. Carmichael, Jr.Ts Daring to Find Our Names was
published in 1998 by Greenwood Press and my book Libraries, Immigrants, and the American
Experience was published in 1999, also by Greenwood Press.
One of the nicest fringe benefits of serving as NCLA President is that I get to be the official
cheerleader for your accomplishments! Please keep me posted about whatTs happening in the
North Carolina library community so I can spread the good news!
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Preserving Local History:
A Tale of Three High Schools
rom the outside, the modest
house on CharlotteTs busy
Beatties Ford Road looks much
like its neighbors. But inside,
instead of a family of four
you'll find a family of thou-
sands. This is the Second Ward
High School Alumni House, a museum
and a monument to a school that was,
according to Price Davis, class of T38,
~Sust like one big family.�
Packed with cases of trophies, scrap-
books, memorabilia, and annuals, the
museum documents the first public high
school for Blacks in Charlotte. Second
Ward High School opened in 1923 and
graduated its last class in 1969; the fol-
lowing year, students were reassigned to
newly integrated schools and the build-
ing was razed. The family of students,
teachers, and administrators scattered,
but the schoolTs spirit has lived on
through the efforts of a dedicated band
of alumni.
The members of the Second Ward
High School National Alumni Founda-
tion, Inc., understand that they are pre-
serving more than just school history.
Not only does the collection illuminate
the schoolTs past, it also provides a win-
dow to a way of life lost in the early
1970s to the bulldozers of urban renewal.
Second Ward High School was a key in-
stitution in CharlotteTs oSecond City,� a
community of homes, churches, busi-
nesses, and families that thrived within
"yet separate from " the White city.
Understanding the schoolTs history is
crucial to understanding the larger story
of a segregated Southern city.
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by Patricia Ryckman
This rich historical resource has been
mined time and time again for a variety
of publications and projects. Photo-
graphs from the collection have ap-
peared in books, exhibits in local muse-
ums and schools, and recently in a mul-
timedia presentation on the World Wide
Web. Perhaps an even greater accom-
plishment is the way these materials,
preserved through the years, have kept
former classmates, scattered from New
York to California, in touch, and the
memory of their school and community
alive.
In 1938 a second high school, West
Charlotte, joined Second Ward to serve
the growing African American commu-
nity. The two schools developed an al-
most legendary rivalry that lasted for
over thirty years. The annual Queen City
Classic, which brought the two schoolsT
football teams together, also brought
virtually the entire Black population to
the stands to cheer. Although Second
Ward closed with desegregation, West
Charlotte lived on. White students were
bused in and, through the hard work and
perseverance of students, faculty, and
citizens, the school became a national
model for successful school integration.
West Charlotte High School cur-
rently is featured in oCarrying the Spirit,
Voices of Desegregation,� an exhibit at
CharlotteTs Museum of the New South.
The exhibit is built around oral inter-
views conducted by Dr. Pamela Grundy
as part of oListening for a Change, North
Carolina Communities in Transition,� a
project of the Southern Oral History Pro-
gram at the University of North Caro-
lina at Chapel Hill. With the recent court
ruling that ends busing for integration
in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school
system, the voices of oCarrying the
Spirit� are particularly resonant. Their
message is clear and inspiring: ordinary
people, working hard together, can solve
the most challenging problems.
For Grundy, understanding institu-
tions is crucial to understanding a com-
munity. oHow children are taught re-
flects the values of the community. In
doing the oral histories, it just became
so clear what a key experience education
is in peopleTs lives.� Historians rely on
evidence to interpret the past, evidence
that can so easily get lost in the hubbub
of a modern school. Asked what should
be saved to document a schoolTs history,
Grundy included the obvious " pub-
lished material such as school newspa-
pers and annuals, photographs and
event programs " and also the less ob-
vious. oIt would be wonderful if we could
save the best of the senior exit essays and
those papers where students talk about
their hopes and dreams. The people who
save that kind of material are historiansT
angels.�
Charles Dickerson, assistant princi-
pal at Garinger High School in Charlotte,
is one of those angels. When he came to
Garinger fifteen years ago, he discovered
a remarkably complete record of the
schoolTs past. For almost a century,
school administrators and librarians had
preserved the history of CharlotteTs first
high school. Each time the school was
moved to new quarters " four times
since its opening in 1909 " trophies,
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memorabilia, annuals, and tradi-
tions were carefully packed and
transferred. Dickerson is enthusi-
astic about his schoolTs history. A
regular attendee at class reunions
and breakfast clubs, he arrives tot-
ing boxes of annuals and photo-
graphs to jog memories. He has
begun work on an ambitious
project to place exhibits represent-
ing each of GaringerTs decades at ;
various points around the campus, = ||~"*
and he plans to develop a Web
page devoted to school history
soon. Dickerson does it all, he
says, for the students.
But the students arenTt the
only beneficiaries. Leafing
through the pages of The Rambler,
the schoolTs newspaper that de-
buted in 1922, one finds advertise-
ments for local businesses and
community events among the
sports stories and school an- L
nouncements. Charlotte College,
forerunner of UNC Charlotte, got
its start through the efforts of Cen-
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school board minutes and documents such as these from Special Collections at UNC Charlotte.
tral High math teacher Bonnie Cone and
held its evening classes in the high
school building. Over the years, the
school has sent notables such as Hal
Kemp, Frank Porter Graham, and Charles
Kuralt into the world. The schoolTs his-
tory is bound up with CharlotteTs his-
tory, and one is not complete without
the other.
Three schools: each tells its own tale
about our community, our lives. But
without the care of many individuals,
storing away bits and pieces of the sto-
ries over the years, the voices would be
silent today.
It is certainly an understatement to
say that a school librarian is a busy per-
son. Telling stories, selecting materials,
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Charlotte High School's first graduates, 1909. Photo courtesy Liddell Family Papers, Special Collections, UNC Charlotte.
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teaching library skills, rebooting com-
puters " could this person really have
time to preserve the schoolTs history, too?
What about renovation projects, moves
to new buildings, personnel changes "
how can the bits of paper survive? With
all the serious problems schools must
grapple with today, how important is it,
really, to be concerned about preserving
history? It is critically important.
Education is an almost universally
shared experience here in the United
States. To understand how we educate
our children is to understand our soci-
ety and ourselves. The problems we face
today have been tackled in the past, and
we can learn from those experiences.
School librarians form the front line
in the effort to preserve school history,
but public and academic libraries must
share the responsibility. Family papers
donated to archives may contain school
records, photographs, diplomas, and
memorabilia, that document schools
long gone. Often, public and academic
libraries are in a better position to sup-
port oral history projects than a school
would be. Educating our children is a
community endeavor; preserving the
story of education must be also.
The members of Second Ward High
SchoolTs last graduating class, the class
of '69, are now middle-aged. At some
point in the future, they will no longer
be able to care for the Museum and their
schoolTs legacy. But the history of Sec-
ond Ward is our history, too. We will
preserve and remember its stories and
lessons as we work to educate future gen-
erations of schoolchildren.
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Check out the projects:
The Second Ward Alumni House is
located at 1905 Beatties Ford Rd.
in Charlotte. Tours of the museum
are by appointment only. Call
704-398-8333 to arrange a visit.
Photographs of Second Ward
High School and West Charlotte
High School are featured in oThe
Charlotte Mecklenburg Story,� a
Web site exhibit produced by the
Public Library of Charlotte and
Mecklenburg County: http://
www.meckhis.org/default.htm.
And, for ideas and inspiration,
check out this book:
Butchart, Ronald E. Local
Schools, Exploring Their History
(The Nearby History Series).
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Unusual Requests
for Local History Collections
t wasnTt a joke. She was serious.
The patron on the other end of
the telephone line had asked,
oHow do you baptize a chicken?� I
asked for more information and she
said that she had been at a grocery
store meat counter when she got
into a conversation with an elderly
woman who provided her with a won-
derful chicken recipe. The woman be-
gan the recipe with oafter you baptize
the chicken ...� and the patron was too
embarrassed to ask more about the bap-
tism. I quickly checked Paul GreenTs
Wordbook: an Alphabet of Reminiscence
and a listing of local sayings that we
had been gathering for many years, but
I couldnTt find a thing about baptizing
chickens. After calling around to several
of my favorite elderly cooks, I came up
with the answer. Total immersion or
baptism means to wash the chicken
thoroughly before cooking. Food ques-
tions and recipes, although infrequent,
have come up often enough for us to
create files on how to make Cape Fear
MenTs Club punch, winning chowder
recipes from decades of yearly contests,
and recipes gleaned from early newspa-
pers. The Christmas flounder, eaten by
local residents during the Depression,
has become an annual request.
The chicken baptism is one of
the more unusual questions that
I have had over the past twenty
years as state and local history
librarian for the New Hanover
Public Library. Out-of-the-ordi-
nary requests challenge the mind
and stir the imagination. There is
no greater satisfaction than find-
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by Beverly Tetterton
ing a bit of obscure data or helping
patrons find just the information they
are looking for, no matter how impor-
tant or trivial. Local history collections
with their eclectic holdings provide the
extra information not found in stan-
dard reference materials.
For example, in our area of the state
there is much talk and worry these days
about water-related subjects. Early pho-
tographs of maritime forests and estuar-
ies give the experts documentary evi-
dence of the changing landscape. Early
maps drawn before and after the con-
struction of the Intracoastal Waterway
provide local officials, engineers, and
marine biologists with information on
the shifting beaches, inlets, and sounds.
Water quality can be studied over time
by locating historical data on fish kills
or chemical spills.
Environmentalists research city di-
rectories, insurance maps, and old
Chamber of Commerce publications to
determine where industrial sites and
former wharves were located along the
Cape Fear River. Archaeologists use
similar documents to research ship-
wrecks, maritime-related businesses,
plantations, and Native American sites.
Animals, fish, and reptile research-
Out-of-the-ordinary
requests challenge the mind
and stir the imagination.
ers are delighted to discover our files
that contain 100 years of newspaper
articles featuring reports on all kinds of
local beasts, including bears, panthers,
manatees, alligators, sharks, and snakes.
Whether endangered or overly popu-
lous, we can usually find it if it walks,
flies, or swims. Reports of nine-foot
snakes found in Holly Shelter or 1,500-
pound alligators in the Green Swamp
are simply irresistible. The same goes for
information on plants, including
record-size Venus flytraps. A Japanese
pharmaceutical company considering
relocating in the area sent a bevy of re-
searchers to copy scads of materials on
native flora and fauna. Their English
was minimal, but their knowledge of
copying machines was superb.
Climatic reports are used in court
cases if the weather made a difference.
They also provide minutia for histori-
ans, novelists, and family history buffs,
but our favorite researcher is a fellow
from Buffalo, New York, whom we call
othe weatherman.� He visits the area
once a year and spends a good part of
his time looking through newspapers
and old weather reports. He also photo-
graphs and dates the flowering of lo-
cal flora. His lifeTs work is to compare
the climates of Buffalo and
Wilmington. He says he will, one
day, give us a copy of his exten-
sive research. In the meantime,
we continue to forecast the com-
ing of Spring with his arrival.
Serendipitous research never
ceases to amaze us. When pos-
sible, our staff eats lunch at
Oakdale, WilmingtonTs largest
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and oldest cemetery. After eating we al-
ways take a brief tour of the stones and
monuments in the immediate area. One
day we dined among the graves of a
prominent local family. Later that after-
noon a descendant from Texas ap-
peared. His request for information on
his ancestors prompted one staff mem-
ber to respond, oOh yes, we know them
well; we had lunch with them today.�
ITve always said that if I had a nickel
for every writer ITve helped to research
the setting for her novel, ITd be a rich
woman. Occasionally, however, a book
does get published and we can take
credit for its authenticity. The same sat-
isfaction comes from helping an histo-
rian research an interesting topic that
results in an scholarly article or book.
Working with published authors is al-
ways enjoyable.
Wilmington is an old port city
founded in 1739. Approximately 400
buildings display historic plaques that
reference the date and architectural
style of the building as well as the own-
ersT births, deaths, and occupations. Na-
tional Register of Historic Places inven-
tories and surveys, as well as deeds, city
directories, and photographs help iden-
tify buildings. City planners and the
Historic Properties Commission use the
same sources to help preserve the his-
toric landscape of the old town.
New Hanover County is one of the
fastest growing areas in North Carolina.
Developers use the collection to verify
site plans and identify wetlands.
County planners use the same resources
to verify developersT reports. Staff from
the North Carolina Department of
Natural Resources (DENR) appear fre-
quently to obtain information for writ-
ing reports on the location of new road-
ways, bridges, and waterways. The same
goes for the U.S. Corps of Engineers em-
barking on new harbor improvements
or dredging along the coast.
City and county officials search the
collection for older government docu-
ments which chronicle everything from
city/county consolidation to blue laws.
Owners of new businesses, particularly
restaurants, check the old maps and
records for former food businesses on
their site. They can save thousands of
dollars in impact fees if even a portion
of their building formerly housed a
business involved in the sale of food.
We're waiting for one of them to share
the new-found wealth with us.
Local high school yearbooks help
adopted children find their birth par-
ents. The police department uses them
to run down missing persons or crimi-
nals. Researchers from all over the
globe delight in gazing at famous
graduates like Michael Jordan, Laney
High School, Class of 1981. Our favor-
ite was a good-looking Italian sports-
writer, Giorgio, who spent a week do-
ing research with us.
The oAntiques Road Show� and
eBay have people searching their homes
for treasures. We can help them identify
old bottles and other locally made ob-
jects. One patron brought in an old
document which she found in a box of
books that she bought at a yard sale.
One of the first US postage stamps was
affixed to it. She said that a New York
collector was going to buy it, but first
she needed to identify the man to
whom the letter was sent. We ascer-
tained that the document was a bill of
lading sent to a local turpentine distiller
for 400 barrels of rosin. By using the
censuses, obituaries, and cemetery
records, we quickly found the former
owner of the letter. She promised to let
us know what it is worth. Another inter-
esting case involved an artifact that
family tradition claims was a gift from
General Ulysses Grant. Preposterous!
What was Grant doing in Wilmington,
the lifeline of the Confederacy? We
found a brief December 1, 1865, news-
paper article which stated, oGeneral
U.S. Grant arrived here early yesterday
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A fun time was had by all during the Wilmington History Mystery Tour last October. Left to right are librarians Joseph Sheppard and
Beverly Tetterton with ovolunteers� the Blockade Runner still looking for his ship (which sank in 1864), the ghost of a former researcher
who comes back after dark to finish his research, and the grim reaper who reminds folks of library books never returned. (Photo taken Oct.
1999 courtesy New Hanover County Public Library)
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morning, and, like a sensible man "
having traveled all the night before "
took a bed at the City Hotel and went
to sleep.� The artifact which was circa
1860s could certainly have been given
to the family by the famous general.
Requests for local ghosts and leg-
ends are frequent, but occasionally we
come across a story that gives us chills.
A desperate patron claimed that her
house was haunted and she wanted to
know more about the ghost. Unable to
find her poltergeist in any of the books
or clipping files, we asked more about
her story. She said she was awakened at
her Orange Street residence to a woman
screaming, oMajor Clark, Major Clark,
oh please, oh please, donTt hurt him.�
The next thing she heard was a gunshot
and then the sound of something large
being dragged down the stairs and out
the front door. Finding no reference to
either her ghost story or Major Clark, I
told her I couldnTt help her, but she was
very persistent and wouldnTt leave. To
give her something to do, I pulled the
microfilm of the newspaper dated 100
years before the incident. Within a few
minutes she called me over to the mi-
crofilm reader. The hair on my arms
stood straight up when I read the head-
lines, oMajor Clark found dead this
morning at the foot of Orange Street.�
Heritage tourism has become ex-
tremely popular throughout the state.
Entrepreneurs use the collection to re-
search history tours, garden tours, archi-
tecture tours, religious tours, Civil War
tours, African American tours, pirate
tours, and ghost tours of the city. The
latest and one of the most popular tours
is the oDawsonTs Creek� tour featuring
the whereabouts of the cast and the
filming of Fox TVTs hit series. Teenagers
from all over the United States are flock-
ing to Wilmington to walk the streets
portrayed in their favorite TV show!
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Left to right: Beverly Tetterton (lft.), and Maggie Renzi (rt.) assist John Sayles with research
for his next film. (Photo taken Oct. 1999 courtesy New Hanover County Public Library)
the film makers to the area. We are
asked to help the movie makers find
everything from abandoned ware-
houses to circa 1940s linoleum. Most
of this work is not very exciting, but
occasionally we hit the big time. I re-
cently had the grand opportunity to
help one of my favorite directors,
John Sayles, do research for his next
film. One of his main characters will be
from turn-of-the-century Wilmington.
He spent two days with us reading old
newspapers, and local histories and
looking at photographs circa 1900.
Those two days were probably the best
I'll have this year, but you never know
what unusual and interesting requests
are forthcoming.
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Managing Photograph Collections
issen Park... West End
School ... Crystal Lake
... Chestnut Street Train De-
pot. The list of places goes
on and on. Winston-Salem
residents may recognize the
place names from memories
of growing up here or from stories
passed down through families. Perhaps
they rode the streetcar through
Waughtown to spend a Sunday after-
noon at Nissen Park, picnicking under
the trees and later strolling along the
paths. Nissen Park, built by the streetcar
company around 1900, was strategically
situated at the end of the streetcar line.
For many years it was the preferred des-
tination for Sunday School picnics,
roller skating socials, dramatic perfor-
mances, and for taking in the beauty of
the botanical gardens. Groups of chil-
dren came to the park, guarded closely
by their chaperones in long dresses and
wide-brimmed hats.
Long before the streetcar ended its
routes in 1936, Nissen Park fell into dis-
use. As more residents owned automo-
biles, the choices of social locations ex-
panded and were not limited to a street-
car route. Gradually Nissen Park became
so overgrown that the Civilian Conser-
vation Corps was instructed to clean it
up. Finally, bulldozers filled in the
ponds, scraped up the concrete walk-
ways, pulled down the buildings, and
erased all traces of the park. Today a
housing development has again
brought life to the area, but probably
very few residents realize they are liv-
ing where their ancestors once sought
recreation and escape from the hurried
city life.
Local researchers are able to find
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very little written information about the
park. Most of what is known about the
park has come from photographs. For-
tunately for local history enthusiasts in
Winston-Salem, the stories of places
such as Nissen Park, as well as people,
buildings, and events, live through the
photographs found in the Forsyth
County Public LibraryTs Photograph
Collection.
Background of the Collection
The majority of the photographs record
the day-to-day life in Winston-Salem
and feature the people and events of the
city. Both the business and social life is
reflected in the photographs which date
from the late 1880s to the mid 1970s.
The photograph collection consists of
approximately 40,000 black-and-white
photographs, 100,000 negatives, 1,200
copy negatives, and 200 internegatives,
plus color slides and 16mm movies. The
bulk of the collection came from three
individuals " Frank Jones, Jim Keith,
and Bill East.
