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BIENNIAL REPORT OFFICE OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY July 1, 2002-June 30, 2004 TOP LEFT: Many special activities and events were held to commemorate the centennial of the North Carolina Historical Commission in March 2003, including the publication of a new history of the Office of Archives and History. All images by the Office of Archives and History unless otherwise indicated. TOP RIGHT: A number of agencies in the Office of Archives and History presented special programs, exhibits, and publications to acknowledge the centennial of manned flight in December 2003. This full-size replica of the Wright brothers’ airplane hung above the lobby of the North Carolina Museum of History. BOTTOM LEFT: An ongoing legal controversy concerning the ownership of the state’s original copy of the Bill of Rights dominated the latter half of the biennium. In January 2004, a federal district judge ruled that the document, removed from the State Capitol by a Union soldier in 1865, belonged to North Carolina as a public record. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Attorney General’s Office and Karen Blum, N.C. Department of Justice. CENTER RIGHT: Gov. Michael F. Easley proclaimed a two-year “Celebration of North Carolina Craft” for 2004-2005 to commemorate Tar Heel craft traditions, artisans, and products. Among several exhibits designed by the Museum of History in keeping with this theme was the Crafted from Silver: Objects in the Museum’s Collection, which was on display from March to May 2004. This elegant tea service, ca. 1840-1850, was created by Thomas William Brown of Wilmington. BOTTOM RIGHT: Among the highlights of the biennium for the Division of State Historic Sites and Properties was the reopening of the Old Kentucky Home at the Thomas Wolfe Memorial in Asheville in May 2004. The famous boardinghouse, severely damaged by an arsonist in 1998, was painstakingly restored to its 1916 appearance, the year Thomas Wolfe left home to matriculate at the University of North Carolina. FIFTIETH BIENNIAL REPORT OF THE NORTH CAROLINA OFFICE OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY July 1, 2002 through June 30, 2004 Raleigh Office of Archives and History North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources 2005 © 2005 by the North Carolina Office of Archives and History All rights reserved NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL RESOURCES LISBETH C. EVANS Secretary OFFICE OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY JEFFREY J. CROW Deputy Secretary DIVISION OF HISTORICAL RESOURCES DAVID L. S. BROOK Director DIVISION OF STATE HISTORIC SITES KAY P. WILLIAMS Director DIVISION OF STATE HISTORY MUSEUMS ELIZABETH F. BUFORD Director NORTH CAROLINA HISTORICAL COMMISSION JERRY C. CASHION (2007) Chairman ALAN D. WATSON (2009) Vice Chairman Millie M. Barbee (2009) Mary Hayes Holmes (2005) Gail W. O’Brien (2005) Kemp P. Burpeau (2009) B. Perry Morrison Jr. (2005) Freddie L. Parker (2007) Paul D. Escott (2007) Janet N. Norton (2005) Margaret Supplee Smith (2007) EMERITI: N. J. Crawford, H. G. Jones, William S. Powell, Max R. Williams CONTENTS DeputySecretary’sReport............................1 DivisionofHistoricalResources........................5 Administration................................. 5 FederationofN.C.HistoricalSocieties..................5 ResearchBranch...............................6 WesternOfficeofArchivesandHistory..................9 ArchivesandRecordsSection........................13 HistoricalPublicationsSection.......................23 OfficeofStateArchaeology.........................29 StateHistoricPreservationOffice......................33 DivisionofStateHistoricSitesandProperties................41 MuseumandVisitorServices/StateCapitolSection............44 NorthCarolinaTransportationMuseum...................47 NortheasternHistoricSitesSection.....................49 PiedmontHistoricSitesSection.......................52 Roanoke Island Festival Park ........................55 SoutheasternHistoricSitesSection.....................57 TryonPalaceHistoricSites&Gardens...................60 USS North Carolina Battleship Memorial .................63 WesternHistoricSitesSection........................65 DivisionofStateHistoryMuseums......................69 NorthCarolinaMuseumofHistory.....................70 Mountain Gateway Museum .........................82 MuseumoftheAlbemarle..........................83 MuseumoftheCapeFearHistoricalComplex...............85 North Carolina Maritime Museum......................87 Appendixes ADMINISTRATION 1.TheNorthCarolinaHistoricalCommission.............94 2. Appropriations and Expenditures, July 1, 2002-June 30, 2004 . 