The Grant

The History Channel awarded the Carteret County Historical Society in Morehead City a $9,750 Save Our History grant to partner with the Morehead Elementary School at Camp Glenn for The Way I Remember It...Reminiscences of Carteret County, NC during the WWII era.

In 2007 t he CCHS was one of only 27 history organizations nationwide that received these community preservation grants. These preservation grants are designed to bring communities together, actively engage children in the preservation of their local history and communicate the importance of saving local history for future generations.

The History Channel®, with the counsel of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (RPA) and American Association of State and Local History (AASLH), created this grant program as an extension of the Save Our History philanthropic initiative and is committed to inspiring and motivating local communities to learn about and take an active role in the preservation of their past through projects involving artifacts, oral histories, sites, museums or landmarks that exist in their own neighborhoods. In four years, almost two thousand historic organizations representing 50 states and the District of Columbia have applied for funding through this program. To date, The History Channel® and its cable partners have given $1 million to fund community preservation projects across the country.

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THE WAY I REMEMBER IT . . .
Reminiscences of Carteret County, NC during the WWII era

This oral history project teamed over 20 local fourth and fifth grade students with staff from the museum to learn about the history of the WWII era and its impact on our county. These student participants included Alexander Alvarez, Nathan Ameen, Michael Burton, Nikolas Burton, Alex Catlett, Rebecca Cowell, Samantha Glasgow, Emma Gomez, Jonathan Gosnell, Noah Harrell, Nicki Leary, Megan LeLair, Ammy Lin, Zachary Miller, Amia Murrell, Jack Rixey, Nathaniel Shifflett, Lathan Smith, Peyton Smith, Abigail Sproul, Ryan Thompson, McKayla Webb and Joseph Williams, as well as help from their teacher Carol Smith and Morehead City Elementary School principal Dr. Rita Mullins.
Click here to see the student exhibit projects.

The project culminated in video-taped interviews of 11 county residents who either fought in the war or were growing up in the county during those years. William O. "Bill" Davis, Rilla Hughes Gould, Kenneth Ball, Tibbie Roberts, Libby Arendell, Capt. Jim Willis, Cecelia Cobb Harris lived out the war years here in Carteret County, and, if old enough, volunteered in war-related activities. Charles Harris, Grayden Paul, Jr., Earl W. Norwood and William "Bill" J. Donnelly, Jr. all served in our military overseas.
The videotapes are embedded below. Enjoy.

Segment 1 [3:21]: Earl W. Norwood, Tibbie Roberts; Segment 2 [4.27]: William "Bill" Donnelly, Libby Arendell; Segment 3 [3:32]: Grayden Paul, Jr., Rita Gould; Segment 4 [3:54]: Charles and Cecelia Cobb Harris, Capt. Jim Willis; Segment 5: [4:40]: William Davis, Kenneth Ball

Videotapes prepared by videographer Travis Currin with assistance from student videographer Holly Paquin. Additional special recognition for this project goes to: Project Director, David Montgomery; Teacher, Carol Smith; Principal, Dr. Rita Mullins; Grant Writer, Michelle Powers; Publicity, Cindi Hamilton; Advisor, Les Ewen.

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

About Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors:  Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors is an independent, nonprofit service that helps donors to create thoughful effective philanthropy throughout the world. RPA provides research and counsel on charitable giving, develops philanthropic programs, and offers complete program, administrative and management services for foundations and trusts. In 2006 RPA advised on and managed more than $150 million in annual giving in more than 30 countries. For more information, visit: www.rockpa.org     BACK 

About AASLH:  AASLH was born in 1904 as part of the American Historical Association. Over 100 years later, AASLH is the only national association dedicated to the people and organizations that practice state and local history in order to make the past more meaningful to all Americans. These history organizations are American leaders in preserving, researching and interpreting traces of the past to connect the people, thoughts and events of yesterday with the creative memories and abiding concerns of people, communities and our nation today. History organizations are foremost education institutions, and they excel in creating the enlightened, engaged citizenry that the founders envisioned. From its headquarters in Nashville, Tennessee, AASLH provides a variety of programs and services, as well as leadership in the national arena.     BACK 

About Save Our History Educational Materials:  The History Channel®, in collaboration with leading educators from the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS), developed a comprehensive Educator's Manual containing standards-based lesson plans, enrichment activities and resources that help elementary, middle and high school teachers connect American History content to their local history. The manual guides teachers to engage students in hands-on, experiential preservation projects. The Educator's Manual is supplemented by monthly Save Our History lesson plans available to educators who register online to receive them at www.saveourhistory.com. To date, more than 60,000 educators at schools, youth groups, history museums and historic sites have used the educational materials to teach over 1.8 million students about their local history and the importance of preserving it.     BACK 

About Save Our History:  Save Our History is an Emmy® award-winning strategic philanthropic initiative of The History Channel® that launched in 1998, designed to further historic preservation and history education. The program supplements the teaching of history in America's classrooms, educates the public on the importance of historical preservation and motivates communities across the country to help save endangered local historic treasures. The Save Our HIstory campaign includes original documentaries, special teachers materials, national promotion on The History Channel®, broadband activities in schools, and has worked with the Smithsonian Institution, National Park Service, National Trust for Historic Preservation, National World War II Memorial, American Rivers and the White House 200th Anniversary.

Additional information about the grassroots Save Our History program including a comprehensive school manual containing suggested lesson plans for grades 2 -12 and details about working with local preservation organizations can also be found at www.saveourhistory.com.     BACK 

The History Channel:  The History Channel® is a leading cable television network featuring compelling original, non-fiction specials and series that bring history to life in a powerful and entertaining manner across multiple platforms. The network provides an inviting place where people experience history in new and exciting ways enabling them to connect their lives today to the great lives and events of the past that provide a blueprint for the future. The History Channel has earned four Peabody Awards, three Primetime Emmy® Awards, ten News and Documentary Emmy® Awards and received the prestigious Governor's Award from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for the network's Save Our History® campaign dedicated to historic preservation and history education. The History Channel® reaches more than 93 million Nielsen subscribers. The website is located at www.History.com.     BACK 

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