**ISC 2009 Presenters**

Keynote Speaker
"My ‘Unsung Founders—Both Bond and Free': 
A Contrast of Legacies from Two North Carolina African-American Families"

Teresa Carol Artis, VP and General Counsel of Capitol Broadcasting Company, Inc. in Raleigh , N.C. Artis is a graduate of the College of Arts & Sciences (Economics & Public Policy) at UNC and alumnus of both Harvard School of Business and School of Law . She has served as VP of Business Affairs at Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. ( Atlanta ) and VP of Licensing at online retailer Art.com ( Raleigh ). Prior to her media work, Artis practiced corporate law at Kilpatrick Stockton ( Atlanta ). Currently, she serves on Carolina 's Alumni Committee on Racial and Ethnic Diversity. Her primary areas of support at UNC-Ch are the Institute for African-American Research and the Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History. Artis has done extensive research on the history of her maternal side of her family. (Adapted from Carolina 's Development website.)

“Using National Museum Resources to Research Native Ancestry”

Clara Sue Kidwell, Director of the American Indian Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is an enrolled member of the White Earth Chippewa tribe, and is also of Choctaw descent. She received a B.A. in Letters (1962) and a M.A. and Ph.D. in History of Science (1970) from the University of Oklahoma. Prior to coming to North Carolina she was director of the Native American Studies program and Professor of History at the University of Oklahoma in Norman. Her publications include Choctaws and Missionaries in Mississippi, 1818-1918 (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1995), A Native American Theology (Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 2001), co-authored with Homer Noley and George Tinker; Native American Studies (Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh Press, 2005) co-authored with Alan Velie, and The Choctaws in Oklahoma: From Tribe to Nation 1855-1970 (Norman:  University of Oklahoma Press, 2007). (Adapted from Carolina's American Indian Center website.)

 

 

"Library Resources for Conducting Genealogical Searches”

Holly Smith, Overholser Archival Fellow, Southern Historical Collection, University Library, UNC-Ch. Ms. Smith is currently the Overholser Archivist for African American Studies for the Southern Historical Collection (SHC). The SHC holds extensive manuscript materials relating the American South, and is located in Wilson Library at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Ms. Smith will work with and expand African American-related materials in the SHC, which includes updating current online guides, curating exhibitions, and collaborating with neighboring academic and community organizations for programming. A native of Hampton, VA, Ms. Smith holds a B.A. in History and Black Studies from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA, an M.A. in History from Yale University, and an M.S. in Library Science from Simmons College.

Douglas “Biff” Hollingsworth, Collecting/Public Programming Archivist, Southern Historical Collection, University Library, UNC-Ch. Biff was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia.  He holds a B.A. in Spanish from Georgia State University and an M.S. in Library Science from UNC Chapel Hill.  Currently he works as Collecting and Public Programming Archivist for the Southern Historical Collection in the Wilson Special Collections Library.  This long title means that Biff does two things:  he facilitates donations of historical documents to the SHC from individuals, families, and organizations across the South; and he creates events, exhibits, and other outreach tools with the goal of raising the profile of the SHC.  Biff lives in Durham with his wife Kate and their five-month-old baby Jonas.

 

 

"How to Conduct Genealogical Searches for the Purposes of Scholarly Research"

Heather Williams, Associate Professor of History UNC-Ch. She is currently writing a book on separation of African American families during the antebellum period and efforts to reunify families following emancipation. This project considers, among other things, the process of mourning or grieving after separation, methods for keeping track of family members over distance and time, African American marriage following the war, and the larger society's reception of the idea of legalizing black marriages. (Adapted from Carolina 's Department of History website.)

Lolita Gutiérrez Brockington, Associate Professor Emeritus of North Carolina Central University   and Senior Fellow with the Institute of African American Research at UNC-Ch. Brockington's current work, "African-Bolivians: The Silenced Dynamic of the Andean Demographic Reality,” is a demographic analysis of Afro-Bolivians from 1540 - 1800 based on hundreds of parish records she was permitted to digitally photograph.  This new work covers the entire region of several provinces, including the legendary silver mining zone of Potosi that was designated during the colonial period as the Audiencia de Charcas.