Frank Buxton Jones Jr. was a Win-
ston-Salem native and a photographer
for the Winston-Salem Journal from 1937
until his death in 1975. Frank not only
covered the events of the day for publi-
cation in the newspaper, but he also col-
lected older, historical photographs of
the city. During his years with the news-
paper he won numerous awards for his
photography, wrote columns in the
newspaper on photography, and partici-
pated in photographic exhibits.
Upon FrankTs death in 1975, his
photographs were willed to the
Wachovia Historical Society in Winston-
Salem. In 1983 the Society placed them
on permanent loan at the Forsyth
County Public Library. The unidentified
and uncataloged collection arrived in
file cabinets, photographic paper boxes,
laundry carts, and cardboard boxes.
In 1992 the Library received the Jim
Keith collection. Jim Keith was also a
Winston-Salem Journal photographer,
from 1954 to 1973. His 3,600 photo-
graphs complement those from Frank
Jones in giving a complete look at this
period in the cityTs life. The Keith pho-
tographs arrived in 16 photographic
paper boxes and were also unidentified
and uncataloged.
Bill East was a reporter and later an
editor for the Twin-City Sentinel. For sev-
eral years he wrote a regular newspaper
feature entitled oDo You Remember?�
which focused on a photograph and
gave the historical significance of the
building, person, or event featured in
the photograph. The 750 photographs
that comprised his collection offered an
invaluable view of the city from the
1870s to the 1930s. Shortly before his
death in 1992, Bill East requested that
his collection be given to the library. It
also arrived uncataloged, undated, and
unidentified, but in plastic sleeves ar-
ranged in binders.
When the Frank Jones collection
arrived at the library in 1983, library
administration knew that organizing
the voluminous and historically signifi-
cant collection would be an arduous
task. Not only was the size overwhelm-
ing, but also over the years the collec-
tion had been handled, pulled from,
and rearranged so that the original or-
der was badly disturbed. Over 14,000
photographs were removed from the
boxes and placed in file cabinets under
broad subject categories (such as Down-
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town, People, Animals, etc.). The re-
maining photographs filled 170 photo-
graphic paper boxes and the larger
prints were in laundry carts. The nega-
tives were in all kinds of boxes, includ-
ing shoeboxes.
The North Carolina Room was as-
signed responsibility for administering
the collection. An area adjacent to the
North Carolina Room was enclosed and
fitted with a system for maintaining
constant temperature and humidity
control. Mylar sleeves were purchased
and a volunteer began to sleeve the
prints to protect them from wear and
tear. The North Carolina Room staff
handled requests, and the Winston-Sa-
lem Journal published one photograph
a week in the newspaper to aid in iden-
tification. In 1989 the Library received
a $20,000 grant to hire a librarian to
identify, organize, and catalog the col-
lection so that it could be used for local
history. In February 1990 a professional
librarian was hired on a part-time basis
and began work with the photograph
collection, which then consisted only
of the Frank Jones collection.
Organizing the Collection
The Winston-Salem public had long
been aware of the photograph collec-
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tion and the appear-
ance each week of an
unidentified photo-
graph in the newspaper
kept the interest alive.
It didnTt take long to re-
alize that the broad sub-
ject classification sys-
tem had to be broken
down into smaller sub-
jects in order to find a
particular photograph.
For example, the
oDowntown� classifica-
tion occupied a com-
plete file drawer, with
duplicates interspersed
throughout the drawer.
Since many requests
were for buildings or
street scenes, the
oDowntown� designa-
tion was discarded and
street names, such as
oRouth = ss Ghee, Ol
building names if the
building was the pri-
mary focus, became
folder subject headings.
Reclassifying and mov-
ing 14,000 prints was a
time-consuming task,
Frank Buxton Jones Jr. selecting photographs for an exhibit
in 1966.
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Ava Gardner showing her oShowboat� necklace to niece Jean Pierce at Wiley School on
January 16, 1951. (Photo courtesy Forsyth County Public Library.)
but the result was a more specific fil-
ing system which speeded research
time and put the duplicates together.
Plus, the entire process made the li-
brarian more familiar with the pho-
tos in the file cabinets.
At one time the photographs in the
file cabinets had resided in the 170 pho-
tographic paper boxes. In an early or-
ganization attempt, some of the pho-
tos were pulled from the boxes and
placed in file cabinets by subject catego-
ries. The rest were left in the boxes.
Sadly, had the boxes remained un-
touched, the natural order in the boxes
was somewhat chronological and the
photographs were grouped according to
particular stories in the newspaper.
Each photo box was assigned a
number from 1 to 170. Then, each pho-
tograph in the box was assigned a num-
ber beginning with the box number fol-
lowed by a consecutive number. For ex-
ample, the 18th photo in box 86 would
be 86-18. Duplicates were also grouped
within the box. Now that all the pho-
tos had a number, they could be re-
moved for identification or for research
requests and then returned to their in-
dividual boxes. If some of the photos
in the box could be dated, then others
might have a similar date.
The negatives were stored in paper
negative sleeves which had some iden-
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tification and a date written on the
sleeve. The negatives were removed
from their boxes and filed by date in
microfilm cabinets. While the prints
were in good to excellent condition,
many of the negatives were dam-
aged. Still, they could be
matched to the prints and would
be an important key to the iden-
tification and dating of the
prints.
Identification of the
Collection
After the boxes and photos were
numbered, the librarian went
through the photos one by one,
noting on the back in soft pencil
any information about the
photo. Occasionally a photo had
names or a date penciled in on
the back by the photographer.
Clues in the photograph such as
street signs, store names, and
even names and dates on award
certificates, are all helpful and
can lead to identifications using
library resources such as city di-
rectories, local histories, maps,
school yearbooks, newspapers on
microfilm, and any early book-
lets published about the city.
One group of photographs
featured Ava Gardner. In one
photo she was in a school class-
room surrounded by students,
but was leaning over and showing her
necklace to a young girl. AvaTs sister
lived in Winston-Salem and Ava visited
occasionally, but the reason for this visit
was unknown. After a closer look at the
Police Captain W. H. Sumner and Surry County Deputy Roy Smith examine murder case
evidence in February 1954. (Photo courtesy Forsyth County Public Library.)
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classroom photo, a date was visible right
over AvaTs shoulder. The teacher had
written the date, January 16, 1951, on
the blackboard that morning. The story
of AvaTs visit to her nieceTs classroom at
Wiley School was in the newspaper the
next day. She was showing her necklace,
a miniature showboat, to her niece.
Sometimes the photographer will
capture a calendar in the photo. An-
other group of photographs showed
that a murder had taken place. In one
photo a policeman and a deputy were
examining a gun. A calendar could be
seen over the detectiveTs shoulder, show-
ing the month as February, but the year
could not be seen. Using a perpetual
calendar, the years in which the days in
February matched this calendar were
found. Then, looking at the clothing of
the men in the photos, the choice of
years was narrowed. By selecting a few
possibilities and using the local news-
paper on microfilm, the February 1954
article was located which identified the
event and the people.
Since many of the photographs
were used in the newspaper, those with
the same month and year (determined
by the negatives or markings on the
backs of the prints) are grouped together
in a oresearch box.� When there are sev-
eral with the same month and year, they
are researched by date in the
newspaper on microfilm.
Matches with other photos
from the collection are often
made during the newspaper
search as well. When the ar-
ticle is located in the news-
paper, the date and page of
the article are written on the
back of the photo, along with
any other identifying infor-
mation.
Identification is an ongo-
ing process and volunteers of-
ten help in identification.
Volunteer workshops are held
to enlist volunteer help. Oc-
casionally we are fortunate to
find volunteers who have
special interests and areas of
expertise. A woman who is a
Winston-Salem native offered
her help in identifying pho-
tographs. She looked through
many photos in the collec-
tion and made many identi-
fications, but she didnTt stop
there. She often took a group
of photos to her bridge club
meeting, or a church gather-
ing, and even walked through
backyards in search of a gar-
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den in a photograph. Her help was in-
valuable because her circle of friends in-
cluded women who modeled in the
1940s when newspapers were filled with
society and fashion news.
Another volunteer who has been
helping for about eight years actually
came with a research request, but later
returned to help with identification.
The volunteer is a retired insurance
salesman, a Winston-Salem native, and
is very familiar with the business com-
munity. He has assisted on several
projects. A recent project involved an
identification request from National
Geographic Magazine. The Winston-Salem
Journal found out about the work for
National Geographic and wrote an article
about the project and gave some well-
deserved recognition to the volunteer.
Unidentified photographs are ex-
hibited in a display case in the library.
Each photograph is numbered and any-
one who can identify a photo is asked
to go to the North Carolina Room desk.
At the desk there is a notebook with
forms on which they can write the iden-
tification, giving the photo number and
their name and telephone number.
Many photos have been identified in
this way, especially when the person in
the photo can be located to confirm the
identification. The individual is often
Girl Scouts observe bath procedures for babies under the watchful
eye of troop leader Mrs. Gene Robinson in March 1955.
able to provide a date and sometimes
has a copy of the article as well.
One such identification that came
from the display case involved a photo-
graph of a woman demonstrating bath-
ing a baby for a group of Girl Scouts.
The woman who identified the photo
was actually the wife of the now-grown
baby. She didn~t recognize the baby, but
she did recognize her mother-in-law.
When the woman in the photo was con-
tacted, she was able to find the article
in her scrapbook. In the photograph she
was a Girl Scout leader demonstrating
the proper bath procedure as she helped
the girls work toward a merit badge.
All identifications have to be veri-
fied before they are considered positive.
The best method is to locate the indi-
vidual or someone in the family, or even
have several people make the same iden-
tification.
Handling Patron Requests
While the collection was becoming
more organized and more identifica-
tions were being made, patron requests
of the collection became more frequent
and complicated. Locating a particular
photograph was sometimes difficult
even though it was known to be in the
collection. The file cabinet was a one-
dimensional system and did not allow
for researching photos by
more than one subject.
A database program to in-
dex the photos by keyword
was being designed when
Forsyth County Public Library
Director Bill Roberts read an
article about a system the
Cleveland Public Library was
using to index and retrieve its
enormous photograph collec-
tion. After seeing the system
operate in Cleveland, we de-
cided the oInstant Image Sys-
tem� was exactly what we
needed.
We purchased the oIn-
stant Image System� in 1991.
The system consists of a per-
sonal computer with color
monitor, a Panasonic video-
disk recorder/player, a Sony
13� color monitor, a video
camera, a motorized remote
control zoom lens, and a copy
stand with cover glass and
halogen lights.
The photographs are
filmed by the video camera
onto a 12� videodisk, which
can record 36,000 images.
The images are displayed on
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the monitor and a frame number is au-
tomatically assigned to each image. Us-
ing a personal computer loaded with the
oInstant Image� software and linked to
a videodisk player, keywords are as-
signed to each photograph. There is no
practical limit to the number of key-
words that can be assigned to each
frame number. Once the keywords are
assigned, images can be retrieved by
typing in a keyword and all images
which have been assigned the keyword
will be listed on the computer screen.
The user can then review the images one
after another on the video monitor. An
information box can also be viewed on
the screen that gives detailed informa-
tion about the photograph.
The Forsyth County Public Library
received a State Library grant to pay for
the $59,000 system, using matching li-
brary funds. Included in this cost was
also a patron read-only system that con-
sisted of a personal computer, video
monitor and player, and a Sony color
printer. The patron station is situated
in the North Carolina Room and is ac-
cessible at all times the library is open.
There are currently 18,000 images
on the system that are indexed by sub-
ject and date. In only a matter of min-
utes a search can be made of the collec-
tion for a patron by looking through
hundreds of photographs without ever
physically touching the original print.
Most requests of our collection are
from local residents, for personal or for
business purposes. The request usually
begins with a telephone call during
which the patron states his/her needs.
The system can be checked while the
patron is on the phone as to whether
or not we might have what they need.
The photographs that seem to answer
their request are described, and if the
patron is interested, an appointment is
made to view the photographs in ques-
tion. We also have walk-ins who come
to the library with requests.
After meeting with the patron to
view the photographs in response to a
request, the patron may want to pur-
chase copies of a photograph. We do al-
low copies to be purchased as long as
the photographs are not used for out-
right personal gain " such as to be sold
as prints. A oquick print� can be made
at the library or a glossy print can be
made at a local photo lab with the li-
brary retaining the copy negative for its
collection. The patron must pay in ad-
vance for the full price of the prints. If
copies are to be used in a publication
we do require a credit line.
The photograph collection in a
public library is unique in that it is con-
sidered a special collection. It is one of
the few areas where patrons are not al-
lowed to rummage through the materi-
als and have unlimited access. The pho-
tographs are treated as archival materi-
als which must be handled properly and
that means that patrons cannot search
through the original prints. However,
with our patron station in the North
Carolina Room, the patron does have
computer access to the images, which
allows us to limit the physical access.
Types of Requests
There were 80 requests of the collection
during 1999 which involved research
and having copies made. The majority
of requests were from local residents.
Crystal Lake swimming pool with diving boards, water wheel and fountains. The pool opened in the 1930s.
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The second Forsyth County Courthouse opened on January 1, 1897.
The personal requests might be for a
photograph of a family member, a
house, a business, or a place that had
special meaning for the patron. We of-
ten hear from patrons who want to
show their children either a school or
recreation area that they frequented
when they were young.
One example is a place called Crys-
tal Lake in Winston-Salem. It opened in
the 1930s as a swimming, boating, and
recreation area in the northern part of
Forsyth County. The swimming area fea-
tured several levels of diving boards, a
water wheel, and a fountain in the shal-
low end. A pavilion for dancing over-
looked one end of the pool. On the
other end of the pool was a lake with
canoes for rent and a gazebo on an is-
land. Picnic tables and trees surrounded
the entire area. Several generations
spent their summer days swimming and
socializing at Crystal Lake. In the 1970s
the pool closed and an apartment com-
plex was built on the site. The boating
lake and gazebo are still there, but many
patrons find that word descriptions fail
to do the memories justice. We have
many requests for Crystal Lake photos
to pass along these memories to later
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generations.
Downtown restoration has gener-
ated many requests in the last few years.
Local architects facing restoration
projects want to know how a building
looked as close to the original construc-
tion as possible. By looking at an early
photograph, the architect can tell what
has been added to the building without
having to remove whatever physically
covers the building now. This saves
money in design and shows potential
buyers how the building could be re-
stored to its original look.
Businesses, such as restaurants, of-
ten want to use local photographs to
decorate their walls. Some want to rep-
resent the businesses in town, others
want to create a mood, and others want
to highlight the cityTs history. Businesses
usually have an interior decorator that
is given the task of selecting the photo-
graphs, but it could be the restaurant
or hotel owner who makes the selection.
Depending on the final number of pho-
tographs to be selected, this is often a
lengthy process that involves several
meetings before a decision is made.
Other local business patrons are adver-
tising agencies, city and county govern-
ment, newspapers, legal firms, and real
estate agencies, to name a few.
Occasionally a request comes from
out-of-town for photographs of Win-
ston-Salem or local individuals to be
used in books, videotape or slide pro-
ductions, and even television features.
We have received requests from CBS
News, CNN, national advertising agen-
cies, and National Geographic. If the re-
quest is from out-of-town, everything
is handled by telephone and the pho-
tographs are sent by mail or commer-
cial courier.
Preserving the Collection
The majority of the photographs are in
very good condition. To protect them
from daily wear and tear they are en-
cased in mylar sleeves and stored flat in
acid-free boxes. The boxes are shelved
in a room equipped with humidity and
temperature controls. The optimal tem-
perature range for photograph storage
is 65-68 degrees Fahrenheit. The opti-
mal relative humidity range is 45-50
percent.
The negatives are currently being
removed from their regular paper
sleeves and placed into acid-free paper
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sleeves. Also, the damaged negatives are
separated from the good negatives and
stored in a different place. Cotton gloves
are worn when handling the negatives
and prints to avoid fingerprint and oil
damage from hands. Because many of
the negatives are damaged and deterio-
rating, prints are made of as many of
these for which we do not have prints
as the budget allows. Not having to
handle prints during research requests,
because of the oInstant Image System,�
and using copy negatives whenever pos-
sible to make copies, are also methods
of preservation.
Adding to the Collection
When the Keith and East photographs
were added to the collection, the same
procedures for numbering the photo-
graphs and encasing them in sleeves
were followed. Occasionally we are
given photographs to be added to the
collection and we are often allowed to
borrow and copy photographs to add
to the collection. The basic guideline we
follow for accepting additions is that the
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that is, the subject must be tied in some
way to Forsyth County and it should en-
hance the collection. If there are restric-
tions on our being allowed to copy it
for patron use, we decline the offer be-
cause it would be complicated to have
some photographs available to the pub-
lic while others are not.
Publicizing the Collection
The purpose of organizing, identifying,
and preserving the photograph collec-
tion is so it can be seen and enjoyed by
the people of Forsyth County. While we
consider the collection to be a local trea-
sure, we also take every opportunity to
tell residents of its existence. One way
in which we publicize the collection is
through a segment called oThen and
Now� which is part of a monthly oLi-
brary Connections� program on a local
television station. For oThen and Now�
a subject is selected, such as oForsyth
County Courthouses.� The subject is re-
searched, then a script is written based
on the photographs on the subject. Be-
cause the photos are on videodisk, we
can hook up a video camera to the
monitor and transfer the
particular images to video-
tape. At a studio the script
is read, recorded, and
matched with the images
on the tape. A video-
grapher records on tape the
oNow� segment in con-
junction with the script.
Music is added and an his-
torical segment is pro-
duced.
Display cases, credit
lines in the newspaper and
in other publications, and
word of mouth all publi-
cize the collection. The
_Winston-Salem Journal has
written several articles
about different aspects of
the collection. We speak to
many groups about the
photographs, such as gene-
alogy and historical societ-
ies, preservation groups,
Boy and Girl Scout groups,
and school classes.
Third grade classrooms
are frequently visited be-
cause the students study
local history. Excitement
and wonder fill the expres-
sions on the childrenTs faces
as they see photographs of
the streetcars that once
traveled over the cobble-
stone streets. They are sur-
prised to learn that the majestic Rich-
ard Joshua ReynoldsT home once stood
where the Forsyth County Headquarters
Library is today. And they resolve to
notice the clock faces in Calvary
Moravian Church that once graced the
clock tower of the old Town Hall.
Looking to the Future
Technological advances give libraries
opportunities to reach beyond county
and state lines to explore the bounties
of other special collections and to share
their own. The North Carolina Room
staff is investigating ways to make our
resources better known to other librar-
ies, genealogists, and historians. The
photograph collection is included in our
investigation, particularly in the areas
of digital storage and Internet access.
Also, we are regularly adding to our col-
lection in order to increase our cover-
age of Winston-Salem/Forsyth County
history. Studying history without the
visual component would be very dull
and dry. Photographs make history
come alive!
