North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources: Difference between revisions

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The '''North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources''' is a cabinet-level department within the state government of [[North Carolina]] dedicated to overseeing projects in the arts, culture, and history within the borders of the state. The current Secretary of Natural and Cultural Resources, the [[North Carolina Cabinet|cabinet-level]] officer who oversees the Departmentdepartment, is [[SusiD. Reid HamiltonWilson]]. HamiltonWilson has been in office since January 20172021 and was immediately preceded by [[Susan W.Susi KluttzHamilton]], who served as secretary from 20132017 to 20162020<ref>[http://governor.nc.gov/news/cooper-names-leaders-natural-and-cultural-resources Cooper names Leaders for Natural and Cultural Resources]</ref> <ref>{{cite news|author=Morrill, Jim |title=McCrory's first task: building a new team |url=http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/01/04/2584630/mccrorys-first-task-building-a.html |accessdateaccess-date=January 6, 2013 |newspaper=The News and Observer |date=January 5, 2013 |deadurlurl-status=yesdead |archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130107053222/http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/01/04/2584630/mccrorys-first-task-building-a.html |archivedatearchive-date=January 7, 2013 }}</ref>

The department was founded as the North Carolina Department of Art, Culture, and History. Its first secretary was [[Sam Ragan]], poet and arts advocate who later became [[North Carolina Poet Laureate]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Past North Carolina Poets Laureate|url=http://ncarts.org/resources/poetry-resources/north-carolina-poet-laureate/past-nc-poets-laureate/|publisher=North Carolina Arts Council|accessdateaccess-date=April 10, 2014|deadurlurl-status=yesdead|archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413141003/http://ncarts.org/resources/poetry-resources/north-carolina-poet-laureate/past-nc-poets-laureate/|archivedatearchive-date=April 13, 2014|df=}}</ref> It was renamed to Department of Cultural Resources in 1973.<ref name="NC Manual">{{cite book|title=North Carolina Manual 2009–2010|year=2011|publisher=North Carolina Secretary of State|location=Raleigh, North Carolina|url=http://www.secretary.state.nc.us/pubsweb/manual.aspx|pagepages=227–231}}</ref> In 1973, [[Grace Rohrer]] succeeded Ragan, becoming the first woman to hold a cabinet-level office in North Carolina.<ref>{{cite news|title=First Woman to Hold State Cabinet Post to Run Office Non-Politically|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9jkeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1b4EAAAAIBAJ&dq=first%20cabinet%20level%20department%20for%20arts%20culture%20history%20north%20carolina&pg=2804%2C2087503|accessdateaccess-date=December 13, 2012|newspaper=The Lexington Dispatch|date=January 26, 1973}}</ref>

Many of the offices and divisions of the department were founded as separate institutions, such as the [[State Library of North Carolina]], founded in 1812, the [[North Carolina Museum of History]], founded in 1902, and the [[North Carolina Symphony]], founded in 1943. These organizations either remained independent or were gradually combined under the Office of Archives and History until 1971, when the Department of Cultural Resources became the first cabinet-level office of any state in the United States to deal solely with history, the arts, and cultural knowledge.<ref name="Strategic Plan">{{cite web |url= http://www.ncdcr.gov/Portals/0/documents/dcr-strategicplan-2011-web.pdf |title= 2011-2013 Strategic Plan |author= North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, Office of the Secretary |year= 2011 |work= |publisher= |accessdateaccess-date=6 December 2012}}</ref><ref name=Beckwith>{{cite news|last=Beckwith|first=Ryan Teague|title=What does the Cultural Resources Secretary do?|url=http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/faq/what_does_the_cultural_resources_secretary_do|accessdateaccess-date=December 13, 2012|newspaper=Raleigh News & Observer|date=December 5, 2008}}</ref>

The department is organized in the following manner (all divisions located in [[Raleigh, North Carolina|Raleigh]] unless otherwise noted):<ref name="Official Site">{{cite web |url=http://www.ncdcr.gov/Divisions.aspx |title=Divisions |publisher=North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources|accessdateaccess-date=December 9, 2012 }}</ref><ref name="Department Website">{{cite web |url=http://www.ncdcr.gov/about |title=About |publisher=North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources|accessdateaccess-date=December 9, 2012 }}</ref>

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*[[North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences | N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh]]

;[[North Carolina Zoo | Division of North Carolina Zoo]]

;[[North Carolina Aquariums | Division of State Aquariums]]

The Department of Natural and Cultural Resources also oversees the [[North Carolina Award]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Six to Receive the North Carolina Award–State’sAward–State's Highest Honor|url=http://news.ncdcr.gov/2012/09/19/six-to-receive-the-north-carolina-award-states-highest-honor/|publisher=North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources|accessdateaccess-date=December 13, 2012|date=September 19, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Smith|first=Erin|title=Dr. Charles Hamner To Receive North Carolina Award For Public Service|url=http://www.thehamner.org/news-events/entry/charles-hamner-to-receive-north-carolina-award-for-public-service|publisher=The Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences|accessdateaccess-date=December 13, 2012}}</ref>

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