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History in bloom he alace A Publication of the Tryon Palace TCouncil of Friends VOLUME 6 PNUMBER 4 SUMMER 2006 Publisher: Karen O’Connell Editor: Vina Hutchinson Farmer Contributors: Fran Campbell, Vina Hutchinson Farmer, Cheryl Kite, Karen O’Connell, Nancy Richards, Amy Tattersall, Lisa Wimpfheimer Graphic Artist: Christine Farver, Farver Design Studio TRYON PALACE COUNCIL OF FRIENDS BOARD OF DIRECTORS President: David L. Ward Jr. Vice President: Carson Brice Board of Directors: Kittye Bailey Dr. Sidney Barnwell Anne Bradford Ellen Chance D. Hayes Clement Dr. Jeffrey Crow, ex officio Judy Easley June Ficklen John Hines Jeanette Hyde Carole Kemp Bob Mattocks, ex officio Work continues on restoring wetlands to the History Center’s waterfront. Nelson McDaniel Patricia Naumann Karen O’Connell, ex officio On the waterfront Cece Scott With environmental cleanup on the History Center Ginny Smith Jennifer Stallings site completed, crews are now working to transform a portion of the Trent Torrey Stroud River waterfront back to wetlands as they would have appeared in Royal Alice Tolson Governor ’s day. The cost of the wetlands restoration project is Charlotte Weaver underwritten by grants from the Clean Water Management Trust Fund and Dr. Zebulon Weaver III Kay Williams, ex officio the Environmental Protection Agency. This work should be completed by Joe Zaytoun July 2006. The reconstructed wetlands will provide us with an opportunity Robert Zaytoun to engage our visitors in maritime history and environmental heritage. It also The Palace is published four times a year will filter storm water runoff from about 35 acres of New Bern’s downtown by the Tryon Palace Council of Friends historic district. This combination of historical accuracy and environmental to provide information about and build sustainability has generated national acclaim for the History Center project. support for Tryon Palace Historic Sites & In 2007 a boardwalk and pier will be constructed over the wetlands to Gardens. We welcome your comments and suggestions. Send correspondence to Vina facilitate public access and educational programs. The Center itself will open Hutchinson Farmer, Editor, The Palace, in 2010. P.O. Box 1007, New Bern, NC 28563. Telephone: 252-514-4936. Fax: 252-514- 4876. E-mail: [email protected]. On the cover: For more information about Tryon Palace Tryon Palace Historic Sites & Gardens’ 14 acres of beautiful gardens offer Historic Sites & Gardens, click on our a colorful respite from daily life. Gardens are open until 7 p.m. through website at www.tryonpalace.org or call Sept. 4. 252-514-4900, 800-767-1560.

2 he alace he alace 3 TP SUMMER 2006 SUMMER 2006 TP GARDEN Q & A Historic plants that bloom all summer by Lisa Wimpfheimer, Horticulturist Garden and plant a combination Q: What are some historic of vegetables, fl owers, small fruits plants that bloom all summer? and herbs. Th is type of companion A: Th ere are numerous perennial planting reduces the damage done and annual fl owers that provide by diseases or insects moving color throughout the summer. across a monoculture or single When asking about historic plants, crop planting. the category is usually divided into Besides the newest hybrid two: native plants and those plants vegetable seeds, many gardeners imported to the United States after are enjoying heirloom varieties. a certain date. Beebalm Other great resources for Some lovely examples of fl owers heirloom varieties are seed saving found in New Bern after 1850 organizations, such as Southern can be found in the Dot Tyler Exposure Seed Exchange, which Garden next to the Museum Shop. features many unique and diverse Beebalm (Monarda sp.) with red- seeds. pink blossoms stands tall with Th e fruit trees that are most uniquely fringed petals. Known successful in this area are apples, for its attractiveness to butterfl ies fi gs and pears. Th en plant a patch and hummingbirds, it has the of herbs such as bronze fennel, sometimes undesirable habit of lemon balm or rosemary to add spreading quickly. Black-eyed Susan fragrance, fl owers and fresh Another hardy yet lovely plant is seasonings for your cooking. the old fashioned petunia (Petunia integrifolia). Th e fuchsia-colored Q: What kind of ground covers fl owers are numerous, and this grow in a wooded area? plant looks good in containers as A: In an area with lots of mature well as in the landscape. shade trees, it can be challenging Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia to bring some interest to the hirta) is a lovely, dependable native ground level. Th ose who admire plant that has been used in gardens foliage, texture and shades of green and is frequently collected and appreciate the diversity of ferns. In shared by neighbors. It reseeds and selecting hardy ferns for this area, is drought tolerant, looking lovely Kitchen Garden note that the Southern wood or in a mass. Th e perennial form of shield fern (Th elypteris kunthii) is this fl ower (R. fulgida ‘Goldsturm’) repeats each summer one of the best for moderate sun, drought and summer from the previous year’s clump. heat. Th e East Indian holly fern(Arachniodes simplicior For a list of what is blooming at Tryon Palace Historic ‘Variegata’) has glossy evergreen leaves and an interesting Sites & Gardens during any week, visit our website at yellow variegation. And the unique tricolored fronds of www.tryonpalace.org, then click on “gardens” under the Japanese painted ferns (Althyrium nipponicum ‘Pictum’) “explore” tab. will make them a delightful standout.

