The North Carolina Archivist

Volume 53, Fall 1998

Into SNCA’s Future - Russell S. Koonts, President's Message
Teleconference Review - Carter Cue
SNCA Library Underway - Jan Blodgett, Chair, Education Committee
Institutional Profile: The Biltmore Estate Archives - Hal Keiner
Fall Meeting Program - Tim Pyatt, Chair, Program Committee
Book Reviews - Glenn Burchett
New Publications for Sale
News From Around the State
New Membership Directory Available
Keeping a Memory Alive - Sarah Koonts, Editor, The North Carolina Archivist
Obituary: Carl David Jackson

Into SNCA’s Future

Russell S. Koonts, President's Message

In 1999, SNCA will celebrate its fifteenth anniversary. The Society was established as a result of a 1983 NC Historical Records Advisory Committee report which recommended the formation of an organization to "bring together and foster the exchange of ideas among professional archivists, librarians who bear responsibility for historical records, and other persons involved in the care of manuscripts." [Archives and Records Programs and Historical Records Repositories in North Carolina: An Analysis of Present Problems and Future Needs. Final Report, 1983. p 55, recommendation #9] In the sixteen years since that report was issued, SNCA has grown in membership from the approximately thirty archivists and manuscript curators, representing the spectrum of public and private archives and repositories, who gathered in Raleigh in October, 1983 to act upon that report, to a current membership of 146 such individuals.

Membership totals have remained relatively high over the past five years. If memory serves, there have been in excess of 160 individuals and institutions on the membership roles. Before we go congratulating ourselves for maintaining such a large body of members, however, let’s look at some other figures. Of the 146 people listed in our current SNCA membership database, only 111 are current with their membership dues. Of that number, between 40 and 60 attend the annual meetings. Even more alarming, only nine of our current members are students. If these trends continue, SNCA participation will continue to decline as those of us currently in the profession start to retire. I realize that there will always be a need for SNCA, but, I ask you, how can we increase that need and strengthen SNCA for the future?

Before we start examining how to build SNCA for the future, we should start by looking to our past. What is SNCA and why are we here? Well, according to our constitution:

To accomplish this, SNCA meets twice annually to conduct business and to provide useful and interesting programs on topics of archival interest. But, as I mentioned earlier, these meetings are attended by about half of our active members. Why is this? Are the meeting topics not relative to all in our profession? Granted there is a wide disparity in the size and mission of archival and manuscript repositories in North Carolina, but archival issues are fundamentally the same regardless of the size of your repository or number of staff. SNCA also has established a web page and listserv. Unfortunately, both of the outlets are vastly under-utilized.

Two major elements affecting SNCA participation may be the combination of the size of North Carolina and the decreasing institutional support given to travel. To remedy this, should SNCA establish regional roundtables? Would there be sufficient participation in, say a SNCAwest or SNCAeast, to make such an endeavor worthwhile? Or should SNCA establish subject matter roundtables, ala SAA or NCLA?

Over the next year and a half, SNCA will be conducting a survey of its membership to determine if we are meeting our mission. During this survey, we need to determine why participation and new memberships have waned over the past years. Furthermore, we need to find ways to incorporate students from the various history, library/information science programs into SNCA. From this survey, it is hoped that SNCA can continue to grow, to provide useful and interesting programs, to be enticing to new professionals in the state, and to provide leadership to those who have chosen to enter our profession.

I hope that all current members feel as if they are an integral part of SNCA and that they profit by being part of the Society. If you do not, please contact me so that SNCA can continue to work for you.

Teleconference Review

Carter Cue

"Digital Demands: Preservation and Access Issues" was the title of an August 12, statewide teleconference focusing on the issues, challenges, and implications of employing digital technology in libraries (both academic and public), archives, local and county government agencies, and other institutions which generate and maintain documentary records.

