DOCSLIB.ORG

Biennial Report of the North Carolina Office of Archives and History

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Biennial Report of the North Carolina Office of Archives and History FIFTY-THIRD BIENNIAL REPORT OF THE NORTH CAROLINA OFFICE OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2010 Raleigh Office of Archives and History North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources 2011 ©2011 by the North Carolina Office of Archives and History All rights reserved NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL RESOURCES LINDA A.CARLISLE 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 KEITH P. HARDISON Director DIVISION OF STATE HISTORY MUSEUMS KENNETH B. HOWARD Director NORTH CAROLINA HISTORICAL COMMISSION JERRY C. CASHION (2013) Chairman VACANT Vice-Chairman Millie M. Barbee (2009) B. Perry Morrison Jr. (2011) Mary Lynn Bryan (2011) Freddie L. Parker (2013) David C. Dennard (2015) Barbara Blythe Snowden (2013) Paul D. Escott (2013) Richard Starnes (2011) Valerie A. Johnson (2015) Harry L. Watson (2011) EMERITI: Kemp P. Burpeau, N. J. Crawford, H. G. Jones, William S. Powell, Alan D. Watson, Max R. Williams CONTENTS Deputy Secretary’s Report Education Branch Roanoke Island Festival Park Tryon Palace USS North Carolina Battleship Memorial Division of Historical Resources Collections Management Branch Research Branch Western Office Archives and Records Section Historical Publications Section Office of State Archaeology Historic Preservation Office Division of State Historic Sites and Properties East Region Piedmont Region West Region North Carolina Transportation Museum State Capitol Division of State History Museums North Carolina Museum of History Mountain Gateway Museum and Heritage Center Museum of the Albemarle Museum of the Cape Fear Historical Complex North Carolina Maritime Museum System North Carolina Maritime Museum, Beaufort North Carolina Maritime Museum, Southport Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum, Hatteras Appendices Appendix 1 North Carolina Historical Commission Appendix 2 Appropriations and Expenditures, 2008-2010 Appendix 3 Appropriations and Expenditures, 1960-2010 Appendix 4 Roster of Employees Appendix 5 Complete List of Publications Issued by the Office of Archives and History Appendix 6 Complete List of Exhibits BIENNIAL REPORT OF THE OFFICE OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY July 1, 2008–June 30, 2010 Jeffrey J. Crow, Deputy Secretary According to economists, the Great Recession began in December 2007 and ended in June 2009. But the effects of the recession lingered long after the nominal end of the economic downturn. State government faced its most challenging financial situation since the Great Depression. Unemployment remained stubbornly high in the state, barely dipping below 10 percent. State revenues shrank between $3 billion and $4 billion each year of the biennium. State agencies were asked to make deeper and deeper reductions in their budgets. By the end of the biennium, the Department of Cultural Resources had absorbed so many cuts in its operating funds, that only positions—filled and unfilled—remained to meet further budget reductions. A good example is the Historical Publications Section. The section suffered a 37 percent cut in its appropriation the second year of the biennium. As a result, the section lost four positions, all filled. Consequently, the venerable biennial report, first begun in 1905 by R. D. W. Connor, the first secretary of the North Carolina Historical Commission, became an electronic publication after fifty-two printed installments. Similarly, Carolina Comments, the newsletter of Archives and History since 1952, will be converted to an electronic format in the new reporting period. One of the few bright spots in the budgetary picture was the establishment of the Archives and Records Management (ARM) fund in 2009. A five-dollar fee on all deed transactions enabled the Archives and Records Section to collect more than $1 million annually in receipts. Those funds became critical to filling the holes created by the loss of appropriations. In the first year of its operation the ARM fund saved ten positions that otherwise would have been lost to budget cuts. The ARM fund also purchased new equipment and subsidized such quotidian expenditures as maintenance agreements and supplies. Another bright spot was a study of North