Friends of Whitaker Library Events
The Friends of Whitaker Library mission is twofold (1) to provide financial support to supplement existing and planned
library programs; and (2) to provide leadership in fostering greater understanding and appreciation for Whitaker Library as a source of strength for the Roanoke-Chowan and Franklin-Southampton County region. The second half of the Friends of Whitaker Library's mission statement is achieved by sponsoring yearly cultural events for Chowan University and the surrounding community. The cultural events are designed to bring intellectual enrichment to Murfreesboro, NC and the surrounding community. Past cultural events include honoring authors native to Hertford County, NC and events that focus on the culture of Eastern North Carolina.
Upcoming Friends of Whitaker Library Events
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Past Friends of Whitaker Library Events
- Spring 2013- The Office of the Provost sponsored two author lectures and book signings by Chowan University faculty who had books recently published. The faculty who lectured were: Bill Hinkle, Elmira Reformatory (1867-1877) and Matt Fullerty, The Murderess and the Hangman
- Spring 2013- Dale Neighbors, the Prints and Photographs Collection Coordinator for the Library of Virginia, gave a lectured titled, "The Stuff of History: Why Research and Academic Institutions Collect Ephemera." Click here to see pictures from the event
- Fall 2012- The friends of the library had a luncheon called "Early American Experience" The Potecasi Strings played period music and Tom and Ann Caulkins spoke about foods and cooking during the Colonial period. Click here to see pictures from the event
- Fall 2011- The Office of the Provost sponsored three author lectures and book signings by Chowan University faculty who had books recently published. The faculty who lectured were: Frank Stephenson, Riverside Manufacturing Company, Murfreesboro, North Carolina; Lee Canipe, A Baptist Democracy: Separating God and Caesar in the Land of the Free; and Keith Reich, Figuring Jesus: The Power of Rhetorical Figures of Speech in the Gospel of Luke
- Fall 2010- An educational fair called: "Remembering WWII." This event started with a Veteran Honor Ceremony. Guest speakers included: Dallas Jones Museum, Tuskegee Airmen, and Chowan Alumni Nancy Wright Beasley. Click here to see pictures from Remembering WWII
- Fall 2009- An educational fair called: "Surviving the Hard Times 1930's Style." Keynote speaker was Dr. Greg Taylor. Click here to see images from: Surviving the Hard Times 1930's Style
- Spring 2009- Alice Eley Jones “The African American Influence on Architecture in North Carolina.”
- 2008- Exhibit “Rhythm of the Factory: Life and Labor in North Carolina’s Textile Mill Communities” loaned by the Historical Oakview County Park
- 2007- R. Neil Fulghum “A Brush with the Past: The Lost Colony and John White’s Drawings of America 1584-1590”
- 2006- Frank Stephenson
- 2005- Katherine Allen author and illustrator of Gloves Down Under
- 2004- Mebane Holloman Burgwyn
- 2003- Mrs. Johnnye Jo Lott author of In the Cold of the Sun
- 2002- Mega Book Sale
- 2001- “Evening of Bernice Kelley Harris”: Holley Mack Bell, Clara Bond Bell, Elizabeth Harris, Frank Lowe, Linda Hassell
- 2000- No Event
- 1999- Thomas Parramore “William Jefferson Clinton and Solon Borland: A Cautionary Tale from Old Murfreesboro.”
- 1998- A. C. Snow “Green Bananas and Southern Funerals” Columnist for the Raleigh News and Observer
- Fall 1997-Jeanne Parker
- Spring 1997- Suzanne Britt “In the Middle of the Journey of Our Life: Now What?
- 1996- Ken Wolfskill “Teaching Edgar Allan Poe of Why I’m not an Architect”