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Local History in North Carolina Libraries:
Selected Bibliography & Directory
Basic Resources
Archival and Manuscript Repositories in North Carolina: A
Directory. 2nd ed. Raleigh: Society of North Carolina
Archivists, 1993. See http://rtpnet.org/~snca/index.htm
for ordering information.
Cain, Barbara T., Ellen Z. McGrew, and Charles E. Morris, eds.
Guide to Private Manuscript Collections in the North Carolina
State Archives. Raleigh: North Carolina Division of Archives
and History, 1993.
Clegg, Michael B., ed. Bibliography of Genealogy and Local
History Periodicals with Union List of Major U.S. Collections. Fort
Wayne, IN: Allen County Public Library Foundation, 1990.
Cohen, Laura, ed. Reference Services for Archives and Manuscripts.
New York: Haworth Press, 1997.
Conrad, James H. Developing Local History Programs in Commu-
nity Libraries. Chicago: American Library Association, 1989.
Cooke, George. oBuilding Local History Collections through
Guided Autobiography.� American Libraries 25 (October
1994): 825-8. (Describes a project at Franklin Lakes Public
Library in New Jersey.)
Coplan, Kate. Effective Library Exhibits. 2nd ed. Dobbs Ferry, NY:
Oceana Publications, 1974. (still in print)
Corbitt, David L. The Formation of the North Carolina Counties,
1663-1943. Raleigh: North Carolina Division of Archives
and History, 1996.
Craig, Calvin. oAn Examination of Collectors of Local History
Materials in Four North Carolina Public Libraries.� Thesis
(M.S.L.S), School of Information and Library Science,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1999. 64 pp.
Cumming, William P. North Carolina in Maps. Raleigh: North
Carolina Division of Archives and History, 1985, c1966.
Dewe, Michael, ed. Local Studies Collections: A Manual.
Brookfield, VI: Gower Pub. Co., 1991.
Dewitt, Donald L., comp. Articles Describing Archives and
Manuscript Collections in the United States: An Annotated
Bibliography. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1997.
Dobell, Byron. oLocal History Makes Good.� American Heritage
37 (February-March 1986): 7.
Duckett, R.J. oThe Need for Local Heroes: Responsibility of
Librarians for Seeing That Local Collections Are Used.�
Library Review (Glasgow, Scotland) 46, 3 (1997): 172-8.
Compiled by Bryna Coonin
oEstablishing and Maintaining a Local History Collection.� North
Carolina Libraries 46 (Summer 1988): 70-103.
Filby, P. William. Directory of American Libraries with Genealogy or
Local History Collections. Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Re-
sources, 1988.
Hoffman, Marian, ed. Genealogical and Local History Books in
Print; U.S. Sources and Resources, North Carolina " Wyoming.
5th ed. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1997.
Index to the Clipping Files of the North Carolina Collection at the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The North Carolina Collection in Wilson Library at UNC-
Chapel Hill makes available an index to its clipping file of
biographical and historical articles from many of the stateTs
newspapers. Available at: http://www.lib.unc.edu/ncc/
online.html.
Johnston, Sharon. oAn African American Album: Preserving
Local History on CD-ROM.� American Libraries 30 (March
1999): 95-6. (Describes a project at the Public Library of
Charlotte and Mecklenburg County).
Jones, H.G. For HistoryTs Sake: The Preservation and Publication of
North Carolina History, 1663-1903. Chapel Hill: University of
North Carolina Press, 1966.
. North Carolina History: An Annotated Bibliography.
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1995.
Kammen, Carol, ed. The Pursuit of Local History: Readings on
Theory and Practice. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Pr., 1996.
. On Doing Local History: Reflections on What Local
Historians Do, Why, and What it Means. Walnut Creek, CA:
AltaMira Pr., 1986.
Kyvig, David E. Nearby History: Exploring the Past Around You.
2nd ed. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Pr., 1999.
Lamolinara, Guy. oLauding Local Legacies.� American Libraries
30 (June/July 1999): 95-6.
Leary, Helen F.M., ed. North Carolina Research: Genealogy and
Local History. 2nd ed. Raleigh: North Carolina Genealogical
Society, 1996.
Lefler, Hugh Talmage, and Albert Ray Newsome. North Carolina:
The History of a Southern State. 3rd ed. Chapel Hill: The
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Long, John H., ed. Atlas of Historical County Boundaries " North
Carolina. New York: Charles ScribnerTs Sons, 1998.
Miller, Frederic M. Arranging and Describing Archives and
Manuscripts. Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 1990.
North Carolina. Division of Archives and History. Guide to
Research Materials in the North Carolina State Archives:
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Division of Archives and History, 1997. May be down-
loaded. See: http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/sections/
archives/arch/FindingAids/findaids.htm.
North Carolina. Division of Archives and History. North Carolina
Newspaper Project: Guide to Newspapers on Microfilm in the
North Carolina State Archives.
See: http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/ncnp/intro.htm.
In 1959, the North Carolina Division of Archives and
History (then the State Department of Archives and History)
began a program of microfilming North Carolina Newspa-
pers. Newspapers filmed by the department have been
described in several editions of Guide to North Carolina
Newspapers on Microfilm: Titles Available from the Division of
Archives and History. This list updates the 1984 edition of
that Guide and includes all titles filmed since 1991.
The North Carolina Historical Review. Raleigh: North Carolina
Division of Archives and History, 1924 ". Quarterly.
_North Carolina Periodicals Index.
Begun in 1992 by the staff of the North Carolina Collection
at East Carolina University. Provides access to articles in over
forty periodicals published in North Carolina. Subjects
include the arts, business, the environment, government
and politics, history, social issues, travel, and wildlife. Index
is searchable using key words and Boolean connectors.
Available at: http://www.lib.ecu.edu/NCCollPCC/
scope2.html.
Parker, J. Carlyle. oLocal History and Genealogy in the Class-
room: Without Cooperation Between Teachers and Librar-
ians, Research Assignments Risk Failure.� History Teacher 23,
4 (1990): 375-81.
Phillips, Faye. Local History Collections in Libraries. Englewood,
CO.: Libraries Unlimited, 1995.
Powell, William S., ed. Dictionary of North Carolina Biography.
Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1979-1996.
. The North Carolina Gazetteer. Chapel Hill: The University
of North Carolina Press, 1968.
. North Carolina Through Four Centuries. Chapel Hill:
University of North Carolina Press, 1989.
Pugh, Mary Jo. Providing Reference Services for Archives and
Manuscripts. Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 1992.
Ratner, Jane Faux. oLocal History Collections: The Practical
Problems.� Library Journal 101 (November 1, 1976): 2231-35.
Rhoads, James B. oThe Importance of Family History to our
Society.� Public History 1, 3 (1979): 6-16.
oThe Rural Library as Local History and Genealogy Center.� The
Unabashed Librarian, 110 (1999): 12.
Schorzman, Terri A. oThe Library as Producer: The Creation of
Local and Personal History Video Collections.� In Video
Collection Development in Multi-type Libraries, Westport, CT:
Greenwood Press, 1994, 303-14.
Society of American Archivists.
The SAA, based in Chicago, has published the Basic Manual
Series and Archival Fundamental Series, which include
manuals on subjects relating to archives and manuscripts,
such as arrangement and description, exhibiting materials,
surveys, appraisal and accessioning, reference and access,
security, architectural drawings, reprography, preservation,
management, and public programs. See http://
www.archivists.org/.
Stephenson, George , comp. North Carolina Local History: A
Select Bibliography. Rev. ed. Raleigh: North Carolina Division
of Archives and History, 1984.
Thompson, Enid T. Local History Collections: A Manual for
Librarians. Nashville, TN: American Association for State and
Local History, 1978.
Thornton, Mary Lindsay, comp. A Bibliography of North Carolina,
1589-1956. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1973, c1 958.
Wheeler, Mary Bray, ed. Directory of Historical Organizations in
the United States and Canada. 14th ed. Nashville, TN:
American Association for State and Local History. Currently
under revision " see http://www.aaslh.org.
Whitehill, Walter Muir. oLocal History Makes Good " Some-
times.� American Heritage 23 (August 1972): 36-41.
York, Maurice C. oLocal History in the Classroom: The Public
Library/School Partnership.� Wilson Library Bulletin 67
(October 1992): 44-47, 116-17.
Zinkham, Helena, Patricia D. Cloud, and Hope Mayo. oProviding
Access by Form of Materials, Genre, and Physical Character-
istics: Benefits and Techniques.� American Archivist 52
(1989): 300-319.
Guidelines
Guidelines for Developing Beginning Genealogical Collections and
Services. Prepared by the Genealogy Committee of the
History Section of the Reference and User Services Associa-
tion of the American Library Association in 1991, revised
1999. Approved by the RUSA Board of Directors, June
1999. Published in Reference and User Services Quarterly 39
(Fall 1999): 23-24. Available online at: http://
www.ala.org/rusa/stnd_beg_gene_col.html.
Guidelines for Establishing Local History Collections. Developed
by the Local History Committee of the History Section,
Reference and Adult Services Division, American Library
Association, June, 1979, and published in RQ 19 (Fall
1979): 29-30. Reaffirmed by Reference and Adult Services
Division Board of Directors, Denver, January, 1993.
Available online at: http://www.ala.org/rusa/localhis.html
Guidelines for Preservation, Conservation, and Restoration of Local
History and Local Genealogical Materials. Prepared by the
Genealogy and Local History Committee of the History
Section of the Reference and Adult Services Division of the
American Library Association. Reviewed by the ALA
Standards & Guidelines Committee and adopted by the
Reference and Adult Services Division Board of Directors,
June 1992. Published in RQ, 32 (Spring 1993): 341-44.
Available online at: http://www.ala.org/rusa/
stnd_gen_local.html.
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Genealogy
Blake, Linda, and Evelyn T. Stallings. oArranging Roots: Classifi-
cation and Subject Headings for Genealogical Collections.�
Library Resources and Technical Services 41 (October 1997):
335-46. (Describes in-house system to replace Dewey at
Rowan Public Library, NC).
Carmack, Sharon DeBartolo. Genealogy Sourcebook. Los Angeles,
CA: Lowell House, dist. by Contemporary Books, 1997.
Census Online for North Carolina.
Allows name-searching of a variety of early censuses.
See: http://www.census-online.com/links/NC.html.
Genealogical Computing (a quarterly journal). Published by
Ancestry, Inc., 266 West Center St., Orem, UT 84057. $25/
yr. ISSN 0277-5913.
oGenealogical Research in North Carolina.� A resource page
created by the State Library of North Carolina in Raleigh.
Available at: http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/iss/gr/
genealog.htm.
Genealogy Annual: A Bibliography of Published Sources. (Cur-
rently) compiled by Thomas Jay Kemp. Wilmington, DE:
Scholarly Resources, 1995 ". (Latest available is 1997
annual, published in 1999.)
Gilmer, Lois C. Genealogical Research and Resources: A Guide for
Library Use. Chicago: American Library Association, 1988.
Kemp, Thomas Jay. The GenealogistTs Virtual Library: Full-Text
Books on the World Wide Web. Wilmington, DE: Scholarly
Resources, 2000.
. oGenealogy: Finding Roots on the Web.� College and
Research Libraries News 60 (June 1999): 452-5.
. oThe Roots of Genealogy Collections.� Library Journal
124 (April 1, 1999): 57-60.
. Virtual Roots: A Guide to Genealogy and Local History on
the World-Wide Web. Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources,
1997.
Librarians Serving Genealogists
http://www.cas.usf.edu/lis/genealib/index.html
LSG is an informal group formed by librarians to help
library staff who regularly assist genealogy patrons. The
group promotes the exchange of ideas, genealogy educa-
tion, sharing of thoughts, trading of materials, and the
discussion of problems.
Litzer, Donald S. oLibrary and Genealogical Society Cooperation
in Developing Local Genealogical Services and Collections.�
Reference and User Services Quarterly 37 (Fall 1997): 37-51.
(Describes an Ohio survey.)
NC GenWeb
See http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncgenweb/.
The North Carolina portion of the USGenWeb Project.
USGenWeb consists of a group of volunteers working
together on a non-commercial basis to provide free Internet
Web sites for genealogical research in every county and
state of the United States.
oNorth Carolina Genealogical Resources on the Internet.�
See http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/iss/gr/
ncsource.htm.
A Web-based resource page created by the State Library of
North Carolina.
North Carolina Genealogical Society
See http://www.ncgenealogy.org.
The North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal. Raleigh: North
Carolina Genealogical Society, 1975 ". Quarterly.
Wright, Raymond S. GenealogistTs Handbook: Modern Methods
for Researching Family History. Chicago: American Library
Association, 1995.
Oral History
Baum, Willa K. Oral History for the Local Historical Society. 3rd
ed., rev. Nashville, TN: American Association for State and
Local History, 1987. [Reprinted in 1995 by AltaMira Press,
Walnut Creek, CA.]
. Transcribing and Editing Oral History. Walnut Creek, CA:
AltaMira Pr., 1991.
Eynon, Bret. oOral History and the New Century.� The Oral
History Review 26 (Summer/Fall 1999): 16-25. (Part of a
roundtable discussion on oral history in the new millen-
nium. Includes an examination of Web sites related to oral
history.)
Hurst, Carol Otis. oBringing History to Life.� Teaching PreK/8 29
(May 1999): 96-8. (School library activities that focus on
history are presented, including displaying memorabilia,
slide or video presentations, oral history projects.)
Municipal or Local Government Document
Collections
Castonguay, Russell. A Comparative Guide to Classification
Schemes for Local Government Documents Collections.
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1984.
. oMaintenance and Management of Local Government
Documents Collections: Survey Findings.� Government
Information Quarterly 4, 2 (1987): 167-88.
Ciccariello, Priscilla. oLocal Government Document Collections:
Why, What, How and Whither?� The Bookmark (Albany,
N.Y.) 44 (Summer 1986): 195-9.
Fales, Susan L., and Michael A. Monahan. oMissing Links: Family
History and the Documents Collection.� Government
Publications Review 14, 5 (1987): 495-512.
Kelly, Maurie Caitlin. oRedefining Local Documents Collections.�
Illinois Libraries 77 (Winter 1995): 17-19. (Describes a pilot
project at the University of Illinois at Chicago Library.)
Nakata, Yuri, Susan J. Smith, and William B. Ernst, Jr. Organizing
a Local Government Documents Collection. Chicago: Ameri-
can Library Association, 1979.
Copyright Issues
Cogswell, Robert E. Copyright Law for Unpublished Manuscripts
and Archival Collections. Dobbs Ferry, NY: Glanville Publish-
ers, 1992.
Copyright and Intellectual Property
A Web page produced by Conservation Online, a project of
the Preservation Department of the Stanford University
Libraries. See: http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/bytopic/
intprop/.
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Crews, Kenneth D. oUnpublished Manuscripts and the Right of
Fair Use: Copyright Law and the Strategic Management of
Information Resources.� Rare Books and Manuscripts
Librarianship 5, 2 (1990): 61-70.
Gasaway, Laura N. oCopyright Issues in Creating Digital
Archives.� Education Libraries 21, 3 (1997): 16-18.
Guthrie, Lawrence S. oCopyright vs. Posterity: Whose Responsi-
bility to Preserve?� Information Outlook 1 (May 1997): 45.
Digitization of Materials
Allen, Nancy, and Lizbeth Bishoff. oThe Colorado Digitization
project.� Colorado Libraries 25 (Spring 1999): 32-5.
(Describes a collaborative initiative involving ColoradoTs
archives, historical societies, libraries, and museums. Web
site contains useful links for digitization and copyright.)
See http://coloradodigital.coalliance.org/.
Copyright and Image Management
A current update on copyright issues as they pertain to
digital images. Compiled and maintained by Georgia
Harper, Office of General Counsel, University of Texas.
See http://www.utsystem.edu/OGC/IntellectualProperty/
image.htm.
Digital Imaging and Media Technology Initiative of the Library
of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. See
http://images.library.uiuc.edu/resources/links.htm.
Frey, Franziska. Digital Imaging for Photographic Collections.
Rochester, NY: Image Permanence Institute, 1999. Available
online at: http://www.rit.edu/ipi Click on oPublications,�
then click on oPublications Available from IPI.�
Smith, Abby. oPreservation in the Digital Age: What is to be
Done?� American Libraries 30 (March 1999): 36-9.
Theyer, Hillary. oPlanning the Future of History: Making a Digital
Historical Resource.� Computers in Libraries 19 (October
1999): 16-18+ (Describes a local history project of the Palos
Verdes Library District in California) See http://
muse.palos-verdes.lib.ca.us/PVHistory.htm.
Tibbo, Helen. oThe Digitization Dilemma: When is it Wise to
Digitize?� North Carolina Special Collections: An Occasional
Newsletter of the NCLA Round Table on Special Collections 5
(Summer 1999): 3-10. Includes extensive bibliography. See:
http://www.nclaonline.org/spec_coll/newsletter2.htm.
Watstein, Sarah B. oDigitizing Local History Collections " and
more, at VCU!� Virginia Librarian 39 (Apr/May/June 1993): 17-
20. (Describes a project at Virginia Commonwealth University.)
Preservation and Conservation
Albright, Gary. oCare of Photographs.� College and Research
Libraries News, 8 (Sept. 1997): 561-3. Reprinted from
technical leaflet published by the Northeast Document
Conservation Center.
Buchanan, Sally. oWriting with Light (preservation of photo-
graphs).� Wilson Library Bulletin 69 (June 1995): 68+ .
Conservation Online.
See: http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/.
Conservation Online, a project of the Preservation Depart-
ment of Stanford University Libraries, is a full-text library of
conservation information, covering a wide spectrum of
North Carolina Libraries
topics of interest to those involved with the conservation of
library, archives, and museum materials.
Drewes, Jeanne M. and Julie A. Page, eds. Promoting Preservation
Awareness in Libraries: A Sourcebook for Academic, Public, School,
and Special Collections. Westport, CT: Greenwood Pr., 1997.
Eaton, George T. Conservation of Photographs. Rochester, NY:
Eastman Kodak, 1985. Available for purchase from the
Image Permanence Institute at http://www.rit.edu/ipi.
Fox, Lisa L., ed. Preservation Microfilming: A Guide for Librarians
and Archivists. 2nd ed. Chicago: American Library Associa-
tion, 1996.
Gertz, Janet E. oPreservation Microfilming for Archives and
Manuscripts.� American Archivist 53 (1990): 223-34.
Image Permanence Institute.
See http://www.rit.edu/ipi.
IPI is a university-based nonprofit research laboratory devoted
to imaging media preservation. Founded in 1985 through
the combined efforts and sponsorship of the Rochester Insti-
tute of Technology and the Society for Imaging Science and
Technology. Publications list available at the Web site.
