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Prof chronicles county
• History professor, under
commission from the North
Carolina Department of Cul
tural Resources, wrote a
book detailing the history of
our county.
Mignon Ezzell
Staff Writer
Did you know that there is a ce
lebrity right here at Guilford Col
lege? Alex Stoesen, a professor in
the history department at Guilford,
has written a book about Guilford
County.
The North Carolina Department
of Cultural Resources asked
Stoesen to chronicle Guilford
County in a book entitled "Guil
ford County Brief History." The
department is doing a brief reca
pitulation on each county in North
Carolina. Only thirteen counties
have been done.
"I have been interested in local
history for about twenty-five years.
I had to do a lot of research."
Stoesen traveled mostly around the
county to get information and to
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different libraries in such places as
Raleigh and Chapel Hill. "I didn't
get to do that much exotic travel
ing when I went to Italy." He also
interviewed public officials and
other citizen&of the county to get
feedback.
The book centers on the educa
tional and transportation develop
ments throughout the centuries. It
"I didn't get to do
that much exotic
traveling when I went
to Italy."
- Alex Stoesen
tells how the county has pro
gressed. Guilford County is one of
the most industrialized counties in
North Carolina. Stoesen com
mented, "It doesn't just happen. It
took a lot of effort from the people
who lived here."
Writing the book was not easy.
"The process was a lot of writing
and rewriting. This last year was
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put to boiling all the information
down to fit under 100 pages. Ra
leigh (where the North Carolina
Department of Cultural Resources
is located) returned it at least three
times for revision." The book had
to be under 100 pages so he had to
offer "interpretive angles on the
county."
This was not the first time
Stoesen had worked on a history
of Guilford County. In 1981 he
worked on another book with
someone else for the American
Revolution Bicentennial Commis
sion. That version was much
longer than the one now.
Stoesen thinks that the book
serves the purpose of being useful
to people who arrive new to the
area~and to the area itself. He does
not receive any profit for the sell
ing of the books because it belongs
to the state. Stoesen is very grate
ful to the college for allowing him
time off to write the book. Copies
of "Guilford County Brief His
tory" are available in the college
bookstore and at the local library
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Best Picture
• Schindler's List
• In the Name of the Father
• The Piano
• The Fugitive
• The Remains of the Day
Best Director
• Jane Campion -The Piano
• Steven Spielberg ~
Schindler's List
• Jim Sheridan -In the Name
of the Father
• James Ivory --The Remains
of the Day
• Robert Altman —Short Cuts
Best Actor
• Daniel Day-Lewis -In the
Name of the Father
• Laurence Fishburne
What's Love Got to Do With It
• Tom Hanks - Philadelphia
• Anthony Hopkins -The
Remains of the Day
• Li am Neeson --
Schindler's List
Best Supporting Actor
• Leonardo DiCaprio -
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
• Ralph Fiennes ~
Schindler's List
• Tommy Lee Jones ~
The Fugitive
• John Malkovich -
In the Line of Fire
• Pete Postlethwaite
In the Name of the Father
Pest Actress
• Angela Bassett - What's
Love Got to Do With It
• Stockard Channing -
Six Degrees of Separation
• Holly Hunter --The Piano
• Emma Thompson ~
The Remains of the Day
• Debra Winger -
Shadowlands
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Best Supporting Actress
• Holly Hunter —The Firm
• Emma Thompson -In the
Name of the Father
• Anna Paquin —The Piano
• Rosie Perez —Fearless
• Winona Ryder -The Age
of Innocence
Best Original Screenplay
• Dave
• In the Line of Fire
• Philadelphia
• The Piano
• Sleepless in Seattle
Best Adapted Screenplay
• The Age of Innocence
• In the Name of the Father
• The Remains of the Day
• Schindler's List
• Shadowlands
Best Original Sftng
• "Again" -Poetic Justice
• "Hie Day I Fall In Love" -
Beethoven's 2nd
• 'Philadelphia" ~
Philadelphia
• "Streets of Philadelphia" -
Philadelphia
• "A Wink and a Smile" -
Sleepless in Seattle
Best Sound Effects
N Editing
• Cliffhanger
• The Fugitive
• Jurassic Park
Best Visual Effects
• Cliffhanger
• Jurassic Park
• Tim Burton's The Nightmare
Before Christmas
Best Makeup
• Mrs. Doubtfire
• Philadelphia
• Schindler's List