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)\].l,. UUvUIV1C!'\I Iv CLEARtNGHOUSE Published Bimonthly by the North Carolina Division of Archives and History VOLUME 48, NUMBER 4 July 2000 More Than 200 N.C. Students Enter History Day Competition What do child labor laws, the Trail of Tears, and the sinking of the Lusitania have in common? They are all subjects of projects presented by students at North Carolina His tory Day; the statewide competition hosted each year in early May by the Division of Archives and History to select representatives from North Carolina to compete in National History Day. This year's theme, "Turning Points in History: People, Ideas, Events," inspired a variety of presentations on a wide array of topics. Two hundred and thirty-six students from twenty-one schools gathered at the North Carolina Museum of History on May 6 to present their projects. Public and academic historians, as well as other educators, examined the various works and questioned the students about the research they had undertaken in preparing their respective projects and the conclusions they had reached. Students whose projects are to be entered in the History Day competition are required to conduct research using both primary and sec ondary sources. In presenting the historical information derived from their research, The Division of Archives and History hosted its annual North Carolina History Day competition on May 6. Among a number of state finalists in a variety of categories was Jenny Elmore of J. H. Rose High School of Greenville, who is shown standing beside her winning project, an exhibit titled "World War II: A Pivotal Turning Point for American Women." (All photographs by the Division of Archives and History unless otherwise indicated.) they may choose to write a traditional research paper, create an exhibit or a documen tary, or engage in a live performance. In addition, all projects must be accompanied by an annotated bibliography, and all topics must relate to the annual theme. Students enter their project in history fairs, and the finalists at each level of competition continue to the next level. Two projects from each category are chosen at the state level to represent North Carolina at the national competition, held in June each year at College Park, Maryland. More than one thousand students in North Carolina participated at some level in the state competition during the past academic year. LE FT TO RIGHT: State History Day coordinator Jo Ann Williford; archaeologist John W. Clauser, who served as a judge for the competition; and adviser Robin Girardi of East Mecklenburg High School in Charlotte discuss a student project. Among the topics that represented the state at the national competition were exhibits on such diverse subjects as Pompeii, trench warfare, American women in World War 11, and the discovery of penicillin. Documentaries included videos about the Treaty of Versailles, the Tet Offensive, and the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Student performances described how Reconstruction was a turning point for the South, how the rise of Fidel Castro represented a turning point for Cuba, and how the Battle of the Bulge was a turning point for one former soldier. As part of the annual North Carolina History Day competition, a teacher is selected to be National History Day Teacher of the Year. This year's win ner was Kim Jamison (center)of Cherokee Middle School (Swain County). Presenting the award to Ms. Jamison are Dr. Jeffrey J. Crow, director of the Division of Archives and History, and Elizabeth F. Buford, deputy secretary of the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources. 86 CAROLINA COMMENTS In addition to selecting the state finalists for the national competition, judges singled out a number of contestants to receive special cash prizes for outstanding projects that dealt with a particular topic. Recipients of the North Carolina Award, sponsored by the North Caroliniana Society, University of North Carolina Library, Chapel Hill, were Jen nifer Wolfe of Cherokee Middle School in Swain County for her documentary Civilize the Indian: Cherokee Boarding Schools, and Aimee Garner ofJ. H. Rose High School of Greenville for her documentary JiJ!Ings ef Change, which examined the Wright Brothers' first flight . .,u.,,z,,!l cl.. ~ A~ ~ /7'>"\.2 • "n&(: ➔ c,IJ.,tJ. .J2 ~ a.. -U a....½«.,! ~ ~ ..Q .uJ'<vn:l ;re ~~ ~ ~.I.& .A.,o4_, ~ . :r~ ~ ~~~ · ~~~it~~ ~ hOJJ ~ LY)'\. ~ (,; 2CO?. ~ . .Q CL1?\. ~ ~ ~ ,d;. 3-.;.~~~~~.d,,_ . .,!j ~ .i>U---UnA an-.d... ~ ~ ..(.hi, ~,-& ~ /YM,LCll ~ &6-- a'r,A ,.,,, d A »r- ~ • .,,Q_ ~ • .7C,{!j, ~~ ~ ~ ~ .,1--..& c,<JJI.~ /~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~. ·~ ~ ~ ~ "fe, ~- lq(,0 ~ ~; JZ~ ~ cvrtti. a. 4 a ft ~ l>..u:. - 4 /11.. B~ ~ .9.. m,JIX a::;,,d. ~ During North Carolina History Day, ~ ~ s,5-- ,;tk ~ ~. Justin Jenkins, who is home-schooled in ~: :ff.~ 'Yh,:.C-o.u,,1,, Oak Ridge, received the 2000 African ~ ~ ( ~ ~ 9"'.) ~ American History Award for his exhibit on ~ 'iYl.c.J&,it.. ~ ~ ,7NM, the Greensboro sit-ins of 1960. Justin sub- 1-,.,, ,,,,;no ..J /1'>1..