Carolina’s cultural institutions as a stimulus to the state’s economy. Linda Carlisle, who became secretary of the Department of Cultural Resources in January 2009, showed her considerable business acumen by working with the Department of Commerce to generate an analysis of the “creative economy.” That study, issued in November 2009, demonstrated that the arts, history, libraries, museums, and historic sites and the businesses dependent upon them comprise more than 5 percent of North Carolina’s work force. Moreover, those institutions and businesses produce more than $41 billion in economic activity. Such data underscores the vitality and importance of the state’s cultural life for both workers and consumers. Despite the gloomy budget situation, Archives and History accomplished a lot during the biennium. With the sesquicentennial of the Civil War rapidly approaching, programs and activities surrounding that anniversary accelerated. The 145th anniversary of the Battle of Bentonville in March 2010 drew more than 50,000 visitors, far exceeding previous attendance. The Civil War 150 Web site (www.nccivilwar150.com) expanded considerably with new essays and information on North Carolina’s role in the war. On February 12, 2009, Archives and History hosted a one-day symposium on the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln’s birth. Eager participants filled the auditorium in the North Carolina Museum of History. Two months earlier the distinguished historian Dan Carter presented a lecture at the State Capitol commemorating the bicentennial of Andrew Johnson’s birth. Speakers at the Lincoln conference included Paul Escott, John David Smith, and Heather Williams (foreground); and Jeffrey J. Crow, Loren Schweninger, and William C. Harris (rear). Joseph Glatthaar was not present for the photograph. Another extremely popular symposium in October 2009 reflected on the 300th anniversary of the publication of John Lawson’s A New Voyage to Carolina. More than two hundred people attended the two- day conference, held at both the State Capitol and the North Carolina Museum of History. Among many other exhibits, the North Carolina Museum of History mounted two major ones, the first devoted to Blackbeard, piracy, and artifacts from what is thought to be the shipwreck of the Queen Anne’s Revenge; and the second to Thomas Day, the free African American cabinetmaker. Meanwhile, the new $60 million history center at Tryon Palace neared completion with exhibits devoted to regional history and an interactive family center re-creating an 1835 village in eastern North Carolina. A new visitor center opened at Horne Creek Living Historical Farm, while other museums and state historic sites mounted new exhibits or erected wayside exhibits. New publications included a book published by the University of North Carolina Press to accompany the Thomas Day exhibit; A Day of Blood, based on the 2006 Wilmington Race Riot (1898) report; and the seventeenth volume in the estimable Civil War roster series. Three commissions have long been a part of the Department of Cultural Resources, but only the Tryon Palace Commission traditionally has reported to the director or deputy secretary of Archives and History. Secretary Carlisle asked the deputy secretary to assume oversight of the semiautonomous Roanoke Island Commission and the Battleship North Carolina Commission. Then in February 2009 the newly created African American Heritage Commission was sworn in. Those four commissions—in addition to the North Carolina Historical Commission—occupied much of the deputy secretary’s time during the reporting period. In a remarkable shift in policy, the North Carolina Historical Commission lifted its moratorium on further monuments on Union Square to allow consideration of memorials to African Americans, women, and American Indians. For many years visitors to the State Capitol have raised questions about the lack of representation of minorities. A special study committee reported to the historical commission that spaces on the Capitol grounds as well as within the Capitol could accommodate new memorials. The historical commission agreed and opened a process for consideration of new memorials on those topics only. With appropriated dollars so precious, Archives and History increasingly has looked for funding from outside sources, especially federal agencies. The State Historical Records Advisory Board received