Former HPSD President and Bartlett Durham Award winner Myra Markham presented the 2007 Bartlett Durham Award to Jean Bradley Anderson at the Preservation Durham Annual Meeting on May 31. A historian and professional genealogist, Mrs. Anderson has written much about Durham, including Piedmont Plantation: The Bennehan-Cameron Family and Lands in North Carolina, the story of Stagville Plantation; Durham County: A History of Durham County, North Carolina; and The Durham Record. A Phi Betta Kappa graduate with a BA and MA from the University of Pennsylvania, she taught at both Duke University and NC Central University. She is a charter member of Preservation Durham and is also active in other local preservation organizations.
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