A New Vision for Silver Bluff? August 3, 2017 In early August, I went to Silver Bluff plantation, now a South Carolina Audubon Society sanctuary, and then to Redcliff Plantation, now a state historic site. Both were owned before and after the Civil War by...
Okra Soup: Unite! & City of Charleston Illumination Project Event Grace Church Cathedral – July 25, 2017 Breaking Bread and Building Bridges The invitation went out to the community to join authors Herb Frazier, Dr. Bernard E....
It Could Happen to You: Collecting in the Face of Tragedy American Alliance of Museums Annual Meeting – May 2017 UPDATED AUGUST 2017 This past May, I participated in an important session at the annual conference of the American Alliance of Museums (AAM)....
UPDATED 10/11/17: The recent event in Las Vegas and the current political climate underscore how important it is for organizations to get engaged with their communities. My essay in this edition is timely in that it deals with these issues in a candid and...
Highlights During his 25 years at Drayton Hall as its Executive Director, George W. McDaniel, Ph.D, learned first-hand about the range of issues that nonprofits and other organizations deal with – leadership, strategic planning, operations, education,...
A New and Different Kind of Historical Preservation: Preserving Tangible Expressions of Public Sympathy for Emanuel AME Church by George W. McDaniel, Ph.D From the Drayton Hall Preservation Trust Blog – Posted August 21, 2015 I...
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