Sponsored by SHRAB (State Historical Records Advisory Board) of North Carolina, the teleconference was shown via satellite at various sites throughout the state. After registering and settling in, conference participants at Winston-Salem State University’s Albert H. Anderson Conference Center were treated to informative, high-tech presentations by Rhoda Channing, Director, Wake Forest University Library; Lee Mandell, Director of Research and Information Technology, N.C. League of Municipalities; Paul Jones, of the University of N.C. at Chapel Hill School of Journalism and Mass Communications; and Druscilla Simpson, Information Management Archivist, N.C. Division of Archives and History.

Although the Winston-Salem site was decidedly pro Rhoda Channing (a quarter of the participants were Wake Forest University Library employees who vocally cheered whenever Ms. Channing spoke or peered into the camera), all the panelists brought a balanced blend of erudite knowledge, twentieth century pragmatism, and off beat humor. Usually, information heavy, archival terminology laden symposiums such as these tend to be "non-understandable" to the rank and file not versed in SAA diction and the latest computer language. This was not always the case with this presentation.

This reviewer found some of the information presented slightly complex, but overall the MS Power Point presentations used by each panelist to list salient aspects of their talks on the television screen, allowed audience participants to casually jot down notes, take a Coca-Cola break, and run to the bathroom. At one point during the teleconference when the non-stop information and lateness of the hour was beginning to take its toll on a few of the Winston-Salem crowd, someone commented that panelist Paul Jones looks like new age music impresario Yani. Hmmm, I knew Yani was an excellent pianist, but I did not know he was a computer genius. Well, that earlier comment combined with Jones’ humor was enough to awaken the eye flutterer and head nodder. Fortunately, SHRAB anticipated this type of behavior and periodically informed the viewing audience that the entire presentation could be found on Paul Jones’ internet website <http://www.sunsite.unc.edu/pjones/SHRAB>. I am of the opinion that a book of Jones’ best internet/computer tech jokes would sell quite well.

Overall the teleconference was informative and entertaining. The panelists, host, North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, SHRAB Board, and Boyd Cathey of the Division of Archives and History get three snaps and a head wave for putting on a great show. Hopefully, at the next teleconference free buttered popcorn will be included at each site.

Editor’s note: If you wish to purchase a tape of the teleconference, please contact Boyd Cathey at (919) 733-3952 by the end of September. He will place another order with the Agency for Public Television on September 30.

SNCA Library Underway

Jan Blodgett, Chair, Education Committee

The Education Committee of SNCA is developing a lending library for SNCA members. The first items in the collection are the videos Slow Fires and Into the Future. SNCA members interested in borrowing these videos to use for staff training or as programs should contact Tim Daniels (tdaniels@unca.edu) (828-251-6645) or Jan Blodgett (jblodgett@davidson.edu) (704-892-2632). We do have permission for these tapes to be used in public programs.

We also are looking to expand the collections. In particular, we are looking for copies of processing manuals, policies, and examples of forms used by archives. Please send copies to Jan Blodgett, E.H. Little Library, P.O. Box 1837, Davidson, NC 28036. We also are interested in suggestions of titles to purchase. Please let us know if your are in a small archives and could use access to archives texts. Finally, if you are a seasoned professional and can recommend some favorite works, contact us so we can consider them for inclusion in our growing collection.

Institutional Profile: The Biltmore Estate Archives

Hal Keiner

The Biltmore Estate was the creation of George Washington Vanderbilt. He was the son of W. H. Vanderbilt and grandson of Cornelius Vanderbilt, developers of various transportation enterprises including the New York Central Railroad. By selecting Asheville, North Carolina as the site for his principal residence, Vanderbilt forever changed the economic, social, and artistic landscape of Western North Carolina

The Biltmore Archives document the construction and management of the estate from the late 1880s to the present day. The archives’ holdings include approximately 600 cu. ft. of records, 7,000 photographs, and 3,000 architectural drawings. The archivist also manages the library containing 24,000 volumes.

