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16864
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A new group of southern scholars were known as the \"New Southerners\" and were largely responsible for establishing state agencies that maintained and preserved historic documents. Men such as John Spencer Bassett, Charles B. Aycock, and R.D.W. Connor understood the inherent value in preserving the state's primary documents for scholarship and study and their efforts made the state a leader in historical programs amongst other southern states in the first half of the 20th-century.
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2.Another View of the West Case by Mitchell, Thornton W. Carolina Comments Vol. 29 Issue 6, Nov 1981
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16865
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The West Case concerns a letter, dated August 26, 1790, from George Washington to the state's governor and council. The lawsuit, STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. B.C. WEST, JR., began on May 10, 1974 when it was discovered this letter was to be auctioned at Southeby's in New York. This auction coincided with theft of documents from the archive and further evidence pointed to an Elizabeth City man named West who was illegally selling historic records. After much deliberation and a lengthy appeals process the letter was returned to the state.
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16938
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This piece chronicles the lives of the Devereux sisters, a group of southern women living around the time of the Civil War. These six sisters (Kate Devereux Edmondston, Frances Devereux Miller, Elizabeth Devereux Jones, Mary Bayard Devereux Clarke, Nora Devereux Cannon, and Sophia Devereux Turner) from Halifax County represent the changing image and expectation of southern women, especially those in the upper class. These women out of necessity and will became more independent and defiant of their traditional roles; for example, Mary Bayard followed her husband into battle.
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16939
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A system of seals was implemented by the British in an effort to deal with an increasingly more complex system of government in the colonies. In 1729, plans were drawn for designing and implementing the state's own seal and by 1731 Governor George Burrington put it into formal use. The seal changed in 1760 after the death of King George II and the succession of King George III ascended on October 25, 1760.
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16942
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Applied history refers to a form of communicating history through performance, preservation, and exhibit to deliver history to a larger, public audience. Dr. Nathans took part in several of these applied history projects and shares his thoughts and revelations about communicating history through popular media. He focuses on three projects; a photographic essay on Durham's history displayed in the Durham Arts Council (1975), preservation at the Stagville Preservation Center (1977), and finally collecting documents for a project called the North Carolina source book (1979).
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16944
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The Albemarle region has been the place of many significant historical events for America from the Lost Colony to the Wright brothers' first flight. Despite its richness in historical events, the area is sparsely populated and economically depressed. Beginning with the Great Depression and continuing through the 1950s, 60s, and 70s, much effort has been put into historic attractions and museums as a means of improving the struggling area by enlightening and attracting tourists.
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16948
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The James Adams Floating Theatre was an attraction which cruised the coastal waters of the state and as far north as Virginia. The boat, built in 1913 in Washington, was owned and operated by James Adams a performer from Saginaw, Michigan. There were performances aboard everyday but Sunday and cost between 20 and 50 cents. At the height of its popularity (1925), the boat drew attention from notable novelist and playwright Edna Ferber who used her experiences on the James Adams to compose her novel Show Boat.
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While the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers prepared a site to build the Falls of the Neuse Dam and Reservoir in 1978, the crew encountered remains of a historic dam. John W. Clauser, Jr. led a team of archaeologists from the Division of Archives and History to record and salvage the 1830s dam. The site was likely part of the area's rich paper mill industry.
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16959
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Asher Benjamin did not personally work or live in the state but his treatise on architecture, Practical House Carpenter, influenced North Carolinian's private residences and public structures. In the Practical House Carpenter (1830), Asher emphasizes Greek Revival, an architectural style that became popular around this time throughout New England. Greek Revival became the preferred style across the state in the prosperous antebellum era.
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16963
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Paul Carrington was born September 25, 1808 at home on Stagville plantation. His father and grandfather were part of the state's planter society and becoming a planter was Carrington's passion. He can be portrayed as the quintessential planter for his diversified investments, extensive land holdings, and paternal approach to slaves under his care.
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16965
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Mattamuskeet refers to a group of Native Americans who, after losing in the Tuscarora War (1711-1715), were given land around the Mattamuskeet Lake in Hyde County. The group sold land to white developers and the population of the Mattamuskeet dwindles. The Mackeys Family, of Fairfield, was the only family in the late 1970s able to trace its lineage back to the first Mattamuskeet lands.
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Archival material, like books, letters and photographs, are susceptible to theft like other historic objects. Dispute over ownership of historic material, court documents related to William Hooper, led to the North Carolina v. B.C. West Jr. in October 1975. The case would reach the North Carolina Supreme Court in March 1977 which upheld the ruling that \"public record cannot be destroyed, defaced, or given up without authority from the source that required it to be made.\"
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17749
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A Confederate cannon seized by the 21st Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry during the Battle of New Bern on March 14, 1862 has returned to North Carolina for the 150th anniversary of the Battle.
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In December of 1756 men acting under commission from the Royal Colony of North Carolina, made a formal report of their inspection of a newly completed western fort, Fort Dobbs. Interest in Fort Dobbs has continued ever since.
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Activity was high when the remains of the CSS Neuse Made its historic move in June. The Civil War ironclad was moved to a new fully-enclosed and climate controlled, with exhibits to tell stories of the vessel and of eastern North Carolina during the Civil War.
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