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May 16, 2013
Lecture by Mike Helms, “Boom and Bust: Paper Currency in Colonial North Carolina” -
Apr 21, 2013
Lizzie Lane’s Colonial Tea -
Apr 11, 2013
Lecture on “Archaeological Testing at the Bloomsbury Estates Site, Raleigh NC” -
Feb 18, 2013
Annual Meeting of the Joel Lane Historical Society -
Feb 15, 2013
Elliot Engel: “The Vanderbilts--All of Them” -
Feb 3, 2013
Lecture on “Sir Walter Ralegh: Fortune’s Tennis Ball” by Christopher Armitage -
Jan 17, 2013
Colonial Era “Aerial Photography:” The Archaeology of Claude Joseph Sauthier’s NC Maps SOLD OUT -
Dec 1, 2012
A Colonial Christmas Open House 2012 -
Nov 4, 2012
Lecture on “Beyond the Gate: Stories of Historic Oakwood Cemetery” by Bruce Miller; SOLD OUT -
Oct 18, 2012
Lecture on “Antiques: Fake, Fraud, or the Real Thing? “ by Ed Willer -
Sep 29, 2012
Antiques Appraisal Fair -
Sep 13, 2012
Lecture on “Why a Good Southern Girl Would Marry a Yankee General” by Suzy Barile -
Aug 16, 2012
Concert in the Courtyard: The Southern String Band -
Jul 4, 2012
Independence Day Celebration -
Jun 18, 2012 - Jun 22, 2012
Colonial Day Camp with Camp Flintlock 2012 -
Apr 1, 2012
Lecture on “The Book In Colonial America and Caring for Your Books” by Jane Bultman -
Feb 28, 2012
Annual Meeting of the Joel Lane Historical Society -
Feb 24, 2012
Performance by Elliot Engel on Sir Walter Raleigh: Beyond the Muddy Cloak -
Feb 16, 2012
Lecture on Slavery in Microcosm: Bertie County, NC -
Jan 12, 2012
Lecture on “Moving Midway Plantation” by Charles Silver -
Dec 3, 2011
Colonial Christmas Open House 2011 -
Nov 13, 2011
Lecture Mark Catesby and his Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands, 1731-1743 -
Oct 27, 2011
Tavern Party -
Oct 13, 2011
Lecture on Germans Building in the Backcountry of North Carolina by John Larson -
Oct 9, 2011
Lecture on North Carolina Cemeteries by John Clauser--Reprise -
Sep 25, 2011
Lizzie Lane’s Colonial Tea -
Sep 15, 2011
Lecture on 18th Century Cemetery Practices in NC--SOLD OUT -
Jul 4, 2011
Independence Day Open House -
Jun 13, 2011
Colonial Day Camp with Camp Flintlock -
Apr 30, 2011
Pathways to the Past--A Macaroni Kid Meet Up -
Apr 7, 2011
Lecture: Stitches in Learning – A Look at North Carolina Schoolgirl Needlework -
Feb 11, 2011
Program by Elliot Engel on “Blackbeard: The North Carolinian Nobody Knows” -
Feb 3, 2011
A Lecture on the Enslaved People Who Lived on and Near Joel Lane’s Plantation--SOLD OUT -
Dec 4, 2010 - Dec 5, 2010
A Colonial Christmas Open House 2010 -
Nov 11, 2010
Lecture on “Hiding in Plain Sight: The Water Mills of Wake County” -
Oct 28, 2010
Tavern Party 2010 -
Oct 21, 2010
Lecture on “Carolina Cottage: A Personal History of the House of Joseph Lane (Joel’s brother)” -
Sep 23, 2010
Lecture on “North Carolina’s Role in the American Revolution” was SOLD OUT. -
Sep 19, 2010
Lizzie Lane’s Colonial Tea 2010 was SOLD OUT! -
Jul 4, 2010
Celebrate Independence Day and Learn Our History! Free Admission -
Apr 8, 2010
Lecture on 18th-Century Architecture in North Carolina--SOLD OUT! -
Feb 16, 2010
Annual Meeting of the Joel Lane Historical Society -
Feb 4, 2010
Lecture on Slavery in North Carolina in the 18th Century -
Jan 21, 2010
Lecture on the Women of Joel Lane’s Family -
Dec 5, 2009 - Dec 6, 2009
Christmas Open House 2009 -
Nov 27, 2009 - Nov 29, 2009
Special Hours on Friday and Saturday of Thanksgiving Weekend -
Nov 12, 2009
Lecture on Wake County’s Participation in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1783 -
Oct 29, 2009
Tavern Party -
Oct 4, 2009
Lecture on George Washington’s 1791 Tour of the South--SOLD OUT -
Sep 20, 2009
Lizzie Lane’s Colonial Tea 2009--SOLD OUT -