Important collections include the records of the estate superintendent documenting the building of Biltmore House and the early years of the estate’s management. Because Biltmore House was the last major work of architect Richard Morris Hunt and landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, these records, combined with photographs and architectural drawings, provide a unique resource for the study of their careers. Other collections document the work of Gifford Pinchot and Carl Schenck who, supported by the patronage of George Vanderbilt, pioneered the principles of scientific forest management on the estate’s vast woodlands; and the work of Chauncey Beadle, a horticulturist and an estate employee for over fifty years, who advanced the classification of American plant species, and became the leading authority on native azaleas in the United States. More recent records document the growth of the Biltmore Company through its development of the estate into a major tourist attraction, visited by over 750,000 people a year.

The Biltmore Archives full-time staff consists of Hal Keiner, Archivist/Historian and Eileen Heeran, Archival Intern. Laura Collier and Charles Risher are part-time employees. Ms. Collier specializes in the cataloging and preservation of architectural drawings, and Dr. Risher provides reference support. Sue Clark, the curatorial department’s administrative assistant, manages the Archives’ oral history program.

The Biltmore Archives is striving to accomplish two goals: cataloging the manuscript collections and re-cataloging the library. At present, these collections remain closed to the public with the exception of scholars who may obtain limited access on a case by case basis. At the same time, the Archives’ staff continues to provide research support to the Biltmore Company’s marketing department and other company units, to answer research requests from the public, and to support curatorial department projects such as exhibits and restoration work throughout Biltmore House.

Fall Meeting Program

Tim Pyatt, Chair, Program Committee

What could be finer than Fall in the mountains of Carolina? Why having SNCA meet there of course! Please make plans to attend what we hope will be an interesting and informative meeting on October 9th at the beautiful Montreat Conference Center. Our hosts have guaranteed us perfect weather with turning leaves and a hint of apples in the air. If that isn’t appealing enough, a preview of the program follows. I hope to see you there!

The deadline for regular price registration is September 21. Please contact Michelle Justice at: (919)682-9319 if you need a registration packet.

Book Reviews

Glenn Burchett

Proceedings of the 13^th International Congress on Archives, München, K. G. Saur, 1997 (Archivum; Vol. 43). Pp. 381. 110DM <http://www.saur.de/>

Those of us who work in small organizations or one-person programs sometimes feel disconnected to the archival community. While the best method to become engaged is to join and participate in organizations and meetings and speak directly with colleagues, we also can extend our reach through the Internet and by reading journals and books. As we work though all of the choices, perhaps the least likely alternative is to attend an international event. After all, how does the destruction of archives in Bosnia or humidity problems at the National Archives in Kampuchea affect us? Besides, there are language and cultural differences that make communication difficult.

The International Council on Archives was founded fifty years ago. The ICA is the professional organization for the world archival community, dedicated to the preservation, development and use of the world’s archival heritage <http://www.archives.ca/ica/>. The Council holds a quadrennial congress. The last meeting was in 1996 in Beijing, China where there were over 2600 participants from 130 countries.

The proceedings are published and distributed to the membership in Archivum, which is one of several publications coming from the Council. The theme of the congress was "Archives at the End of the Century: Taking Stock and Looking Ahead." The Congress had five official languages and the proceedings reflect four: English, French, Spanish, and German. Fortunately all the Chinese papers and interventions are in English as are the majority of the papers.

While the papers form the body of the book, the interventions or comments (which had to be submitted in writing), are the most interesting. They demonstrate the differences of opinion and insights that inevitability come about when problems are approached from a different prospective. A pleasant surprise is the number of interventions that came from Chinese archivists who express a variety of opinions. To my knowledge, this is the first, major international meeting where Asian archivists dominated both in numbers and participation in discussions. The proceedings are worth reading because it provides insights that are sometimes unique and sometimes familiar, but always interesting. As such, it is a step in developing worldwide best practices in the archival profession, whether you work in Kinston or Katmandu.