Lawrence, John H. oAn Approach to Preserving Photographs in
Libraries and Special Collections.� LLA Bulletin 55 (Winter
1993): 143-50.
Lawrence, Priscilla OTReilly. Before Disaster Strikes: Prevention,
Planning and Recovery. New Orleans: The Historic New
Orleans Collection, 1992.
Northeast Document Conservation Center. oHelpful Hints for
Preserving Family Collections.� The Unabashed Librarian, 71
(1989): 15-16.
FOREIGN BOOKS
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CURRENT OR OUT-OF-PRINT
Specialties:
Search Service
Irregular Serials
International Congresses
Building Special Collections
oALBERT J. PHIEBIG INC.
Box 352, White Plains, N.Y. 10602
FAX (914) 948-0784
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Ogden, Sherelyn, ed. Preservation of Library & Archival Materials.
3rd ed. Andover, MA: Northeast Document Conservation
Center, 1999.
Reilly, James M. Care & Identification of Nineteenth Century
Photographic Prints. Rochester, NY : Eastman Kodak, 1986.
Available for purchase from the Image Permanence Institute
at http://www.rit.edu/ipi.
Society of American Archivists. Selected Readings in Preservation.
A carefully selected, annotated list of sources released in a
given calendar year on archives preservation. Compiled by
the SAA Preservation SectionTs Education Committee and
Steering Committee. Web site updated February 14, 1998.
Located at http://dlis.gseis.ucla.edu/saapreserv/text/
bibl.htm.
Sources for
Publications and Technical Advice on Conser-
vation, Archival, and Museum Procedures
American Association for State and Local History
171 Church Street
Nashville, TN 37203
Phone: (615) 320-3203
http://www.aaslh.org
American Association of Museums
1575 Eye St, N.W.
Suite 400
Washington, D.C. 20005
Phone: (202) 289-6578
http://www.aam-us.org
American National Standards Institute
11 West 42nd Street,
New York, NY 10036
Phone: (212) 642-4900
http://www.ansi.org
North Carolina Division of Archives and History
Mailing Address: 4610 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-4610
Physical address: 109 East Jones Street, Raleigh, N.C.
http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/
Society of North Carolina Archivists
P.O. Box 20448
Raleigh, N.C. 27619
http://rtpnet.org/~snca/index.htm
Society of American Archivists
The Society of American Archivists
527 S. Wells St., 5th Floor , Chicago, IL 60607-3922
312/922-0140, fax: 312/347-1452
http://www.archivists.org
SOLINET (Southeastern Library Network)
1438 West Peachtree Street, N.W. Suite 200
Atlanta, GA. 30309-2955
Phone: (800) 999-8558, (404) 892-0943
http://www.solinet.net/Default.htm
Selected Sources of Preservation/Conservation
Supplies and Equipment
American Freeze-Dry, Inc. (disaster recovery services)
411 White Horse Pike
Audubon, N.J. 08106-1310
Phone: (609) 546-0777
Archival Products
P.O. Box 1413
Des Moines, lowa 50305-1413
Phone: (800) 526-5640 or (515) 262-3191
http://www.archival.com
BMS Catastrophe, Inc. (disaster recovery services)
303 Arthur Street
Fort Worth TX 76107
Phone: (800) 433-2940 or (817) 332-2770
Conservation Resources International
8000-H Forbes Place
Springfield, VA 22151
Phone: (800) 634-6932 or (703) 321-7730
http://www.conservationresources.com
DEMCO
4810 Forest Run Rd.
P.O. Box 7488
Madison, WI 53707-7488
Phone: (800) 356-1200 or (608) 241-1201
http://www.demco.com
Etherington Conservation Center and Document
Reproduction Service
7609 Business Park Drive
Greensboro, NC 27409
Phone: (877) 391-1317 or (336) 665-1317
http://www.icibinding.com
CURRENT EDITIONS, INC.
WHOLESALERS
TO LIBRARIES
858 Manor Street
Lancaster, PA 17603
"Support North Carolina Libraries"
1-800-959-1672
1-800-487-2278 (FAX)
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Gaylord Brothers, Inc.
P.O. Box 4901
Syracuse, N.Y. 13221-4901
Phone: (800) 448-6160 or (800) 428-3631
http://www.gaylord.com/
Hollinger Corp.
3810 S. Four Mile Run Dr.
Arlington, VA 22206
Phone: (800) 634-0491
Light Impressions
439 Monroe Avenue
P. O. Box 940
Rochester, NY 14603-0940
Phone: (800) 828-6216 or (716) 271-8960
http://www.lightimpressionsdirect.com
Neschen Corporation (makers of filmoplast book and paper
mending products)
2201 Brentwood Rd. Suite 114
Raleigh, NC 27604
Phone: (800) 434-2093 or (716) 434-0292
Email: filmo@earthlink.net
TALAS " Technical Library Service
568 Broadway
New York, NY 10012
Phone: (212) 219-0770
http://www.talas-nyc.com/
University Products, Inc.
517 Main St.
P.O. Box 101
Holyoke, MA 01041
Phone: (800) 628-1912 or (413) 532-3372
http://www.universityproducts.com
Additional selected listings of suppliers may be found at:
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/misc/commercial.html
Used and Rare Book Dealers
For a substantial listing of book dealers in North Carolina,
connect to either
http://www.bigbook.com/ or
http://www.bigyellow.com/
Select category oBook Dealers " Used and Rare� and limit
your search to NC. Consider also searching other book-
related categories for a more comprehensive listing.
BroadfootTs of Wendell, for example does not appear
among the retrieval for oBook Dealers " Used and Rare,�
but does appear when the search is performed simply as
oBooks,� then limited to North Carolina.
Genealogical Book Publishers
Margaret M. Hofmann
P.O. Box 446
Roanoke Rapids, N.C. 27870
Phone: (800) 455-8891
See http://www.margaretmhofmann.com/
Ancestry, Inc.
266 West Center St.
Orem, UT 84057
http://www.ancestry.com
North Carolina Libraries
Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.
1001 N. Calvert St.
Baltimore, MD. 21202-3897
Phone: (800) 296-6687 or (410) 837-8271
http://www.genealogybookshop.com
Genealogical Books in Print
6818 Lois Drive
Springfield, VA 22150
(703) 922-7550
Heritage Quest
P.O. Box 329
Bountiful, Utah 84011-0329
Phone: (800)760-2455 or (800) 658-7755
http://www.heritagequest.com
Reprint Company
P.O. Box 5401
Spartanburg, S.C. 29304
(864) 579-4433
Southern Historical Press
P. O. Box 1267
275 W. Broad St.
Greenville, SC 29602-1267
(864) 233-2346
Additional Local History Web Sites
Documenting the American South: Digitized Versions of Books and
Pamphlets with North Carolina Content.
Documenting the American South (DAS), an electronic
collection sponsored by the Academic Affairs Library at the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, provides access
to digitized primary materials that offer Southern perspec-
tives on American history and culture. Digitized Versions of
DAS Books and Pamphlets with North Carolina Content may
be found at:
http://www.lib.unc.edu/ncc/onl/fultxt.htm|
Federation of North Carolina Historical Societies.
The Federation is a coalition of societies, associations, and
commissions located throughout the state that are dedi-
cated to preserving and promoting history in North
Carolina. An advisory board made up of members of
historical organizations from across the state oversees the
work of the Federation. See: http://www.ah.dcr.state.
nc.us/whoweare/affili/FNCHS-1 .htm
Bibliography of Tennessee Local History Sources.
The Tennessee State Library and Archives present a state-
wide bibliography of local history sources. Both a resource
in itself and an example of what can be done.
See http://www.state.tn.us/sos/statelib/pubsvs/
bibindex.htm
Library of Congress Local Legacies Project.
For a description of the project see also American Libraries
30 (June/July 1999): 95.
oThe Local Legacies project celebrates, and shares with the
nation, the grassroots creativity of every part of America,�
said Librarian of Congress James H. Billington. oThrough
photographs, sound and video recordings, and written
records documenting historic and cultural events and
traditions that are part of everyday life, Local Legacies will
provide a ~snapshot of AmericaT at the turn of the century
and a valuable resource for future generations.�
See: http://Icweb.loc.gov/bicentennial/legacies.htm|
Spring/Summer 2000 "" 23
compiled by Plummer Alston Jones, Jr.
*Lagniappe (lin-yapT, lanT yapT) n. An extra or unexpected gift or benefit. [Louisiana French]
North Carolina Special Collections:
From Print to the Web
by Joan Ferguson and Eileen McGrath
about the ogolden era� of American higher education.
From the early 1960s to the 1980s, student enrollment
skyrocketed and faculties and campuses grew at tremendous
rates as the federal government pumped great amounts of
money into universities for research and facilities.T Those years
were good ones for libraries, too, and library holdings in-
creased at a terrific rate. For example, UNC-Chapel Hill be-
gan the 1960s with one million library volumes. By 1974, the
library had two million volumes. The third million came in
1983, the fourth in 1992, and this year we celebrated the ad-
dition of the five millionth volume. Down the road at Duke
University, the pattern was very similar. At the end of World
War II the Duke Library had less than one million volumes,
but by 1981 it had three million volumes and in 1992 it cel-
ebrated the acquisition of the four millionth volume.
Early in this period of great growth, libraries advertised
their holdings through a variety of printed forms. Large re-
search libraries issued printed and microform catalogs, sub-
ject bibliographies, collection descriptions, annual reports,
newsletters, exhibit catalogs, and brochures. Smaller libraries
published many of these same types of materials, and librar-
ies large and small joined in cooperative projects such as re-
gional or national union catalogs and union lists.
When the lean years came, libraries responded by cut-
ting back on their publications. Fortunately, technology pro-
vided new ways for libraries to announce their holdings and
services. These new ways supplemented, and in some cases
replaced, printed materials. By the mid-eighties, the wide-
spread use of OCLC and RLIN and the development of online
public access catalogs eliminated the need for printed union
lists and library catalogs. In the nineties, the World Wide Web
supplanted printed collection descriptions and subject bibli-
ographies. Libraries still produce newsletters for supporters,
an occasional exhibit catalog, and flyers announcing hours
and services, but the World Wide Web houses the most useful
guides to the holdings of American libraries.
The Web is now the place to look for information on spe-
cial collections in academic and public libraries. Not all Web
sites are created equal, however. As in the print era when li-
braries published both scholarly bibliographies of collections
and small brochures, some Web sites are more substantial than
others. Some sites are inviting multimedia presentations of
: t is common now in academia to wax nostalgically
24 " Spring/Summer 2000
collections, while other sites are the electronic equivalent of
a single-sheet brochure. As in the pre-electronic era, staff size,
equipment, and funding often make the difference in how a
collection is presented to the public.
Many North Carolina libraries, large and small, have a
presence on the Web. When those libraries have special col-
lections, the Web site usually mentions them. Listing all these
special collections would require more space than the editors
have allotted for this column, so we have selected a group of
Web sites that show a range of presentations. Some sites are
the electronic equivalent of a trifold brochure, others func-
tion as exhibit catalogs, and some use the potential of the
Internet to create multifaceted sites that go beyond the forms
of the print era.
Appalachian State University:
http://www.library.appstate.edu/home/speccolndex.html
Describes the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection and
related regional materials.
Craven-Pamlico-Carteret Regional Library:
http://www4.coastalnet.com/community_orgs/cpclibrary/
kellrm.html
Brief description of the Kellenberger Room.
Davidson College:
http://www.davidson.edu/administrative/library/archives/
archive. html
The Davidson College Archives focuses on college and
town history.
Duke University:
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/
The Rare Book, Manuscript and Special Collections
Library Web site has detailed collection guides, virtual
exhibitions, and digitized collections.
Durham County Library:
Durham County Library has two special collection sites.
The North Carolina Collection housed at the main
library is on the Web at
http://dbserv.ils.unc.edu/projects/reavis/.
The Stanford L. Warren Branch is home to the Selena
Warren Wheeler Collection of African Americana. The
Web address for this collection is
http://ils.unc.edu/nclibs/durham/wheeler.htm
North Carolina Libraries
East Carolina University:
http://www.lib.ecu.edu/SpclColl/special.html
Showcases the East Carolina Manuscript Collection, the
North Carolina Collection, and the University Archives.
Forsyth County Public Library:
http://www.co.forsyth.nc.us/LIBRARY/ncroom.htm
Description of the North Carolina Room.
Gaston-Lincoln Regional Library System:
http://www.glrl.lib.nc.us/glrincc.htm
Describes the holdings of the North Carolina Rooms,
found in both the Gaston County Public Library and the
Lincoln County Public Library locations.
High Point Public Library:
http://www.high-point.net/dept/library/ncroom.htm
Online home of the North Carolina Room, and one of
the best organized North Carolina special collections
Web sites.
Meredith College:
http://152.35.128.16/library/archives.htm
The Meredith College Archives has an online Photo
Album depicting scenes of the college throughout the
years.
Methodist College:
http://www.methodist.edu/library/speccol.htm
The Special Collections Web site includes descriptions of
the Lafayette Collection and AudubonTs Birds of
America volumes.
New Hanover County Public Library:
http://www.co.new-hanover.nc.us/lib/pages/localhistory.htm
The online Local History Room builds on libraryTs
dynamic local history program.
North Carolina School of the Arts:
http://www.ncarts.edu/library/archives/
The Semans Library Archives has an online Image Gallery.
North Carolina State University:
http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/archives/
The Special Collections and University Archives online
collection programs include the Archives of Architecture
and Design and NC State University History.
North Carolina Wesleyan College:
http://annex.ncewc.edu/Library/collections.htm
The Elizabeth Braswell Pearsall Library showcases the Tar
Heel Maps Collection and the Black Mountain Collec-
tion online.
Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County:
The site for the Robinson-Spangler Carolina Room at the
Main Library is on the Web at
http://www.plcmc.lib.nc.us/branch/main/NCR/carolina.htm
but the riches of the collection are best seen at libraryTs
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Story site
http://www.cmstory.org/.
Queens College of Charlotte:
http://www.queens.edu/library/info/barton.html
The Web site for the Barton Jackson Cathay Archives
includes the Queens College and the Chicora College
online collections.
Rowan Public Library:
http://www.lib.co.rowan.nc.us/HistoryRoom/default.htm
The Edith M. Clark History Room online collections
include six digital archives collections and descriptions
of online local history collections and online collections
specializing in North Caroliniana.
North Carolina Libraries
Union County Public Library:
http://www.union.lib.nc.us/genealogy.htm
The Genealogy and Local History site houses the digitized
scrapbook oHeroic Sons of the Gold Star Mothers.�
University of North Carolina at Asheville:
http://bullpup.lib.unca.edu/specialcoll/
The online Special Collections and University Archives
includes books, manuscripts, photographs, and oral
histories.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill:
All the special collections at UNC-Chapel Hill (Manu-
scripts Department, Maps Collection, North Carolina
Collection, and Rare Book Collection) can be located from
http://www.lib.unc.edu/wilson/index.html,
but the UniversityTs digitized library, Documenting the
American South, is found at
http://metalab.unc.edu/docsouth/index.html.
University of North Carolina at Charlotte:
http://libweb.uncc.edu/archives/
Online access to the four main collecting areas of the
Special Collections: rare books, manuscripts, University
Archives, and local documents, as well as links to digital
resources and exhibits.
University of North Carolina at Greensboro:
http://library.uncg.edu/depts/speccoll/
There are twelve online collections at the Special
Collections and Rare Books Division Web site, ranging
from cello music to information about authors George
Herbert, Lois Lenski, and Randall Jarrell.
University of North Carolina at Wilmington:
http://library.uncwil.edu/special.html
This site offers a brief introduction to the Special
Collections as well as several online finding aids. A brief
description of the University Archives is located at
http://library.uncwil.edu/librarytour/archives.htm.
Wake County Public Library:
http://www.co.wake.nc.us/library/locations/orl/default.htm
The Olivia Raney Local History Library online collec-
tions include the Watson Photographic Collection, a
large collection of images from all areas of North
Carolina.
Wake Forest University:
http://www.wfu.edu/Library/spcolls.htm
The Special Collections Web site provides access to the
four main online collections: the North Carolina Baptist
Historical Collection, Rare Books and Manuscripts, the
University Archives, and the Video Collection.
Western Carolina University:
http://www.wcu.edu/library/about/speccoll/index.htm
The Special Collections Web site serves as a brief intro-
duction to the University Archives and the libraryTs
manuscripts collections and limited access book collections.
Winston-Salem State University:
http://wssumits.wssu.edu/archives/Default.htm
The Archives Web site provides access to online print
~and photographic resources and University Records and
Manuscript Collections.
Reference
1For an interesting and readable examination of how universities
have tried to make the transition from the golden era to leaner eco-
nomic times, see Stuart Rojstaczer, Gone for Good: Tales of University
Life after the Golden Age (New York: Oxford University Press, 1999).
Spring/Summer 2000 "" 29
ired to the
orld
by Ralph Lee Scott
Online R Information
ave you ever had a patron come up to the reference
desk with a prescription in hand and ask for
osomething about my drugs?� While a quick grab
of the PDR (PhysicianTs Desk Reference) is sometimes effec-
tive, newer and more patron friendly sources can be found
on the Internet.
A good place to start is RxList at www.rxlist.com.
RxList list is linked to www.HealthCentral.com which is
run by oThe Good Neighbor Pharmacy,� a group of some
2,000 local pharmacies in the United States. At RxList "
oThe Internet Drug Index,� you can search for prescription
and OTC (Over the Counter) drug information by key word
or NDC (National Drug Code) index. On the RxList home
page there is an oAlternative Medicine FAQ,� an oRxBoard�
(drug specific discussion group), a oHealth News� bulletin
board featuring Dr. Dean, a oPatient Education� quick link
to summary drug information, a disclaimer link oAbout
RXLIST,� a very brief user survey, an extensive list of
medical information Web links, and finally a section of
comics with pharmacist humor entitled oRXLAUGH.� This
last section of humor can get rather crude and I would be
careful in suggesting it to patrons!
Searching RxList for information on the drug Halcion,
one finds links to patient information on Benzodiaziepine
Halcion, as well as a fuzzy logic link to HaleyTs M O FLV!
(Well I suppose someone could misspell Halcion for HaleyTs
MO). Also listed are links to Hyalgan and Halog. When you
go to the links on Halcion, you find answers to questions
such as: oWhat do triazolam tablets do?�; oWhat should my
health care professional know before I take ...�; oHow
should I take this medicine?�; oWhat if I miss a dose?�;
oWhat other medicines interact with ...?�; oWhat side
effects may I notice from taking ...?�; oWhat do I need to
watch for while I take ...?�; and oWhere can I keep my
medicine?�.
