“The digital projects they have begun carry so much potential to make this collection visible. (photo by Donn Young)Įngelhardt said she asked students to go on a “research adventure” with her over the course of a semester, and she was impressed with their ambitious undertaking. Lee Calhoun discusses the students’ projects with them at a celebration at Wilson Library. They also completed individual research projects. They created two mapping projects that explore both the stories of the people and the apples a third project highlights recipes made with Southern apples. Students spent the spring transcribing the contents of the binder (which was also digitized by the library), and they developed cutting-edge team research projects to make the collection more accessible to the public. The orchard has more than 400 varieties of Southern apple trees. He also helped to establish the Southern Heritage Apple Orchard at Horne Creek Farm, a N.C.
Lee Calhoun, the evening’s special guest, wrote the definitive history of Southern apple varieties, Old Southern Apples: A Comprehensive History and Description of Varieties for Collectors, Growers and Fruit Enthusiasts.Īfter the first edition of his book was published in 1995, Calhoun received hundreds of letters from apple enthusiasts, which he collected in a 400-page-plus notebook. Ann Marie Thornton of James Creek Cidery organized the food donations, which included contributions from James Beard award-winning chef Andrea Reusing, owner of Lantern restaurant. Apple enthusiasts - growers, festival organizers, researchers, chefs, cidery and nursery owners - nibbled on treats as they gathered to mark the official acquisition of the “ Creighton Lee Calhoun Papers on Southern Apples, 1970s-2010” in the Southern Historical Collection. Students in Elizabeth Engelhardt’s senior seminar in Southern studies showcased their digital research projects on Southern apples on a big screen at the front of the room. The celebration of the Southern apple was on mouth-watering display at a recent end-of-class gathering in Wilson Library. Lee Calhoun (left) and Elizabeth Engelhardt. Students at UNC-Chapel Hill are the first to explore a new collection of papers on Southern apples in the Southern Historical Collection in Wilson Library. Digital research projects in a senior seminar in Southern studies illuminate the history, stories, locations and culture of Southern apples.
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