The next congress will be held in Seville, Spain in 2000.

Proceedings of the 28^th International Conference on the Round Table on Archives, "Financing Archival Services", Haarlem 1991/Dordrecht 1998, International Council on Archives (Janus, Special Issue). Pp 51 (English section only). 100Dfl. per annum

Archival journals have a reputation for taking a long time to appear in print. While the American Archivist comes to mind, a more recent example is the above conference in 1991, whose proceedings were published in 1998. While the translation of the discussions from English to French and French to English does take time, I really am guessing as to the real reason for the delay. The audience for this publication is limited. The report about budget allocation is dry but there are good exchanges between representatives of national archives in the working sessions. Unless you find mathematical models interesting or have the responsibility for formulating budgets at large institutions, I would skip this work.

Proceedings of the 29^th, 30^th, and 31^st International Conference of the Round Table on Archives, "Interdependence of Archives", Mexico 1993, Thessaloniki 1994, Washington 1995/Dordrecht 1998, International Council on Archives (Janus, Special Issue), Pp. 275 (English Section only). 100Dfl. per annum

One benefit in delaying publication of proceedings is that you can consolidate them into one work and try to force them under an umbrella title. CITRA (Conférence Internationale de la Table Ronde des Archives) is the "intellectual flagship" of ICA and involves heads of national archives, professional associations, heads of committees and interested members. These proceedings follow three separate themes: Advancing Archives: Strategies within Government (Mexico); Archival Interdependencies in the Information Age (Thessaloniki); and War, Archives and the Comity of Nations (Washington D.C.). Even these names are not descriptive. In the conference in Mexico, papers focused on archival laws and organizational placement, but the discussions moved to the handling of records of security and intelligence agencies in Chile, Germany, Canada, Estonia, Brazil and Greece.

In Thessaloniki, the most interesting paper dealt with the reconstruction of the Archives of the Patriarchate of Constantinople. It could have easily fit under the war theme of the proceedings in Washington D.C., but its presentation had more to do with location of the conference than subject matter. This is both the weakness and strength of CITRA. Unless you read the proceedings in toto, you will miss interesting, unique and relevant information. For instance, there were preservation and conservation lessons in an article about archival materials in Vietnam during wartime. However, there was also a story of dedication to maintaining cultural heritage and perseverance. Within the article from the Vietnamese author, is a two-sentence account of an archives worker in a military archives near the Chinese boarder fighting "bravely against invaders to safeguard the archives…"

Annoying mistakes throughout the proceedings deserve special mention. Discussions are intermixed between English and French, and parts of both the French and English versions share identical texts with a mixture of both languages. Also some of the papers have the "National Archives of Canada" completely out of context within the articles. In tracing this error, it seems to come about because of a global replacement in the French version and the lack of proof reading. It points to an overeliance on software tools at the expense of human intelligence. Reading the text is like sitting in a presentation where you count the typographic errors. Nevertheless, if you have the patience, you will find good information and candid discussions within the text.

New Publications for Sale

The Historic Publications Section of the Division of Archives and History recently made available several new titles of interest to historians of North Carolina. These titles include: The Migration of the Scotch-Irish to Southwestern North Carolina (newly revised edition), The Papers of David Settle Reid (Volume H, 1853-1913), Addresses and Public Papers of James Grubbs Martin Governor of North Carolina (Volume II, 1989-1993), A Lasting Gift of Heritage: A History of the North Carolina Society for the Preservation of Antiquities, 1939-1974, and In Some Foreign Field: Four British Graves and Submarine Warfare on the North Carolina Outer Banks. For more information on these titles, visit Historic Publication’s web site <http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/hp>

News From Around The State

Employment and Professional Activities:

John Ansley accepted the position of Librarian of the North Carolina Collection at the Durham County Library. He began his new position on July 27, 1998.

