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16704
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Dr. Stevenson, in conjunction with Dr. Yellin of Pace University, painstakingly combed historical documents to illuminate the history of Harriet Jacob's life in northeastern North Carolina. The scholastic team used a variety of primary documents to corroborate Jacob's story in her classic text INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF A SLAVE GIRL. Their efforts resulted in a Dr. Yellin's publication of an annotated edition of the work, adding rich historical context to the narrative.
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16707
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Dr. James Norcom, a prominent figure in eastern North Carolina during the 19th-century, was an active local politician and respected doctor who was accused by his slave, Harriet Jacobs, as being ruthless and lascivious in her autobiography. Parramore examines the disparate portrayals of Dr. Norcom in Jacob's account and in historical records, concluding while aspects of Jacob's description are accurate, the doctor's sexual relations with his slaves and her overall characterization is prone to emotional exaggeration.
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16709
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Dr. Leutze reviews the Civil War within state borders as a lens to analyze the war's repercussions nationally. The state reflected larger national trends in that it lost many of its young men, was left in economic turmoil, and had a population emotionally and physically drained.
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16714
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A project to construct additional parking in Raleigh led to the discovery of a time capsule from 1860. Staff archaeologist John W. Clauser halted construction on the hunch that the monument, to be destroyed during construction, be inspected further. Clauser's hunch was correct and a rusted tin box contained illegible papers, parts of scripture, antebellum coins, railroad artifacts, and various tools.
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16720
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Remains of the USS UNDERWRITER were found by individual divers in the Neuse River in June 1987. The ship sank on February 1, 1864 defending against Confederate recapture of New Bern, taken by Union forces in March 1862. Divers, in conjunction with the state, recovered a gun carriage; a significant artifact because it was the only one of its type actually used in a naval engagement in state waters.
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16723
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The North Carolina State Fair began in 1853 as an initiative of the North Carolina Agricultural Society's to promote its scientific and economic progress in agriculture and industry. The annual fair occurs at a key political time, just weeks before November elections, which draws attention from presidential hopefuls. Some notable presidential figures included Theodore Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, and Gerald Ford.
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16725
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Near the Rose Hill Plantation outside of Wilmington, local divers discovered a shipwreck believed to be from the Revolutionary period. The plantation's age, built in 1730, and colonial-era wine bottles led archaeologists to speculate about the shipwrecks age. Preliminary fieldwork indicates the wreck was from a 65' long, 20' wide, 120 ton sloop.
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16727
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The Division of Archives and History is the largest over-arching state agency in charge of cultural heritage and within this department, many other branches exist which oversee different aspects of the state's cultural material. Mr. Misenheimer, Jr. was assistant director of the North Carolina Division of Archives and History and describes responsibilities and intricacies of each department, along with an annual summary for 1988.
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16839
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In North Carolina, 20th-century writers began to explore popular genres inclding murder mysteries and science fiction. Murder mystery were initially popular in the western portion of the state, but quickly spread when authors such as James Hay, Jr., Dorothy Ogburn, and Tom Wicker began writing them. Science fiction and its sub-genre fantasy also became, and the state's greatest contributor to this literary area was Manly Wade Wellman who drew inspiration from ballads, folklore, and place names of western North Carolina.
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16840
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The North Carolina Museum of History and Division of Archives and History staff began planning an exhibit in 1984 to highlight the history of North Carolina women. This exhibit, titled \"The Task That Is Ours,\" would cover the topic for the last 400 years and be the hallmark of the North Carolina Museum of History's new building. Only one previous exhibit promoted the history of one woman, Georgia Thompson Broadwick, a female parachutist in the early 20th-century.
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16843
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Seventeen aldermen and one mayor were responsible for Raleigh's government in 1880. These men dealt with the problems of a growing city because Raleigh's population had doubled during the post-Civil War Reconstruction years. The men were elected from Raleigh's different wards and addressed problems of sanitation, organizing police and firemen, and improving city streets.
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16845
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State archaeologists excavated pipe bowls from a Pamlico River site near Beaufort in the autumn of 1985. These bowls contained a residue that was tested by Dr. Alan Rodgman, director of Research and Development Section of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. Using specialized equipment, Dr. Rodgman dated the tobacco residue to about 800 A.D.
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16846
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The North Carolina Museum of History was not called a museum until 1965. Prior to 1965 it was known as the Hall of History because it was merely a collection in a hall of the State Museum of Natural History. Colonel Fred A. Olds began collecting historic pieces in 1885 and eventually the collection grew in number by various collectors and agencies to warrant a completely separate building scheduled to open in 1990.
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16847
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The National Humanities Center, located in the Research Triangle Park, opened in 1978/1979 and from that point to 1986 has fostered the work of 300 Fellows. Among those 300 scholars there have been 80 historians, 38 specializing in United States history and 43 in international history. Their work has led to an impressive list of publishing credentials including more than thirty-four volumes on histories of the South, African Americans, and women.
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16848
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An event on August 30, 1986 drew national attention to Washington County. The event was held at Somerset Place plantation, a state historic site, to mark the homecoming for descendants of slaves. The plantation, formerly owned by Josiah Collins, was swarmed by 2,500 participants and members of national media outlets including USA TODAY and the LOS ANGELES TIMES.
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