Jul 4, 2009
An Old-Fashioned July Fourth, 2009 -
Jun 15, 2009 - Jun 19, 2009
Colonial Day Camp at the Joel Lane Museum House -
Apr 23, 2009
Back by popular demand, Jim Jones will lecture on “Comitia Americana Medals.” -
Mar 13, 2009
Concert of Early American Music by Nationally Renowned Musicians -
Feb 19, 2009
Lecture on “George Washington’s 1791 Tour through the South” WAS SOLD OUT -
Feb 10, 2009
Joel Lane Historical Society Annual Meeting -
Dec 6, 2008 - Dec 7, 2008
The Simple Joys of a A Colonial Christmas -
Nov 13, 2008
Lecture on “Promoting Heritage Tourism Through the Preservation of City-Owned Cemeteries” -
Oct 23, 2008
Lecture on “The Anglican Church in North Carolina in the Colonial Era” -
Sep 28, 2008
Lizzie Lane’s Colonial Tea -
Sep 13, 2008
Volunteer Open House -
Jul 4, 2008
An Old-Fashioned July Fourth, 2008
Lecture on “Sir Walter Ralegh: Fortune’s Tennis Ball” by Christopher Armitage
The Joel Lane Museum House was proud to announce a lecture on “"Sir Walter Ralegh: Fortune’s Tennis Ball” by Christopher Armitage of UNC-CH on Sunday, February 3, 2013 at 2 pm in the Visitors Center at 160 South Saint Mary’s Street, Raleigh, NC 27603. Admission was $15 for the general public and $10 for members of the Joel Lane Historical Society. Refreshments were served. Seating was limited, and advanced payment was required. Please call 919-833-3431 with your MasterCard or Visa, or mail a check to P O Box 10884, Raleigh NC 27605. Be sure to include the names of all in your party; nametags will serve as tickets. Tickets were non-refundable unless we must cancel the event.
Christopher Mead Armitage is Professor of Distinguished Teaching and Adjunct Professor of Peace, War and Defense Deptartment and Professor of English and Comparative Literature at UNC-Chapel Hill. Dr. Armitage will discuss the ambiguities and reversals in Raleigh’s life. Professor Armitage, who joined the UNC-Chapel Hill faculty in 1967, specializes in seventeenth- and twentieth-century English and Canadian literature. His lively style and personal interest in his students have earned him several awards for excellent teaching: UNC Board of Governors Award for career excellence in teaching in 2009, a Tanner Award for excellence in undergraduate instruction in 2003, his second Bowman and Gordon Gray chair (1986-1989, 2005-2010) for excellence in inspirational teaching of undergraduates, the first UNC Professor of Distinguished Teaching in 1995, and the Nicholas Salgo Award in 1981. Armitage earned a bachelor’s degree with honors (1954) and a master’s degree (1958) from Oxford University. He earned a second master’s degree from the University of Western Ontario in Canada in 1964, and a doctorate from Duke University in 1967.
Since 1970 Dr. Armitage has returned annually to England to conduct a six-week study program on “Shakespeare in Performance” for students and alumni. In addition, Armitage lectures frequently for the Carolina Speakers program. He appeared on horseback and in eighteenth-century costume to represent William R. Davie at UNC’s Bicentennial and on later occasions. His recent publications include The Poetry of Piety: An Annotated Anthology of Christian Poetry, which he compiled with UNC alumnus Rev. Dr. Ben Witherington; and “Blue China and Blue Moods: Oscar Fashioning Himself at Oxford” in Oscar Wilde: The Man, His Writings and His World, ed. Robert N. Keane. His latest publication is due out in the fall of 2013. He is editor of Literary and Visual Ralegh: Essays on Writings and Pictorial Representations of Sir Walter Ralegh to be published by the University of Manchester press.
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