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March 18, 2025, 10am - 12pm
The Commission will conduct regular business that pertains to the NC Office of Archives & History and Dept. of Natural and Cultural Resources during this quarterly meeting.
This Women’s History Month, learn about changes to the practice of midwifery in the early twentieth century in North Carolina.
James Robert Walker Jr., a prominent civil rights attorney from northeastern North Carolina, soon will be recognized with a North Carolina Highway Historical Marker.
Learn about Marquis de Lafayette’s final journey through North Carolina.A Zoom teleconference scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 5, from 1-2: p.m., will cover Lafayette’s farewell tour in North Carolina.2025 marks the bicentennial of the southern leg of Lafayette's farewell tour of the United States.The commemorative festivities have begun and will continue into March.
February 11, 2025, 11am - 1pm
AGENDA OF THESTATE HISTORICAL RECORDS ADVISORY BOARD February 11, 2025, 11:00 AM109 East Jones Street, Raleigh, NC 27601Room 308 I. Welcome and introductions
Learn what’s new for you to discover at the State Archives of North Carolina.A Zoom teleconference scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 28, from noon to 1 p.m., will highlight materials added to the State Archives’ collections in 2024.A panel of archivists from the Asheville, Outer Banks, and Raleigh archives locations will share highlights of collections that became available for research in 2024.
A thwarted religious plot by local farmers to kill Gov. Richard Caswell in 1777 soon will be recognized with a North Carolina Highway Historical Marker.
A Confederate attack on U.S. troops in eastern North Carolina in April 1864 that led to killing of Black soldiers and civilians will be recognized with a North Carolina Highway Historical Marker.
The North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources is pleased to announce that three historic districts and twelve individual properties across the state have been added to the National Register of Historic Places. The following properties were reviewed by the North Carolina National Register Advisory Committee and subsequently nominated by the North Carolina State Historic Preservation Officer and forwarded to the Keeper of the National Register for consideration for listing in the National Register.
Before it was a pirate ship, Queen Anne’s Revenge was known by another name.The ship, La Concorde, was a slave-trading vessel that became the infamous pirate Blackbeard’s flagship.Archaeological Conservators and Researchers with the N.C. Office of State Archaeology will explain the history of the ship Nov. 2 during their “Saturday at the QAR Lab” tours of the Queen Anne’s Revenge Conservation Lab in Greenville.