Q: How can I fi nd new vegetables to grow in my Lisa Wimpfheimer, horticulturist and head of the Garden garden? Services Branch at Tryon Palace Historic Sites & Gardens, A: Th e fi rst thing to ask yourself is, “What do I like to directs the planting and care of the site’s 14 acres of gardens eat or cook?” Th en draw inspiration from the Kitchen and has been a plant pest consultant.

2 he alace he alace 3 TP SUMMER 2006 SUMMER 2006 TP VOLUNTEER PROGRAM Volunteer opportunities at Tryon Palace by Fran Campbell, Volunteer occur during the school year, this is guides. Academy guides are asked to Coordinator a fun way for school and civil groups volunteer two shifts of their choice ith summer here, to earn community service credits. monthly as their schedules will allow. Tryon Palace Historic • Youth Leaders: Leaders of Sites & Gardens’ Scout troops, church youth groups Christmas in July needW for volunteers is as strong as and civic clubs may contact the Volunteers and paid staff are ever. Volunteers are a vital part of Volunteer Coordinator for more already planning 2006 Candlelight our operations – they contributed information about volunteer Tours at Tryon Palace Historic Sites over 13,000 hours last year, and we programs at TPHS&G. We off er & Gardens. Plans call for having all depend on them to provide even challenging volunteer opportunities guides and character interpreters in more this year. Come join the team! for groups and individuals at such costumes, and we need experienced events as Girl Scout Saturday and seamstresses of all ages to make it Youth volunteers Home School Days, as well as happen. If you can sew by hand or TPHS&G is truly interested in summer, holiday and day camps. use a sewing machine, give us a call! involving young people, 15 years Youth volunteers are needed to Fabric and patterns will be provided and over, in volunteer programs. teach art skills, serve as storytellers, as well as examples of costumes Being a volunteer gives young demonstrate crafts, and work as already made. Your help with our people opportunities to test junior counselors. Help us as we “Christmas in July” will make the their career interests in historical continue our mission to make 2006 Candlelight Tours colorful and fi elds while having fun in a safe history accessible and fun. exciting. environment. Youth under the age of 15 may volunteer if a parent or Fall garden season Young Sprouts Leaders guardian volunteers or works on site Maintenance of the gardens at Th e Young Sprouts Program has with them. Here are just a few of the TPHS&G is an ongoing task. Youth been revised to meet the standards opportunities available: and adults interested in becoming in the 3rd grade curriculum. Th e • Recreation: Th e New Bern profi cient gardeners are most updated program kicks off in fall Academy Museum is a wonderful welcome to join our volunteer/staff 2006. Adults and/or college students place for visitors of all ages to team. Th e Kitchen Garden is one are needed to provide the leadership enjoy activities on the Academy that requires constant care during for this popular school program. Green. Costumed youth volunteers the summer months. Join us, set Training will be off ered in late are needed to demonstrate and your own schedule, and help us summer for both experienced and recruit visitors to participate in make our gardens a “must see” for new leaders. You do not have to be a old-fashioned games of Graces, local, national and international horticulturalist to volunteer for this Horseshoes and Bowles, as well as to garden tourists. program – you only need an interest lead tours of the exhibits. in plants, enjoy working with • Admission clickers: Imagine New Bern Academy Museum children and like being outdoors. bright, smiling young people as In April 2006, the New Bern admission clickers at the gates of Academy Museum became part of To volunteer or for more information, TPHS&G. Volunteers staff the the New Bern Trolley’s morning call Volunteer Coordinator Fran gates when the gardens are open and afternoon tours. Th e addition Campbell at 252-514-4951 or email free to the public – for example, of the morning tour provides an [email protected]. Volunteer on Independence Day and during opportunity for history buff s who application forms also can be found Mumfest weekend. Since the are early birds to join the corps online at www.tryonpalace.org/ majority of these free events often of New Bern Academy Museum applicationvo.html.

