Topics Related to Virtual Programs
Discover records of enslavement from across North Carolina through the People Not Property project. The virtual presentation will be held Monday, November 7, 1-2 p.m., as part of the Friends of the Archives annual meeting.
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.
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.