The North Carolina Division of Archives and History's Historic Sites Section is celebrating its fortieth anniversary as a separate entity in state government.
The North Carolina Museum of History officially welcomed James C. McNutt as the museum's new administrator on February 15, 1995. One of McNutt's first duties was to welcome participants to a symposium on southern women's history.
Dendrochronology, a way to date trees, has been refined by Dr. Herman J. Heikkenen and is now a valuable research tool for state historians in accurately dating historic buildings, like Edenton's Cupola House.
Dr. William S. Price, Jr., director of the Division of Archives and History since 1981, retired June 30, 1995, after twenty-five years with the division. He will continue his historical interest through teaching and writing on North Carolina history.
The state has observed the 200th anniversary of the birth of James K. Polk, eleventh President of the United States, with a year-long series of events. Polk was born on November 2, 1795.
The Bentonville Battlefield State Historic Site in Johnston County has acquired 3.5 acres of the battlefield. The acreage contains trenches forming part of the main Union line during the battle.
Historian Dr. Jeffrey J. Crow succeeded William S. Price, Jr., as director of the North Carolina Division of Archives and History, effective November 1, 1995.
Photography's popularity increased in the state between 1865 and 1900, with about 450 itinerant and resident photographers working. Included for the first time were women and Afro-American photographers.
On January 1, 1942, the Rose Bowl football game between Duke University and Oregon State was played in Durham because of Japanese war threats. This is the only time the game has been played outside California.
Gertrude Carraway, a preservationist, historian, and journalist who gave fifty years of continuous service to the state through the N.C. Historical Commission, died in New Bern, May 7, 1993, at age 96.
Two national historic landmarks in the state, the Union Tavern, ca. 1818, located in Milton, Caswell County, and the Palmer-Marsh House in Bath, were extensively damaged by fire in November and December, 1990.
The USS Huron, a warship that ran aground off the Outer Banks in November, 1877, with a loss of 98 crewmen, has been designated the state's first historic shipwreck preserve.
William G. Bramham, president of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues, was perhaps the most important person in the state's history of minor league baseball.
In the 1920s and 1930s, some of the best silversmithing in the country came from William Dodge's Asheville shop. His best-known work is the Mayflower Cup, awarded yearly for the best non-fiction work by a state writer.
The obituary column lists the following individuals who made contributions to North Carolina: in the field of history, Hugh Franklin Rankin; and in the field of cartography, William Patterson Cumming.