4 he alace he alace 5 TP SUMMER 2006 SUMMER 2006 TP THE CALENDAR SUMMER 2006 July Summer Garden Hours: Gardens open until 7 p.m. through Sept. 4 (Last ticket sold at 4:30 p.m.) Saturdays in July A Historical Punch & Judy Puppet Show 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. July 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29. Carriage Bay of Stable Offi ce. Watch a real colonial puppet show once performed in Governor Tryon’s time. Our version is adapted for young audiences and brings Punch & Judy to America just before the American Revolution. Friday, July 7 Friday, July 14 Saturdays, July 1&15 Friday Flicks for Kids: Th e First 4th Friday Flicks for Kids: Cowboys & Box & Cox: A One-Act British Farce of July Cattle Drives 3 p.m. 3-3:30 p.m. Visitor Center 3-3:30 p.m. Visitor Center Are Mr. Box and Mr. Cox going crazy? Auditorium. Free. Auditorium. Free. What can explain the mysterious Ben Franklin’s young reporters, Sarah Th e large cattle drives of the Old West happenings in their London boarding and James, learn that Th omas Jeff erson began in 1866 and lasted just 20 house, and what does their landlady has arrived in Philadelphia to put the years. In that brief era, 10 million know that they don’t? fi nal touches on the Declaration of cows were driven up the dusty trails Independence on July 4th. from Texas to Kansas and Missouri. Tuesday, July 4 Independence Day: Reading of the Friday, July 7 Saturday, July 15 Declaration of Independence South Lawn Concert Series: 440th Saturday Sampler Program: New 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Free garden admission North Carolina National Guard Bern Book Festival (interior tours require the purchase Concert Band. Noon-5 p.m. Visitor Center of a ticket). Gates open at 5 p.m. Concert starts Auditorium. Free. Our beautiful gardens are open free at 6:30 p.m. Come meet local African-American to the public in honor of America’s Enjoy a thrilling performance by this authors, hear their stories and birthday. Th e Colonial Fife & Drum concert series favorite on the South purchase their works in this recitation, Corps performs at 11 a.m., followed Lawn overlooking the beautiful Trent reception and book fair. by a reading on the Palace steps at River. Please bring your own chairs, 11:20 a.m. of the Declaration of blankets and picnics, but leave pets Th ursday, July 20 Independence by costumed characters and alcoholic beverages at home. African-American Lecture: portraying famous North Carolinians Th e Deconstruction and from the Revolutionary War era. Reconstruction of Motherhood and Manhood: Toni Morrison’s Beloved

4 he alace PROGRAMS SUBJECT TO CHANGE he alace 5 TP SUMMER 2006 SUMMER 2006 TP THE CALENDAR and Alice Walker’s Th ird Life of Saturdays, August 5&19 Grange Copeland Box & Cox: A One-Act British Farce 7 p.m. Visitor Center Auditorium. August 3 p.m. Free. Sponsored by the North Summer Garden Hours: Gardens Are Mr. Box and Mr. Cox going crazy? Carolina Humanities Council. open until 7 p.m. through Sept. 4 What can explain the mysterious Th is presentation by Dr. Reginald (Last ticket sold at 4:30 p.m.) happenings in their London boarding W. Watson explores how slavery and house, and what does their landlady oppression deconstruct the traditional know that they don’t? image of motherhood and manhood Saturdays in August for the black man and woman. Th is A Historical Punch & Judy Puppet dynamic is clearly brought out in Show Friday, August 4 Morrison’s Sethe and Paul D. and 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. August 5, 12, Friday Flicks for Kids: Colonial Life Walker’s Grange and Brownfi eld 19 and 26. Carriage Bay of Stable for Children in Jamestown Copeland. Dr. Watson presents a Offi ce. 3-3:30 p.m. Visitor Center rationale for how these particular Watch a real colonial puppet show Auditorium. Free. works fi t blueprints for understanding once performed in Governor Tryon’s Th is engaging program visits the site the social and historical realities of the time. Our version is adapted for young of the earliest permanent European black male/female roles and the eff ects audiences and brings Punch & Judy to settlement to explore its history and of slavery and oppression. America just before the Revolution. learn what daily life was like for the early settlers. Friday, July 21 Friday Flicks for Kids: Slavery & Plantation Life 3-3:30 p.m. Visitor Center Auditorium. Free. In the early 1600s, settlers began arriving on the shores of America eager to establish farms and build settlements. Some other immigrants, however, came against their will and were forced to work as slaves on large plantations. Friday, July 28 Friday Flicks for Kids: Enslaved 3-3:30 p.m. Visitor Center Auditorium. Free. In the earliest days of colonial America there were no slaves, but the need for labor led the colonists to seek workers anywhere they could be found. Enslaved features a segment on indentured servants and a segment on the Punch case of 1640, in which a black indentured servant ran away with two white indentured servants. Photo courtesy of the Windsock/Pfc. Jennifer Poole, USMC

