The Encyclopedia of North Carolina Has Arrived!
Please join the University of North Carolina Press in celebrating publication of the Encyclopedia of North Carolina, edited by William S. Powell! The first single-volume reference to the events, institutions, and cultural forces that have defined the state, the Encyclopedia of North Carolina boasts more than 2,000 articles by some 550 volunteer contributors. The Encyclopedia of North Carolina is available now through the University of North Carolina Press’ online service and everywhere books are sold. To purchase a copy or for more information about this landmark publication, click here.
And if you click here, you’ll find my name on the list of contributors. I wrote the entries on “Assemblies of God,” “Church of God in Christ,” “Colored Farmers’ Allianace,” and “Winston-Salem Bible College.”
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March 15, 2007 at 11:22 am
writeathome
That’s a neat project to be involved with, Helen. Do you know if other states have encylopaedias like this, or is North Carolina blazing a trail. Have you ever been to the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse? I love lighthouses, and if I ever get to North Carolina, I would love to see it.
March 15, 2007 at 12:13 pm
helenl
Hi Carol, I have no idea whether other states have similar projects or not. In the summer of 1997, there was a call for writers in our local newspaper. I got in touch with Dr. Powell, by mail in those days, and he assigned me five topics to research and write about. One of my pieces got edited out or absorbed into another article. I was in grad school at the time and didn’t have time to continue, when classes started in the fall. Dr. Powell kept in touch with all of his writers quite well. The book was published last December, and Dr. Powell is having a book signing in Winston-Salem in April. I don’t know whether I’ll get to meet him or not, but I’d like to. The project took him about fifteen years.
I have not been to Cape Hatteras but would like to. Valerie MacEwan who edits the Dead Mule, where I edit poetry, lives near the coast, so I might get down that way sometime to meet her.
March 16, 2007 at 1:41 am
Jana Allard
Congrats on this project. It is a great idea.
March 16, 2007 at 8:35 am
helenl
Hi Jana, It was fun to work on the research for this book and an honor to be a part of such an important project.
March 19, 2007 at 5:57 am
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