Winners of the North Carolina Folklore Society's 1998 Brown-Hudson Folklore Award are Glenn and Lula Owens Bolick, Donald and Betty Jones, Sheila Kay Adams, and Dwaine Calley.
A comprehensive listing of the state's folklorists includes name, address, position, telephone number, email address and Internet homepage, background, and interests.
East Carolina University graduate Connie Mason wears many hats in her capacity as the collection manager and history curator of the North Carolina Maritime Museum in Beaufort.
The 1996 North Carolina Folk Heritage Awards, honoring the state's finest traditional artists, have been presented to Robert Bushyhead, Verlen Clifton and Paul Sutphin, Nell Cole Graves, Elizabeth Jacobs, Dock Rmah, and Earl Scruggs.
Lucy Powell, who has a background in Southern vernacular music and public folklore work, is the folklorist at the Hiddenite Center in Alexander County.
The Appalachian Cultural Museum at Appalachian State University portrays the area's cultural heritage. The museum mounts exhibits on folklife, publishes a monthly newsletter, sponsors educational trips to mountain sites, and fosters research.
Many influences, among them her father's love of preaching and singing, her church choir director, her college studies, and her love of the Appalachian culture, developed Mary Cleo Greene as a folklorist and traditional musician.
The North Carolina Folklore Society honored Dan Patterson at its annual meeting on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus. Patterson, a member of the university's Curriculum in Folklore, has made significant contributions to the study of Southern folklore.
An exhibit entitled \"The Spirit of Community: Folklife in North Carolina\" has opened in a permanent gallery at the North Carolina Museum of History. Using multi-media displays, the exhibit documents and illustrates the themes of regional folklife.
Louise Anderson, a nationally known African-American storyteller and a1993 winner of the N.C. Folk Heritage Award, died August 25, 1994. Anderson was also selected for the N.C. Arts Council's Artist-in-the-Schools and Visiting Artist programs.
Willard Watson of Deep Gap in Watauga County, a world-renowned maker of wooden folk toys, died September 26, 1994. Watson, whose works are in the Smithsonian Institution, was also an accomplished storyteller and dancer.
George Holt, director of the folklore programs in the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources for 17 years, has stepped down. During his tenure, Holt produced films, festivals, and publications that documented the state's diverse cultural traditions.
The new Rosenzweig Museum in Durham houses Jewish folk art, artifacts, and rare books. The dream of the late Rabbi Efraim and Mariam Rosenzweig, who donated over 60 pieces, the museum displays over 125 items and contains more in storage.
Martha Nelson, folklorist at Hiddenite Center in Alexander County, coordinates folk art activities and does fieldwork like collecting life histories of textile workers and \"hoboin\" stories from the 1920s.
The North Carolina Museum of History officially welcomed James C. McNutt as the museum's new administrator on February 15, 1995. Prior to this appointment, he worked twelve years at the University of Texas Institute of Texan Cultures.