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Saturday, August 19 Saturday Sampler Program: Turning Pottery 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. $10 per person, materials fee included. Reservations required by calling 252-514-4935. Class size limited to 12 people, with a minimum enrollment of 5. Watch demonstrations from North Carolina potter Ben Watford, and learn how to create a small pot. Sunday, August 20 African-American Historic Downtown Walking Tour 2 p.m. $4 per adult, $2 per student. Leaves from the Visitor Center lobby. Reservations required by calling 252-514-4900 with a minimum enrollment of 10 needed. Learn about 300 years of African- Watch a real colonial puppet show by the Colonial Fife & Drum Corps American history on a walking tour of once performed in Governor Tryon’s at 3 p.m. At 4 p.m., watch the New Bern’s historic district. Th is tour time. Our version is adapted for young spectacle of the Sept. 5, 1801 Stanly- lasts approximately 90 minutes and audiences and brings Punch & Judy Spaight duel unfold before your very covers 16 blocks. to America just before the American eyes. In this historical re-enactment Revolution. of a duel between 19th-century New Bern political rivals, costumed Saturdays, Sept. 2&16 characters will fi re reproduction Box & Cox: A One-Act British fl intlock pistols. Farce September 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 17 African-American Historic Summer Garden Hours: Gardens Are Mr. Box and Mr. Cox going crazy? Downtown Walking Tour open until 7 p.m. through Sept. 4 What can explain the mysterious and 6 p.m. through Sept. 30 (Last happenings in their London boarding 2 p.m. $4 per adult, $2 per student. ticket sold at 4:30 p.m.) house, and what does their landlady Leaves from the Visitor Center know that they don’t? lobby. Reservations required by calling 252-514-4900 with a Saturdays in September minimum enrollment of 10 needed. A Historical Punch & Judy Puppet Monday, Sept. 4 Stanly-Spaight Duel Re-enactment Learn about 300 years of African- Show American history on a walking tour of 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Sept. 2, 9, 16, New Bern Academy Museum. Free. Tour the New Bern Academy Museum New Bern’s historic district. Th is tour 23 and 30. Carriage Bay of Stable lasts approximately 90 minutes and Offi ce. free of charge from 1 - 4 p.m., and enjoy a special musical performance covers 16 blocks.

