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Oct 4, 2018
NEW LOCATION Lecture: “Scottish Highlanders in Colonial and Revolutionary North Carolina” -
Sep 8, 2018
Volunteer Opportunity Open House -
Sep 6, 2018
Lecture: “The Rifles and Muskets of the Revolutionary War” by Tim Langdon and Adam Young -
Jul 4, 2018
Joel Lane Museum House Historic Independence Day Open House 2018 -
May 3, 2018
NEW LOCATION! Lecture: All in the Family: Diomed, Sir Archie, and Henry by Jim Beckwith -
Apr 12, 2018
NEW LOCATION! Lecture: “Isaac Hunter and His Tavern” by Belle Long -
Mar 25, 2018
Gallery C presents The Best of North Carolina 2018 Reception -
Mar 2, 2018
THE TORTURED GENIUS OF EDGAR ALLAN POE, a talk by Elliot Engel -
Jan 21, 2018
Lecture: “Into the Lion’s Den: William Hooper’s Harrowing Mission to Crown-Occupied Wilmington” -
Dec 2, 2017
A Colonial Christmas Open House -
Nov 9, 2017
NEW LOCATION! Lecture: “Antiques and Collections: Determining Value” by Leland Little -
Oct 15, 2017
Lecture: “Things that Went Bump in the Night in the Early American Republic” by Craig Friend -
Sep 14, 2017
Lecture: “‘In A Very Tastey Style:’ Lessons in Likeness” by Michael Ausbon -
Aug 27, 2017
An Evening by the Pool with Silent Auction -
Jul 4, 2017
Joel Lane Museum House Historic Independence Day Open House -
Jun 19, 2017
Camp Flintlock -
May 7, 2017
Lecture: “Lunsford Lane of Raleigh: Blackness, Manhood, Slavery, and Freedom in Antebellum America” -
Apr 13, 2017
Lecture: “Who Will Polish the Silver? A Baby Boomer’s Remembrance” -
Mar 21, 2017
Joel Lane Historical Society Meeting -
Mar 3, 2017
Elliot Engel on “Queen Victoria and the Victorian Novel” -
Feb 9, 2017
“North Carolina’s Historic Architecture: Understanding the Special Character of the Tarheel State” -
Jan 19, 2017
Lecture: Historic Cemeteries and Our Heritage -
Dec 3, 2016
Colonial Christmas Open House 2016 -
Nov 3, 2016
Lecture: George Washington’s Southern Tour -
Oct 16, 2016
North Carolina Governor Richard Caswell: Founding Father and Revolutionary Hero -
Sep 18, 2016
Joel Lane’s Block Party: A Fall Fundraiser -
Sep 15, 2016
Lecture: The Relevance of Archaeology to Sherman’s Carolina Campaign -
Jul 4, 2016
Independence Day Open House 2016 -
Jun 20, 2016 - Jun 24, 2016
Camp Flintlock Summer Day Camp 2016 -
May 1, 2016
Lecture on “A Stitch in Time: Samplers from the Collection at Historic Hope Plantation” by David Ser -
Apr 14, 2016
Slavery and Emancipation on ‘the Moses Mordecai Place’ in Raleigh -
Mar 15, 2016
Joel Lane Historical Society Annual Meeting -
Feb 12, 2016
Elliot Engel on “The Inimitable Winston Churchill” -
Jan 28, 2016
Lecture on “Gambrel Roof Houses of Northeastern North Carolina” by Reid Thomas -
Dec 5, 2015
Colonial Christmas Open House 2015 -
Nov 1, 2015
Lecture on “The Crucial Role of NC During the American Revolution” by Suzanne Adair -
Oct 8, 2015
Film: “Earl Ijames’s Colored Confederates and U.S. Colored Troops” -
Sep 17, 2015
Lecture by Michael Greer on “Breathing Life into a Dying Art: Bookbinding in the Age of the Kindle” -
Aug 23, 2015
Night by the Pool with Silent Auction -
Jul 4, 2015
A Historic Independence Day Celebration -
Jun 15, 2015 - Jun 19, 2015
Camp Flintlock Summer Day Camp 2015 -
May 17, 2015
NEW DATE: Lecture on “Sitting Pretty: North Carolina Furniture 1700-1850” -
Apr 2, 2015
POSTPONED TO April 2: Lecture on “Evolution of Firearms from Late 1700s to Civil War” -
Mar 17, 2015
Annual Meeting of the Joel Lane Historical Society—2015 -
Feb 12, 2015
CANCELLED: Film by Tony Curtis “Anglers, Whalers, and Waves: The Story of Samuel Windsor” -
Feb 6, 2015
Play: “Oldest Living Confederate Widow” -