Anne Berkley was promoted to Head of the Reference Department for the Durham County Public Library system.

Gwen Gosney Erickson now works full-time in the Hege Library at Guilford College in a two year position as a Floating Assistant Librarian with duties in the circulation and reference departments and filling in the other half of Carole Treadway’s position in the Friends Historical Collection. Carole Treadway, Librarian of the Friends Historical Collection, is in the process of a two year phased retirement. She switched to half-time in June.

Eileen M. Heeran attended Rare Book School July 20-24, 1998 at the University of Virginia. She studied rare book cataloging for curators, in preparation for cataloging the 23,000 volume rare book collection at Biltmore Estate. Each book has an existing record in the ARGUS collections management database, but the books have never been cataloged to AACR2/DCRB standards.

Donna Kelly became a Certified Public Manager in July, 1998. She completed her two years of coursework through the State Personnel Development Center. Her written project evaluated the use of credit cards within the Historical Publications Section of the Division of Archives and History.

Don Lennon began a phased retirement from ECU Special Collections effective August 1. He will work half time for the next three years.

Keith Longiotti joined the North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives at UNC-CH as the Library Technical Assistant. He began his new position on April 13, 1998. Keith is enrolled in the Public History Program at NCSU.

Ken Marks will retire from NCSU Libraries on October 30, 1998. He plans on devoting more time to his book repair business.

Shana Walker, a student in the Public History Program at NCSU, worked in the Duke University Archives as the 1998 Drill Intern. She processed records of the Office of the Dean of Duke’s Trinity College, 1949-1967. The Drill Internship, which is funded by the Isobel Craven Drill Endowment for the Archives, is offered annually to a student in a graduate archival education program.

Collection Development and Preservation:

The Duke School for Children has its fiftieth anniversary this year. As part of the celebration, several classes contributed artifacts, magazines, and other materials for a "time capsule" to be opened in 2048. The Duke University Archives will store this time capsule until its opening.

The North Carolina Central University African American Resources Collections of the School of Library and Information Sciences have been moved to the secure, climate controlled Manuscripts Department stacks in Wilson Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The papers of William Kennedy, Jr., Floyd McKissick, Sr., and other related collections now join the Southern Historical Collection, the Southern Folklife Collection, and interviews by the Southern Oral History Program. N.C.C.U.'s extraordinarily rich African American Resources Collections placed with the documentation collected by the Manuscripts Department will make this joint archive one of the best repositories for African American research in the South. It is a credit to both institutions that this documentation has been collected and preserved for future generations.

The N.C.C.U. Collection includes over a half million manuscripts, oral histories, and video tapes documenting the development of Soul City, the North Carolina Mutual Insurance Company, and the Triangle African American community. The N.C.C.U. School of Library and Information Sciences will assist in providing access to and maintaining these archival collections by supplying a graduate intern. Combined with a project archivist recently hired by the Manuscripts Department and potential grant funding, greater researcher access to all of the collections will be available within the near future. The Curator of Manuscripts at UNC-CH will work jointly with both institutions to ensure that cooperation in documenting the African American community is not a static activity, but rather a dynamic relationship enriching their mutual collections and programs.

For more information, please contact Dr. Benjamin Speller, Dean, N.C.C.U. School of Library and Information Sciences or Tim Pyatt, Curator of Manuscripts, UNC-CH.

The UNC-CH Manuscripts Department recently made available the following groups: papers, 1934-1945, of Edna Mill, a Reidsville textile mill opposing efforts by the Textile Workers of America to organize the plant; papers, 1968-1994, of Frank A. Daniels, Jr. (1931-), president and publisher of the Raleigh News and Observer; and papers, 1983-1987, of Cecelia Conway (fl.1983-), a leader in the Coalition for Alternatives to Shearon Harris (CASH), an organization opposing the opening of Carolina Power & Light's Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant in Wake County.

