Monthly Archives: September 2012

History à la Carte Tomorrow at the N.C. Museum of History

September 11, 2012 – 11:11 am

Bring your lunch and come on over to the N.C. Museum of History tomorrow for this informative program!  Beverages are provided. History à la Carte: Chapel Hill Revealed Wednesday, Sept. 12, 12:10-1 p.m. Author Daphne Athas will tell stories that illuminate the evolution of a town and a university, traverse 20th-century milestones, and explain how artists [...]

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Highway Marker Commemorates PCB Landfill Protests

September 10, 2012 – 3:00 pm

WARRENTON – The illegal nighttime dumping of liquid contaminated with PCB (polychlorinated biphenyls) in 14 rural North Carolina counties led to the creation of a landfill 30 years ago.  The choice of the site in rural Warren County sparked protests that gave birth to the environmental justice movement in America.  A N.C. Highway Historical Marker will be [...]

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October Programs at the N.C. Museum of History

September 10, 2012 – 12:58 pm

National attention is focused on North Carolina, a battleground state in the presidential election. Well-known Tar Heel political analysts will share their opinions on the election during the Oct. 4 program North Carolina: Battleground State at the North Carolina Museum of History in Raleigh. October also kicks off Southern Style, a three-part lecture series on [...]

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N.C. Department of Cultural Resources Announces Dr. Kevin Cherry as Deputy Secretary

September 7, 2012 – 1:30 pm

RALEIGH – N.C. Department of Cultural Resources Secretary Linda Carlisle announces the appointment of Dr. Kevin Cherry to deputy secretary for the Cultural Resources Office of Archives and History, effective Oct. 16.  He succeeds Jeffrey Crow, who retired effective Sept. 1, after more than 38 years with the department. Currently Cherry serves as senior program [...]

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Museum of the Albemarle Lecture and Book Signing

September 6, 2012 – 1:00 pm

The Museum of the Albemarle will host author Bland Simpson of his newest nonfiction novel “Two Captains from Carolina:  Moses Grandy, John Newland Maffitt, and the Coming of the Civil War” on Thursday evening, October 4, 2012 at 7:30 pm in the Gaither Auditorium. In Two Captains from Carolina, Mr. Simpson twines together the lives [...]

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Take A Child Outside

September 6, 2012 – 10:40 am

The Museum of the Albemarle will celebrate “Take A Child Outside Week” on Saturday, September 29, 2012 from 10:00 am until 2:00 pm.  Participants will discover outside games from the past on the Museum Green.  Past games will include the game of graces, jump rope, marbles, hula hoop, potato sack jumping, and many other fun games for [...]

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George Durant Day

September 6, 2012 – 8:39 am

The Museum of the Albemarle will host a visit of George Durant’s 1599 Bible from September 18 through September 29, 2012.  Having the prominent position of North Carolina’s oldest book and having never been on public display in the region, it will be available for viewing in conjunction with the Arts of the Albemarle’s 2012 [...]

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Embellish a Pumpkin

September 5, 2012 – 10:27 am

Kids of all ages are invited to spend the afternoon at the Museum of the Albemarle on Friday, October 19, 2012 from 3:30 pm until 5:00 pm.  Participants will learn the history of Halloween, discover North Carolina legends and embellish a pumpkin of choice with buttons, ribbons, felt, seeds, candy and other surprises. Pre-registration and [...]

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Prominent Archival Collections Come to Western North Carolina

September 4, 2012 – 12:05 pm

The Western Regional Archives in Asheville, which opened last month, recently received documents collected by the Black Mountain College Project. This collection includes hundreds of photographs and negatives, journals, student notes, memoirs, college documents and publications, and correspondence, including “letters home to mom” from students at Black Mountain College. The experimental interdisciplinary college operated in [...]

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