The North Caroliniana Society

“Members of the society shall be nominated by the board of directors.”

“The society has one class of voting members who have the right to elect the members of the society's board of directors at the society's annual meeting.”

“Form 990 was distributed electronically to all members of the organization's directors prior to filing.”

“Each board member agrees to comply with the policy and understands that the society must engage in activities which accomplish one or more of its tax exempt purposes. In addition, board members are asked to review their relationships periodically to ensure there are no conflicts of interest.”

“The society makes its articles of incorporation, by laws, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public upon request.”

“History day - 18,000 grant: north carolina history day, an affiliate of the national history day program, is a yearlong academic program that engages students in grades 6 through 12 with the discovery of history. Students choose historical topics related to an annual theme, conduct extensive primary and secondary research, analyze, and interpret their sources, draw conclusions about their topics' significance in history, and present their work in one of five categories - historical papers, websites, exhibits, performances, or documentaries. Students first compete in one of the seven regional contests across the state. Regional finalists are then invited to attend the state contest. The top two finalists in each category and division are then selected to represent n.c. At the national contest. With guidance from staff and judges, students can improve their projects at each stage of the competition and continue to research and learn. The society began support of national history day in north carolina in 1998 when it became the first organization to sponsor special prizes. That support has grown into annual sponsorship of the program, and a contribution of 18,000 was awarded to the federation of n.c. Historical societies as part of continued commitment to provide support to north carolina students and teachers. In addition to this funding, the society president and other members work as judges, presenters and consultants. Historical review - 14,000 grant: since 1924 the north carolina historical review, published quarterly, has been a definitive source for the study and understanding of north carolina history. Regular features include carefully researched, handsomely illustrated articles that explore north carolina and southern history from the colonial period to the present and cover a variety of subjects; reviews of books about state, regional, and national history; an annual bibliography of books pertaining to north carolina subjects; an annual index; and a listing, printed annually, of theses and dissertations related to north carolina subjects. The society continued its support of the north carolina historical review, contributing 14,000 to the n.c. Department of natural & cultural resources to publish the review. Nc collection online exhibits project - 17,680 grant: the north carolina collection is dedicated to preserving literary, visual, and artifactual materials illustrating four centuries of the colony and state of north carolina. The collection comprises three divisions: the research library, north carolina collection gallery, and photographic archives. The north carolina collection, located in historic wilson special collections library on the campus of the university of north carolina at chapel hill, traces its origins to the founding of the north carolina historical society in 1844. The north carolina collection gallery is an exhibition facility and program with more than 50,000 objects in its care. The gallery, a component of the north carolina collection, provides an immersive experience of north carolina's history and culture through historic rooms, changing exhibitions, and permanent displays. With this grant, the nc collection will continue employment of a curatorial specialist to create online exhibits promoting north carolina history and culture to web users around the world, and an online database of north carolina collection gallery objects. The north carolina collection will continue to share its rich collection of such materials as books, postcards, newspapers, photographs, and three-dimensional objects via online exhibits and online database of objects. The society continued its support of the north carolina collection, contributing 17,680 to the university libraries at the university of north carolina at chapel hill for their ongoing online exhibits project. Nc collection teaching fellows - 34,896 grant: the north carolina digital heritage center (ncdhc) has digitized books, documents, objects, and othe”

“In 2016, committed to supporting our state's k-12 teachers, the society and carolina k-12, a program of carolina public humanities at unc-ch, developed the william friday teacher education initiative. The goal of this now widely acclaimed initiative is to equally educate and appreciate our state's hard-working educators through free, quality professional development events, teacher retreats, and resources. Annual william friday teacher retreats: these unique retreats provide k-12 teachers with three dynamic days to learn about north carolina's captivating history, literature, and culture in an academic, professional, and celebratory retreat atmosphere. Each agenda strategically integrates: presentations on compelling topics from north carolina history, literature, culture, current events, and more, from engaging scholars, authors & performers in order to deepen participant's content knowledge interactive exploration of innovative teaching strategies and coordinating lesson plans to help teachers translate what they learn to their k-12 students immersive experiences (tours, museum visits, performances, etc.) that connect to program themes exploration of primary sources and online resources from unc-chapel hill libraries, such as wilson library's north carolina collection time for discussion and collaboration among attending teachers, a rarity in the hectic schedules of educators, but crucial for forging a network of teacher support around the state constant affirmation and appreciation of attending teachers and the challenges they face the society continued its support of the william friday teacher education initiative, contributing 42,000 to carolina public humanities as part of their continuous commitment to provide support to north carolina students and teachers. In june 2025, carolina k-12, the north caroliniana society, and the nc department of natural & cultural resources served 40 teachers from 13 counties at the annual william friday teacher retreat. This special group of educators were treated to three full days of learning and fun in asheville and at lake james state park. To date, 436 public school teachers from 86 nc counties have participated in the annual william friday teacher retreats. These teachers will reach a minimum of 61,040 k-12 students each school year. Since 2022, an additional 670 north carolininians have been reached through other events sponsored by the society in partnership with carolina k-12.”

“North caroliniana society published an imprint and an annual report; presented the annual north caroliniana society award, north caroliniana society book award and william stevens powell award.”