The North Caroliniana Society

15,000 grant: North carolina history day, an affiliate of The national history day program, is a yearlong academic program that engages students in grades 6 through 12 with The discovery of history. Students choose historical topics related to an annual theme, conduct extensive primary and secondary research, analyze, and interpret their sources, draw conclusions about their topics' significance in history, and present their work in one of five categories - historical papers, websites, exhibits, performances, or documentaries. Students first compete in one of The seven regional contests across The state. Regional finalists are then invited to attend The state contest. The top two finalists in each category and division are then selected to represent n.c. at The national contest. With guidance from staff and judges, students can improve their projects at each stage of The competition and continue to research and learn. The Society began support of national history day in North carolina in 1998 when it became The first organization to sponsor special prizes. That support has grown into annual sponsorship of The program, and a contribution of 15,000 was awarded to The federation of n.c. Historical societies as part of continued commitment to provide support to North carolina students and teachers. In addition to this funding, The Society president and other members work as judges. Presenters and consultants. 7,500 grant: since 1924 The North carolina historical review, published quarterly, has been a definitive source for The study and understanding of North carolina history. Regular features include carefully researched, handsomely illustrated articles that explore North carolina and southern history from The colonial period to The present and cover a variety of subjects; reviews of books about state, regional, and national history; an annual bibliography of books pertaining to North carolina subjects; an annual index; and a listing, printed annually, of theses and dissertations related to North carolina subjects. The Society continued its support of The North carolina historical review, contributing 7,500 to The n.c. department of natural & cultural resources to publish The review. 28,757 grant: The North carolina collection is dedicated to preserving literary, visual, and artifactual materials illustrating four centuries of The colony and state of North carolina. The collection comprises three divisions: The research library, North carolina collection gallery, and photographic archives. The North carolina collection, located in historic wilson special collections library on The campus of The university of North carolina at chapel hill, traces its origins to The founding of The North carolina historical Society in 1844. The North carolina collection gallery is an exhibition facility and program with more than 50,000 objects in its care. The gallery, a component of The North carolina collection, provides an immersive experience of North carolina's history and culture through historic rooms, changing exhibitions, and permanent displays. The Society continued its support of The North carolina collection, contributing 28,757 to The university libraries at The university of North carolina at chapel hill for their ongoing online exhibits project. With this grant, The nc collection will continue employment of a curatorial specialist to create online exhibits promoting North carolina history and culture to web users around The world, and an online database of North carolina collection gallery objects. The North carolina collection gallery will continue to share its rich collection of such materials as books, postcards, newspapers, photographs, and three-dimensional objects via online exhibits and online database of objects. The ragland fund distribution, in combination with The lacy fund distribution, will allow The North carolina collection to continue employment of a curatorial specialist and, accordingly, share its rich collection of such materials as books, postcards, newspapers, photographs and three-dimensional objects via online exhibits. 65,307 grant: The North carolina collection is dedicated to preserving literary, visual, and artifactual materials illustrating four centuries of The colony and state of North carolina. The collection comprises three divisions: The research library, North carolina collection gallery, and photographic archives. The North carolina collection, located in historic wilson special collections library on The campus of The university of North carolina at chapel hill, traces its origins to The founding of The North carolina historical Society in 1844. The North carolina digital heritage center is a statewide digitization and digital publishing program that works with cultural heritage institutions of all sizes across North carolina to digitize and publish historic materials online. It is housed in The wilson special collections library and administered through The North carolina collection. The Society continued its support of The North carolina collection, contributing 65,307 to The university libraries at The university of North carolina at chapel hill for their ongoing newspaper digitization projects. With this grant, The nc digital heritage center hired a staff member to be responsible for working with The library's digital production center and The library information and technology departments. The digitization team continues to scan, describe and publish The digital files for pre-1926 North carolina newspapers and other collection items (yearbooks, memorabilia, images, city directories, and other audiovisual items), making them available for free and unlimited public access on digital nc. During The year, The team added 641,000 pages of newspaper and many items to The collections section. Materials available on digitalnc describe people, places and events in all 100 North carolina counties with original materials from 330 libraries, museums, and archives across North carolina.

