The document summarizes resources for genealogical and historical research available through various libraries and collections. It discusses the history of the Hampton Institute and its boarding school program for Native Americans. It also describes new additions to the Conyers-Rockdale library system including online resources from UNC Chapel Hill and the Digital Library of Georgia that provide access to photographs, maps, and oral histories to support genealogical research.

1. Indian Boarding Schools
&
Library Additions
Presentation to the
Rockdale Genealogical Society
January 12, 2013
.

2. Indian Boarding Schools

The Hampton Institute

3. Hampton Institute History
• Hampton Agricultural & Industrial School
– Founded in 1868
– Sponsored by American Missionary Association

4. Hampton Institute History
• Chartered “Normal” School
– Established in 1868
– School for training training teachers

5. Hampton Institute History
• Hampton Normal & Agricultural Institute
– Chartered in 1870
– Land Grant School

6. Hampton Institute History
• Established boarding schools for training
Native Americans in 1878
• Most students were from western tribes
• Pioneering model of education
– Academic & Manual/Technical Trades
• Program was small compared to others

7. Hampton Institute History
• Boarding school program ended in 1923
• Over 1,00 students attended
• 63 tribes represented
– Majority from Sioux
– Less than 50 from Cherokee

8. Ben’s Great Grandmother
• Nancy Jane Lee
– Attended Hampton Institute
– September 1894 through June 1897
• Her siblings attended as well (including
Alonzo, her brother)

9. Life at Hampton Institute
• Removed (almost) entirely from family
and home
• Emphasis placed on “civilized” language,
religion and culture
• Train “the hand, the head and the
heart…to be examples to, and teachers
of, their people.”

10. Life at Hampton Institute
• Nancy left home at 17-years-old
• Nancy returned to Cherokee, NC a
relative stranger three years later.
• Uncertain of her graduation status

11. Life at Hampton Institute
• Three year course-of-study:
– Junior
– Middle
– Senior

12. Ancestry’s Products
• Ancestry.com
– Individual subscriptions
– Cost to individual
– Personalized options and enhanced content
• Ancestry Library Edition
– Available only at public, college & technical school
libraries through consortial subscription
– Cost distributed through GALILEO
– Does not include sources such as Historical Newspaper
Collection, Obituary Collection, and Periodical Source
Index.

13. HeritageQuest Online
• Consortial subscription through GALILEO
• Can access from home with GALILEO
password
– Visit the library for our current password
– Changes every three months
• Includes access to Periodical Source Index
(PERSI) – a comprehensive index of
genealogy and local history periodicals

14. New Additions
to the
Conyers-Rockdale
Library System

15. Collections @ UNC-Chapel Hill
• The Wilson Library
– Home to UNC’s special collections:
• North Carolina Collection
• Rare Book Collection
• Southern Folklife Collection
• Southern Historical Collection
• University Archives & Record Management
Services

16. Collections @ UNC-Chapel Hill
• North Carolina Collection
– How do you pronounce these places in NC?
• Rodanthe [row-DAN-thee]
• Buncombe [BUNK-um]
• Ijames [IMES]
• Kerr (as in Kerr Lake, Kerr Drug Store, etc.) [CAR]
– From Talk Like a Tar Heel: North Carolina Place
Names
• http://www.lib.unc.edu/ncc/ref/resources/tlth.html

17. Collections @ UNC-Chapel Hill
• Photographic Archives
– Part of the North Carolina Collection
– Not entirely digitized yet
– Can order re-prints/reproductions/scans for a
fee
– Provide on-site research assistance and limited
assistance via email or phone
– Contact:
• wilsonlibrary@unc.edu or 919.962.7992

18. Wooten Collection, c. 1930
Tobacco Farmer & Sons

19. Photo of Market House in Beaufort
(1862)

20. Hugh Morton Collection (c.1910)
Western Carolina Stage

21. Collections @ UNC-Chapel Hill
• Southern Historical Collection
– Contains primary materials documenting the
American South, dating from the late 18th
century.
– Excellent online exhibitions, including:
• A Nursery of Patriotism: The University at War,
1861-1945

24. Collections @ UNC-Chapel Hill
• Oral Histories of the American South
– Contains digitized oral histories that are part of
the Southern Oral History Program.
– Available online
– Provides some enrichment for genealogists newly
researching particular times and subjects
– Attempt to preserve the first-hand histories to
be found in our communities

25. [ Not to be outdone… ]
Genealogy Resources
via
The Digital Library of
Georgia

26. Digital Library of Georgia
• Based at the University of Georgia
Libraries
• Diverse offerings:
– Sanborn Fire Maps
– Vanishing Georgia (photographs)
– University of Georgia Press Georgia History
Ebook Project

31. Oral History Update
• Oral Histories of the American South
digitization project at UNC-Chapel Hill
• TKOH & Knight Foundation will launch
Thread app for tablets/phones this Fall
• StoryCorps (in Atlanta!)

32. • Partnership of NPR and The American Folklife
Center at the Library of Congress
• Since 2003:
– Collected & archived 45,000+ interviews
– Hosted nearly 90,000 participants
– Each conversation is recorded on a free CD to share,
and is preserved at the American Folklife Center at
the Library of Congress.
• StoryBooth @ Atlanta History Center
• Call 800-850-4406 for reservations/information.
Oral History Update—
StoryCorps

33. Nancy Guinn Memorial Library
• Continue to develop a strong collection of
resources
– In part, by working with the Rockdale County
Genealogical Society
• Suggestions? Please let us know!
• Train staff in research techniques specific to
our genealogical resources
• Support the research and discovery of
family, local, state, and national history

34. LIBRARY HOURS LIBRARY ADDRESS & PHONE
Monday – Thursday: 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. 864 Green Street
Friday – Saturday: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Conyers, GA 30012
Sunday: Closed 770-388-5040
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