North Carolina Folklore Society
The North Carolina Folklore Society promotes the appreciation and study of North Carolina's folklife. Through its annual meeting, programs, awards, and publications, the North Carolina Folklore Society encourages the study and preservation of local folklife and provides a state folklife information center and resources center.

The American Music Festival
The American Music Festival, through 15 years of concerts, has established a tradition of chamber music in Carteret County. The series is nonprofit, open to the public, and offers substantial discounts for students and active military personnel. Concerts frequently feature music by North Carolina composers or artists. The Festival also offers an educational outreach program to local students. Concerts are held in local cultural facilities, including the North Carolina Maritime Museum in Beaufort, The History Place in Morehead City, and Joslyn Hall at Carteret Community College.

Blue Ridge Parkway
The Blue Ridge Parkway is a 469 mile recreational motor road that connects Shenandoah and Great Smoky Mountains National Parks while protecting the cultural and natural features of the region. Designed as a "scenic drive", the Parkway provides both stunning scenery and close-up looks at the natural and cultural history of the mountains.

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Family History Library and Family History Centers
Family History Centers are branch facilities of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City and are operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, also known as Mormons. Centers provide access to most of the microfilms and microfiche in the Family History Library to help patrons identify their ancestors. Everyone is welcome to come to the centers and use Family History Center resources.

Kings Mountain National Military Park
Kings Mountain National Military Park, located near Blacksburg, SC, just south of the NC border west of Charlotte, commemorates a pivotal and significant victory by American Patriots - many the celebrated "Overmountain Men" of North Carolina - over American Loyalists during the Southern Campaign of the Revolutionary War. The battle fought on October 7, 1780, destroyed the left wing of Cornwallis' army and effectively ended Loyalist ascendance in the Carolinas. The victory halted the British advance into North Carolina and forced Lord Cornwallis to retreat from Charlotte into South Carolina. This park joins South Carolina's Kings Mountain State Park and is linked to North Carolina's Crowder's Mountain State Park as well as other sites in North Carolina by way of the Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail.

North Carolina
Department of Cultural Resources

Southwide Textile Heritage Initiative
As millions drive down the four, six and now eight lane highways of today’s Piedmont South, far too few are aware of the hard work and sacrifices made by pioneer generations of cotton mill people. Even many of our children do not know about their roots. The mission of the Textile Heritage Initiative is to preserve the history and heritage of the Southern cotton mill people and tell their story to future generations. Its goals are to save the stories, the places, and the historical record of the region’s textile industry, teaching it to our children and the visiting public.

If you worked in a mill or grew up in a mill town, please visit this site and share your stories, so that the history of this unique culture will not be lost.

The Way We Lived in North Carolina
A companion website to the new, revised and updated edition of "The Way We Lived in North Carolina." This single-volume publication offers a narrative overview of the state's history and historic places. Originally published in five volumes in 1983, the first edition took the novel approach of looking at the past from the perspective of the common man or woman. The new edition maintains that approach. From pre-Colonial times to the present, the volume captures and interprets life in North Carolina.

The companion website is intended to complement the book and to extend its audience. The online version features the full set of specially designed maps from the new edition, approximately twenty percent of the text of the volume, and over 100 photographs from the book. Students and readers studying state history, or anticipating a visit to one of the State Historic Sites, should find the website an inviting avenue to learn more about North Carolina's past. Newcomers to the state or seasonal tourists likewise can prepare for field trips from the comfort of their homes or offices.

Civil War Traveler.com
Discover North Carolina's Civil War Heritage
From Atlantic coastal sites at Forts Fisher and Macon to Union cavalry operations in the western mountains, North Carolina offers a collection of Civil War sites as varied as its landscapes. Blockade running in Wilmington. Ironclads at Kinston and Plymouth. Sherman vs. Johnston battles in 1865. A surrender more than two weeks after Appomattox. "Lee's Lifeline" on a crucial railroad. Just about anywhere you go in North Carolina, you will bump into a Civil War story -- one you may not find anywhere else.

The Lullaby Project
The Lullaby Project believes that lullabies of all languages and cultures must be preserved. The project records lullabies of caregivers (not just professional singers) in their native languages for the sake of comparison, preservation, education and study. Many lullabies have already been lost because few preservation efforts have been made. Once gone, they can never be recaptured. The project will preserve the wonderful part of each culture that has been overlooked, the love of children as expressed in song.