Monthly Archives: October 2007

Save Documents from Disaster!

(RALEIGH) - Imagine records of your birth, marriage, high school graduation, and other evidence of the events of a lifetime being erased from official agencies by fire or flood. It happens. A one-day for state and local government agencies, archives, libraries, museums, county managers, records managers, and emergency personnel will be held on Wednesday, Nov. [...]

Sculpture / BOR / Library Cards

Times noted are starting points of particular segments
This podcast features a conversation with Carrboro sculptor Mike Roig about the annual Caldwell County Arts Council Sculpture Celebration (:52); news about a symposium at the North Carolina Museum of History on the Bill of Rights (7:27); and a chat with actress Andie MacDowell, who is serving as [...]

 
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Program aimed at two of the “Rs”

(RALEIGH) - Has reading a book ever changed your life, or have the words of an author touched you enough to alter your view of the world or yourself? If so, the Library of Congress wants to hear about it. “Letters About Literature” is a national reading and writing program for readers in grades four [...]

Archive Search Room Construction Continues

RALEIGH - Construction continues on the Search Room of the State Archives in the Office of Archives and History in Raleigh. The Search Room did not re-open on Oct. 23, as had been announced. Notice of the re-opening of the Search Room will be given when work is complete and it will be posted on [...]

Happy Birthday President Polk!

(PINEVILLE) — The 212th birthday of one of America’s most effective presidents, James K. Polk, will be celebrated in a festive program at the President James K. Polk State Historic Site in Pineville, Saturday, Nov. 3, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.The day will feature interpreters costumed as the Polk family would have been when [...]