Olana – Frederic Church’s Masterpiece
The National Advisory Council of Olana – January 2019 I serve on the National Advisory Council of Olana, the remarkable house and landscape designed by American painter Frederic Church, home to him and his family, and now a historic...
Beech Island Historical Society Lecture
Promoting The Historical Resources of Audubon SC’s Silver Bluff – January 2019 As a red-tailed hawk soars above a place, what would it see if it could travel through time as well as space? That’s the question I asked at the Beech Island...
History Leadership Institute
The 2018 AASLH History Leadership Institute Sunday, October 28 through Saturday, November 17, at the Indiana Historical Society How do you help professionals in historical organizations reflect on the right questions they should be asking both of...
Planning “Freedom House” Oral Histories
The National Museum of African American History and Culture works to expand its interpretation of the Freedom House September 2018 The purpose of this latest project of the Smithsonian NMAAHC is to more fully document the history of the...
“Freedom House” Interpretation Revisited
From 1979 Research & Field Notes to 2019 Public-Access Digital Archives The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture to expand its interpretation of the “Freedom House” September 2018 That’s...About Us
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