Sun. 7/8          

Week 1:      What is Public History?  [ Back ]

HISTORIC PRESERVATION

Meet in Classroom: (Davis, Room 216)
Introductions of Participants and Faculty
Dr. Constance Schulz & Dr. Robert Weyeneth, Co-Directors of the NEH Institute
Dr. Valinda Littlefield, Consultant
                       
Coffee Break

Lunch (on own)

Meet at Bus Stop.   The bus stop is at the foot of the Horseshoe on Sumter Street.  This will remain the bus stop for USC for the remainder of the Institute.

Lecture with Bob Weyeneth
State Historic Preservation Office with Dr. Rodger Stroup, Director, South Carolina Department of Archives & History and State Historic Preservation Officer; Rebekah Dobrasko, Review and Compliance Coordinator; and Leah Brown, African American Programs Coordinator.

4:00               

4:15                

Meet at Rutledge Residence Hall
Tour of the USC Campus with Kathryn Silva and Public History Students

Meet in Classroom:
Introductory Lecture and discussion on basic issues in archival practices by Connie Schulz

Meet at the Flinn Hall, Room 207
Welcome by Dr. Cleveland Sellers, Director of the African-American Studies Program

Move to the South Caroliniana Library after the break

Meet with South Caroliniana staff:
Allen Stokes, Director of the South Caroliniana Library
Beth Bilderback, Visual Materials Archivist
Henry Fulmer, Curator of Manuscripts Division
Craig Keeney, Cataloger
Elizabeth West, University Archivist
Introduction to Terence Johnson, Collections Development Archivist for African-American and Minorities Collections and Nicholas Meriwether, Oral Historian for the South Caroliniana Library

Wed. 7/11

Meet at McKissick Museum on the Horseshoe
Lynn Robertson, Executive Director, McKissick Museum, and Director, Museum Certificate Graduate Program at USC
Dr. Thomas Hanchett, Historian, Levine Museum of the New South

Meet at Bus Stop
Travel to South Carolina State Museum

End of Day

Meet in Classroom:
Introductory Lecture – Dr. Kent Germany, Director of the African-American Oral Documentation project at USC and Nicholas Meriwether, Oral Historian for the South Caroliniana Library.

Meet in Classroom:
Welcome by Dr. Mary Ann Fitzpatrick, Dean of Arts and Sciences, USC and Dr. Lacy K. Ford, Chair, Department of History, USC

Oral History, continued.

Fri. 7/13

Meet in Classroom:
Presentations by Dr. Thomas Lekan’s Class, Tales of the Tidelands
Professor Laura Kissel, Department of Art

Visit USC Newsfilm Library
Dr. Gregory Wilsbacker, Director of the USC Newsfilm Library

End of Day/Week

Arrive at Seibels House, 1601 Richland Street 
Meet at Seibels House with John Sherrer, Director of Collections and Interpretation, Historic Columbia Foundation 
Walk to Mann-Simons Cottage, 1403 Richland Street

End of Day

Participants should wear cool clothing and good walking shoes today, as portions of the tours will be outside.

Kensington Mansion, Eastover, Richland County
Host: Mary Sherrer, Director, Scarborough-Hamer Foundation

Tour house and grounds

Bus departs for the St. Philip’s Rosenwald School

Directions to Kensington Mansion (803.353.0456) from downtown Columbia:

Take Highway 378 (Devine Street/Garners Ferry Road) east toward Sumter. Follow 378 to SC 764 (Old Eastover Road). Turn right toward Eastover. Follow 764 through the town of Eastover. SC 764 will t-stop into US Hwy. 601 in front of the entrance to Kensington Mansion. You will see a large white sign. Go straight across 601 onto tree-lined drive and follow up to house. Parking will be on your right.

Wed. 7/18  

Meet in Classroom:

“Preservation of Randolph Cemetery” with Robin Waites, Executive Director, Historic Columbia Foundation and Co-Chair of Randolph Cemetery Task Force and Staci Richey, Historian at New South Associates

Lunch at Rising High Bakery, site of sit-in protest.  A group reservation has been made, but there are other good restaurants in the area.

Board Bus for Tour

Tour “The Architecture of Segregation in Columbia”

Meet in Classroom:
Presentation by Gayle Lyons, Magellan Scholar, University of South Carolina Undergraduate on Benjamin F. Randolph (tentative).