If you link to the generic name for Halcion, you get a
more detailed listing of Triazolam. Under the generic link,
you will find the categories assigned to the drug (including
DEA controlled substance class), brand names, estimated
cost of the drug, description, clinical pharmacology, indica-
tions and usage, contraindications, warnings, precautions,
drug interactions, drug abuse and dependence information,
overdosage, dosage and administration, and patient package
insert information. In short, a much more detailed (in fact,
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eleven printed pages) listing than one gets on the oBrand
Name� link. :
The authors of RxList hope that you will click next on
their link to oHealth Central� where you can order the
prescription (or more correctly, your doctor can order it for
you). At oHealth Central� you can order the usual variety of
health, personal care, vitamin supplement, beauty, prescrip-
tion and oparenting� products. Weekly specials are listed
along with product graphics. As mentioned, this site is
sponsored by The Good Neighbor Pharmacy group. Other
drug chains sponsor Web sites: RiteAid www.drugstore.com;
CVS www.cvs.com; Eckerd www.eckerd.com; Walgreen
www.walgreen.com; DrugEmporium
www.drugemporium.com; American Drug Stores [OSCO]
www.osco.com; World Drug Storewww.worlddrugstore.
com; and Medicap Drugs www.medicap.com. Most of
these sites have been reviewed by oTrust-E� and provide
some basic minimal level of privacy for your pharmacy
records.
RxList also provides an online ad and a link to oClinical
Pharmacology Online� at a site called the oIntegrated
Medical Curriculum� located at www.imc.gsm.com
which bills itself as the oFinest Collection of Medical
Information Online.� While portions of this site appear to
be free, users are requested to register and get a password
after initial use. Yes, there is a use category for onon-
medical professional,� which I guess covers us chickens and
most library patrons. oClinical Pharmacology Online�
provides in depth medical and pharmacological informa-
tion on drugs. Sections include description, mechanism of
action, pharmacokinetics, indications, dosage,
contraindications/precautions, drug interactions, adverse
reactions, costs, drug monitoring, product identification,
and classification overview.
EBSCO host, available through NC LIVE, has several
databases with medical information: Health Sources Plus,
Clinical Reference System, and the USP DI Volume II" Advice
for the Patient (United States Pharmacopeia), which provide
some basic pharmacological information. The Web sites
listed above are generally more comprehensive, and patrons
do not have to come to the library to get the information.
There is the added benefit of having the prescription
delivered to your door. Just avoid the crude humor links at
www.RxList.com.
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oIf LigonTs Trees Could Talk ...�
by Kimberly Poe Shelton, Ann Thompson, Marsha Alibrandi,
Anna Victoria Wilson, Candy Lee Metz Beal, and Rita Hagevik
s the students rolled away on
buses from the west side of Li-
gon GT Middle School on the
last day of school in June 1998, the bull-
dozers rolled in on the north side of the
school to reshape the landscape. The
million-dollar renovation project had
begun. Three sixty-foot willow oaks
were felled. These tall, noble trees, once
symbols of strength and stability, were
gone in a matter of hours, victims of a
needed expansion. In one afternoon
their story ended, their omemories�
were lost. Teachers realized in horror
that they needed to capture leaves and
some tree cross sections, or tree cook-
ies, to remember the trees that had been
there so long. With the last traces of
the trees safely tucked away inside the
school, the teachers began to speculate,
oIf these trees could have talked, what
would they have said?�
The personified trees quickly be-
came symbolic of Ligon " strong and
vibrant, but vulnerable to damage with-
out the protection of those who know
its proud heritage and appreciate its po-
tential future contributions. Thus, the
quest began to capture LigonTs past,
record it, and learn from it to guide its
future. Five Ligon teachers and three
professors from North Carolina State
University (NCSU) joined an active Li-
gon High School alumni association
that had championed this cause for
years. Everyone involved set out to de-
termine the defining moments in the
schoolTs history and identify the signifi-
cant people and events. Participants
sought ways to record and communi-
cate the history. They hoped that it
would influence current and future Li-
gon students to treasure the schoolTs
rich heritage as Ligon alumni had done
for years; gain respect for education; and
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adopt the values of perseverance, deter-
mination, and service to the commu-
nity inherent in that heritage. Also, the
participants hoped the recorded history
would influence local school and com-
munity leaders to invest resources in the
school, building on its strong founda-
tion to maintain it as a vital educational
and community influence.
Defining moments ... each life, or-
ganization, and institution has them.
LigonTs defining moments have always
shaped it as an institution of academic
excellence that is central to the commu-
nity. During LigonTs history, the student
population has changed dramatically.
The community has grown to include
the county instead of just the city, but
the tradition of academic excellence and
community service remains constant.
LigonTs first defining moment was
its inception in 1953 as the premier high
school for all African American students
in the Raleigh City School System. It was
named after a prominent educational,
religious, and community leader, John
W. Ligon. The school benefited from his
strong leadership and soon developed a
reputation for academic excellence,
championship athletics, and a broad arts
program. Students attending Ligon were
known as the oLittle Blues.� There was
no school mascot, but one was not
needed; the name stood on its own. Edu-
cators in the high school are remem-
bered for their knowledge of content,
their tough academic standards, and
their deep concern and compassion for
their students. They instilled in their stu-
dents the value of education and service
to mankind. Also, the educators encour-
aged students to set important goals and
work hard to fulfill them. Parents
worked closely with the school, support-
ing it in every way. Students felt cared
for and supported by the entire African
American community all across the city.
Everyone in the city knew the students
and what they did, good and bad. Few
students caused trouble in school for the
same reason " Ligon had a proud repu-
tation to uphold. Ligon students adhered
to high standards and worked hard to
make their teachers and parents proud
during a time when many people in
America did not recognize the rights of
African Americans and limited opportu-
nities and resources available to them.
In spite of these circumstances, educa-
tors at Ligon High School defined an
institution that built young men and
women of strong character who were
academically prepared to make great
contributions to mankind.
Another defining moment came in
1971 when, as a result of desegregation,
Ligon became J.W. Ligon Junior High
School and part of the consolidated
Wake County System. The transition was
difficult for the students, the school, and
the community. Through busing, the
schools were desegregated. The resulting
diaspora robbed the African American
community of its high school and cre-
ated alienation and distrust. Neverthe-
less, Ligon Junior High School contin-
ued its proud tradition of academic ex-
cellence and began to redefine itself to
include students bused from all over the
county. Now, a different student popu-
lation was proud to be called the oLittle
Blues.� They grew in character and
knowledge at Ligon and left to exert a
positive influence in their communities.
In 1982 the winds of change threat-
ened the existence of Ligon as a school.
Community leaders and alumni rallied
to protect the school and its name. J.W.
Ligon GT Magnet Middle School opened
that fall, serving a base population from
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its local neighborhood and magnet stu-
dents from all over the county. Magnet
students were attracted by content
classes for the academically gifted and a
wide array of elective classes that in-
cluded expert instruction in the visual
and performing arts. Since that time,
Ligon has thrived as a magnet school and
continued to uphold its reputation for
academic and artistic excellence and
community service. Currently, it appears
to be facing another defining moment
as attractive new magnet schools open
and the school system changes its phi-
losophy of student assignment. Thus,
the quest to preserve LigonTs proud his-
tory and to redefine its future became
important to the teachers, students and
alumni of the Ligon community.
From this need grew the Ligon His-
tory Project, an interdisciplinary project
in which alumni, teachers, NCSU pro-
fessors and their graduate students, and
community partners collaborated to fa-
cilitate student investigation of LigonTs
history. Central to the project was the
support of and interactions with the Li-
gon High School alumni. During the first
interaction, a demonstration interview
conducted by NCSU Professor Anna Wil-
son, students appeared aloof. Some even
expressed their frustration with com-
ments like, oWhat does this have to do
with me?� With continued contact, the
schoolTs history " their history " be-
gan to unfold. As students started to
identify with the alumni and LigonTs
history, their sense of mission intensi-
fied. They requested more time with the
alumni and treasured every moment,
asking probing questions, taking copi-
ous notes, and seeking ways to commu-
nicate the story. Teachers and professors
were immediately excited about the
project. The first planning meeting with
the alumni sparked numerous conver-
sations, and the many memories shared
generated immediate enthusiasm for the
project.
Gathering background information
about LigonTs history was a challenge.
Students in Betty MackieTs journalism
class, Neville SinclairTs Wake County
history class, and a GIS class taught by
Rita Hagevik and Ann Thompson, cre-
ated lists of questions about the school,
the city, and past lifestyles. Information
needed to answer their questions was
not readily available. Therefore, gradu-
ate students studying historiography
under Dr. Anna Wilson gleaned infor-
mation from primary source materials
in state, university, and public archives.
Community partners provided informa-
tion and geographic data. Journalism
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students facilitated by Betty Mackie and
graduate student Eloise Payton collected
oral histories in 14 interviews with Li-
gon High alumni. Those interviews were
recorded on audio and videotape, then
transcribed by Payton. Students in the
GIS class interviewed Leonard Hunter,
a 1955 graduate, several times, focusing
their questions on geographic informa-
tion. GIS students also studied the his-
tory of Raleigh through maps at the
Raleigh GIS office and the North Caro-
lina State Archives. Dr. Candy Beal,
NCSU professor and author of Raleigh,
the First 200 Years, shared the cityTs his-
tory with students on the Great Raleigh
Trolley Tour. Students from the three
classes shared these resources as a basis
for their projects. Dr. Marsha Alibrandi
coordinated collaborative efforts be-
tween the teachers, university, and com-
munity partners; acquired grant fund-
ing; and found technical assistance for
GIS and archival research.
Ligon historians created several
products that document the early his-
tory of the school and its community.
The journalism class published a book
of oral histories, Capturing the Past to
Guide the Future, and a videotape of in-
terview highlights and memorabilia. Stu-
dents studying the county history wrote
biographies of two prominent leaders
and documented the history of several
buildings in the area. GIS students cre-
ated a GIS model of Mr. HunterTs mental
map of Raleigh in the 1950s that showed
the city from the African American per-
spective. This map emphasizes churches,
schools, parks, the hospital, and shop-
ping areas frequented by African Ameri-
cans, whereas traditional maps empha-
size areas of the city important to the
majority population. Small groups of stu-
dents worked hard to enter the names
of all Ligon graduates into a database.
Four students interviewed Ligon alum-
nus Dr. Charles Haywood, NCSU Asso-
ciate Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs,
and documented his life with a focus on
the role of education in his success and
his advice for middle school students
planning to go to college. Ginny OwensT
science students studied dendrochronol-
ogy by using the tree cookies from the
willow oak and created a display,
oLigonTs History in the Rings.� All of
these products were displayed in an ex-
position held in the school Media Cen-
ter in June 1999. Students shared their
work with alumni, teachers, professors,
parents, and honored guests including
the Governor. The intergenerational
event was charged with magic as every-
one celebrated LigonTs contributions to
its students and the community. These
projects and the schoolTs emerging his-
tory were all documented and recorded
electronically to create a virtual history
of the school http://www2.ncsu.edu/
ncsu/cep/ligon/about/history/
intro.htm.
Ligon historians continue to docu-
ment the history of this proud school.
This year journalism students are inter-
viewing more alumni and will publish
a second edition of Capturing the Past to
Guide the Future. Wake County history
students are constructing a model of the
school and community. Science stu-
dents are using GIS models to document
the natural history of the campus, in-
cluding detailed information about a
small class study area and a campus-
wide vegetation model with detailed
data collected about the trees. One tree
cookie will be professionally mounted,
and significant events in history will be
identified with corresponding rings in
a display that will become the first ex-
hibit in a school museum to be housed
in the Media Center. Next year the
drama teacher plans to host an artist-
in-residence to help students write a
drama about the schoolTs history. Future
documentation will continue to be
shaped by the skills and talents of fu-
ture Ligon historians.
The Ligon historians have just be-
gun to express the many stories that the
campus trees could tell if they could talk.
Collaborating with adults to document
the schoolTs history has allowed students
to apply their academic skills in a prob-
lem-based learning model. This commu-
nity service has had many extra benefits
for all involved. Many racial, cultural,
and generational gaps have narrowed as
participants build relationships. Some of
the wounds inflicted when the high
school was taken from the African
American community by desegregation
have begun to heal. Some alumni and
local community members have become
involved with the middle school, a first
step in restoring the school to its place
as the center of the local community.
Students involved with the alumni are
exposed to their values, including per-
severance, determination, respect for
education, and a strong desire to make a
positive contribution to society. Students
involved in the project take pride in their
heritage as Ligon students. All Ligon his-
torians share the vision that the noble
history of the school will guide future
defining moments as future Ligon stu-
dents go forth to make a positive impact
on society.
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____NorTH CAROLINA
Margaret Supplee Smith and Emily Herring Wilson.
ee
Dorothy Hodder, Compiler
s incredible as it may seem, North Carolina women remained hidden from
formal representations of the stateTs history until 1994. In that year oNorth
Carolina Women Making History� made its debut as one of the four exhibits
designed for the opening of the new North Carolina Museum of History. By
the time this temporary exhibit was dismantled two years later, hundreds of
thousands of visitors to the museum in Raleigh had developed a keen awareness of, and
deep appreciation for, the significant part women played in shaping the economy, the
politics, and the social institutions of this state. Fortunately, the publication of this
companion text offers a second chance for those who missed the exhibit. As for the
ohundreds of thousands� of visitors who strolled through the exhibit, they too will take
delight in this written narrative.
At first blush, telling a comprehensive and inclusive story of North Carolina women
from the period prior to European settlement to the end of the twentieth century
seemed a daunting task for Margaret Supplee Smith and Emily Herring Wilson. Decisions
about when to begin and end the narrative and the limitations of relying on traditional
historical sources were but two of the issues confronting the authors. With regard to
chronology, Smith and Wilson decided to end their narrative at
the conclusion of World War II because othe second half of the
twentieth century was so monumental that it would require a
book of its own.� Written records, which tend to privilege the
North Cc arolina Women experiences of the (white) middle and upper classes, pose special
problems for historians interested in recovering the histories of
M aking H is tory. the poor and non-white members of this society. Such sources
also tend to reflect public actions rather than private activities.
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1999. Because so much of what North Carolina women did revolved
382pp. $29.95. ISBN 0-8078-2463-1. around the private world of the family and the household and
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because the authors were determined to write the experiences of
all women into their narrative, Smith and Wilson looked to onontraditional� sources to
fill in the gaps. Thus, North Carolina Women Making History is as much an illustrative text
as it is a narrative text, with reproductions of oneedlework, clothing, jewelry, household
furnishings, [pottery] shards, baskets and bowls [and other tools] supplying vital evi-
dence of how women lived, worked, and were represented.�
Although celebratory in tone and presentation, North Carolina Women Making History
does not offer up a simple, uncomplicated interpretation of a osisterhood� that managed
to bridge the divide of the race, class, ethnic, and religious differences separating Tar
Heel women. Instead, the authors make clear that owomen were not always on the same
side; [that] Native American women saw their land and lives destroyed by the arrival of
settlers, whose women helped establish permanent homesteads; [that] white women
slaveowners controlled the lives of black women slaves; [that] women suffragists were
opposed by women antisuffragists; [and that] the wives of millowners had little in
common with women who worked in the mills.� From the depths of such struggles
proud and determined women emerged with the hope and vision for a brighter future
for their people. Ordinary rather than extraordinary, 22 of these everyday heroines are
highlighted in brief biographical sketches interspersed throughout the text. 3
An elegant book, North Carolina Women Making History will claim the interests of a
wide and diverse reading public. One waits with much anticipation for its sequel.
" Kathleen C. Berkeley
University of North Carolina at Wilmington
North Carolina Libraries
Gold Mining in North Carolina:
old Mining in North Carolina: A Bicentennial History is another triumph for the North
Carolina Division of Archives and History. Richard F. Knapp and Brent D. Glass
have written a concise and accessible book on a part of North CarolinaTs history
that has largely been forgotten. There are other books on the subject, but they
tend to be more for readers who already have an interest in this topic. Knapp and
Glass present case studies of North CarolinaTs role in the gold mining industry,
focusing on the Reed Gold Mine and the Gold Hill Mining District. They doa
splendid job of putting the history of gold mining in North Carolina into context
with what was happening elsewhere in the state and the world.
Knapp and Glass trace the history of gold mining in North Carolina starting with the
first documented strike in the United States, on John ReedTs farm in Cabarrus County in
Richard F. Knapp and Brent D. Glass.
A Bicentennial History.
Raleigh: North Carolina Division of Archives and History,
1999. 192 pp. Paper, $12.00. ISBN 0-86526-285-3.
1799. This event was the catalyst for the nationTs first gold
rush. Gold mining became an important economic activity for
the state, second only to agriculture. It also introduced many
new things to the rural state of North Carolina, such as
immigrants, foreign investors, new technology, and an outlet
for ovice and violence.� Knapp and Glass write an intriguing
history, and never stray from their goal of tracing the persever-
ance of these miners and what their work led to. Ultimately
the authors argue that the many failures and few successes of
this industry paved the way for the industrial development of
twentieth-century North Carolina.
Knapp and Glass are exceptionally qualified to write the
history of gold mining in North Carolina. Knapp received his
doctorate from Duke and has worked for the Historic Sites Section in the Division of Ar-
chives and History for many years. He also conducted the research that led to the establish-
ment of the Reed Gold Mine as a State Historic Site. Glass wrote his dissertation on the Gold
Hill Mining District at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is currently
director of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
Gold Mining in North Carolina includes a thorough index, bibliography, and many
fascinating illustrations and tables. However, this book does not include footnotes or
endnotes. This is a frustrating omission, for it limits this volumeTs usefulness to researchers.
In spite of this failing, Gold Mining in North Carolina is highly recommended for academic,
public, and some school libraries.
"John F. Ansley
Durham County Library North Carolina Collection
he authors, both research archaeologists at the University of North
Carolina, have set an ambitious agenda with this book. It is intended as a
comprehensive overview of North Carolina prehistory, written to satisfy
both laypersons and professional archaeologists, and in large measure this
objective was met. Of particular value is the summation of information
from sites previously not published, or published in ogray literature� of very
limited circulation. This alone makes the book worth the price, particularly for
professionals in North Carolina and the Southeast generally.
Ward and Davis have organized the book in a rather traditional way, dividing
Trawick Ward and R.P. Stephen Davis Jr.
Time Before History.
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1999.
North Carolina Libraries
312 pp. $18.95. ISBN 0-8078-4780-1.
prehistory into Paleo-Indian, Archaic, Woodland, and Contact
periods, and summarizing each of these periods for the three
major physiographic/cultural areas of the state, i.e. the
Mountains, the Piedmont, and the Coastal Plain. Some
problems are created by this approach, however. By using
oWoodland� as a period, rather than a stage of cultural
evolution, temporal boundaries are drawn at inappropriate
times. Early, Middle, and Late Woodland, for example, are
temporally defined using the Ohio Valley chronology, so that
Middle Woodland ends circa AD 800. This makes little sense in
the North Carolina Piedmont, where the more profound
culture change occurs several centuries later. There also are
assertions and inferences presented that have no foundation
in the archaeological data base. For example, there is the
statement that small-grain crops became increasingly impor-
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tant in the Early and Middle Woodland, when in fact such remains have never
been recovered from such sites in North Carolina.
