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NORTH CAROLINA. 



Historical Society of North Carolina. 



Address. Chapel Hill, N. C. Secretary: Charles Lee Raper. 



History. Incorporated by act of the Legislature in 1833, as the North 

 Carolina Historical Society ; organized at the University of North Caro- 

 lina in 1844, by the President of the University, D. L. Swain, and 

 designated commonly as the Historical Society of the University of 

 North Carolina; practically ceased to exist with the death of its 

 founder in 1868; revived and chartered in 1875 under its present name; 

 reorganized in 1887. 



Object. Collection and preservation of historical data dealing with the history 

 of the Colony and State. 



Meetings. 6 meetings yearly at Chapel Hill. 



Publications. 



No serial publications. Occasional unofficial reports and addresses 



appeared in The North Carolina university magazine, 1844, 1852-61 



and 1877 ff. 

 The work of the society is represented at present by the James Sprunt 



historical monographs (see University of North Carolina), which 



it offers in exchange for other historical publications. 

 For occasional addresses and lectures, see Griffin, Bibl. Amer. hist. soc. 



Literary and Historical Association of North Carolina. 



Address. Raleigh, N. C. Secretary-Treasurer: Clarence H. Poe. 

 History. Organized in 1900. 



Object. Collection, preservation, production, and dissemination of the State litera- 

 ture and history ; encouragement of public and school libraries ; establishment 

 of an historical museum, etc. 



Meetings. Annually, in Raleigh, in Oct. 



Membership. About 150 (annual dues, $i). 



Publications. 



Five points in the record of North Carolina in the great war of 1861-65. 

 Report of the committee appointed by the North Carolina literary 

 and historical society, 1904. Goldsborough, N. C., 1904. 8. 

 Printed and issued by the North Carolina historical commission. 



Prises. A gold loving-cup of the value of $500, offered in yearly com- 

 petition to that resident of the State who shall have displayed in a 

 work of poetry or prose published in the 12 months preceding the award, 

 the greatest excellence and the highest literary skill and genius. At 

 the end of 10 years, the cup will become the permanent possession of 

 the one winning it oftenest in that period, providing he shall have won 

 it 3 times : otherwise the contest is continued until such result is reached. 



