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30542
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A call for the use of full historic restorations and the development of House Museums in a time where these practices are declining. This article suggests "adaptive use" has its place, but for some unique historic examples, compromise in use and structural change should be avoided. When a historic site is adapted for modern use the building's historic character is often overlooked.
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30548
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In a time when genealogy and local history are becoming more accessible to the amateur, there is a call for more cooperation between trained historians, local historians and genealogists. Historians may provide a wider prospective on genealogy while the genealogist uncovers important evidence for social history.
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30550
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The Documentary Volumes published by the Division of Archives and History are a collection of writings by notable North Carolina citizens and politicians. The origin of this series dates to a 1903 law that created the North Carolina Historical Commission, and tasked it with collecting valuable NC historical documents.
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30553
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Started in 1935, the North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program was based on a similar program in VA. After forty tears, cuts to the funding of the project could threaten the quality and effectiveness of the program.
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30555
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On August 1, 1979 state archaeologists from the Division of Archives and History began the first of thirty-six lockout dives to perform engineering and archaeological assessments on and around the USS MONITOR. The Union ironclad sank of the coast of Cape Hatteras on December 31, 1862 due to a storm. Twenty additional observational dives were conducted with authorities from other related fields such as marine architecture, historic preservation, and ocean engineering and salvage.
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30558
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Changes in public historical agencies often happen so rapidly and drastically that administrators are not capable of performing an extensive assessment of long term program goals. The goals of a public historical agency should include the re-intermeshing of various specializations, with active efforts to preserve both social and material history.
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30563
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On December 12, 1977 the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued a memorandum of agreement to North Carolina's Division of Archives and History which gives research and assessment responsibilities to the NC State Historic Preservation Officer with in the MONITOR Marine Sanctuary. The Union ironclad USS MONITOR sank of the coast of Cape Hatteras on December 31, 1862 due to a storm.
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30564
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With declining enrolment for history classes and changing curricular requirements with more focus toward social science, historians are concerned with the lack of emphasis on history in the public schools. The Joint Committee on the Status of History in the Public Schools suggest that history education should have a securely defined place in public school curriculum.
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30565
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Industrialization, as a focus for historians, may reveal patterns of development, industrial evolution, labor supply, raw materials and capital throughout the state. Source material for industrialization studies may be found in the statistical documents of government publications, manuscripts of prominent industrialists, business records, oral histories and material culture.
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30566
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This article expands on the importance of using African American sources when engaged in African American historical studies.
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30567
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The image of county histories is assessed through the examination of county history book reviews published in the Journal of American History and the Journal of Southern History. These single volume county histories are rarely satisfactory when reviewed by the professional historian.
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30568
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Archaeology, Predictive Models, Computer Systems, SPSS, State Computer Center, Land Resource Information Service, New Hanover County
Abstract: Archaeologists attempt to predict site locations by developing statistical models. New Hanover County is used as a test case with goals to establish a statewide comprehensive inventory system for archaeological resources.
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Carolina Comments
(NoCar F 251 C38), Vol. 26 Issue 6, Nov 1978,
p145-150, il, map
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30569
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This article critiques local history writings for their general lack of accuracy and scope, and its reliance on local myths and legends. Local histories should have a deeper understanding of the socio-cultural and artistic heritage of its subjects.
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30570
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Chashion briefly surveys past efforts to document local histories in North Carolina along with a few prominent individuals who have championed those efforts. The author then turns to identifying some reliable source material for those histories.
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30726
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During his presidency, many claims were made toward the paternity of Abraham Lincoln. Such claims suggest Thomas Lincoln was not the true father, but rather a man named Richard Inloe (Inlow, Enlow, Enloe). This article only outlines these claims that tie Lincoln’s family to North Carolina, while giving no evidence stringent enough to sway historians.
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