Readers should be warned that Time Before History is very much in the culture
history tradition of archaeological writing. Within each of the major temporal
units, and within each culture area, phases are defined based on formal categories
of artifacts. Changes in artifact forms signal the onset of a new phase, and prehis-
tory becomes a sequence of these phases, a kind of natural history of stuff. The
causes of the changes are given scant attention, but usually are attributed to
oideas� or oinfluences� from neighboring regions. Even if such occurred, the
question of why such ideas were accepted is not considered. Ecological, social, or
even ideological causes are seldom suggested, and this sort of archaeology "
culture history " can be deadly dull. An exception is in the chapter on the
Contact Period, where historical records are available to help explain the changes
seen in Native American sites. This is the strongest portion of the book, drawing
on documents and also on the extensive and excellent research effort by Ward,
Davis, and their co-workers on post-Columbian sites.
Time Before History is heartily recommended for professional archaeologists,
the savvy avocationalist, and public and academic libraries. Its use is enhanced by
an excellent bibliography and index, and fascinating anecdotes concerning the
development of archaeology in North Carolina.
"J. Ned Woodall
Archeology Laboratories, Wake Forest University
ome books are harder to finish than others, even when the author has done
everything right. So it is with this remarkably well-written biography of Bernice
Kelly Harris, a North Carolina writer of regional folk plays, novels, and articles
who spent most of her adult life in the Northampton County town of Seaboard.
HarrisTs life was extraordinary almost only in that she was able to fulfill her
desire to write and publish despite the strictures of her role as a wife in a small
southern community. The challenge in reading this book is in accepting the terms of her
conventional life with anything approaching the grace with which Harris herself accepted
them. Despite some outrageous injustices owing to her husbandTs miserly (frankly, bizarre)
sense of family loyalty, Bernice Harris succumbed to major depression only twice. Hers was a
world we can scarcely imagine now, and that is the point of
YowTs disciplined and patient work. As an independent scholar
and psychotherapist who has taught history, research methods,
hg (ue and gender studies, Yow is conscious of the fact that HarrisTs
Bern ice Kelly Ha rris ~ choice to live as she did affected the nature and duration of her
literary career, but it was her life.
A Good L ife was Writin : What remains precious, above all, is HarrisTs work, most no-
9g tably her novels, set in the eastern North Carolina world she
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1999. knew so well. Those familiar with Linda FlowersTs Throwed Away
334 pp. $39.95. ISBN: 0-8071-2348-X. (University of Tennessee Press, 1990), can find in HarrisTs novels,
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including Purslane, Hearthstones, and Sweet Beulah Land, the fic-
tional precedent for FlowersTs more recent reflections on the lives
of small farmers and sharecroppers in that region. Modern read-
ers may especially enjoy the triumph of Janey Jeems, whose
protagonistTs color becomes evident only near the end of the novel " to the distressed con-
sternation of HarrisTs contemporaries.
YowTs is the second major biography of Harris, the first having been written by her literary
executor, Walser Allen, in 1955. In 1977, Erma Glover completed her doctoral dissertation
(UNC-CH, repository of HarrisTs papers), Salt of the Earth: Plain People in the Novels of Bernice
Kelly Harris. Information on Harris is otherwise scant, including recent sketches on Web sites
devoted to women writers. YowTs biography is an important acquisition for libraries with
serious North Carolina collections, which by definition include HarrisTs works.
" Rose Simon
Salem College
HarrisTs novel Sweet Beulah Land, first published in 1943 by Doubleday Doran, has been reissued as the first
of a new Carolina Classics series. (1999; Coastal Carolina Press, 4709 College Acres Drive, Suite 1,
Wilmington, NC 28403; 389 pp.; paper, $13.95; ISBN 1-928556-00-0.)
North Carolina Libraries
uthorized to Heal: Gender, Class, and the Transformation of Medicine in Appalachia,
1880-1930 , by Sandra Lee Barney is one of a few books concerned with the history
of medicine in the Appalachians. Unlike Maurice KaufmannTs The Misadventures of
an Appalachian Doctor: Mountain Medicine in the 1930s (1982) and Appalachian Folk
Medicine: Native Plants and Healing Traditions (1997) by Daniel Lopes et al., Barney
focuses on the development of modern medical practices in central Appalachia.
Authorized to Heal is a scholarly work that will be of great value to researchers. Barney's
meticulous survey of primary and secondary materials is well documented in her endnotes, and
her index references even minor names and events. She also includes several tables and photos
to supplement her text.
Barney follows a chronological and thematic format while tracing the evolution of medi-
cine in central Appalachia during the Progressive era. In five chapters and a conclusion she
provides extensive information. Barney begins by discussing the ostate of medicine before
Sandra Lee Barney.
Authorized to Heal:
Gender, Class, and the
Transformation of Medicine in
Appalachia, 1890 " 1930.
Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2000.
222 pp. $17.95. ISBN 0-8078-4834-4.
THE LEADER
North Carolina Libraries
industrialization� and how the coal mining industry led to
an increase in the number of physicians in the region. In an
attempt to establish their professional identity, physicians
demanded more stringent medical education requirements
to become a doctor, encouraged the creation of medical
associations, and enacted licensing requirements in an
attempt to prevent lay healers from practicing their craft. To
help encourage mountain residents to visit physicians rather
than folk healers, doctors relied heavily on the growing
number of womenTs clubs. Women volunteers played vital
roles in the dissemination of information concerning
preventive programs. Ironically, physicians in the region
came to resent such public health initiatives because they
felt it hurt their chances to achieve economic success. This is
a fascinating point considering the heated debate over
similar health care issues that have taken place in America over the past few years.
Sandra Lee Barney is an associate professor of history at Lock Haven University in Pennsyl-
vania. Academic libraries and public libraries, especially in the western part of the state, will
want to add this excellent book to their collections.
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Spring/Summer 2000 "
illiam WordsworthTs observation that othe child is father of the man� certainly
fits the life and work of Thomas Wolfe. It was WolfeTs childhood family
experiences, the people of his native Asheville, and the events of his early
youth that provided the characters and storylines of his plays and novels.
WolfeTs early life was influenced by his motherTs real estate interests,
especially the oOld Kentucky Home� property that she ran as a boarding
house, and by his fatherTs love of dramatic recitations. Given this background, it was natural
for Wolfe to begin his writing career as a dramatist. As an undergraduate at Chapel Hill, he
joined the famous Carolina Playmakers and wrote a number of one-act plays, which met with
some success. After graduation, he enrolled in Harvard as a masterTs degree
drama student. When his plays received criticism, Wolfe turned to a job
Ted Mitchell. teaching college English in New York City and began writing what was to
| f, 2 become Look Homeward Angel.
Th omas Wo e: WolfeTs work came to the attention of Maxwell Perkins at ScribnerTs who,
A Wri ter 's Li f, e after cutting 95,000 words of text, brought Look Homeward Angel to publication
: in 1929. While his first novel made Wolfe a national and international literary
sensation and gave him the financial freedom to continue his writing, it also
made him persona non grata in Asheville. Propelled into the literary limelight,
Wolfe began a series of travel adventures overseas and in the United States and
continued to work on his manuscripts. Sadly, Wolfe finished only one other
major work, Of Time and the River, before his untimely death in 1938. His other
Section (N), Division of Archives and best known works, The Web and the Rock and You CanTt Go Home Again, were
History, 4622 Mail Service Center, published after his death from edited manuscripts.
Raleigh, NC 27699-4622. Ted Mitchell, a historic site interpreter at the Thomas Wolfe Memorial
State Historic site in Asheville, has written a very concise and informative
overview covering all the important aspects of WolfeTs life and work. Of
special interest are the many black-and-white photographs of Wolfe and his
family, a genealogy of the Wolfe family, and a complete listing of all of WolfeTs publications.
This volume very highly recommended for all high school, academic, and public libraries
with an interest in North Carolina literature. With the centennial celebration of Thomas
WolfeTs birth taking place on October 3, 2000, this neat, compact volume fits the need for a
quick, factual guide to WolfeTs life and writings.
Raleigh: North Carolina Department of
Cultural Resources, Division of Archives
and History, 1999. Paper, 120 pp. $10.00
plus $3.00 shipping. ISBN 0-86526-286-1.
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OTHER PUBLICATIONS OF INTEREST ...
The North Carolina Collection at J.Y. Joyner Library, East
Carolina University, realizing that it owns a very rare, virtu-
ally unknown resource, has published a facsimile edition of
Days of Bondage: Autobiography of Friday Jones. Being a Brief
Narrative of His Trials and Tribulations in Slavery, originally
published in 1883. Edited by Maurice C. York, the pamphlet
was printed with funds provided by the North Carolina Hu-
manities Council and includes a foreword, a biographical
sketch by York and Kimberly Eslinger, and an introduction
by William L. Andrews. Friday Jones was born a slave in
Wake County in 1810 and never received any education.
Separated from his parents and hired out to work by the
time he was 10 years old, his adult life was a constant
struggle to keep his family together. Rather than attempt to
escape to freedom, he exercised his devout faith and a great
deal of initiative and determination in resisting his ownersT
attempts to sell him and his wife and their nine surviving
children away from each other. His tactics involved hiring
himself and family members out to employers he selected,
selecting buyers who would not separate them from each
other, and on occasion refusing to work and resisting pun-
ishment. After the Civil War he was active in politics, civic
activities, and religious life in Raleigh, and was so well re-
spected that the News and Observer printed his obituary
when he died in 1887. (1999; North Carolina Collection,
J.Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
27858; xxvi, 18 pp.; free to libraries sending a self-ad-
dressed, 61/2� x 91/2� envelope with 99 cents in postage
affixed to the above address, attention Mr. Fred Harrison;
no ISBN.)
The Church of England in North Carolina: Documents,
1699-1741, edited by Robert J. Cain, is the first of three vol-
umes devoted to the Church of England in colonial North
Carolina and is the tenth volume in the award winning
North Carolina Colonial Records project, which began in
1963. Volume X includes edited letters, reports, petitions,
journal entries, statutes, and similar items, as well as min-
utes of the vestry of the parish of St. Paul, Edenton. Dr.
CainTs excellent introduction surveys the establishment of
the Church of England in North Carolina and its history in
the colony during the first four decades of the eighteenth
century. A chronological listing of all the letters and papers
and an exhaustive index to proper names and subjects fur-
ther enhance the usefulness of this volume, which provides
insight into many aspects of colonial life in North Carolina.
(1999; Historical Publications Section, Division of Archives
and History, 4622 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-
4622; lxix, 615 pp.; $75.00, plus $4.00 shipping; ISBN 0-
86526-283-7.)
More than Petticoats: Remarkable North Carolina Women, is a
collection of 14 sketches by Scotti Kent, a midwesterner
who has adopted western North Carolina as her home. Her
subjects include Revolutionary War heroines Polly Slocumb
and Susan Twitty, lawyer Lillian Exum Clement Stafford,
Cherokee healer Maggie Axe Wachacha, a Confederate spy,
physicians, educators, and social activists. All were born be-
fore 1900. The detailed index and bibliography will make
this book particularly useful for public and school libraries.
(2000; Falcon Publishing, Inc., P.O. Box 1718, Helena, MT
59624; 198 pp.; paper, $12.95; ISBN 1-56044-900-4.)
North Carolina Libraries
Pirates, Privateers, and Rebel Raiders of the Carolina Coast will
be a welcome addition to public, high school, and academic
libraries alike, being a substantial, illustrated treatment of a
glamorous topic. Author Lindley S. Butler is professor
emeritus of history at Rockingham Community College, a
volunteer diver with the North Carolina Underwater Ar-
chaeology Unit, and a historical consultant on the Queen
AnneTs Revenge Shipwreck Project. Includes a glossary, ex-
tensive notes, and bibliography. (2000; University of North
Carolina Press, P.O. Box 2288, Chapel Hill, NC 27515-2288;
xvi, 264 pp.; cloth, $29.95; ISBN 0-8078-2553-0; paper,
$15.95; ISBN 0-8078-4863-8.)
Albemarle attorney and Civil War historian Michael W. Tay-
lor has written a useful pamphlet on that perennial ques-
tion, Tar Heels: How North Carolinians Got Their Nickname. It
includes interesting illustrations and a list of sources. (1999;
Historical Publications Section, Division of Archives and
History, 4622 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-4622;
24 pp.; paper, $6.00 plus $3.50 shipping; ISBN 0-86526-288-
8.)
In the category of famous Tar Heels, we have The 12 Leader-
ship Principles of Dean Smith, by David Chadwick, a UNC
forward who graduated in 1971, played in the European
professional leagues, and then earned advanced degrees in
education, counseling, divinity, and ministry. Pastor of For-
est Hills Church in Charlotte since 1980, Chadwick inter-
viewed other coaches and alumni of SmithTs teams and ex-
tends the philosophy they learned from the coach to the
business world, family life, and personal development.
(1999; Total/ SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, 105 Abeel Street,
Kingston, NY, 12401; 206 pp.; $37.00; ISBN 1-892129-08-6.)
Partial to Home: A Memoir of the Heart, is the remarkable suc-
cess story of another Tar Heel who needs no introduction,
Bob Timberlake, written with Jerry Bledsoe. (2000; Down
Home Press, PO Box 4126, Asheboro, NC 27204; 304 pp.;
$26.95; ISBN 1-878086-81-2.)
Miles Tager, a staff writer and editor for the Mountain Times
newspaper in Boone, has drawn 15S years of research to
write Grandfather Mountain: A Profile, covering geological
origins, flora and fauna, exploration, exploitation, and pres-
ervation. Includes section of photographs, many in color;
bibliography; and index. (1999; Parkway Publishers, Inc.,
Box 3678, Boone, NC 28607; 109 pp.; $14.95; ISBN 1-
887905-17-0.)
DurhamTs Hayti is a fascinating collection of photographs
from DurhamTs African American community, home to a
thriving middle-class population in the early part of the
century. Authors Andre D. Vann and Beverly Washington
Jones have organized their material in chapters on Early
Pioneers and Leaders; Women of Hayti: Professionals and
Entrepreneurs; Church: Religous Uplift; Education and Poli-
tics; How Hayti Lived and Played; Black Business and the
Profession; Civil Rights; The North Carolina Mutual Life -
Insurance Company; North Carolina College; The Stanford
L. Warren Library; and HaytiTs Homes and Buildings. The
photographs of Hayti (pronounced ohay-tie�) and the au-
thorsT detailed captions tell a story which will be a revela-
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tion to many. (1999; Arcadia Publishing, an imprint of
Tempus Publishing, Inc., Cumberland Street, Charleston,
SC 29401; 128 pp.; paper, $18.99; ISBN 0-7524-0967-0.)
Marty McGee documents Traditional Musicians of the Central
Blue Ridge: Old Time, Early Country, Folk and Bluegrass Label
Recording Artists, with Discographies, from Jimmy Arnold to
Art Wooten. The third entry in McFarlandTs Contributions
to Southern Appalachian Studies series, the book includes
67 black-and-white photographs, bibliography, and index.
(2000; McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, Box 611,
Jefferson, NC 28640; 235 pp.; paper, $25.00 plus $4.00
postage; ISBN 0-7864-0876-6.)
Gary Carden introduces his collection of North Carolina
mountain boyhood stories: oI told my first stories to 150
white leghorns in a dark chicken-house when I was six
years old. My audience wasnTt attentive and tended to get
hysterical in the dramatic parts.� His title is Mason Jars in
the Flood and Other Stories. (2000; Parkway Publishers, Inc.,
P.O. Box 3678, Boone, NC 28607; 210 pp.; cloth, $20.00;
ISBN 1-887905-22-7.)
The Witch DoctorTs Dance is J. Benjamin Wofford, M.D.Ts ac-
count of medical practice in the South during his lifetime.
A family practitioner and emergency room specialist, Dr.
Wofford has worked in a rural clinic in Catawba, North
Carolina, for the past several years. He writes about ohow
the introduction of Medicare and Medicaid changed the
complexion of medicine just as surely as the discovery of
DNA or the miracle of organ transplants.� (1999; Bright
Mountain Books, Inc., 138 Springside Road, Asheville, NC
28803; 214 pp.; cloth, $25.00 plus $5.00 shipping; ISBN 0-
914875-32-9.)
MeeMaTs Memory Quilt: Treasured Stories of Watauga County
History is a project of the Boone Service League, designed to
commemorate Watauga CountyTs 150th birthday and to
raise money for the Seby B. Jones Cancer Center at Watauga
Medical Center. Artwork was contributed by local school-
children, and Jane Wilson and Michaele Haas wrote the
story, in which MeeMa tells the story of the countyTs his-
tory as it unfolds through the pictures. (1999; Parkway Pub-
lishers, Inc., Box 3678, Boone, NC 28607; 27 pp.; cloth,
$16.95 plus $4.00 postage; ISBN 1-887905-18-9.)
Word and Witness: 100 Years of North Carolina Poetry is a
project of the North Carolina Poetry Society, and includes
252 poems by 137 poets spanning the last century. Readers
will be rewarded by meeting many old friends and making
many new ones. The volume is edited by Sally Buckner, and
includes an afterword by state poet laureate Fred Chappell.
(1999; Carolina Academic Press, 700 Kent Street, Durham,
NC 27701; 305 pp.; paper, $17.50; ISBN 0-89089-687-9.)
When last we met Peaches Dann, Elizabeth Daniel SquireTs
absentminded sleuth and alter-ego, she had just barely sur-
vived a cruise with the contentious family of a lifelong
friend and had promised her faithful Ted that she would
take a job at a local mountain newspaper and Forget About
Murder. We didnTt believe that would work, of course, since
newspaper people are forever digging around in messy situ-
ations, and we were right. One minute sheTs looking into a
poisoned water supply claim, the next minute ugly rumors
are flying about all concerned parties, and the minute after
that Peaches is doing what she does best"sorting out a
murder. (2000; The Berkley Publishing Group, Penguin
Putnam Inc., 375 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10014; 279
pp.; paper, $5.99; ISBN 0-425-17343-7.)
Donna Campbell has written a childrenTs historical novel
about the Roanoke colony, told through the eyes of a young
Indian girl, titled Pale As the Moon. With the help of a wild
Outer Banks pony, Gray Squirrel prevents war from breaking
out between the settlers and her people, and helps the colo-
nists to survive in the new world. With illustrations by Debi
Davis, and historical notes and resources and a bibliography
for youngsters who want to explore further. (1999; Coastal
Carolina Press, 4709 College Acres Drive, Suite 1, Wilmington,
NC 28403; 104 pp.; paper, $10.95; ISBN 1-928556-02-7.)