<.. ~ .IY2.L ~ ~ ~ sequentlywrote this letter of appreciation :;;~7;_.,-,,;. ~ ~. to Dorothy S. Redford, site manager at ------:;;·r;;,_- ~, __ . 11 '1.lihl+PrLLJ J:ja.LJ ,..,..,._~,+;1,_ Somerset Place State Historic Site and one '<:J-NL -,lCJ7,(,Qr<a,,<-, ,y- -- t? --o -,-.,....,---•· of the judges for the award. '-----------__;;_________ ___, Sponsoring additional special prizes were the Bentonville Battleground Historical Association, the Fort Fisher Restoration Committee, the CSS Neuse Gunboat Association, the Transportation History Corporation, the Duke Homestead Education and History Corporation, the Somerset Place Foundation, the Friends of the North Carolina State Archives, Altrusa International of Raleigh, the Federation of North Carolina Historical Societies, and the National World War II Memorial. The North Caro lina students selected to compete in National History Day joined two thousand other students representing forty-seven states and the District of Columbia. Jeffrey J. Crow Receives Management Award The State Government Chapter of the National Management Association has awarded Jeffrey J. Crow, director of the Division of Archives and History, its State Government Manager of the Year Award. Dr. Crow was honored at the organization's annual award ceremony on June 15. Betty Ray McCain, secretary of the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, nominated Dr. Crow for the award on behalf of the department's employees. "Jeffrey Crow exemplifies the kind of state government manager with the personal traits and professional characteristics deserving of this award," the secretary said. "Throughout his career Dr. Crow has been an outstanding example of excellence in ethical leadership, dedicated service, personal commitment to excellence, professional achievement, and strong support and encouragement of the work of his peers and those he supervises." VOLUME 48, NUMBER 4, JULY 2000 87 Dr. Crmv, a native of Akron, Ohio, received the B.A. degree from Ohio State Univer sity in 1969 and the M.A. from the University of Akron in 1972. In 1974 he received a Ph.D. in history from Duke University, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He has been employed by the Department of Cultural Resources since 1974, serving first as historian and later as acting administrator of the North Carolina Bicentennial Commit tee. He then worked in the Division of Archives and History's Historical Publications Section, first as head of the General Publications Branch and later as section administra tor. Since 1995 he has served the agency as director of the Division of Archives and History. He has taught history at Meredith College and has served as adjunct professor of history for North Carolina State University for fifteen years. Dr. Crow has published \videly and served in a variety of professional organizations. He has written numerous books and articles about North Carolina, the South, and Afri can American history. Honors earned through his publications include the William R. Davie Award for the best book on the American Revolution ( 1977 and 1978); the 1991 Outstanding Book on the subject of human rights, sponsored by the Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Human Rights; the 1980 Daughters of Colonial Wars Award for best article published in the William and Mary Quarter!J; and the Herbert C. Bradshaw Award for best article on the American Revolution, sponsored by the North Carolina Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution (1978, 1983, and 1987). Recent Articles on North Carolina History Judkin Jay BrO\ming. '"Little Souled Mercenaries'? The Buffaloes of Eastern North Carolina during the Civil War." Nonh Carolina Historical Re~'iew 77 Quly 2000). Weymouth T. Jordan Jr. and John D. Chapla. '"Oh What a Turbill Affair': Alexander W Reynolds and His North Carolina-Virginia Brigade at Missionary Ridge, Tennessee, November 25, 1863." Nonh Carolina Historical Review 77 Quly 2000). Sayoko Uesugi. "Gender, Race, and the Cold War: Mary Price and the Progressive Party in North Carolina." Nonh Carolina Historical Re,'iew 77 Quly 2000). Alan D. \Vatson. "Internal Improvements in Antebellum North Carolina: State Aid, Railroads, and the Lower Cape Fear." Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin 44 (May 2000). News from Archives and History Archives and Records On May 25 the State Historical Records Advisory Board of North Carolina (SHRAB) sponsored an hour-long call-in program, "Tar Heel Veterans: Their History and Records," as part of the Open Net public access television series. Fran Wescott of the Agency for Public Telecommunications served as moderator for the program. The panel included Charlie Smith, director of the North Carolina Division of Veterans Affairs; Sion H. Harrington of the State Archives' Military Collection Project; and Howard Burchette, researcher and specialist in African American veterans' history. The program addressed the importance of saving and preserving veterans' memorabilia, photographs, and records and how to research information on veterans. As \vith previous programs sponsored by the SHRAB, the panelists responded on the air to numerous questioned telephoned by viewers.