The Historical Society of North Carolina
Encouraging research, writing, and publication on North Carolina history since 1945
Members are asked to publicize the Lefler Award. If you teach in a history department, then please post information where students can see it. Share it with your colleagues who are not members of the society. Ansley Wegner will also Continue reading Time to publicize the Lefler Award
Fred Ragan was born in Durham on 10 April 1933. Following service in the U.S. Army in Kyoto Japan during 1952-53, he attended briefly both Brevard College and Albion College before coming to East Carolina College where he received his Continue reading Fred Ragan (1933-2013)
Memorial by Michael Hill Delivered at October 9, 2015 HSNC Meeting As most of you know, I worked with Jerry Cashion for 17 years. He long was the person other professionals, at Archives and History and beyond, turned to first Continue reading Jerry Clyde ‘Pop’ Cashion (1940-2015)
Memorial by H. G. Jones Read at the October 9, 2015 HSNC meeting William Stevens Powell, North Carolina’s preeminent historian and a founding member of this Historical Society of North Carolina, was born in Johnston County on April 28, 1919, Continue reading William Stevens Powell
Memorial by Karin Zipf Read at the October 9, 2015 HSNC meeting. Dr. J. Edwin Hendricks was born in 1935 and passed away peacefully on March 27, 2015. He died while we were meeting in the Capitol rotunda last spring. Continue reading J. Edwin Hendricks
By Dr. H.G. Jones Willard Badgett Gatewood Jr., the son of Willard B. and Bessie Pryor Gatewood, was born on February 23, 1931, on a tobacco farm in the community of Blackwell on the Park Springs Road in Caswell County, Continue reading Willard B. Gatewood, Jr. (1931-2011)
Dr. Joseph Flake Steelman died at the age of 92 on January 21, 2015, after a distinguished career as a historian and teacher. He was born in Moravian Falls in Wilkes County, the son of Joseph and Gertrude Edmisten Steelman. Continue reading Joseph Flake Steelman, 1922-2015
TO: Members of the Historical Society of North Carolina FROM: Dr. Mike Sistrom, Dept of History, Greensboro College, 815 W. Market St. Greensboro, NC 27401; (336) 272-7102 x306, sistromm@greensboro.edu SUBJECT: October 9, 2015, meeting and related matters DATE: September 17, Continue reading October 9, 2015, meeting and related matters