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Wednesday, Sept. 20 Deadline to register for Home School Day on Oct. 7. Tickets are $8 per student and $12 per adult. Coming up next season Call 252-514-4935 to register or • Th e Historical Punch for more information. & Judy Puppet Show and the British farce Box & Th ursday, Sept. 21 Cox continue in October, African-American Lecture: November and December. Princeville, North Carolina: A • Home-school families can Tale of Survival-Overcoming enjoy hands-on activities Adverse Politics, Punitive Laws and take-home projects, as and Destruction by Natural well as tours of the Palace Phenomena and three other historic 7 p.m. Visitor Center homes, during our Home Auditorium. Free. School Day: “Revolution!”, Th is presentation by C. Rudolph 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Oct 7. Knight chronicles the development Pre-registration and pre- of Princeville, North Carolina, payment by Sept. 20 is from its inception as “Freedom required. Call 252-514- Hill” during the Civil War, 4935 for more information. through to the 21st century. • Mumfest weekend at Historic photographs and maps, Tryon Palace Historic Sites written narratives and family oral & Gardens: Th e gardens histories by members of Princeville’s are open free of charge the weekend of Oct. 13-15 (interior tours require the founding families will be used purchase of a ticket). Visitors will enjoy the colorful beauty of thousands of to convey this all-black town’s chrysanthemums in bloom in the Palace gardens. Other activities featured struggles to survive amidst political, this weekend are the Fall Heritage Plant Sale, a performance by the Colonial social and legal setbacks from the Fife & Drum Corps, the antics of the Punch & Judy Puppet Show and late 19th century to the present. ongoing fun with crafts and games. • Th e last two African-American Historic Downtown Walking Tours are Saturday, Sept. 23 scheduled for 2 p.m. Oct. 15 and Nov. 19. Reservations and a minimum Saturday Sampler Program: Fall enrollment of 10 are required; admission is $4 per adult and $2 per student. Plantings • Emily Seelbinder, PhD, presents “Th e Harlem Renaissance: An Explosion 10 a.m.-noon. Visitor Center of African-American Creativity” in a free lecture 7 p.m. Nov. 16 in the Auditorium. $4 per person. Visitor Center Auditorium. Sponsored by the North Carolina Humanities Learn about planting bulbs, Council, this lecture explores the origins of the Harlem Renaissance and vegetables, shrubs and trees examines some of the art, music and literature that came out of this period. for autumn at this lecture and • Our November Saturday Sampler program features a delightful demonstration by Tryon Palace opportunity for parents and children to make period holiday ornaments. garden staff . Here’s your chance to craft your own historic Christmas tree ornaments at this festive family workshop, 10 a.m.-12:30 pm. Nov. 18. Call 252-514-4935 *Events which do not require a for information and reservations. materials fee are free for ticket • Th e Harvest Celebration returns for the Th anksgiving holiday in late holders and members of the Tryon November and our traditional Christmas activities, including the popular Palace Council of Friends. Candlelight Tours and fi reworks, get underway in December.

8 he alace PROGRAMS SUBJECT TO CHANGE TP SUMMER 2006 INSIDE THE COLLECTIONS Girandoles: Literature in three dimensions by Nancy Richards, Curator of Collections ryon Palace Historic Sites & Gardens is Tblessed with a wide array of interesting and unusual candle-powered lighting devices. Th ere are candlesticks, candelabras, wall sconces and mirrors with candle arms in a range of materials — metals, ceramics, glass and even wood. One of the more interesting candle-powered lighting Girandoles featuring fi gures from Th e Last of the Mohicans. forms is the girandole. based on the number of branches or is a case in point. It depicts fi gures Th e word “girandole” derives lights, whether the base was single drawn directly from James Fenimore from the Italian girandola, a type or double, the fi nish on the pictorial Cooper’s Th e Last of the Mohicans, of revolving fi rework. Adopted by shaft, and the number, shape and fi rst published in 1826. Set during the French in the spelling we know decoration on the prisms. Girandoles the French and Indian War, Cooper’s now, it entered the English language were sold as single-light candlesticks, story chronicles the massacre of a in the mid-18th century. Th e as three-light models, and in limited colonial garrison and the rescue of dictionary off ers several meanings: numbers as a fi ve-light model. Th e two sisters kidnapped by hostile a wall bracket with candle arms, most common confi guration was a Indians. Th e Last of the Mohicans a circular convex mirror with or central three-branch candle holder proved to be a very popular and without candle arms, a lighting fl anked by a pair of single-light widely read novel. And its infl uence fi xture with glass or crystal pendants girandoles. extended far beyond the realm of and, most recently, a type of Girandoles were made in literature. dangling, sparkling jewelry. considerable numbers in many Th is particular rendition was While almost any type of areas, but the major centers were created in 1848 and 1849 by Isaac candelabra with glass prisms fi ts Philadelphia, New York and Boston. F. Baker, a partner in the Cornelius the general description, the term One of the most important fi rms fi rm. Baker drew and submitted the girandole usually is attached to the producing girandoles was Cornelius sketches for patent in two lots. Th e form introduced in the 1830s in and Company of Philadelphia design for the three-fi gure group was which the pictorial shaft is mounted (1839-1851), a partnership of approved in December 1848 and on a marble or faux marble base, Christian Cornelius and his son the fl anking fi gures in April 1849. while the bobeche at the candle cup Robert, which manufactured all Cornelius and Company began provides a ring for the glass prisms. forms of lighting into the 1860s. production of these girandoles for Girandoles varied a good deal in Th ere is a strong literary and/or use on mantels and pier tables in quality from fi nely cast limited- historical theme in many of the stylish households in 1849, and the edition models to mass-produced girandoles produced by Cornelius fi gures remained in production until forms. Th ey also varied in price and Company. Th is set shown here continued on page 10