a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission to fund a traveling archivist program. Under that grant more than forty small institutions around the state received the services of a professional archivist to learn how to care for their collections. Similarly, a two-year grant from the Institute for Museum and Library Services provided for regional workshops on disaster preparedness and conservation of collections. The State Archives proved especially adept at forming partnerships nationwide to promote digitization of its collections. The deputy secretary is blessed with a strong management team at every level. In particular division directors David Brook, Ken Howard, and Keith Hardison provide exceptional service to the people of North Carolina and manage the state’s historic resources with great skill. Their skills will be tested all the more as Archives and History
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Legislative Review Committee
    Legislative Review Committee Department of Cultural Resources (DCR) Secretary Susan Kluttz Karin Cochran – Chief Deputy Secretary January 23, 2014 Executive Summary Who is DCR? History Arts Library What are the priorities? What are the hopeful results? Overview of sites & museums 2 Started in 1971-- The Department of Cultural Resource's (DCR) Created by GS 143B-Article 2 Who is DCR? Vision To be the leader in using the state’s cultural resources to build the social, cultural, educational and economic future of North Carolina. Mission To enrich lives and communities, creating opportunities to experience excellence in the arts, history, and libraries in North Carolina that will spark creativity, stimulate learning, preserve the state’s history, and promote the economy. 3 Section 106 provides ample opportunity for aesthetic changesWho is toDCR? infrastructure to preserve NC history Accomplishments Section 106 4 4 The NC State Constitution emphasizes the requirement to preserve historic sites as part of NC’s state heritage Who is DCR? Article XIV-Miscellaneous Sec. 5. Conservation of natural resources. It shall be the policy of this State to conserve and protect its lands and waters for the benefit of all its citizenry, and to this end it shall be a proper function of the State of North Carolina and its political subdivisions to acquire and preserve park, recreational, and scenic areas, to control and limit the pollution of our air and water, to control excessive noise, and in every other appropriate way to preserve as a part of the common heritage of this State its forests, wetlands, estuaries, beaches, historical sites, openlands, and places of beauty.
    [Show full text]
  • General Assembly of North Carolina Session 2019 Session Law 2020-97 House Bill 1105 an Act to Provide Additional and Revised
    GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2019 SESSION LAW 2020-97 HOUSE BILL 1105 AN ACT TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL AND REVISED USES FOR FEDERAL CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUNDS, TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR DISASTER RECOVERY, AND TO MAKE OTHER REVISIONS OF LAW. The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: PART I. TRANSFER, APPROPRIATION, AND USE OF REMAINING CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUNDS TRANSFER AND APPROPRIATION OF CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUNDS SECTION 1.1.(a) Section 3.1 of S.L. 2020-4, as amended by Section 1 of S.L. 2020-32 and Section 1.1(b) of S.L. 2020-80, reads as rewritten: "SECTION 3.1. Transfer of Funds from Reserves to Relief Fund. – The State Controller shall transfer the sum of one two billion seven three hundred ninety-five sixty-three million nine three hundred eighty-eight ninety thousand twenty-nine six hundred forty-six dollars ($1,795,988,029) ($2,363,390,646) for the 2019-2020 fiscal year from the Reserve established in Section 2.1 of this act, and the sum of three hundred million dollars ($300,000,000) for the 2019-2020 fiscal year from the Local Government Coronavirus Relief Reserve established in Section 2.3 of this act, to the Fund established in Section 2.2 of this act. All interest earned on funds held in the Reserve shall be transferred to the Coronavirus Relief Fund." SECTION 1.1.(b) Section 3.2 of S.L. 2020-4, as amended by Section 2 of S.L. 2020-32 and Section 1.1(c) of S.L. 2020-80, reads as rewritten: "SECTION 3.2.