A TravelerTs Testament to the Best Places to Pray in North Caro-
lina is a brief, folksy guide to ospiritual sites and sacred
spots� from the coast across the sandhillls and foothills to
the mountains. Author Henry King has searched out oroad-
side prayer places of an unusual nature� for those inclined
to make pilgrimages"a notable example is oThe Little
Church With the Devil-In-the-Corner.� The story is that a
well-to-do parishioner paid to have windows set into each
of the churchTs corners because he said they were so dark
the devil could probably hide in them. (N.d.; Five Hawks
Press, PO Box 1203, Liberty, NC 27298; 97 pp.; $7.95; ISBN
0-9648321-2-7.)
Public Owned Campgrounds in North Carolina is a guidebook
written and published by Frank Meacham with the goal of
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consolidating odetailed information on campgrounds that
are owned and operated by federal, state, and city govern-
ments in North Carolina.� It is divided into sections cover-
ing the Coastal Plain, Piedmont, and Mountain regions,
and has a wealth of information on accommodations, side
trips, and additional sources of information. Trail maps are
reproduced in the back of the book, but are not all clear
enough to be usable. Indexed. (1997; Frank P. Meacham,
5109 Forest Oaks Drive, Greensboro, NC 27406; 218 pp.;
$18.95; ISBN 0-9673362-0-1.)
Raleigh native Richard Hampton Jenrette, Chairman of the
Board of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, Inc., from 1974 to
1996, has written a lavishly illustrated (176 color photo-
graphs spread over 224 pages) memoir of his Adventures
With Old Houses. He has restored six historic houses and
had a hand in restoring many others through his work with
the National Trust for Historic Preservation and other orga-
nizations. For his love of preserving historical architecture
he has received the Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, the
National TrustTs Crowninshield Award, and the World
Monuments FundTs Hadrian Award. This volume includes a
chapter on Ayr Mount, a Federal-period house in
Hillsborough, North Carolina, which Jenrette restored and
subsequently gave to the Classical American Homes Preser-
vation Trust, and which is kept open to the public by Pres-
ervation North Carolina. His other houses are in South
Carolina, New York, and St. Croix. With a foreword by HRH
the Prince of Wales, who visited JenretteTs house in Charles-
ton a few weeks after Hurricane Hugo, and index. (2000;
Wyrick & Company, P.O. Box 89, Charleston, SC 29402;
224 pp.; $60.00; ISBN 0-941711-46-3.)
New from the Institute of Government are An Introduction
to the County Jail, by Stevens H. Clarke (1999; 53 pp.; paper,
$15.00; ISBN 1-56011-363-4); A Guide for North Carolina
State Boards, Commissions, and Councils, by Milton S. Heath,
Jr. (1999; 104 pp.; paper, $14.00; ISBN 1-56011-342-1); and,
in a handy looseleaf format, A Practical Guide to the Liability
of North Carolina Cities and Counties by Anita R. Brown-Gra-
ham (1999; pages numbered in sections; $45.00; ISBN 1-
56011-347-2). Updated editions of previous publications
include The Precinct Manual 2000, by Robert P. Joyce (13th
edition, 2000; paper, 48 pp.; $8.00; ISBN 1-56011-369-3);
North Carolina City and County Privilege License Taxes, by
William A. Campbell (Sth edition, 2000; 54 pp.; paper,
$14.50; ISBN 1-56011-365-0); and Motor Vehicle Law and the
Law of Impaired Driving in North Carolina, by Ben F. Loeb, Jr.
and James C. Drennan, originally published in 1947 as Traf-
fic and Motor Vehicle Laws of North Carolina (2000; 304 pp.;
$16.50; ISBN 1-56011-360-X). These guides are indispens-
able for public libraries, law libraries, and government agen-
cies, and may be ordered from: Publications Office, Institute
of Government, CB# 3330 Knapp Bldg, UNC-CH, Chapel
Hill, NC 27599-3330.
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The Olivia Raney Local History Library
The Olivia Raney Library http://www.co.wake.nc.us/
library/locations/orl/default.htm, was the first library
to open in Wake County, in 1901. Located in down-
town Raleigh, it was the gift of R. Beverly Raney as a
memorial to his wife, Olivia Cowper Raney. It was
relocated to its present site, in the Wake County
Office Park, in 1996, and renamed the Olivia Raney
Local History Library. The mission of the library is oto
collect and preserve materials that tell the story of
Wake County, North Carolina and surrounding areas.
We specialize in local history and genealogy, also
providing materials on N.C. history, U.S. history, |
African American history, the Revolutionary War and the Civil War.� Lane
The library affords adequate study areas and a pleasant Bit met | it
setting for conducting genealogical and historical research. ail Ee "
The Wake County Genealogical Society meets at the library } INDEXES 1] ~
monthly; in addition, library staff offer programs for 11 Waa hal
schoolchildren and community groups. 4\ 9 | f
Among the library's printed resources are old telephone books, yearbooks from
Wake County schools, and Raleigh city directories. Sources on microfilm include
census records from 1790; numerous Wake County documents, including
marriage records, death certificates, tax lists, and court and estate records; and
early Wake County newspapers. North Carolina Colonial and State Papers are
available on microfiche. Vital records from many states, as well as from Ireland
and Canada, and other documents of interest to genealogists are available on
CD-ROM. Computers with Internet access have bookmarks to selected genealogi-
cal sites and university library catalogs.
If you have suggestions for
photographs of library buildings
or activities that could be shared
with others through this column,
please contact Joline Ezzell at
(919) 660-5925 or
joline.ezzell@duke.edu
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NortrH CAROLINA LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
MINUTES OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD
April 14, 2000
Meredith College, Raleigh
Attending: Al Jones, Ross Holt, Sue Cody, Phil Barton, Patrick Valentine, John Via, Frances Bradburn, Beverley Gass, Bobby Wynn,
Carol Freeman, Mary Horton, Martha Davis, Melinda Ratchford, Claudette Wiese, Theron Bell, John Zika, Phillip Banks, Joline
Ezzell, Marian Lindsay, Frances Lampley, Robert Canida II, Kevin Cherry, Susan Smith, Margaret Foote, Carrie Nichols, Bao-Chu
Chang, Elizabeth Laney, Peggy Hoon, Jerry Thrasher, George Taylor, Pauletta Bracy, Peggy Quinn, Dave Fergusson, Gerald Holmes
The meeting was called to order at 10:00
a.m. by President Jones.
Corrections to Minutes: The minutes of
the July 30, 1999 meeting were approved as
published in North Carolina Libraries, Vol-
ume 57, No. 3 (Fall 1999.) Reports from the
1999 Biennial Conference are published in
the Winter 1999 issue (Volume 57, No. 4) of
North Carolina Libraries. The January 28,
2000 meeting did not take place, due to
snow and adverse travel conditions. How-
ever, the President's Report is online at
http://www.mindspring.com/~ncla/
april2000/nclapres1.htm.
PresidentTs Report
All section and roundtable chairs have been
appointed. Vice-chairs are welcome to attend
all Executive Board meetings. The Special
Projects Committee has not been appointed,
but its responsibilities will be handled by the
Finance Committee. The NCLA Commission
on School Librarians has been appointed.
Commission members are Wilma Bates,
Frances Bradburn, Cindy Cox, Karen
Gavigan (ex officio, NCASL Chair), Gwen
Jackson, Al Jones (ex officio, NCLA Presi-
dent), Diane Kessler, Diane Kester, Marilyn
Miller, Karen Perry, Nona Pryor, and
Claudette Wiese. Their first meeting was
held in High Point, on November 22, 1999,
with facilitator Lou Wetherbee, of Dallas,
Texas. The second meeting of the commis-
sion was held on March 23, 2000, at the
State Library. The third meeting will be held
June 3, 2000, at the Greensboro Public Li-
brary. In October 1999, a debriefing was held
by the outgoing Conference Committee, and
the information compiled was passed to Ross
Holt, the Conference CommitteeTs new
chair. President Jones gave a telephone inter-
view to Scott Travis, staff writer of the
North Carolina Libraries
Fayetteville Online Local News, about the
SIRS Intellectual Freedom Award presenta-
tion to Jerry Thrasher. Approximately $2,000
was presented by the association to Gover-
nor Hunt in October 1999 for aid to libraries
damaged by Hurricane Floyd and its floods.
Thanks are due Betty Ray McCain, Secretary
of Cultural Resources, and Sandy Cooper,
State Librarian, for help in arranging the
presentation.
TreasurerTs Report
Treasurer Diane Kester was unable to attend
the meeting. The report is available at
http://www.mindspring.com/~ncla/
april2000/FinancialReport.html.
Section/Round Table Reports
A growing number of Section and Round
Table Reports are available on the Web.
Highlights are given here.
ChildrenTs Services Section
Section Chair Ann Burlingame was unable
to attend. The sectionTs report is available at
http://www.mindspring.com/~ncla/
april2000/CSS.htm. The section is rede-
signing its quarterly newsletter, the Chap-
book and plans to publish the next issue in
the summer. The sectionTs next program is
scheduled for October 30-31, 2000, and will
focus on incorporating the arts into
storytelling.
College and University Section
Section Chair Bobby Wynn reported that
plans are being made to co-sponsor a pro-
gram in the fall with the Resources and
Technical Services Section on license agree-
ments. CUS is also planning a spring 2001
program on distance education. The full
report is at http://www.mindspring.com/
~ncla/april2000/cus.htm.
Community and Junior College
Section
Chair Carol Freeman reported that the sec-
tion board has discussed making a proposal
that the section be incorporated as an inter-
est group of the College and University Sec-
tion, but is not ready at this time to make
such a recommendation. The full report is
at http://www.mindspring.com/~ncla/
april2000/CJCS.htmI.
Documents Section
Chair Mary Horton announced the upcom-
ing workshop oCensus 2000: Everything
you Wanted to Know .. . but Were Afraid to
Ask,� to be held on Friday, May 19, 2000, at
the McKimmon Center in Raleigh. The full
report is at http://www.mindspring.com/
~ncla/april2000/docs.htm.
Library and Management Section
At its February 25th meeting, the executive
board, chaired by Martha Davis,
brainstormed goals, created standing com-
mittees, discussed ideas for a fall workshop
and began planning a pre-conference work-
shop and a website. The full report is at
http://www.mindspring.com/~ncla/
april2000/LAMS.htm.
NC Association of School Librarians
Vice-chair Melinda Ratchford announced
the sectionTs conference will be held on
September 13-15, 2000 in Winston-Salem.
The conference theme is oThe ITs Have It,�
and will feature an all-conference poetry
event and a storytelling breakfast. Admis-
sion to exhibits for librarians not registered
for the conference has not been deter-
mined, but will be considered. Public and
school libraries are currently collaborating
on the oVery Best Place to Start� campaign
geared toward promoting library use by
Spring/Summer 2000 " 79
OG OQGl QO OO OQ EO""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
school-aged children. The campaign in-
cludes drawings for substantial prizes.
NC Public Library Trustee Association
With the resignation of chair Robert
Otterburg, the TrusteeTs Section was fortu-
nate that Theron Bell agreed to step into
the position. Her first order of business will
be to encourage North Carolina library
trustees to participate in Legislative Day for
libraries in Raleigh on May 23, 2000.
Public Library Section
John Zika reported on the sectionTs involve-
ment at the Public Library AssociationTs
national conference held March 28-April 1,
2000 in Charlotte, attended by 7,000 librar-
ians. The section staffed the NCLA booth,
which was located next to the local arrange-
ments booth, giving the association good
exposure.
Reference & Adult Services Section
The RASS board has met twice to develop a
program on distance education and special
reference services, scheduled for Fall 2000.
Distance education is a prominent theme of
interest this year, so the program will be
designed to complement, not duplicate
other programs.
Resources & Technical Services
RTSS sponsored the Serials Cataloging Co-
operative Training Program on Basic Serials
Cataloging on March 17-18, 2000, at the
Friday Center in Chapel Hill. A fall 2000
workshop is being planned, which will fo-
cus on licensing issues. The program will be
co-sponsored by the College and University
Section. The full report is available at:
http://www.mindspring.com/~ncla/
april2000/rtss2nd.htm.
New Members Round Table
Marian Lindsey reported that the round
table has not met yet, but has already deter-
mined that a special effort will be made this
biennium to recruit more members from
college libraries and media centers.
NC Library Paraprofessional Round
Table
The Round Table is still in need of a Chair-
Elect and two Regional Directors. Volun-
teers interested in these slots are urged to
contact Frances Lampley, Project Enlighten-
ment, 501 S. Boylan Avenue, Raleigh, NC
27603. Her phone number is 919-664-7780.
Round Table for Ethnic Minority
Concerns
The executive committee, chaired by Robert
Canida, met to review the round tableTs
goals and to discuss program ideas. A spe-
cial note has been sent to North Carolina
library school deans and members of the
round table to solicit ideas. The possibilities
for joint sponsorship of a program were also
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discussed. The full report is at http://
www.mindspring.com/~ncla/april2000/
REMCO.html.
Round Table on Special Collections
The round table will sponsor two day-long
workshops on digitization of historic
records. To facilitate attendance, one will be
held in the eastern portion of the state and
another will be presented in the west. Joint
sponsorship with the Society of North Caro-
lina Archivists or the North Carolina Preser-
vation Consortium is being pursued. The
full report is at http://www.mindspring.
com/~ncla/april2000/sp.html.
Round Table on the Status of Women
in Librarianship
The round table will offer a workshop on
August 11th in Forsyth County. Dr. Dudley
Shearburn, professor emerita from the De-
partment of Education and WomenTs Stud-
ies at Salem College will speak on oCareer
Crossroads or LifeTs a Trip.� The round table
is also planning to establish a listserv for its
members. The full report is available at
http://www.mindspring.com/~ncla/
april2000/rtswl400.html.
Technology & Trends Round Table
A program called oE-Toys or Geek Toys?:
Tools for 2000� will be held Friday, May 12,
2000, at the main branch of Greensboro
Public Library. The program is co-sponsored
with MUGLNC (Microcomputer Users
Group for Libraries in North Carolina.) New
technology tools, including Palm Pilots, E-
Books, wireless networking, and digital
cameras will be presented. The full report is
available at http://www.mindspring.com/
~ncla/april2000/tnt.html.
Committee Reports
Archives Committee
The State Library of North Carolina will
continue to provide space for the NCLA
Archives. Committee Chair Carrie Nichols
encouraged everyone to review the record
retention and disposition policy in the
NCLA Handbook (available at http://
www.mindspring.com/~ncla/handbook/
retention.htm). Materials should be sent
to the following address:
Carrie Nichols
Meredith College
Carlyle Campbell Library
3800 Hillsborough Street
Raleigh, NC 27607
With advance notification, materials can
be delivered to Carrie at future executive
board meetings. Please send e-mail to
nicholsc@meredith.edu prior to bringing
materials.
Commission on Charter/Home
Schools
This commission was established last fall,
including membership from both public
and school librarians. The commission has
drafted a resolution for the associationTs
approval recommending that the General
Assembly require charter schools to provide
in-school library services and instruction or
otherwise provide for library services and
instruction. The current law on charter
schools makes no requirement for library
resources or services, nor are charter schools
required to be accredited. Chair Patrick Val-
entine recommended postponing action on
the resolution until July to give the mem-
bers time to study the issue.
Commission on School Librarians
As mentioned in the PresidentTs Report
above, the commission has met to discuss
financial and autonomy issues raised by the
NCASL Section. A report will be presented
at the July meeting of the Executive Board.
Conference Committee
The committeeTs report is available athttp:
//www.mindspring.com/~ncla/april2000/
conference.htm. Planning has begun for
the 54th Biennial Conference, to be held
October 3-5, 2001, at the Benton Conven-
tion Center in Winston-Salem. A budget
was presented and a discussion of the finan-
cial health of the organization followed.
Due to NCLATs service in administering LSTA
grants such as the oVery Best Place to Start�
campaign and other circumstances, the as-
sociation is in a position to suspend collec-
tion of a per capita charge for workshops.
(See oNew Business.�) Dave Ferguson sug-
gested that the collection of the per capita
charge be suspended, not abolished. A dis-
cussion of who is expected to pay for cer-
tain conference expenses, such as room and
equipment rental was held. (See oNew Busi-
ness.�) The section, round table, or commit-
tee sponsoring a program should be ac-
countable for asking only for what is truly
needed, but the conference committee will
have the expertise and contacts to increase
efficiency in planning. Following further
discussion of the conference planning sched-
ule and the efforts being made to obtain
sponsors for the event, Conference Commit-
tee Chair Ross Holt moved that the budget
be approved. Patrick Valentine seconded the
motion, and it was approved unanimously.
Also discussed was the Adams Mark Hotel
chainTs recent settlement of a lawsuit claim-
ing racial discrimination. The Winston-Sa-
lem hotel is the conference site for 2001.
Ross contacted the Human Relations Coun-
cil of Winston-Salem, which reported it has
had no investigations against the Winston-
Salem hotel. NCLA has no written policy on
dealing with human rights issues such as
these. The contract with Adams Mark was
made in 1996, and cancellation costs begin
at $7,000 and scale up as conference time
approaches. A proposal concerning this
issue was made in oNew Business.�
North Carolina Libraries
Constitution, Codes and Handbook
Committee
The Handbook is available on the web at
http://www.mindspring.com/~ncla/hand-
book/titlepg.htm. This is the official ver-
sion. Since some board members do not
have ready access to the Internet, paper
copies of the handbook will be distributed
at the next board meeting.
Development Committee
The committee welcomes suggestions for
new sources of funding for the endowment,
for ways of recognizing and honoring do-
nors, and for the appropriate use of the
fund. The NCLA Endowment began with
$10,000 from the organization and another
$2,000 has been added. An anonymous do-
nor gave $5,000 in memory of Ariel Stevens
and Hoyt Galvin.
Finance Committee
No report.
Governmental Relations Committee
Chair Peggy Hoon reported that a school
librarian representative is sought for the
committee. Eight NCLA members are plan-
ning to attend National Library Legislative
Day on May 1-2 in Washington. Since May
2 is the date of the primary election in
North Carolina, this will limit the number
of representatives who will be in Washing-
ton. The committee will meet on May 19 in
Chapel Hill. The full report is available at
http://www.mindspring.com/~ncla/
april2000/GovRel.htm.
Intellectual Freedom Committee
The committee has received reports of
challenges to the following books: Crazy
Lady, by Jane Conley (1993), a Newberry
Award book and Battle of the Books selec-
tion, was challenged in a middle school
library. Everything You Need to Know about
AIDS, by Barbara Taylor, part of the Accel-
erated Reader Program, was challenged in a
middle school library as too sexually ex-
plicit. My Secret Garden, by Nancy Friday,
was challenged at the Cumberland County
Public Library & Information Center
(Fayetteville.) The committee is drafting a
form that can be used to report challenges.