In 2016, committed to supporting our state's k-12 teachers, The Society and carolina k-12, a program of carolina public humanities at unc-ch, developed The william friday teacher education initiative. The goal of this now widely acclaimed initiative is to equally educate and appreciate our state's hard-working educators through free, quality professional development events, teacher retreats, and resources. Aspects of this impact initiative include: The william friday virtual education series: understanding that educators still needed access to quality continuing education in North carolina history, even during The time of covid-19, The North Caroliniana Society and carolina k-12 launched a virtual education series in The fall of 2020. These one-two hour online events elevate aspects of North carolina's history, people, events, culture, and more, while featuring prominent scholars, artists, authors, educators, and other professionals. Program recordings are formatted, edited, and paired with readings and lesson plans, then posted online as virtual modules teachers can review and earn ceu credits for completing. Annual william friday teacher retreats: these unique retreats provide k-12 teachers with three dynamic days to learn about North carolina's captivating history, literature, and culture in an academic, professional, and celebratory retreat atmosphere. Each agenda strategically integrates: presentations on compelling topics from North carolina history, literature, culture, current events, and more, from engaging scholars, authors & performers in order to deepen participant's content knowledge interactive exploration of innovative teaching strategies and coordinating lesson plans to help teachers translate what they learn to their k-12 students immersive experiences (tours, museum visits, performances, etc.) That connect to program themes exploration of primary sources and online resources from unc-chapel hill libraries, such as wilson library's North carolina collection time for discussion and collaboration among attending teachers, a rarity in The hectic schedules of educators, but crucial for forging a network of teacher support around The state constant affirmation and appreciation of attending teachers and The challenges they face The Society continued its support of The william friday teacher education initiative, contributing 49,950 to carolina public humanities as part of their continuous commitment to provide support to North carolina students and teachers. With this year's support The Society partnered with carolina k12 to sponsor four events. In one of The most memorable william friday retreats to date, 38 teachers from 20 counties around The state were immersed in The idyllic coastal town of beaufort, nc, as well as The adjacent harkers island and cape lookout national seashore, in june 2023. Part content knowledge development, part pedagogy & resources, and part experiential adventures, participants were engaged by captivating local history, preservation, maritime culture, and true "down east" heritage with incredible presenters such as david cecelski, bland and ann simpson, and karen amspacher and barbara garrity- blake (authors of living at The water's edge.) They participated in adventures on and off land, including a historical tour aboard The beaufort historical associations' double-decker bus, time at The core sound museum on harkers island (including a "family supper" prepared by locals), a private tour of cape lookout's stunning natural features, as well as a sunset sail along The rachel carson reserve. Additional events offered as part of The william friday education initiative provided balanced content and best-practices for helping teachers engage with less known North carolina narratives, positioned in such a way that critical themes of resilience and hope are elevated. Perhaps The most heartening example of this work is The visit of authors (and unc-ch alum) ali kamanda & jorge redmond, who created a lyrical, rhythmic, and inspirational children's book in "black boy, black boy." The joyful text encourages young readers to imagine everything they can be and The great things they can do, drawing on The strength of some of The black men in history who have helped pave The way. Our february 2023 event included The authors visiting two durham schools, where they inspired over 200 students. That evening, they spoke to in person and virtual attendees regarding The creation of The book, its themes and history, as well as how teachers can navigate today's complex classrooms. All teachers in attendance received a copy of The book and accompanying lessons. To date, 340 public school teachers from 81 nc counties have participated in The annual william friday teacher retreats. These teachers will reach a minimum of 47,600 k-12 students each school year. Since 2022, an additional 670 North carolininians have been reached through other events sponsored by The Society in partnership with carolina k-12.

Archie k. davis fellowships assisted scholars with travel to North carolina's historical resources, thus promoting research and study in The history and culture of North carolina. Scholars seek access to manuscripts and other original source materials available in libraries at The university of North carolina at chapel hill, duke university, and nc state university, and manuscript collections of The nc department of natural and cultural resources, division of archives and history. For year ended june 30, 2023, The North Caroliniana Society awarded four (4) archie k. davis fellowships.

North Caroliniana Society published an imprint and an annual report; presented The annual North Caroliniana Society award, North Caroliniana Society book award and william stevens powell award.