Comments

4:30

SOUTHERN PLANTATIONS #2

Meet at Bus Stop
Note: the buildings at Redcliffe are not air-conditioned, so feel free to wear shorts and sandals today

Arrive Redcliffe Plantation State Historic Site, Beech Island, South Carolina
Hosts: Al Hester and Joy Raintree, South Carolina State Park Service

Tour house and grounds

Return to USC

Meet at Bus Stop

Tour and Commentary by Larry Watson

Lunch at the United House of Prayer

LEAVE FOR CHARLESTON (by coach)

Arrive in Charleston

Check in at Hampton Inn Historic District, 4 PM

Three-day Pass for Travel (DASH)

Week 3:     Exploring African-American History in Charleston  [ Back ]

Meet at the Charleston Museum Board Room (Across the Street from the Hampton Inn) with Fielding Freed, Director of Museums, Historic Charleston Foundation

Walk to the Aiken Rhett House
48 Elizabeth Street, Charleston (843) 723-1159

Meet at the Hotel
DASH to Nathaniel Russell House
51 Meeting Street, Charleston (843) 724-8481
Fielding Freed; Valerie Perry, Associate Director of Museums, Historic Charleston Foundation; and Brandy Culp, Curator, Historic Charleston Foundation

DASH to the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture
at the College of Charleston
125 Bull Street, Charleston (843) 953-7609                
Welcome by Dr. W. Marvin Dulaney, Director
Meet with Harlan Greene, Director of Archival and Reference Services
Georgette Mayo, Project Archivist

Participants meet with Dr. Douglas Arnold, NEH Program Officer

Reception at Avery

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

Meet at the Charleston Museum Board Room
Part I:  The National Park Service:  Changes of interpretive policy at the national level with
Dr. Dwight Pitcaithley, former Chief Historian of the National Park Service;
Dr. Marie Tyler-McGraw, former Historian of the National Park Service
           
Part II:  Implementing changes at the Fort Sumter National Park  
John Tucker, former Superintendent of the Fort Sumter National Monument; Carlin Timmons, Park Interpeter; Richard Hatcher, Park Historian;
Michael Allen, NPS Education Specialist

Board Boat for Fort Sumter

Tour of Fort Sumter with Carlin Timmons, Park Interpreter

End of Day

DASH back to Hotel

NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION

Check out of Hotel on Own
Assemble with your luggage

Coach departs for Drayton Hall

Boxed Lunches under the Oaks with remarks by Drayton Hall staff
Carter Hudgins, Manager of Preservation Programs; Rikki Davenport, Curator of Education

DISCUSSION OF EXPERIENCES

Meet in Classroom:

Discussion of Experiences

Lunch (on own)

Meet in Classroom:

Claudia Smith Brinson, columnist, The State
Using Historical Markers to Teach African-American Public History

RESEARCH AND WRITING DAY

Week 4:     Putting It All Together:  Bringing It Home to Your Campus  [ Back ]

LOCAL HISTORY AS PUBLIC HISTORY

Meet in Classroom:
Local History as Public History

McKissick:  Archives, Culture and Art
Saddler Taylor, Director, Southeastern Folk Life Center, McKissick Museum.

End of Day

FORGOTTEN COMMUNITY HISTORY

Meet at Bus Stop
Travel to Camden

Depart for USC, returning by 2:30

TEACHING PUBLIC HISTORY:  INTERNSHIPS

Meet in Classroom:

HIGHER EDUCATION

Meet at Bus Stop
Hosts: Dr. Valinda Littlefield and Dr. Bobby Donaldson, USC

Arrive at Bettis Academy, Aiken
                                   
Tour Bettis Academy

Tompkins Library (this is the home of the largest African-American genealogical society in South Carolina).

MEMORY & COMMUNITY ACTIVISM

Tour of State House Grounds
Guest Speaker Dr. Thomas Brown, Associate Professor of History and Assistant Director of the Institute for Southern Studies

Public Tour of the State House

Return to USC Campus

Meet at Bus Stop
Catherine Fleming Bruce, Director of the Modjeska Simkins Center for Justice, Ethics, and Human Rights
2025 Marion Street, Columbia

Party at Connie Schulz’s Home, Shandon

FINAL WRAPUP  [ Back ]

Meet in Classroom:

Syllabi
Discussions
Evaluations