by gmcdaniel4444@gmail.com | Sep 29, 2021 | Blog, Books, Drayton Hall Stories, Professionals
.History abounds around us if we but look, right? In South Carolina we have the SC National Heritage Corridor along whose route there is no finer site than Drayton Hall. Why is it so important? Where is it headed? In the fall 2021 issue of Southern Edge magazine,...
by gmcdaniel4444@gmail.com | Sep 26, 2021 | Blog, Books, Drayton Hall Stories, Historic Preservation, Professionals
. What do you see? Floorboards? Maybe old ones at that? And what’s that rectangular piece joining two of them, you may ask? They are long floorboards, installed at Drayton Hall c. 1750. For my forthcoming book, “Drayton Hall Stories,” I ask...
by gmcdaniel4444@gmail.com | Sep 16, 2021 | African American History, Author, Blog, Books, Community Engagement, Drayton Hall Stories, Education, Interpretation, Outreach, Professionals
. Max A. van Balgooy, Assistant Professor in the Museum Studies Program at George Washington University, teaches museum management, historical interpretation, and community engagement. A frequent author, he is president of Engaging Places, a strategy firm for museums...
by gmcdaniel4444@gmail.com | Sep 10, 2021 | Blog, Books, Drayton Hall Stories, Education, Historic Preservation, Interpretation, Professionals
Matthew Webster was director of the preservation department of Drayton Hall and now serves as Executive Director, Grainger Department of Architectural Preservation and Research at Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. At Drayton Hall, he discovered architectural...
McDaniel Consulting LLC is a strategy firm that helps organizations use history to build bridges within itself and its broader constituents. 