An upcoming virtual Lunch & Learn program hosted by the State Archives will commemorate Pearl Harbor Day to discuss the World War II Pacific front and Philippine internment with “Remembering War in the Pacific: An Internment Camp Experience.”
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Ready, set, tune in! The Friends of the State Archives of North Carolina invite you to learn about the history of one of our state’s great football rivalries during a virtual lunch & learn program.
Join us for a Flag Day lunch & learn discussion to consider the history of North Carolina’s state flag and a current proposal to change it.
Ruth Cody and Erin Gallagher from the State Archives and Ashley Lomboy and Coty Sutherland from the Waccamaw Siouan STAR Preservation Project will be presenting “A Conversation About Researching Tribal Histories with the State Archives” at the 27th American Indian Heritage Celebration on November 19th at the North Carolina Museum of History.
Discover records of enslavement from across North Carolina through the People Not Property project from UNC-Greensboro. The virtual presentation will be held Monday, November 7, 1-2 p.m., as part of the Friends of the Archives annual meeting. This compiled digital archive material helps amplify the stories of slaves for both students and historians.
Historians will discuss exciting new research about the Regulator Movement in North Carolina during an upcoming program presented by the State Archives. The virtual roundtable, “The Regulator Movement and New Research,” will be held Tuesday, May 24, 12 – 1 p.m. Using archival documents, the speakers explore the Battle of Alamance and its connection to the Regulator Movement.
State Archivists will host a round table discussing Outlander and what is factual accurate on April 19, 2022. Seasons 4-6 take place in 18th century North Carolina, and the State Archives hold many documents to help explain the history Outlander is portraying. Some of the places explored include Tryon Palace and Alamance Battleground.
To celebrate National Poetry Month in 2022, the State Archives will host a virtual program entitled "History in Verse", featuring N.C. Poet Laureate Jaki Shelton Green. The first African American and third women to be appointed as the state's Poet Laureate, her use of primary sources and incorporating them into her poetry, it adds a relationship between art and history.
On March 22, 2022, join Ph.D. candidates Madison Helman and Jewel Parker as they share their discoveries in the State Archives that contributes to their work on murder ballad subjects and women healers. The panel will highlight on-site research material for women's studies and collections on the North Carolina Digital Collection.
Deputy Secretary for Archives and History, Dr. Darin Waters, shares his personal research into his family history with a virtual presentation on February 23, 2022, entitled "Discovering and Telling Lost and Unknown Stories: A Family Odyssey". Dr. Waters tells how the State Archives and other public collections helped in finding more out his family's story.