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30790
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A brief comparison of changes to copyright law from 1976 to 1978 shows an expansion of the types of documented media which may have copyright protection. Under these changes, is seen the abolishment of the dual system of common law and federal copyright, expansion of term periods and new protections against infringement suits.
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30793
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Comprised of the history departments from sixteen NC colleges and universities and the NC Division of Archives and History, the Institute of Applied History is designed to examine and teach various applications of history.
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30798
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Through a donation of nearly seventy acres and several buildings, North Carolina will establish a Center for Preservation Technology on a portion of the historic Stagville plantation in northern Durham County. The proposed center, a comprehensive research and education facility for historic and archaeological preservation, will be first state facility of its kind in the nation.
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30799
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Progress was made on the newest three NC historic sites. In Cabarrus county, stabilizing infrastructure was placed at Reed Gold Mine, the site of the country's first documented discovery of gold. North Carolina is in the process of recording the deed to the 37-acre Duke Homestead site, which will remain a living history site while adding a visitor's center and tobacco history museum. NC is waiting on approval for plans to improve Fort Dobbs in Statesville.
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30805
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Due to limited appropriations, the Capital Building restoration project will only include the restoration of the roof and exteriors. The governor's and secretary of state's offices have temporarily been moved to the NC Administration Building.
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30807
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The Executive Organization Act of 1971 brought together three dozen separate agencies under a cabinet-level agency, the Department of Art, Culture and History. Under this Department, the Office of Archives and History established, which combined the former Department of Archives and History with twenty-seven other historical boards, commissions and agencies.
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30814
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As NC state archaeologist and volunteers set out to begin an excavation of the Chowan County Courthouse, Hurricane Agnes struck Edenton and the rains that followed postponed the dig. The group moved to the site of another state-owned property that needed excavation. The cellar of the James Iredell House not only provided a relatively dry place to work, but also yielded plenty of kitchen and houseware artifacts.
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30906
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In what was billed as the Third Continental Congress, Representatives from the original thirteen colonies met in Raleigh to discuss the upcoming American Bicentennial celebration. The next meeting of the group will meet in Virginia with the goal if forming a legally chartered organization.
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30908
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A map found by an Department of Archives and History assistant archaeologist, while researching a project site, led to the discovery of two undocumented Civil War gun emplacements. These Emplacements, part on the earthworks created to protect the Old Georgetown Road, were excavated and recorded prior to their destruction in order to create a discharge canal for the newly constructed nuclear power plant.
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30913
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A pen used in the signing of North Carolina's Constitution was returned from a homestead near Bangor, Maine. The pen, owned and used by Fred F. French of Bladen County, was found during a renovation of the Maine homestead and returned by the town manager of Lincoln, Maine.
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