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Carolina A· Jomments NrnTH CAROLINA STATE UBRAR-Y Doc. p ,, l !="J~l-4 F£B Carolinaa· Jomments--- Published Bimonthly by the North Carolina Division of Archives and History VOLUME XXV, NUMBER 1 JANUARY, 1977 Culture Week North Carolina's Culture Week, an annual tradition since 1913, met in Raleigh the week of November 30 through December 4. The seventy-sixth meeting of the North Carolina Literary and Historical Association, the fiftieth anniversary of the North Carolina Art Society, and the twentieth anniversary of the North Carolina Museum of Art highlighted the week's events. North Carolina Literary and Historical Association The seventy-sixth annual meeting of the North Carolina Literary and Historical Association took place on December 3. The annual business meet­ ing included a financial statement and report by Mrs. Memory F. Mitchell, secretary-treasurer, and a report by Dr. Herbert R. Paschal of East Carolina University on the declining influence of history in public school curricula. Dr. Paschal presented a resolution, adopted unanimously by the association, which asked the Department of Public Instruction to reconsider the role currently assigned history in the curriculum and in teacher education and to confer with the Joint Committee on the Status of History in the Public Schools about long-range objectives. Dr. Elgiva D. Watson of St. Mary's College reviewed the Mayflower Cup The firm of Watson, Watson, Watson & O'Brien presided over the morning session of the North Carolina Literary and Historical Association. Pictured from left to right are: Dr. Elgiva D. Watson; Dr. Alan D. Watson; Dr. Harry L. Watson; and Dr. Gail O'Brien. (Photos by Division of Archives and History.) From the Director's Desk ... Perhaps it is because I am a historian ... but then again maybe it is because I am sometimes a reflecti\'e, even a contemplative being that I have recently begun to look deeply into the hbtory of North Carolina's Division of Archives and History. In unde1taking mv research I was not so much interested in being able to chart the historv of the i~stitution as I was in attempting to understand its essence. I wanted to find out for myself, in short. what had been the stimulus that caused the state of North Carolina to build up over a period of seventy-three years what has generally been conceded to be one of the three or four most outstanding state historical agencies in the nation. Why has this organization, successively titled the State Historical Commission (1903-1943), the State Department of Archives and History (1943-1973), and the State Division of Archives and History (1973-present), led the nation almost perpetually from its beginnings? I came to se\·eral very basic conclusions. (1) Throughout its history North Caro­ lina ·s historical agency has had a remarkable quality and continuity of leadership both in the Historical Commission and in terms of its executive director. There have, in fact, been only nine chairmen of the commission and only eight directors since 1903, as follows: Chairmen Dfrectors 1903-1907 William J. Peele 1903-1921 R. D. W. Connor 1907-1923 J. Bryan Grimes 1921-1924 D. H. Hill 1923-1932 Thomas P. Pittman 1924-1926 Robert B. House 1932-1942 M. C. S. Noble 1926-1935 Albert Ray Newsome 1942-1950 R. D. W. Connor 1935-1968 Charles Christopher Crittenden 1950-1954 B. F. Brown 1968-1974 H. G. Jones 1954-1965 McDaniel Lewis 1974-1975 Robert E. Stipe 1965-1972 Josh L. Horne 1975- Larry E. Tise 1972- T. Harry Gatton Among the chairmen have been some of the notable "lay" historians of North Caro­ lina. Among the directors have been persons who during their tenures at the head of the agency became national leaders in the field of state history management. (2) I also found that all of the leaders of North Carolina's historical agency shared one major goal in common: North Carolina's historical agency must deal comprehensively and always professionally with all matters pertaining to the state's history and of the people who ha\·e inhabited the state. A corollary was that the agency should attempt to preserve all those materials of history, whether they be documents, objects, artifacts, or sites of significance and of permanent value. With these objectives in mind, North Carolina's historical agency has always moved aggressively into new fields earlier than almost any other similar agency in the nation. (3) North Carolina's leaders in history have shared another aspiration as well: It is not enough merely to preserve the materials of history; it is also essential for the agency to serve as a broad-based educational institution with statewide focus and impact. All programs must be directed toward educating the public whether through publications, exhibits, interpreti\·e programs, or workshops and seminars. (4) Another aspiration gave North Carolina's historical agency a very