95 3. Appropriations and Expenditures, 1954-2004 ............96 4.RosterofEmployees..........................97 5.PublicationsofStaffMembers....................114 6. Complete List of Publications Issued by the OfficeofArchivesandHistory..................126 DIVISION OF HISTORICAL RESOURCES 7.NewHighwayHistoricalMarkersApproved............134 8.AccessionsbytheArchivesandRecordsSection.........136 9.UnderwaterArchaeologyPermitsIssued..............208 10.HistoricPreservationFundGrants..................209 11. Certified Local Governments in North Carolina as of June 30, 2004 .........................212 12. Local Historic Preservation Commissions in North Carolina as of June 30, 2004 ························ 213 13.HistoricPreservationTaxCreditProjectsReviewed........216 14.NorthCarolinaPropertiesListedontheNationalRegister....258 15. Survey and Planning Branch Activity by County .........263 DIVISION OF STATE HISTORIC SITES AND PROPERTIES 16.Accessions.............................. 268 17.AttendanceatStateHistoricSites..................275 18.SpecialPrograms...........................276 19. Contributions of Time and Funds ..................277 20. USS North Carolina Battleship Memorial Revenue ........278 21.PlanningandConstructionProjects.................278 22. Unpublished Archaeological, Historical, and Technical Reports . 279 23. Roanoke Island Commission Members ...............280 24.TryonPalaceCommissionMembers................281 25. USS North Carolina Battleship Commission Members ......282 DIVISION OF STATE HISTORY MUSEUMS 26.Accessions.............................. 283 27.PublicImpact.............................293 28.Exhibits................................ 294 29. Public Presentations, Consultations, and Technical Assistance . 297 Biennial Report Office of Archives and History July 1, 2002-June 30, 2004 Administrative Organization Office of Archives and History North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources June 30, 2004 Deputy Secretary Archives and History Jeffrey J. Crow Director Director Director David L. S. Brook Kay P. Williams Elizabeth F. Buford Division of Division of State Historic Division of Historical Resources Sites and Properties State History Museums Administration Museum and Visitor Services/ N.C. Museum of History Federation of N.C. State Capitol Section (Raleigh) Historical Societies** Mountain Gateway Museum Research Branch North Carolina Transportation Western Office Museum (Old Fort) Northeastern Historic Sites Archives and Records Section Museum of the Albemarle Section Historical Publications Section (Elizabeth City) Piedmont Historic Sites Museum of the Cape Fear Office of State Archaeology Section Historical Complex State Historic Preservation Roanoke Island Festival Park* (Fayetteville) Office Southeastern Historic Sites N.C. Maritime Museum Eastern Office Section (Beaufort) Tryon Palace Historic Sites & Gardens* Roanoke Island Branch USS North Carolina Battleship Southport Branch Memorial* Western Historic Sites Section *Oversight by commissions **Affiliate organization BIENNIAL REPORT OF THE OFFICE OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY July 1, 2002-June 30, 2004 Jeffrey J. Crow, Deputy Secretary During the 2002-2004 biennium, the Office of Archives and History celebrated an important milestone—its one hundredth anniversary. The retrospective proved timely. Despite continuing budget cuts in Archives and History since 1991, North Carolinians could look with pride upon the accomplishments of their state historical agency over the period of a century. The theme of the commemoration—“History for All the People”— originated with Dr. Christopher Crittenden, director of the Department of Archives and History from 1935 to 1968. Writing in 1941, Crittenden declared: “Our histories should be something of broad, general interest—not merely for the professional historians, not merely for the genealogists, not just for any other limited group, but instead for the people at large.” The theme became part of a logo designed by Michael Southern and the title of a book on the history of the agency by Ansley Wegner. Several years in the making, the centennial observance featured public programs with wide appeal. The North Carolina State Archives and the North Carolina Museum of History collaborated on an exhibit titled Presidential Ink: Signatures and Memorabilia. The commemoration culminated on the weekend of March 7-8, 2003, with special events for the public and a subscription dinner at which the distinguished historian William E. Leuchtenburg gave the keynote address. He chose as his topic the role of Robert D. W. Connor in the creation of presidential libraries. President Franklin D. Roosevelt named Connor first archivist of the United States, 1934-1941. Connor, of course, was the first secretary of the North Carolina Historical Commission, 1903- 1921. Roosevelt’s home in Hyde Park, New York, became the first presidential library. As memorable as the centennial celebration was, it occurred under a fiscal cloud. The Office of Archives and History