    [Show full text]
  • Usair Flight 1016, a DC-9-31, Which Crashed Near the Charlotte/Douglas International Airport, Charlotte, North Carolina, on .Luly 2, 1994
    3 r . ii! 4 F z \ \ \ I -- _. - NTSB/AAR-95/03 PB959 10403 NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD - WASHINGTON, D.C. 20594 _ -~ .~ AIRCRAFT AWPENT REPORT FLIGHT MT0 TERRAIN DURING MISSED APPROACH USAIR FLIGHY 1016, DC-9-31, N954VJ CHARLOTTE/DOUGLAS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT CHARLOll-E, NORTkl CAROLINA JULY 2,1994 Adopted; April 4,1996- Notation 6413A - - PROTECTED UNDER Hll%NATKlNAL COWRIGHT ALl. RIGHTS RESERVED. NATIONAL TECHNICAL INFOAMATKW SERVICE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Abstract: This report explains the accident involving USAir flight 1016, a DC-9-31, which crashed near the Charlotte/Douglas International Airport, Charlotte, North Carolina, on .luly 2, 1994. Safety issues in the report include standard operating procedures for flightcrews and air traffic controllers, the dissemination of weather information to flightcrews, and flightcrew training. Safety recommendations concerning these issues were made to the Federal Aviation Administration, USAir, and the National Weather Service. - The National Transportation Safety Board is an^‘independent Federal agency dedicated tx~ promoting aviation, railroad, highway, marine, pipeline, and hazudous materials safety. Establishedi in 196?, the agency is mandated by Congress through the Independent Safety Board Act of 1974 to investigate transportation accidents, determine the probable causes sb _ --. the accidents, issue safety recommendations,.- study transportation safety issues, and evaluate _ _ _ the safety effectiveness of government agencies involved in transportation. The Safctjf Board makes public its actions and decisions through accident reports, safety studies, special investigation reports, safety recommendations, and statistical reviews. Information about available pubiications may be obtained by contacting: National Transportation Safety Board Public Inquiries Section, RE-51 490 L’Enfant Plaza, S.W.
    [Show full text]
  • Bibliography of North Carolina Underwater Archaeology
    i BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NORTH CAROLINA UNDERWATER ARCHAEOLOGY Compiled by Barbara Lynn Brooks, Ann M. Merriman, Madeline P. Spencer, and Mark Wilde-Ramsing Underwater Archaeology Branch North Carolina Division of Archives and History April 2009 ii FOREWARD In the forty-five years since the salvage of the Modern Greece, an event that marks the beginning of underwater archaeology in North Carolina, there has been a steady growth in efforts to document the state’s maritime history through underwater research. Nearly two dozen professionals and technicians are now employed at the North Carolina Underwater Archaeology Branch (N.C. UAB), the North Carolina Maritime Museum (NCMM), the Wilmington District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (COE), and East Carolina University’s (ECU) Program in Maritime Studies. Several North Carolina companies are currently involved in conducting underwater archaeological surveys, site assessments, and excavations for environmental review purposes and a number of individuals and groups are conducting ship search and recovery operations under the UAB permit system. The results of these activities can be found in the pages that follow. They contain report references for all projects involving the location and documentation of physical remains pertaining to cultural activities within North Carolina waters. Each reference is organized by the location within which the reported investigation took place. The Bibliography is divided into two geographical sections: Region and Body of Water. The Region section encompasses studies that are non-specific and cover broad areas or areas lying outside the state's three-mile limit, for example Cape Hatteras Area. The Body of Water section contains references organized by defined geographic areas.
    [Show full text]
  • North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources State Historic Preservation Office Ramona M
    North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources State Historic Preservation Office Ramona M. Bartos, Administrator Governor Roy Cooper Office of Archives and History Secretary Susi H. Hamilton Deputy Secretary Kevin Cherry July 31, 2020 Braden Ramage [email protected] North Carolina Army National Guard 1636 Gold Star Drive Raleigh, NC 27607 Re: Demolish & Replace NC Army National Guard Administrative Building 116, 116 Air Force Way, Kure Beach, New Hanover County, GS 19-2093 Dear Mr. Ramage: Thank you for your submission of July 8, 2020, transmitting the requested historic structure survey report (HSSR), “Historic Structure Survey Report Building 116, (former) Fort Fisher Air Force Radar Station, New Hanover County, North Carolina”. We have reviewed the HSSR and offer the following comments. We concur that with the findings of the report, that Building 116 (NH2664), is not eligible for the National Register of Historic Places for the reasons cited in the report. We have no recommendations for revision and accept this version of the HSSR as final. Additionally, there will be no historic properties affected by the proposed demolition of Building 116. Thank you for your cooperation and consideration. If you have questions concerning the above comment, contact Renee Gledhill-Earley, Environmental Review Coordinator, at 919-814-6579 or [email protected]. In all future communication concerning this project, please cite the above referenced tracking number. Sincerely, Ramona Bartos, Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer cc Megan Privett, WSP USA [email protected] Location: 109 East Jones Street, Raleigh NC 27601 Mailing Address: 4617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh NC 27699-4617 Telephone/Fax: (919) 814-6570/807-6599 HISTORIC STRUCTURES SURVEY REPORT BUILDING 116, (FORMER) FORT FISHER AIR FORCE RADAR STATION New Hanover County, North Carolina Prepared for: North Carolina Army National Guard Claude T.