Publications:

Robert Anthony published "North Carolina Bibliography, 1996-1997" in the April, 1998 issue of The North Carolina Historical Review. It contains titles of 482 books with North Carolina-related contents or by North Carolinians acquired by the North Carolina Collection. With rare exceptions, the books were published during the July 1996-June 1997 period. This bibliography is the latest installment in a series compiled annually by the North Carolina Collection curator since 1934.

Jerry Cotten wrote the book Light and Air: The Photography of Bayard Wooten. It will be available in November from UNC Press. A description of the book appears on the Press’s website at: <http://sunsite.unc.edu/uncpress/bookfiles/FA98/cotten_light.html>.

John David Smith recently completed three new books: This Wilderness of War (forthcoming, 1998), Black Judas (forthcoming), and Slavery, Race, and American History: Historical Conflict, Trends, and Method, 1866-1953 (forthcoming).

Exhibits, Projects, and Workshops of Note:

Connie Schulz of the University of SC History Department will organize the park museum archives for the King’s Mountain National Military Park.

On June 12, 1998 Biltmore Estate opened a new exhibition entitled "The Comforts of Home: Turn of the Century Technology at Biltmore Estate." The exhibition is centered around a letter written by Pauline Merrill, Edith Vanderbilt's younger sister, detailing her stay at Biltmore. The exhibition explores the technologically advanced amenities she encountered (i.e. the call system, electricity, elevators, etc.) during her visit. Pauline Merrill's personal objects on display include a parrot head parasol, embroidered nightgown, jewelry, the letter, and numerous photographs. This exhibition will run through January 2000.

In conjunction with the exhibition, Biltmore received the Merrill Family Papers on loan from one of Pauline's granddaughters. Eleven cubic feet of materials make up this collection, which covers a broad range of family related issues dating from the 1870s1960: correspondence, Biltmore related information, manuscript bundles, genealogical information, poetry, legal documents, financial records, greeting cards, playbills, newsclippings, and photographs. Processed by Eileen M. Heeran, the finding aid and family papers were presented to the Merrill family during the exhibition's opening festivities in June.

HARD CASH & HARD TIMES: A History of North Carolina Currency

A new exhibition opens this fall, at the North Carolina Collection Gallery in Wilson Library on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Entitled "Hard Cash & Hard Times: A History of North Carolina Currency," the exhibition reviews the impact of money on this state's history and features coins and paper currencies produced by or for North Carolina from the early 1700s until the beginning of the Federal Reserve System in 1913.

It was not until after the Civil War that our nation's monetary supply began to centralize and stabilize under the authority of the federal government. Prior to that time, North Carolina and other states had to rely largely on the uncertain paper moneys issued by their own public officials, by local banks, insurance companies, and even by private individuals. In "Hard Cash & Hard Times" over 150 pieces of historic currency will be displayed, including a set of 24 Bechtler gold coins donated to the University in 1979 by Herman Bernard of High Point. In addition to these rare coins and other "antique" money drawn from the North Carolina Collection's holdings, 17 specimens are being borrowed from the North Carolina Museum of History in Raleigh. Displays of all of this currency will be complemented by selections of currency-related books, period newspaper accounts, and other imprints from the North Carolina Collection.

"Hard Cash & Hard Times" opens November 4 and continues through May, 1999. As part of the exhibition's opening the North Carolina Collection and The Friends of the Library at UNC-CH will host a presentation on North Carolina currency by Dr. Richard Doty, curator of numismatics at the Smithsonian Institution. For more information, contact the North Carolina Collection at 919-962-1172 or The Friends of the Library at 919-962-1301. The Gallery is open Mondays through Fridays, 9-5; Saturdays, 9- 1; and Sundays, 1 -5. Admission is free.

