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17 Mar 2021

North Carolina Friends Historical Society Honors Joan Newlin Poole with Title of Director Emerita Following 30+ Years of Service

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Joan Newlin Poole was asked to join the Board of Directors of NCFHS in the mid-1980s. Both her father, Algie Newlin, and her late husband Herbert Poole had been instrumental in reviving the Society after a hiatus of 25 years … Continued

22 Feb 2021

NCFHS Newsletter: My Quaker grandmother’s diary of faith and community amid depression and disability

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In honor of Women’s History Month, we are pleased to be able to offer excerpts from Until We Sleep Our Last Sleep, a diary written by Emily Millikan Blair, in the NCFHS Spring 2021 newsletter. The subtitle for the work … Continued