    [Show full text]
  • Ally Two Houses, the Original Home Was Built by Captain Patrick Boggan in the Late 1700S; the Alexander Little Wing Was Built in the 1800S
    North Carolina State Library Raleigh N. C. Doc. VoLUME XVIII, NuMBER 4 JULY, 1970 H. G. JoNES, Editor in Chief MRs. MEMORY F. MITCHELL, Editor Published by the State Department of Archives and History Box 1881, Raleigh, N. C. 27602 BOGGAN-HAMMOND HOUSE DEDICATED May 9 was the date of the dedication of the Boggan-Hammond House in Wadesboro and of the Cedar Creek Meeting House in Lilesville. The resto­ rations have been continuing projects of the Anson County Historical Society. Dr. H. G. Jones was the main speaker for the dedication ceremonies; Mr. Linn D. Garibaldi, president of the Anson group, welcomed dignitaries and guests. Taking part in the Lilesville program were the Reverend 0. M. Burck­ halter, pastor of the Lilesville Baptist Church (the congregation of which donated the meetinghouse to the society), Congressman A. Paul Kitchin, Lieutenant Governor H. Pat Taylor, Jr., and Representative Fred Mills. Par­ ticipants in the Wadesboro dedication, in addition to those mentioned above, were the Reverends Joseph Lash, Cherry Livingston, Ernest Page, James B. Sides, and H. Howard Smith. The oldest wing of the Boggan-Hammond House is thought to be the first house built in Wadesboro. Actually two houses, the original home was built by Captain Patrick Boggan in the late 1700s; the Alexander Little wing was built in the 1800s. The Boggan-H3mmond House was dedicated May 9; the Alexander Little wing is shown at the right. (All photographs by State Department of Archives and History unless otherwise specified.) \ Pictured above is the restored Cedar Creek Meeting House. FOUR MORE NORTH CAROLINA STRUCTURES BECOME NATIONAL LANDMARKS Four North Carolina buildings were designated National Historic Landmarks by the Department of the Interior in May.
    [Show full text]
  • Secession in North Carolina—A Lesson Plan
    National History Day in NC NATIONAL HISTORY DAY www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/edu-outrch/historyday.html Secession in North Carolina—A Lesson Plan General Overview Following the election of Abraham Lincoln in November 1860, the states of the lower South seceded from the Union. In North Carolina the citizens were not of one mind on the issue. Prior to April 1861 the majority of North Carolinians were opposed to secession, but there was a very vocal minority in favor of joining the Confederacy. The secessionist movement included the governor of the state, John W. Ellis. Unionists counted among their numbers prominent figures such as Congressman Zebulon Vance. In February 1861 the state’s citizens voted on whether to call a convention to discuss the issue. The referendum failed, indicat- ing that even at that late date most Tar Heels were not willing to consider the possibility. Yet it was a divisive topic, and some families were divided on the issue. Views of many North Carolinians about secession changed in April 1861. As the tide of public opinion turned, the course of the state’s history was forever altered as well. Lesson Objectives Students will be able to: 1. Use interpretation of documentary sources to analyze the contemporary attitudes of North Carolinians regarding the secession issue 2. Examine how the issue affected both personal and political lives 3. Trace the evolution of thought on the issue of secession in North Carolina 4. Appreciate the value of documentary volumes in researching history Preparation Have students read sections from their textbook on the election of 1860 and the South’s reaction to it.
