The Lovett School 50th Reunion of The Class of 1969 I was thrilled to be invited to the 50th reunion of the 10th grade students who I taught a year after graduating from Sewanee. I had not taken one education course, but I had a good education and good...
Celebrating the 90th Birthday of Peter McGee April 6 was a special day in Charleston when Patti McGee, along with her daughters, Madeleine and Evie, threw a wonderful birthday party for her husband Peter, a leader (like her) in historic preservation in...
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...
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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.