special quality that has made it remarkable: Every director and his staff have displayed a devotion (indeed, sometimes a mania) for historical authenticity, accuracy, and significance. This devotion to faithful and truthful history has set the agency apart from all of the other mediocre state historical agencies and, as \Veil, from all of the other bureaucratic agencies of North Carolina's state government. North Carolina's historical agency-the Division of Archi\'es and History-has a remarkable history of its own. It has amassed a treasury of valuable traditions too important to be disregarded, too vital to be discontinued, and too enviable to permit the whim of any man or group of men to threaten their continuity and permanent preservation. Nor shall those of us who have inherited this record of guidance and wisdom falter in our eagerness or efforts to continue to provide North Carolina with the most outstanding state historical program in the nation. Larry E. Tise 2 CAROLINA COMMENTS competition entries for 1975-1976. "The Friends of Squire Oldway: Op­ position to Internal Improvements in Antebellum North Carolina" was the subject of a paper given by Dr. Harry L. Watson of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Gail O'Brien of North Carolina State University delivered a paper on "The Impact of the Civil War on Power Elites in Mecklenburg County, 1850-1880." Mrs. C. V. Winter of Charlotte presented the American Association of University Women Award for Juvenile Litera­ ture to Glen Rounds for his book Mr. Yoiucler and the Lion Roar Capsules. Fred Chappell, Greensboro poet, received the Roanoke-Chowan Poetry Award from Hargus Taylor for his book River. Dr. H. G. Jones, president of the association, announced five AASLH awards. An Award of Merit was conferred upon Dr. Louis Round Wilson, former librarian of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, who celebrated his one-hundredth birthday on December 27. Certificates of Com­ mendation were given to the Raleigh Fine Arts Society for its publication of Raleigh: A Guide to North Carolina's Capital; the Union Pines School of Cameron for an ongoing project collecting documented historical data; the History Seekers, a Tar Heel Junior Historian club in Albemarle which de­ voted over 10,000 hours to historical projects; and the Skewarkians, another Tar Heel Junior Historian club in Williamston, for its production of a film on the Tuscarora Indians. At the noon luncheon, Roy Parker, Jr., of Fayetteville reviewed the compe­ tition entries for the Sir Walter Raleigh, Roanoke-Chowan, and AAUW awards. Dr. Joseph F. Steelman announced the winners of the third annual undergraduate award and the R. D. W. Connor Award, both sponsored by the Historical Society of North Carolina. Dr. Roberta Sue Alexander of the University of Dayton received the Connor Award for her article "Hostility and Hope: Black Education in North Carolina during Presidential Re­ construction, 1865-1867" in the spring issue of the North Carolina Historical Revieiu. Steven Benjamin of East Carolina University won the undergraduate award for his paper "The North Carolina Speaker Ban Controversy." The association's evening banquet featured the presidential address of Dr. H. G. Jones, who traced the reasons for the deterioration of history in Dr. H. G. Jones (left) and Dr. Richard N. Current (right) delivered the principal ad­ dresses at the evening meeting of the North Carolina Literary and Historical Association. VOLUME XXV, NUMBER 1, JANUARY, 1977 3 Award winners: Samuel B. Dees present­ ing the Mayflower Cup to Dr. Eleanor Smith Godfrey (upper left); Dr. William S. Price, Jr., accepting the Sir Walter Raleigh Award for his brother Reynolds from Mrs. Margery Lane (upper right); Dr. H. G. Jones present­ ing the Crittenden Award to Mrs. Joye Jordan (left). the schools and in the public mind in a talk titled, "The Rape of History." Following Dr. Jones's speech, Dr. Richard N. Current of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro asked the historical question, "North Caro­ lina-First in Freedom?" in a speech detailing the debate over the Mecklen­ burg Declaration of Independence from 1775 to 1975. Reynolds Price of Duke University received the Sir Walter Raleigh Award for Fiction for his novel The Swface of Earth. Mrs. Margery Lane of Greensboro made the presenta­ tion to Dr. ,villiam S. Price, Jr., who accepted the award on behalf of his brother. Receiving the Mayflower Society Award from Samuel B. Dees for the best work in nonfiction \\'as Dr. Eleanor Smith Godfrey of Chapel Hill for her book The Development of English Glass-Making, 1560-1640. Mrs. Joye Jordan, former assistant director of the Division of Archives and History and now retired, received the Christopher Crittenden Memorial Award. A reception honoring the award winners followed the evening program.
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