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Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2019 with funding from State Library of North Carolina https://archive.org/details/carolinacomments4344nort CLEARINGHOUSE Carolina Comments Published Bimonthly by the North Carolina Division of Archives and History VOLUME 43, NUMBER 1_JANUARY 1995 NCLHA and FNCHS Hold Joint Annual Meeting The North Carolina Literary and Historical Association (NCLHA) and the Feder¬ ation of North Carolina Historical Societies (FNCHS) held a joint annual meeting at the North Carolina Museum of History in Raleigh on November 18,1994. The joint meeting had as its theme "History and Literature." It was the ninety-fourth such gathering for the NCLHA and the nineteenth annual conclave for the FNCHS. Preceding the opening of the joint meeting was a free-wheeling morning round-table discussion of general issues affecting the FNCHS. The meeting itself commenced at 1:00 p.m. with a welcome from William Hinman of Winston-Salem, current chairman of the FNCHS. John E. Batchelor of Wadesboro then announced the winners of the NCLHA-sponsored North Carolina Student Pub¬ lication Awards for 1994. A trophy for first place in the senior high division went to Ashbrook High School of Gastonia for its publication Permanent Waves; Ligon Middle School of Raleigh won a trophy for first place in the middle-school At the joint annual meeting of the North Carolina Literary and Historical Association and the Federation of North Carolina Historical Societies on November 18,1994, Max R. Williams (/eft) of Cullowhee received the Christopher Crittenden Memorial Award. T. Harry Catton (right) of Raleigh, chairman of the North Carolina Historical Commission, presented the award to Dr. Williams. (All photographs by the Division of Archives and History unless otherwise indicated.) category of the annual competition for its publication Unmarked Pavement. Certifi¬ cates of commendation for second and third place in the respective divisions went to Washington High School, Washington, for Opus '94 and Asheville High School, Asheville, for In a Sense and to Martin Middle School, Raleigh, for Illusions and to Alexander Graham Middle School, Charlotte, for its publication of the same name. Sam Ragan of Southern Pines sponsors the annual student publication awards. Following presentation of the awards. Dr. Joel R. Williamson, Lineberger Professor of Humanities at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, delivered the joint meeting's keynote address, “William Faulkner and Southern History." At the conclusion of the keynote address Jerry C. Cashion of Raleigh announced the recipients of the Hugh T. Lefler Undergraduate Award and the Robert D. W. Connor Award. The Lefler award went to W. Carlton Metcalf of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for his undergraduate paper titled "And the Creek Still Flowed: The History of the Shelton Laurel Valley from 1920 to 1950." Winner of the Connor award was Dr. David S. Cecelski, research fellow at the Institute for Southern Studies, Durham, for his article "The Shores of Freedom: The Maritime Underground Railroad in North Carolina, 1800- 1861," which appeared in the April 1994 issue of the North Carolina Historical Review. Recipient of the 1994 Robert D. W. Connor Award was David S. Cecelski (right) of Durham for his article "The Shores of Freedom: The Mari¬ time Underground Railroad in North Carolina, 1800-1861," which appeared in the April 1994 issue of the North Carolina Historical Review. Dr. Jerry C. Cashion of Raleigh (left) presented the award to Dr. Cecelski. Each year the Historical Society of North Carolina presents the Lefler award for the best paper written by an undergraduate student and the Connor award for the best article to appear in the North Carolina Historical Review during a one-year period. E. T. Malone Jr. of Chapel Hill then announced that the Roanoke-Chowan Poetry Award had been given to Judy Goldman of Charlotte for her volume of poetry titled Wanting to Know the End (Eugene, Ore.: Silverfish Review Press, 1993). The Roanoke-Chowan Poetry Award, bestowed each year by the Roanoke- Chowan Group of Writers and Allied Artists and the NCLHA, recognizes the 2 CAROLINA COMMENTS The Roanoke-Chowan Poetry Award for 1994 went to Judy Goldman (right) of Charlotte for her volume of poetry titled Wanting to Know the End. E. T. Malonejr. (left) of Chapel Hill made the presentation to Ms. Goldman. best volume of poetry published during a one-year period. The 1994 American Association of University Women (AAUW) Award for Juvenile Literature went to Kenn and Joann Compton of Charlotte for their book Ashpet (New York: Holiday House, 1994); Mary Frances Schickedantz of Greensboro presented the award on behalf of the AAUW. William S. Price Jr. of Raleigh then made the following presentations on behalf of the American Association for State and Local History: awards of merit to the Cherokee Historical Association, Cherokee, for continuing documentation of North Carolina Native American history and to John Alexander Williams, direc¬ tor of the Center for Appalachian Studies, Appalachian State University, Boone, for a series on West Virginia history, and certificates of commendation to Jack Orr Boyte of Charlotte for the book Houses of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County (Charlotte: the author, 1992); to the Catawba County Historical Association, Newton, for ten years of programming and activities in the history field; and to Joseph F. Patterson Jr. of New Bern for his work in recording New Bern history. Dr. William S. Price Jr. (left in both photographs) of Raleigh presented American Association for State and Local History honors to four recipients, among them Dr. John Alexander Williams (left photo), director of the Center for Appalachian Studies, Boone, and Dr. Joseph Patterson (right photo) of New Bern. Additional recipients of AASLH recognition were the Cherokee Historical Association of Cherokee and JackOrr Boyte of Charlotte. VOLUME 43, NUMBER 1, JANUARY 1995 3 The afternoon portion of the joint meeting concluded with a business meeting of the NCLHA presided over by Elizabeth F. Buford of Raleigh, current president of the association, and a self-guided tour of the new Museum of History. The evening portion of the joint meeting, held at the Woman's Club of Raleigh, commenced with a reception in honor of past officers of both the NCLHA and the FNCHS. Ms. Buford then presided at the dinner meeting, which featured an after-dinner address by Linda Flowers of North Carolina Wesleyan College, Rocky Mount, titled “Finding History—Finding Ourselves." FNCHS chairman William Hinman then presented the Albert Ray Newsome Award (volunteer category) to the Moore County Historical Association of Southern Pines; the FNCHS bestows the award annually to historical organizations in North Caro¬ lina that conduct the most comprehensive and outstanding programs in local or community history during the previous year. Aurelia Stafford of Greensboro, representing the Historical Book Club of North Carolina, presented the 1994 Sir Walter Raleigh Award for Fiction to Michael Parker of the Department of English, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, for his book The Geographical Cure: Novellas and Stories (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1994). Winner of the 1994 Mayflower Award for Non¬ fiction was Joel Williamson for his book William Faulkner and Southern History (New York: Oxford University Press, 1993); Rom Moser of Zebulon presented the award to Dr. Williamson. The R. Hunt Parker Award, bestowed by the NCLHA in recognition of significant lifetime contributions to the literary history of North Carolina, went to James W. Applewhite of the Department of English, Duke University, Durham. Aurelia Stafford (left) of Greensboro pre¬ sented the 1994 Sir Walter Raleigh Award for Fiction to Michael Parker (right) of the UNC-Greensboro Depart¬ ment of English for his book The Geo¬ graphical Cure: Novellas and Stories. Winner of the 1994 Mayflower Award for Nonfic¬ tion was Joel Williamson (right), for his book Wil¬ liam Faulkner and Southern History; Rom Moser (left) of Zebulon bestowed the award on behalf of the Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of North Carolina, sponsor of the prize. 4 CAROLINA COMMENTS