Since the spring of 1988, approximately 400 scholars have been awarded Archie K. Davis Fellowships in a targeted research program sponsored by the North Caroliniana Society. On a competitive basis, the program’s funding has supported hands-on research by young scholars spending time in North Carolina’s historical and cultural collections, both public and private.
In 1939, the lives of nine German Jewish families were rescued from the Holocaust and given homes and small farms in rural Pender County.
Members and Officers of the North Carolina Military Historical Society hereby announce and invite you and your friends to attend the annual meeting and SYMPOSIUM featuring speakers and exhibits focusing on North Carolina’s contributions during the First World War.
Since the spring of 1988, approximately 400 scholars have been awarded Archie K. Davis Fellowships in a targeted research program sponsored by the North Caroliniana Society. On a competitive basis, the program’s funding has supported hands-on research by young scholars spending time in North Carolina’s historical and cultural collections, both public and private.
As part of the symposium Going Viral: Impact and Implications of the 1918 Influenza Pandemic, a discussion website provides a place to share stories, recollections, dialogue and artifacts related to the 1918 flu pandemic. There you will find personal stories passed down to new generations.
To read first-person testimonials and participate, please visit the website at http://1918flustories.web.unc.edu/
About Going Viral:
5PM - 9PM
Wilson Special Collections Library, UNC-Chapel Hill, Room 504
Date: Tuesday, April 10, 2018
Time: 5:00pm - 6:45pm
Location: North Carolina Collection Gallery, Pleasants Family Assembly Room
Venue: Wilson Library
5:00 p.m. Exhibition viewing, North Carolina Collection Gallery
5:30 p.m. Lecture, Pleasants Family Assembly Room
See and hear history come alive and meet the men of the 135th USCT, a regiment of Sherman's Army formed in Goldsboro, North Carolina.
Location: Historic Downtown Goldsboro, Pop-up Museum - Paramount Theater - Encampment on Center Street
Students, scholars, and public history practitioners, as well as audio professionals, are encouraged to submit to the Southern Oral History Program's new audio competition, The Sonic South. All levels of expertise welcome.
O Lost! The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Thomas Wolfe and the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918
Wednesday, April 4, 2018
Main Lobby and Pleasants Family Assembly Room, Wilson Special Collections Library, UNC-Chapel Hill