    [Show full text]
  • Governors' Papers
    Governors’ Papers Henry T. Clark Page One GOVERNOR HENRY T. CLARK, n.d., 1861-1862 Arrangement: By record series, then chronological Reprocessed by: James Mark Valsame Date: May 26, 2005 Henry Toole Clark (February 7, 1808-April 14, 1874), lawyer, politician, and governor of North Carolina, was born on his father's plantation on Walnut Creek near Tarboro. His father, James West Clark, son of Christopher and Hannah Turner Clark, was a Princeton graduate (1796). He represented Bertie County in the North Carolina House of Commons in 1802-3 and in 1810-11 represented Edgecombe in the house, while his brother-in-law. Henry Irwin Toole, Jr., was state senator from the same county. From 1812 to 1815, James W. Clark represented Edgecombe in the state senate; then he served a single term in Congress (1815-17). He later served as chief clerk in the Navy Department (1829-31) under Secretary of the Navy John Branch, a close friend. James dark's wife, Arabella Toole Clark, was a daughter of Henry Irwin and Elizabeth Haywood Toole, prominent Edgecombe citizens. Henry T. Clark began his education at George Phillips's school in Tarboro and later entered a school in Louisburg. In 1822 he enrolled in The University of North Carolina, being graduated with the class of 1826. He studied law under a relative, William Henry Haywood, Jr., who later (1843-46) served in the U.S. Senate. Although his father joined the Whig party after Branch's resignation from President Andrew Jackson's cabinet, young Henry, influenced by his Haywood cousins, temporarily remained a Democrat.
    [Show full text]
  • Rebel Salvation: the Story of Confederate Pardons
    University of Tennessee, Knoxville TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange Doctoral Dissertations Graduate School 12-1998 Rebel Salvation: The Story of Confederate Pardons Kathleen Rosa Zebley University of Tennessee, Knoxville Follow this and additional works at: https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_graddiss Part of the History Commons Recommended Citation Zebley, Kathleen Rosa, "Rebel Salvation: The Story of Confederate Pardons. " PhD diss., University of Tennessee, 1998. https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_graddiss/3629 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange. It has been accepted for inclusion in Doctoral Dissertations by an authorized administrator of TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange. For more information, please contact [email protected]. To the Graduate Council: I am submitting herewith a dissertation written by Kathleen Rosa Zebley entitled "Rebel Salvation: The Story of Confederate Pardons." I have examined the final electronic copy of this dissertation for form and content and recommend that it be accepted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, with a major in History. Paul H. Bergeron, Major Professor We have read this dissertation and recommend its acceptance: Stephen V. Ash, William Bruce Wheeler, John Muldowny Accepted for the Council: Carolyn R. Hodges Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School (Original signatures are on file with official studentecor r ds.) To the Graduate Council: I am submitting herewith a dissertation written by Kathleen Rosa Zebley entitled "Rebel Salvation: The Story of Confederate Pardons." I have examined the final copy of this dissertation for form and content and recommend that it be accepted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degreeof Doctor of Philosophy, witha major in History.
    [Show full text]
  • And Type the TITLE of YOUR WORK in All Caps
    LAND OF THE BRIGHT LEAF: YELLOW TOBACCO, ENVIRONMENT, AND CULTURE ALONG THE BORDER OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA by DREW A. SWANSON (Under the Direction of Paul Sutter) ABSTRACT Bright tobacco became the staple crop along the Piedmont border of Virginia and North Carolina around 1840. Although regional farmers had long cultivated tobacco, bright tobacco was a new variety of the old staple, and its culture transformed both land and people. Bright tobacco was a product of established tobacco culture, environmental conditions, and consumer preferences. The new crop brought amazing benefits: it grew best on the poorest Piedmont soils, land unsuited to other crops, and it sold for astonishingly high prices. Bright tobacco also supported a local manufacturing industry that produced chewing tobacco and cigarettes for national and global markets. But bright tobacco eventually impoverished both land and people. The crop’s culture led to severe soil erosion, deforestation, a dependency on commercial fertilizers, overproduction, and indebtedness. Bright tobacco culture’s environmental foundations also shaped regional race relations before and after emancipation. Regional African Americans’ prospects for landownership and independent labor, and white perceptions of black land stewardship, depended to an extent on white conceptions of crop and environment. Bright tobacco’s story was ultimately a tale of the degradation of land, landowners, and labor, but the crop’s decline had its roots in regional farmers’ desires for permanence, improved agriculture, and sustainability. INDEX WORDS: Tobacco, Southern environment, Agriculture, Soil, Erosion, Slavery, Fertilizer, Agricultural reform, Virginia, North Carolina, Piedmont, Deforestation LAND OF THE BRIGHT LEAF: YELLOW TOBACCO, ENVIRONMENT, AND CULTURE ALONG THE BORDER OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA by DREW A.
