Chef Kevin Mitchell Pays Tribute to the African American Cooks of Drayton Hall April 27, 2019 A memorable evening, indeed! Chef Kevin Mitchell paid tribute to the African American cooks of Drayton Hall at a Society of 1738 program, by devising a tasteful menu...
My Forty-Year-Old Research Finds New Home at the Smithsonian Recently I was at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC), which is digitizing my collection of slides, black and white prints, and drawings of houses and...
The Conservation of South Carolina’s Ashley River The Ashley Scenic River Advisory Council Meeting – March 2019 The designation of the Ashley River as a SC State Scenic River by the Dept. of Natural Resources in the late 1990s called into...
Oral Histories Help Make The Freedom House a Home One more way that I am connected to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC), an essential part of the “nation’s attic” that has met with...
Preserve the Past, Educate for the Future: The Chesapeake Heartland Project Washington College, Starr Center, Chestertown, MD – February 2019 I spent two splendid days at Washington College, Chestertown, MD, for a Chesapeake Heartland...
“Choosing Futures for Our Past: Using Charleston’s History to Build Bridges” College of Charleston Lecture – February 2019 My friend Dale Rosengarten asked me to teach again at the College of Charleston for her...
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"Drayton Hall Stories" is now a 4X Award Winner with the SE Museum Conference's James R. Short Award, the Governor's Award in the Humanities, the SC Preservation Honor Award & the Alexander S. Salley Lifetime Achievement Award.