Jan 8, 2015
Lecture on “How to Read a House: Identifying Historic Buildings” by Mitch Wilds -
Dec 6, 2014
A Colonial Christmas Open House 2014 -
Nov 6, 2014
Lecture on “Understanding Southern Silver” by Gary Albert of MESDA -
Oct 4, 2014
Genealogy Fair -
Oct 2, 2014
Lecture on “Was I Born for This? North Carolina Slave Voices” by Lucinda MacKethan -
Sep 18, 2014
Tavern Party in the Gardens 2014 -
Sep 7, 2014
Lecture on “Applying Technology in the Search of Colonial Roads” by Dale Loberger -
Jul 4, 2014
An Old-Fashioned Independence Day -
Jun 16, 2014 - Jun 20, 2014
Camp Flintlock Summer Day Camp 2014 -
Apr 27, 2014
Lizzie Lane’s Colonial Tea 2014 -
Apr 10, 2014
Lecture on “Fine & Decorative Arts: An Era of Transition?” by Leland Little -
Feb 21, 2014
Elliot Engel on “Defining Dr. Samuel Johnson—Eccentric Inventor of the English Dictionary” -
Feb 18, 2014
Annual Meeting of the Joel Lane Historical Society -
Jan 16, 2014
Lecture on “Elizabeth Keckly: Thirty Years as a Slave and Four Years in the White House” -
Dec 10, 2013
Museum Store Holiday Open House and Book Signing -
Dec 7, 2013
A Colonial Christmas Open House 2013 -
Nov 21, 2013
Lecture on “African American Artisans in North Carolina” by Catherine Bishir -
Nov 17, 2013
Oyster Roast at Haywood Hall -
Nov 14, 2013
Lecture on “The Early Anglican Church in Colonial NC” by John Ward -
Oct 13, 2013
Art and Cocktails by the Pool -
Oct 10, 2013
Lecture on “Archaeology In Raleigh, NC” by John Clauser -
Sep 19, 2013
Lecture on “Exploring Northeastern North Carolina’s Early Architecture” by Reid Thomas -
Sep 12, 2013
Tavern Party in the Gardens -
Sep 5, 2013
A lecture on “Legendary Locals of Raleigh” by Stormi Souter and Elizabeth Weichel -
Jul 4, 2013
Independence Day Open House 2013 -
Jun 17, 2013 - Jun 21, 2013
Colonial Day Camp with Camp Flintlock—2013 -
Jun 6, 2013
Lecture on “Freedom Coming, Freedom for All: the Emancipation Proclamation in NC” -
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
Lecture by Mike Helms, “Boom and Bust: Paper Currency in Colonial North Carolina”
Joel Lane Museum House was proud to present a lecture by Mike Helms, “Boom and Bust: Paper Currency in Colonial North Carolina” on Thursday, May 16, 2013, at 7 pm at 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 are non-refundable unless we must cancel the event.
Mike’s talk entitled “Boom and Bust: Paper Currency in Colonial North Carolina,” focused on colonial and Civil War era North Carolina scrip. Authentic period banknotes signed by the likes of North Carolina’s governor Richard Caswell (1729-1789) bring a unique human dimension to the colorful story of North Carolina’s state-issued currency.
Mike’s interest in notaphily (the four dollar and fifty cent word for “the study of banknotes”) was kindled by his grandfather during his tender childhood years, and he has been an active banknote collector for over 20 years. A historian by temperament and a passionate explorer and researcher, Mike Helms spends many of his Saturdays crisscrossing the state’s side-roads in search of North Carolina’s material culture and the rich, untold stories it tells. An accomplished public speaker, published writer and photographer, Mike makes his talks come alive with the heart and humor of a natural raconteur. A geologist by education and software architect by day, Mike Helms lives in North Raleigh with his ravishing wife and canine weekend traveling companion. The Joel Lane Museum House is especially grateful to Mike for his donation in 2011 to its collection of a $5 continental note issued in Philadelphia in 1776.
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