The form will be made available on the
web. Chair Jerry Thrasher responded to a
question about the committeeTs interest in
learning about Internet challenges by not-
ing that a place will be available on the
form to report these incidents. Beverley
Gass also noted that NCLA has a statement
on filtering, available at http://
www.nclaonline.org.filters.html.
Leadership Institute
The committee is applying for grants to
help fund the Leadership Institute. This
may require changing the date of the insti-
North Carolina Libraries
tute to take advantage of grant award
schedules. The committee will meet with
Dale Gaddis in Durham at the end of the
month to make further plans.
Literacy Committee
No report.
Membership Committee
The association currently has 1,312 per-
sonal members, 81 journal subscribers, 55
honorary members and 48 institutional
members. This is about 250 more than the
same time last year. Peggy Quinn, Chair,
represented NCLA at the UNC-Chapel Hill
Library & Information Science Career Fair
on February 16, 2000. The Mentoring Pro-
gram was of special interest. The Member-
ship Committee requests each section and
round table to send the name and contact
information for a liaison to the committee.
A discussion of rolling membership expira-
tion dates was held. With the new office
and software available, this is possible, but
will require an amendment to the constitu-
tion and a vote by the membership.
Nominating Committee
No report.
Publications and Marketing Committee
No report.
Scholarship Committee
Scholarship announcements have been dis-
tributed. The deadline for application is
May 15, 2000. So far, only one application
has been received, compared to twelve last
year. The committeeTs full report, available
at http://www.mindspring.com/~ncla/
april2000/SCHLCOM.htm lists the distri-
bution of announcements. Suggestions are
welcome for additional contacts.
Special Projects
This committee was not appointed. Its re-
sponsibilities will be handled by the Fi-
nance Committee.
North Carolina Libraries
The printing company is still feeling impact
of flooding at Rocky Mount, and was forced
to sub-contract some work, causing publish-
ing delays. The next issue should be back at
that plant. There was no spring issue, which
was to have contained the papers of a con-
ference on digitizing resources. Copyright
issues became a problem. NCLATs ownership
of copyright is not negotiable. The summer
issue will have a theme of preserving local
history.
ALA Councilor
No report.
SELA Councilor
The biennial conference of the Southeast-
ern Library Association is Oct 11-13 in
Jekyll Island, GA. It will be a joint confer-
ence with the Georgia Library Association.
A proposal has been put forward to estab-
lish an African American Issues Round
Table. Approval requires the signatures of
100 dues-paying members. A Hispanic Is-
sues Round Table may also be proposed.
NC State Library Commission
No report.
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Old Business
Members are encouraged to read the pro-
posed resolution on charter schools. A vote
on its adoption will be taken at the next
meeting.
New Business
President Jones presented two recommenda-
tions of the Commission on School Librar-
ians: (1) to eliminate the per capita charge
for NCLA workshops and conferences; and
(2) to have the Conference Committee Bud-
get bear the cost of rental of space and
equipment and provision of security at the
Biennial Conference. These two items will be
presented as motions during oOld Business�
at the July NCLA Board meeting. Bobby
Wynn asked if NCLA could employ an in-
tern to work with sections and round tables
on websites. The proposal was forwarded to
the Publication and Marketing Committee,
which has already begun a discussion of the
idea. George Taylor made a motion to move
the Leadership Institute to spring 2001. Jerry
Thrasher seconded the motion and it was
approved unanimously. Kevin Cherry made
a motion that President Jones appoint a
committee to draft a policy concerning non-
discrimination issues as they relate to the
business of NCLA (e.g., site selection, vendor
relations, procurement and other relations.)
The motion was seconded by Melinda
Ratchford and approved unanimously. After
a call for volunteers to serve on the commit-
tee, it was appointed with the following
members: Phillip Banks, Pauletta Bracy, Rob-
ert Canida, Ross Holt, and Melinda
Ratchford. The committee will make a report
at the next board meeting. Ross Holt
brought to the boardTs attention that the
brochure for the LSTA-funded program oThe
Very Best Place to Start� brochure and Web
site includes a statement that it is a program
of the NCLA. However, NCLATs only role was
to administer the funding and keep the ac-
counts for the program. This opens the orga-
nization to liability risks. President Jones will
contact State Librarian Sandy Cooper to find
out how this happened. Ross Holt made a
motion that the constitution committee
draft a policy statement that NCLA has
power of final approval for programs and
materials bearing its name. It was seconded
by John Zika and approved unanimously.
News from State Library and State
Library Commission
Jerry Thrasher reported that the State Li-
brary is making big budget cuts, due to re-
version needed to fund Hurricane Floyd aid.
The commission meeting was cancelled
because no travel money is available.
The meeting adjourned at 2:15 p.m.
" Respectfully submitted,
Sue Cody
Secretary
42 " Spring/Summer 2000
ABOUT THE AUTHORS ...
Marsha Alibrandi
Education: B.A., Boston University; M.Ed., Ed.D., University of Massachusetts
Position: Assistant Professor, North Carolina State University
Candy Lee Metz Beal
Education: B.A., William and Mary; M.Ed., Duke University; Ed.D., NCSU
Position: Assistant Professor, North Carolina State University
Thomas Kevin B. Cherry
Education: B.A., M.A., M.S.L.S., UNC-CH
Position: Local History Librarian, Rowan Public Library
Bryna Coonin
Education: B.A., University of Maryland; M.S.L.S., UNC-CH; M.B.A., Meredith
College -
Position: Coastal Resources Management Librarian, East Carolina University
Joan Ferguson
Education: A.B., Mount Holyoke College; M.S., Simmons College
Position: Cataloger, North Carolina Collection, UNC-CH
Rita Hagevik
Education: B.S., Meredith College; M.S., NCSU
Position: Science Teacher, Ligon GT Middle School, Raleigh
Plummer Alston Jones Jr.
Education: B.Mus., East Carolina University; M.S., Drexel University; Ph.D., UNC-CH
Position: Director of Library Services and Professor of Library Science,
Catawba College
Eileen McGrath
Education: B.A., Saint Lawrence University; M.A., Vanderbilt University;
M.L.S., George Peabody College
Position: Collection Management Librarian, North Carolina Collection, UNC-CH
Molly G. Rawls
Education: B.A., M.S.L.S., UNC-CH
Position: Photograph Collection Librarian, Forsyth County Public Library
Pat Ryckman
Education: B.A., M.S.L.S., UNC-CH
Position: Reference Archivist, Special Collections, Atkins Library, UNC-Charlotte
(formerly Media Specialist, West Charlotte High School)
Kimberly Poe Shelton
Education: B.A., Meredith College; M.S.L.S., UNCCH
Position: Media Coordinator, Ligon GT Middle School, Raleigh
Beverly Tetterton
Education: A.A., Peace College, B.A., East Carolina University; M.L.S., North
Carolina Central University
Position: Special Collections Librarian, New Hanover County Public Library
Ann Thompson
Education: B.S., M.A., East Carolina University
Position: Instructional Technology Teacher, Ligon GT Middle School, Raleigh
Anna Victoria Wilson
Education: B.A., M.A., Fort Wright College; Ph.D., Washington State University;
Ph.D., University of Texas-Austin
Position: Assistant Professor, North Carolina State University
Errata:(Fall, 1999; oAbout the Authors�)
Philip L. Witt :
Education: B.S., M.S., University of Massachusetts; Certificate in Physical Therapy, New
York University; Ph.D., Union Institute
Position: Associate Professor, Division of Physical Therapy, School of Medicine, UNCCH
John Zika
Eudcation: B.A., St. JohnTs University, Collegeville, MN; M.L.S., Emporia State University,
Emporia, KS
Position: Branch Supervisor, North County Regional Branch Library of the Public
Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County
North Carolina Libraries
NortuH CAROLINA LIBRARY ASSOCIATION 1999-2001 EXECUTIVE BOARD
PRESIDENT
Plummer Alston oAl� Jones, Jr.
Catawba College
2300 W. Innes Street
Salisbury, NC 28144
Telephone: (704) 637-4449
Fax: (704) 637-4304
pajones@catawba.edu
VICE PRESIDENT/
PRESIDENT ELECT
Ross Holt
Randolph Public Library
201 Worth Street
Asheboro, NC 27203
Telephone: (336) 318-6806
Fax: (336) 318-6823
rholt@ncsl.dcr.state.nc.us
SECRETARY
Sue Ann Cody
Randall Library, UNC-Wilmington
601 College Road
Wilmington, NC
Telephone: (910) 962-7409
Fax: (910) 962-3078
codys@uncwil.edu
TREASURER
Diane D. Kester
East Carolina University
105 Longview Drive
Goldsboro, NC 27534-8871
Telephone: (919) 328-6621
Fax: (919) 328-4638
kesterd@mail.ecu.edu
Isdkest@eastnet.educ.ecu.edu
DIRECTORS
Phillip Barton, Director
Rowan County Public Library
P.O. Box 4039
Salisbury, NC 28145-4039
Telephone: (704) 638-3020
Fax: (704) 638-3013
bartonp@co.rowan.nc.us
Patrick Valentine, Director
Wilson County Public Library
PO Box 400
Wilson, NC 27893
Telephone: (252) 237-5355
Fax: (252) 243-4311
pvalentine@wilson-co.com
ALA COUNCILOR
Jacqueline B. Beach
Craven-Pamlico-Carteret
Regional Library
400 Johnson Street
New Bern, NC 28560
Telephone: (919) 823-1141
Fax: (919) 638-7817
jbeach@ncsl.dcr.state.nc.us
~ SELA REPRESENTATIVE
John Via
Forsyth County Public Library
660 W. Fifth Street
Winston-Salem NC 27101
Telephone: (336) 727-2556
Fax: (336) 727-2549
EDITOR, North Carolina Libraries
Frances Bryant Bradburn
Educational Technologies
NC Dept. of Public Instruction
301 N. Wilmington Street
Raleigh, NC 27601-2825
Telephone: (919) 715-1528
Fax: (919) 733-4762
fbradbur@dpi.state.nc.us
PAST-PRESIDENT
Beverley Gass
M.W. Bell Library
Guilford Technical College
P.O. Box 309
Jamestown NC 27282-0309
Telephone: (336) 334-4822
x2434
Fax: (336) 841-4350
gassb@gtcc.cc.nc.us
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
Maureen Costello
North Carolina Library Association
c) 0 State Library of North Carolina
4646 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-4646
Telephone: (919) 839-6252
Fax: (919) 839-6252
ncla@mindspring.com
SECTION CHAIRS
CHILDRENTS SERVICES SECTION
Ann Burlingame
Wake Forest Public Library
400 E. Holding Avenue
Wake Forest, NC 27587
Telephone: (919) 554-8498
Fax: (919) 554-8499
aburlingame@co.wake.nc.us
COLLEGE anp UNIVERSITY SECTION
Bobby Wynn,
Charles W. Chestnut Library
Fayetteville State University
1200 Murchison Road
Fayetteville, NC 28301
Telephone: (910) 486-1520
Fax: (910) 486-1312
Bobby@Lib1.uncfsu.edu
COMMUNITY ano JUNIOR
COLLEGE SECTION
Carol Freeman
Forsyth Technical Comm. Col.
2100 Silas Creek Parkway
Winston-Salem, NC 27103
Telephone: (336) 723-0371
ext. 7291
Fax: (336) 748-9395
cfreeman@riscy.forsyth.tec.nc.us
DOCUMENTS SECTION
Mary Horton
Z. Smith Reynolds Library
Wake Forest University
PO Box 7777
Winston-Salem, NC 27109
Telephone: (336) 758-5829
Fax: (336) 758-5538
hortonm@wfu.edu
LIBRARY ADMINISTRATION ANb
MANAGEMENT SECTION
Martha Davis
Davidson County Comm. College
PO Box 1287
Lexington, NC 27293-1287
Telephone: (336) 249-8186
ext. 270
mdavis@davidson.cc.nc.us
NORTH CAROLINA ASSOCIATION OF
SCHOOL LIBRARIANS
Malinda Ratchford
Gaston County Schools
366 W. Garrison Blvd.
Gastonia, NC 28052
Telephone: (704) 866-6251
Fax: (704) 866-6194
Melinda_Ratchford@gaston.k12.nc.us
Karen Gavigan
1416 Manchester Lane
Burlington, NC 27215
kpwg@aol.com
NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC
LIBRARY TRUSTEES ASSOCIATION
Theron Bell
P.O. Box 1059
111 Cornelius Drive
Robbins, NC 27325
Telephone: (910) 948-3448
PUBLIC LIBRARY SECTION
John Zika
Public Library of Charlotte &
Mecklenburg County
North County Regional Library
16500 Holly Crest Lane
Huntersville, NC 28078
Telephone: (704) 895-0616
jzika@plcmc.lib.nc.us
REFERENCE ano ADULT SERVICES
Phillip Banks
Asheville-Buncombe Library
System
67 Haywood Street
Asheville, NC 28801-2834
Telephone: (828) 255-5213
pbanks@ncsl.dcr.state.nc.us
RESOURCES anp TECHNICAL
SERVICES SECTION
Teresa L. McManus
Charles W. Chestnut Library,
Fayetteville State University
1200 Murchison Road
Fayetteville, NC 28301-4298
Telephone: (910) 486-14312
tmcmanus@lib1 .uncfsu.edu
ROUND TABLE CHAIRS
NEW MEMBERS ROUND TABLE
Marian Lindsay
Guilford Middle School
401 College Road
Greensboro, NC 27410
Telephone: (336) 316-5833
Fax: (336) 316-5837
NORTH CAROLINA LIBRARY
PARAPROFESSIONAL ASSO.
Frances Lampley
Project Enlightenment
501 S. Boylan Avenue
Raleigh, NC 27603
ROUND TABLE FOR ETHNIC
MINORITY CONCERNS
Robert Canida II, Electronic
Sampson-Livermore Library
PO Box 1453
Lumberton, NC 28359
Telephone: (910) 52106547
canida@nat.uncp.edu
ROUND TABLE ON SPECIAL
COLLECTIONS
Kevin Cherry
State Library of North Carolina
4640 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-4640
Telephone: (919) 733-2570
ROUND TABLE ON THE STATUS
OF WOMEN IN LIBRARIANSHIP
Laura Weigand
Forsyth County Public Library
660 W. Fifth Street
Winston-Salem, NC 27101
Telephone: (336) 727-2549
|_weigand@forsyth.lib.nc.us
TECHNOLOGY AND TRENDS
ROUND TABLE
Susan Smith
Box 7777 Reynolda Station
Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, NC 27109
Telephone: (336) 758-5828
Fax: (336) 758-8831
smithss@wfu.edu
NCLA
North Carolina Library Association
North Carolina Libraries
Spring/Summer 2000 " 47
EDITORIAL STAFF
Editor
FRANCES BRYANT BRADBURN
Educational Technologies
NC Dept. of Public Instruction
301 N. Wilmington Street
Raleigh, NC 27601-2825
(919) 715-1528
(919) 733-4762 (FAX)
fbradbur@dpi.state.nc.us
Associate Editor
ROSE SIMON
Dale H. Gramley Library
Salem College
Winston-Salem, NC 27108
(336) 917-5421
simon@salem.edu
Associate Editor
JOHN WELCH
State Library of North Carolina
4640 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-4640
(919) 733-2570
jwelch@library.dcr.state.nc.us
Book Review Editor
DOROTHY DAVIS HODDER
New Hanover Co. Public Library
201 Chestnut Street
Wilmington, NC 28401
(910) 772-7858
dhodder@co.new-hanover.nc.us
Lagniappe Editor
PLUMMER ALSTON JONES, JR.
Corriher-Linn-Black Library
Catawba College
2300 W. Innes Street
Salisbury, NC 28144
(704) 637-4449
pajones@catawba.edu
Indexer
MICHAEL COTTER
Joyner Library
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC 27858-4353
(252) 328-0237
cottermi@mail.ecu.edu
Advertising Manager
HARRY TUCHMAYER
New Hanover Co. Public Library
201 Chestnut Street
Wilmington, NC 28401
(910).772-7857
htuchmayer@co.new-hanover.nc.us
Between Us Editor
KEVIN CHERRY
State Library of North Carolina
4640 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-4640
(919) 733-2570
ChildrenTs Services
PAMELA STANDHART
Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg
South County Regional Library
5801 Rea Road
Charlotte, NC 28277
(704) 341-1754
pstandhart@plicmc.lib.nc.us
College and University
ARTEMIS KARES
Joyner Library
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC 27858-4353
(252) 328-2263
karesa@mail.ecu.edu
Community and Junior College
LISA C. DRIVER
Pitt Community College
PO Drawer 7007
Greenville, NC 27835-7007
(252) 321-4357
Idriver@pcc.pitt.cc.nc.us
Documents
MICHAEL VAN FOSSEN
Reference Documents
Davis Library CB #3912
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
(919) 962-1151
mike_vanfossen@unc.edu
Library Administration and
Management Section
JOLINE EZZELL
Perkins Library
Duke University
Durham, NC 27708-0175
(919) 660-5925
joline.ezzell@duke.edu
New Members Round Table
RHONDA FLORENCE
Florence Elementary School
High Point, NC 27265
(336) 819-2120
rholbroo@guilford.k1 2.nc.us
N.C. Asso. of School Librarians
DIANE KESSLER
Durham Public Schools
808 Bacon St.
Durham, NC 27703
(919) 560-2360
kesslerd@bacon.durham.k1 2.nc.us
North Carolina Library
Paraprofessional Association
SHARON NOLES
Southeast Regional Library in Garner
908 7th Avenue
Garner, NC 27529
(919) 894-8322
snoles@co.wake.nc.us
Public Library Section
JOHN ZIKA
Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg
North County Regional Library
16500 Holly Crest Lane
Huntersville, NC 28078
(704) 895-0616
jzika@plcmc.lib.nc.us
Reference/Adult Services
SUZANNE WISE
Belk Library
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC 28608
(828) 262-2798
wisems@appstate.edu
Resources and Technical Services
PAGE LIFE
Davis Library CB#3914
UNC-Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
(919) 962-0153
page_life@unc.edu
Round Table for Ethnic Minority Concerns
BRIGITTE BLANTON
Greensboro Public Library
PO Box 3178
Greensboro, NC 27402-3178
(336) 373-2716
ncs0921 @interpath.com
Round Table on Special Collections
MEGAN MULDER
Wake Forest University Library
PO Box 7777 Reynolda Station
Winston-Salem, NC 27109-7777
(336) 758-5091
mulder@wfu.edu
Round Table on the Status of Women
in Librarianship
JOAN SHERIF
Northwestern Regional Library
111 North Front Street
Elkin, NC 28621
(336) 835-4894
jsherif@ncsl.dcr.state.nc.us
Technology and Trends
DIANE KESTER
Library Studies and Ed. Technology
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC 27858-4353
(252) 328-4389
Isddkest@eastnet.educ.ecu.edu
Wired to the World Editor
RALPH LEE SCOTT
Joyner Library
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC 27858-4353
(252) 328-0235
scottr@mail.ecu.edu
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