    [Show full text]
  • DCR and DENR/Study State Attractions Savings. (Public) Sponsors: Representative Howard (Primary Sponsor)
    GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2011 H 1 HOUSE BILL 944* Short Title: DCR and DENR/Study State Attractions Savings. (Public) Sponsors: Representative Howard (Primary Sponsor). For a complete list of Sponsors, see Bill Information on the NCGA Web Site. Referred to: Finance. May 17, 2012 1 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 2 AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL RESOURCES AND THE 3 DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO STUDY 4 VARIOUS REVENUE ENHANCEMENTS AND POTENTIAL SAVINGS AT STATE 5 HISTORIC SITES AND MUSEUMS, THE STATE ZOO, STATE PARKS, AND STATE 6 AQUARIUMS, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE JOINT LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM 7 EVALUATION OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. 8 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 9 SECTION 1. The Department of Cultural Resources shall implement the following 10 recommendations: 11 (1) Study site proximity and span of control to identify historic sites that could 12 adopt a coordinated management structure and report no later than 13 December 15, 2012, to the Senate Appropriations Committee on General 14 Government and Information Technology and the House Appropriations 15 Committee on General Government. 16 (2) Study reduced schedules for historic sites and report no later than December 17 15, 2012, to the Senate Appropriations Committee on General Government 18 and Information Technology and the House Appropriations Committee on 19 General Government. 20 (3) Study the feasibility of implementing more reliable mechanisms for counting 21 visitors and report no later than December 15, 2012, to the Senate 22 Appropriations Committee on General Government and Information 23 Technology and the House Appropriations Committee on General 24 Government.
    [Show full text]
  • LEASK-DISSERTATION-2020.Pdf (1.565Mb)
    WRAITHS AND WHITE MEN: THE IMPACT OF PRIVILEGE ON PARANORMAL REALITY TELEVISION by ANTARES RUSSELL LEASK DISSERTATION Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at The University of Texas at Arlington August, 2020 Arlington, Texas Supervising Committee: Timothy Morris, Supervising Professor Neill Matheson Timothy Richardson Copyright by Antares Russell Leask 2020 Leask iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS • I thank my Supervising Committee for being patient on this journey which took much more time than expected. • I thank Dr. Tim Morris, my Supervising Professor, for always answering my emails, no matter how many years apart, with kindness and understanding. I would also like to thank his demon kitten for providing the proper haunted atmosphere at my defense. • I thank Dr. Neill Matheson for the ghostly inspiration of his Gothic Literature class and for helping me return to the program. • I thank Dr. Tim Richardson for using his class to teach us how to write a conference proposal and deliver a conference paper – knowledge I have put to good use! • I thank my high school senior English teacher, Dr. Nancy Myers. It’s probably an urban legend of my own creating that you told us “when you have a Ph.D. in English you can talk to me,” but it has been a lifetime motivating force. • I thank Dr. Susan Hekman, who told me my talent was being able to use pop culture to explain philosophy. It continues to be my superpower. • I thank Rebecca Stone Gordon for the many motivating and inspiring conversations and collaborations. • I thank Tiffany A.
    [Show full text]