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July 24th, 2012:

GHL Family History Fair: Featured Presentations

Jul 24th, 2012
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2nd Saturdays! Government and Heritage Library Family History Fair - August 11th!In a series of posts leading up to August 11th our intern, Carla Sarratt will be highlighting the various vendors and activities that will be part of the Government and Heritage Library’s Family History Fair (a 2nd Saturdays program).

Government and Heritage Family History Fair: Featured Presentations

As part of the day’s activities on August 11th we will be featuring two speakers who will be presenting on family history topics.

 “We Have Stories to Tell: Family and Personal Stories” by Sylvia Payne, B.A. Sponsored by the North Carolina Humanities Council Road Scholars Program.  11 a.m.

 North Carolina Native Sylvia Payne is a professional storyteller and serves as a board member of the North Carolina Storytelling Guild.  According to her Story Traditions website, she “presents multicultural folktales, stories of history, and North Carolina legends and stories that captivate adults, families, and students.”  She encourages her audience members to share their stories as a way of preserving the family and history for younger generations.

Ms. Payne’s appearance is made possible by a grant from the North Carolina Humanities Council, a statewide nonprofit and affiliate of the National Endowment from the Humanities.

“Exploring the North Carolina Digital Collections: Tips and Tricks for Genealogists and Historians,” by Lisa Gregory, Digital Collections Manager, Digital Information Management Program, Government and Heritage Library. 1 p.m.

Lisa Gregory, the Digital Collections Manager of the State Library’s Digital Information Management Program, will discuss the  online Family Records collection and what’s inside.  She will also identify how to go deeper for genealogy content in our collections using State Publications. Learn more about our vertical file digitization project and how you can access that content and crowdsourcing and how it’s helping researchers find their family.

The North Carolina Digital Collections is a collaborative effort, bringing together items held in the physical collections of the State Archives and State Library of North Carolina. The primary focus is on documentary and state government information from and about North Carolina.

For more on this event please go here: http://www.nccultureevents.com/events_detail.php?g=07169667247a

New Additions: Uprisings

Jul 24th, 2012
by Maria (acqserials).
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New additions to the collections of the Government and Heritage Library: 

American Uprising: The Untold Story of America’s Largest Slave Revolt, by Daniel Rasmussen. The author chronicles the largest act of armed resistance against slavery in the United States when, in 1811, 500 armed slaves left their plantations and set out to conquer New Orleans.

 

Rambles of A Runaway from Southern Slavery, by Henry Goins. The author, a 19th century slave, wrote this combination slave / freedom narrative which illustrates important developments in antebellum America, including forced migration of enslaved people from eastern states to the cotton frontier, effects on individuals and families,  and political and economic processes.

 

Return to Thunder Road: The Story Behind the Legend, by Alex Gabbard. The author presents the real life story of moon-shining as a way of life and back woods survival over generations. Accounts from the moonshiners, and the U.S. Treasury Agents who pursued, them are included.

 

 

Whispers of Rebellion: Narrating Gabriel’s Conspiracy, by Michael Nicholls. This book recounts a planned slave rebellion in 1800 with the goal to capture Richmond, Virginia and end slavery in the state. The author gives details and new aspects about the insurgent leader, Gabriel, his conspirators, and how the plan spread across 3 counties and into to the city of Petersburg.

 

Library materials are available for check out at the Government and Heritage Library by North Carolina State Agency employees or may be borrowed through an interlibrary loan request at your local public library. To view other new library acquisitions, click here.

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