by gmcdaniel4444@gmail.com | Feb 24, 2022 | Author, Blog, Books, Drayton Hall Stories, Publication
Last week Elizabeth “Liz” Hunt Alston, a friend, tripped on a sidewalk in Charleston, hit her head, went to the hospital, was fine for a few days, and suddenly died of a brain hemorrhage. Here’s my letter-to-the-editor in the Post and Courier, Feb. 24....
by gmcdaniel4444@gmail.com | Feb 24, 2022 | Author, Blog, Books, Drayton Hall Stories
When we get to know people when they’re older, it’s easy to overlook the fact they were once young. Their values then shaped their values now. Realizing this, I asked Liz questions about her youth, the values she learned, and her friendship with Cong. James Clyburn,...
by gmcdaniel4444@gmail.com | Feb 9, 2022 | Author, Blog, Books, Drayton Hall Stories, Publication
Click here to read my A’s to the Q’s asked by the National Trust’s Priya Chhaya for the Preservation Forum. ABOUT THE AUTHOR George W. McDaniel, Ph.D., is President of McDaniel Consulting, LLC, a strategy firm that helps organizations use history...
by gmcdaniel4444@gmail.com | Feb 3, 2022 | African American History, Author, Blog, Books, Drayton Hall Stories, Publication
What Do Descendants Think of How My Book Portrayed Their Family Place, Drayton Hall? “We appreciate the work and thought devoted to the preservation of Drayton Hall and hope that our contributions to this book’s stories will enhance the understanding of our history...
by gmcdaniel4444@gmail.com | Jan 29, 2022 | Author, Blog, Books, Drayton Hall Stories, Publication
Last – and I mean last — edits by art designer and me will be done in the next few days. I’m glad I chose Evening Post Books. Michael Nolan, executive editor, Elizabeth Hollerith, managing editor, John Burbage, co-founder, and Gill Guerry, art designer,...
by gmcdaniel4444@gmail.com | Oct 27, 2021 | Author, Blog, Books, Drayton Hall Stories, Professionals
. The Secretary, that’s who. He just happens to be a friend of mine — long before he (Lonnie Bunch) was chosen to be Secretary. Perhaps 40 years ago, he and I and another historian Clem Price just happened to be at the same lunch table at some conference and...
McDaniel Consulting LLC is a strategy firm that helps organizations use history to build bridges within itself and its broader constituents. 