New Membership Directory Available

Enclosed with this issue of the newsletter is a membership directory for 1998-1999. Everyone listed in the directory is current with their membership dues as of October of 1997. The name, address, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses reflect the information provided on your membership renewal forms. In addition, the address is the one selected by the member as the preferred mailing address. Therefore, the address in the directory may not be the work address of the member, but phone numbers exclusively reflect work phone numbers.

If your name does not appear in this directory, your membership renewal is not current. Anyone who renews or joins SNCA prior to the fall meeting will appear in the addendum to the membership directory. This addendum will be available at the fall meeting.

Please direct any address, phone number, or e-mail changes in this directory to Debbi Blake at dblake@ncsl.dcr.state.nc.us or (919) 733-3952.

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Keeping a Memory Alive

Sarah Koonts, Editor, The North Carolina Archivist

I can not help but add a personal note to this issue of the newsletter. The recent death of Dave Jackson shocked and saddened all of us. However, staring at the obituary I had the urge to do something I rarely get to do, add texture to the cold, hard facts of the record.

When I pull my regular Saturday rotation in the NC State Archives Search Room, I regularly hand records to patrons doing genealogy. Often those researchers are looking for a little extra tidbit, something to add life and texture to the records. A census record or deed rarely add extra dimension to the story of a life. Knowing Dave meant knowing that an obituary could not possibly capture the essence of his life. I was glad to hear that NCSU Special Collections was constructing a memory book to give to Dave’s wife Maggi and their daughter, Acy. Those of you who feel moved to contribute should please do so. Stories and reminiscences of Dave help keep the memory of an esteemed colleague and wonderful friend alive.

How do I fit my thoughts on someone I’ve known personally and professionally on to a piece of paper? I guess I would have to begin and end with laughter, I always remember Dave laughing. I never saw him at a meeting or social event without sharing a laugh with him. We shared stories of graduate studies, careers, houses, pets, and children. Why, we even laughed about the joys and tribulations of editing the SNCA newsletter. It seems like just yesterday we were gathering for your surprise thirtieth birthday party. You had a new career ahead of you and your daughter would arrive in two months. That yesterday is gone and the tomorrows are suddenly different. Our profession has lost a rising star, and we lost a great friend.

Trying to put thoughts and memories of Dave on paper will be tough, but any contributions large and small will enhance the album a great deal. The final deadline is September 11. Please put your contribution on letter sized, acid-free paper. Send it to Paul Kiel in care of Special Collections Dept., Box 7111, NCSU, Raleigh, NC 27695-7111.

Obituary
Carl David Jackson

Raleigh-Carl David Jackson died Friday, August 14, 1998. He was born in Geneva, Ohio, Dec. 19, 1965. Raised in Fairview, PA, he graduated from Fairview High School and received his BA from Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio. He earned his Master’s degree in Public History at NC State in Raleigh. David held the position of Head of Special Collections at NC State University Libraries.

He is survived by his wife, Maggi and daughter, Acy; his parents, the Reverend Thomas and Carol Jackson of Falls Church, VA; sister, Laurie Kender of Brookston, IN, and Maggi’s parents, Burns and Marcia Jones of Alexandria, VA, formerly of Raleigh.

The funeral service was held at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, August 22, 1998 at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Falls Church, VA. A memorial service was held 2 p.m. Friday, August 28, 1998 in the Foundations Gallery at the Gallery of Art & Design in the Talley Student Center at NC State.

The family request that in lieu of flowers, please send donations to Preservation NC, Box 27644, Raleigh, NC 27611.

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The Society of North Carolina Archivists is an organization of individuals and institutions who share a common concern in the preservation and use of archival and manuscript materials. The purpose of the society is to promote cooperation and exchange of information among individuals and institutions interested in the preservation of the archival and manuscript resources in North Carolina; To share information on archival methodology and the availability of research materials; To provide a forum for discussion of matters of common concern as they pertain to the archival profession in North Carolina; and to cooperate with professionals in related disciplines. Dues are $15.00 per year, students $7.50.

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