he alace 9 SUMMER 2006 TP Girandoles Meet our new employees in Museum Services continued from page 9 Diana Bell Diana Bell is our new curator of interpretation and comes to Tryon Palace Historic Sites & Gardens with experience in the worlds of both academic and public history. Born in Durham, she earned a bachelor’s degree in history from Davidson College. After two years working for a small publishing company in Durham, she returned to school, earning her master’s degree in American history from the College of William and Mary in August 2005. During the past 10 years, Diana has gained experience as a front-line interpreter at several historic sites in the Triangle area. At The centerpiece features main characters State Historic Site she gave tours to visitors and helped with special events. from The Last of the Mohicans. Completing a state government internship at Historic , Diana created at least 1860. a volunteer training manual and interpreted the site for individual visitors The girandole set represents the key and large groups. Diana served as a docent at Orange County Historical players in the rescue. Dominating Museum and most recently worked in educational programming and exhibit the central fixture is Chingachgook, planning at Historic Oak View County Park in Raleigh. Diana is excited to chief of the Mohican tribe, “seated be part of the TPHS&G team and is looking forward to working together on the end of a grassy log,” as he is with all staff members during a time of dynamic change. described in Cooper’s novel. Beside Diana enjoys cooking, traveling and spending time with friends. Engaged him sits Natty Bumppo, known to be married in June, Diana and her fiancé, Jeff Kite, are looking forward to as Hawkeye, the white scout who starting their life together in New Bern. led the rescue. Behind them is Chingachgook’s son, Uncas, the last Katie Brightman of the Mohican tribe. As originally Katie Brightman is our new visitor services designed, the flanking figures manager. Born and raised in Orlando, Fla., represented Cora Munro, one of the Katie developed an interest in museum rescued women, and Major Duncan education while still in high school, when Heyward, who aided in the rescue. she worked as a paid intern at the Orlando Our set has a second figure of Cora Science Center for three years. She first came to Munroe. The set was a gift of John North Carolina in 1998, as a freshman at the L. and Ann Beal Sanders. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In addition to this important After graduating with a bachelor’s degree in group, the Sanders also presented American Studies and a minor in business, she a pair of single-figure girandoles in accepted a full-time temporary position at the North Carolina Museum of the Ivanhoe-model by an unknown History in Raleigh, and North Carolina became her permanent home. Philadelphia maker. We also own In August 2003 she returned to school to pursue a master’s degree in public a pair of three-branch girandoles history at North Carolina State University. After graduating last May, she was in the Rip van Winkle model and thrilled to return to her former position at the Museum of History. There another three-piece set consisting of she worked primarily with the docent and school tour programs, though she a three-branch central fixture and also helped design and implement a variety of educational projects for other a pair of singles of a woman and audiences. child in c. 1840s costume. Several When Katie saw the advertisement for the visitor services manager’s of these girandoles will be used in position, she saw that it was a great fit with her interests and previous the William Hollister House when it experience. As Katie continues to handle her new duties and opportunities at opens as an exhibit building. TPHS&G, she looks forward to settling in New Bern.

