Past Speakers and Events
Speakers
The speaker series in Historic Preservation and Museum Studies at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro brings a range of public history professionals to campus to discuss current projects and issues in the field.
- Documenting the African American Past: A Symposium, held in the Spring of 2004, featured the following speakers and topics:
Leslie Rowland, University of Maryland, “The Freedman and Southern Society Project”
Freddy Parker, North Carolina Central University, “Runaway Slave Notices”
Jennifer Dorsey, NHPRC Fellow, Race and Slavery Petitions Project, UNCG, “Understanding Manumission through County Court Petitions, 1783-1863”
Susan Smulyan, Brown University, “Freedom Now! An Archival Project of Tougaloo College and Brown University”
Will Thomas, University of Virginia, “The Valley of the Shadow Project”
Tim Bucknall, Jackson Library, UNC, “Building the UNCG Digital Library on American Slavery”
Jeffrey Harris, African American Historic Places Initiative - National Trust for Historic Preservation
Michele Gates Moresei, National Center for Cultural Resources — National Park Service
John A. Caramia, Jr., Old Salem, Inc.
Macarthur Davis, International Civil Rights Museum
- Tom Hanchett, Historian, Levine Museum of the New South, Charlotte, NC, spoke on his work at the museum in the Spring of 2003.
- Pamela H. Simpson, author of Cheap, Quick, and Easy: Imitative Architectural Materials, 1870-1930. Dr. Simpson spoke on her work in the Fall of 2002.
- Travis McDonald, Preservation Specialist. Mr. McDonald presented a talk entitled, “The Restoration of Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest,” which provided some interesting insights into the field of restoration work. A Restoration Field School was offered in the summer, in June, at Poplar Forest (2002).
- Jim Bryan . Mr. Bryan spoke to the UNCG community about the subject of his doctoral dissertation, “Material Culture in Miniature: Doll's Houses.” Mr. Bryan discussed with the participants the historical significance of Doll's Houses and what they can tell us about the individual or society that built them (Spring 2002).
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Steven Lubar, Division Director of the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Dr. Lubar presented his latest work entitled Legacies on the history of America's Attic, the National Museum of American History. Legacies is both a book, published by Smithsonian Institution Press and a website (Spring 2001).
- Laurie Kahn-Levitt. Ms. Kahn-Levitt discussed the trials, tribulations and rewards of making historical documentaries. She shared some of her experiences in the making of A Midwife's Tale and previewed her upcoming project on the history of Tupperware (Fall 2001).
Student Projects
Students in the graduate seminars in historic preservation and museum studies complete hands-on projects in cooperation with local museums, historic sites, and community groups. These projects build on course readings provide students with an opportunity to gain practical experience.
Museum Seminar Projects for 2002-2003:
- Visitor Survey at Old Salem, Inc.
- Collections Management at Tannenbaum Park (Bicentennial Collection)
- Collections Management at High Point Museum (Women’s History)
- Collections Review and Disaster Planning at Orange County Historical Museum
- Collections Review at North Carolina Collection, UNC-Chapel Hill
- Teaching with Historic Places Lesson Plan, Guilford Courthouse NMP
- Teaching with Historic Places Lesson Plan, Pope House, Raleigh, NC
- Exhibit on the Bicentennial, Tannenbaum Park
- African American History Tour, Blandwood Mansion
- Web exhibit for Orange County Historical Museum
- Web exhibit on political culture in North Carolina, North Carolina Collection, UNC-Chapel Hill
- Web exhibit on the Bhanson House, for Forsyth County Library.