10 he alace TP SUMMER 2006 Meet our new employees in Museum Services New library books cover wide range of topics The collection of books in the Gertrude Carraway Masini, Lara Vinca. Art nouveau. London: Thames and Research Library continues to grow, according to Dean Hudson, 1986. Knight, Registrar and Librarian. The library is open to Noel Hume, Ivor. All the best rubbish. New York: the public for research from 8 a.m.-noon Wednesdays and Harper & Row [1974]. Thursdays and other times by appointment. (Only staff Ormsbee, Thomas Hamilton. Early American furniture members and volunteers with over 40 hours of service makers. Detroit: Gale Research Co., 1976, c1930. in the previous calendar year are eligible to check out Paul, Tessa. Art of Louis Comfort Tiffany, The. New books.) In addition to a nearly 5,000-volume collection York: Exeter Books, 1987. that covers history, art, antiques, gardens, gardening and Reardon, Carol. Pickett’s charge in history and memory. many other topics, bound periodicals and institutional Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1997. reports also are available. Patrons can use in-house Santore, Charles. Windsor style in America, The. computers to search the collection by author, title or Philadelphia, Pa.: Running Press, c1992. subject matter. For information, call 252-514-4900. Von Rosenstiel, Helene. Floor coverings for historic Here’s just a small sampling of the latest 240 books to buildings. Washington, D.C: Preservation Press, c1988. join the collection: Weber, Eva. Art Deco in America. New York: Exeter Books, 1985. Ash, Stephen V. When the Yankees came. Chapel Hill: Wyler, Seymour B. Book of Sheffield plate, The. New University of North Carolina Press, 1995. York: Bonanza Books [1949]. Berlin, Ira. Slavery in New York. New York : New Press: Distributed by W. W. Norton, 2005. Chestnut, Mary Boykin Miller. Diary from Dixie, A. New York: Gramery Books, 1997. Development Update: Clifton-Mogg, Caroline. Displaying pictures and photographs. New York: Crown, 1988. Fund-Raising Task Force Delieb, Eric. Matthew Boulton: master silversmith. New Established more than five years ago, the Fund-Raising York: C.N. Potter; distributed by Crown, 1971. Task Force provided leadership for the initiation of the Drury, Ian. Civil War military machine, The. New York: Making History campaign and the integration of all fund- Smithmark, c1993. raising activities at Tryon Palace Historic Sites & Gardens. Gilbert, Anne. How to be an antiques detective. New The ambitious and successful early work of the Task Force York: Grosset & Dunlap, c1978. laid a solid foundation of commitments to the campaign Glanville, Philippa. Women silversmiths, 1685-1845. from the Tryon Palace family – the Commission and New York, N.Y.: Thame and Hudson, 1990. Council of Friends Board – and began to expand Guernsey, Alfred Hudson. Harper’s pictorial history of the support outreach to other individuals, corporations and Civil War. New York: Fairfax Press, 1977. foundations. With many of the initial site preparations Hinckley, F. Lewis. Directory of antique furniture, A. for the North Carolina History Center behind us, fund- New York: Crown Publishers [1953]. raising activities have moved into a new level, including Jackson, Charles James. An illustrated history of English the renewal and expansion of the Fund-Raising Task plate. New York: Dover Publications [1969]. Force. The members will meet monthly to build on the Kelly, Alison. Book of English fireplaces. Feltham: Task Force’s early work and to help achieve the ultimate Country Life Books, 1968. funding for the North Carolina History Center project. Kovel, Ralph M. and Terry. American country furniture. Representing the Tryon Palace Commission: Robert L. New York: Crown [1965]. Mattocks, Olivia Holding, Karen Rand, J. Harold Talton, Laughlin, Ledlie Irwin. Pewter in America. New York: William C. Cannon Jr. and Hugh Cullman, emeritus. American Legacy Press, 1981. Representing the Council of Friends: David L. Ward, Lee, Lawrence. Stained glass. New York: Crown Jr., Ellen Chance, Ella Ann Holding, Betty Ray McCain Publishers, 1976. and Robert Zaytoun. Loughlin, David. Case of Major Fanshawe’s chairs, The. Staff: Kay P. Williams, Philippe Lafargue, Cheryl Kite, New York: Universe Books, 1978. Karen O’Connell, Vina Farmer and Judy Bailie.

he alace 11 SUMMER 2006 TP IN THE SHOPS Sail into summer ur Museum Shop features whimsical, nautical puzzles and toys this summer. Learn how to build a ship in a bottle or fi nd pirate booty fromO our puzzle treasure map. Th ese great activities as well as a fi ne selection of books for all ages highlight North Carolina’s rich maritime heritage. Prices range from $6 for sundials to $18 for our puzzle-map-in-a-bottle. Th is opportunity to exercise your imagination: Priceless.

rt by the renowned Mary Lake Th ompson is featured on these sunny and beautiful garden aprons, hats, towels and other gifts. Th ompson’s artA is timeless and full of garden delights that will enrich every home. Prices range from $5 to $40.

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