Podcasts about southern historical collection

READING MCCARTHY is a podcast devoted to the consideration and discussion of the works of one of our greatest American writers, Cormac McCarthy.  Each episode calls upon different well-known Cormackian readers and scholars to help us explore different works and various essential aspects of McCarthy’s writing.  Scott Yarbrough is your host in these deep dives into the world of McCarthy. This episode is a consideration of McCarthy in the context of Southern Literature.  Today’s guest is Bryan Giemza, who holds a Ph.D. and J.D. and is an Associate Professor of Humanities and Literature in the Honors College at Texas Tech University.  In addition to his teaching and research he serves as public scholar for the Sowell Family Collection in Literature, Community and the Natural World. Before coming to Texas Tech he was Director of the Southern Historical Collection at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.Dr. Geimza is author or editor of six academic books on American literary and cultural history, ten book chapters, and more than thirty published articles and reviews. His research shows wide-ranging interests in American history and literature, with articles on topics ranging from Cherokee literacy and women's religious orders during the Civil War to chirality in Cormac McCarthy's novels. His books include the literary history Irish Catholic Writers and the Invention of the American South, which received the South Atlantic Modern Language Association's Studies Award, as well as Images of Depression-Era Louisiana: The FSA Photographs of Ben Shahn, Russell Lee, and Marion Post Wolcott (2017).  Recently he has worked with the Texas Tech Climate Center and is currently working on a book on STEM and McCarthy's world.  His take on Southern Lit and McCarthy avoids the usual rutted traces and dives deep.  Music for READING MCCARTHY is composed, performed, and produced by Thomas Frye.  Interludes this week include “The World to Come,” “Toadvine,” “Running with Wolves,” “Much Like Yourself and “Blues for Blevins.” The opinions of the host and his guests do not necessarily reflect the opinions of their institutions or the Cormac McCarthy Society. Reach us at Readingmccarthy@gmail.com, or find us on Facebook or Twitter. 

Arwin D. Smallwood is Professor and Chair of the Department of History and Political Science at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University in Greensboro. He is the author of several books including The Atlas of African American History and Politics: From the Slave Trade to Modern Times and Bertie County: An Eastern North Carolina History. His research focuses on the relationships between African-Americans, Native-Americans and Europeans in Eastern North Carolina. He has been an Andrew W. Mellon Fellow for the Library Company of Philadelphia and the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, held the American Philosophical Society’s, Library Resident Research Fellowship and the recipient of their Franklin Research Grant, a Fellow for the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, an Archie K. Davis Fellow of the North Caroliniana Society, a Joel Williamson Visiting Scholar of the Southern Historical Collection and a Gilder Lehrman Fellow. This chat originally aired at 7:00 p.m. Thursday, August 20, 2020.

A passionate storyteller himself, Jim White '71 created historians out of his students when he sent them out to listen to – and record – the stories of war veterans. Now the hundreds of cassette tapes that make up the Jim White Oral History Collection are part of the Southern Historical Collection at UNC.

Emma and Kathryn discuss season 1 episode 2 "Canvassing" with Akaylah Jones, a teacher at Future School Fort Smith with a background in community engagement. We talk about the role of authenticity and the importance of creating buy-in on local projects and add legendary civil rights leader Ella Baker to the Wall of Inspirational Women. Oral History Interview with Ella Baker by Eugene Walker, September 4, 1974. Interview G-0007. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007), Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Fotos, Fiddle, & Felines is a new, weekly podcast created by Brenda Scott for photography, music, and cat lovers. Each month Scott interviews photographers, musicians, cat experts, and related specialists and provides updates on her current exhibit work.Dr. Brenda Scott is an art photographer, cellist, writer, and independent scholar based in Durham, North Carolina. She has been playing with cameras for more than 30 years and digital photography for over a decade. Originally trained as a musician and organologist, she worked as a curator of a musical instrument museum for just over 10 years before leaving academia to pursue a freelance career.Her "Stagville: Black & White" exhibit of 64 images was displayed for nearly two years, opening at the North Carolina Museum of History, a Smithsonian affiliate, and then moving to The Museum of the Cape Fear in Fayetteville. It is now part of the Southern Historical Collection at UNC Chapel Hill.Her current photographic exhibit work focuses on connections between the Scottish Highlands and North Carolina, using as its starting point the life of Flora MacDonald. Her current writing projects center on the cello; she is completing a history of the British cello and a novel about a small cello, called The Scottish Wildcat. Musically, she continues to experiment with the small, lion-headed instrument she commissioned from John Pringle in 2014.Although primarily focused on creating her own art, she enjoys teaching and has over 25 years of experience. Her cello teachers included William Pleeth, Fred Raimi, and Rochelle Kidd. Scott earned a doctorate from the University of Oxford (Somerville College) for her research on the history of the British cello; a master’s degree in cello performance from Auburn University; a bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies – music history, art history, and archaeology – from UNC Chapel Hill; and a second bachelor’s degree in fine art photography from the Academy of Art University.

Fotos, Fiddle, & Felines is a new, weekly podcast created by Brenda Scott for photography, music, and cat lovers. Each month Scott interviews photographers, musicians, cat experts, and related specialists and provides updates on her current exhibit work.Dr. Brenda Scott is an art photographer, cellist, writer, and independent scholar based in Durham, North Carolina. She has been playing with cameras for more than 30 years and digital photography for over a decade. Originally trained as a musician and organologist, she worked as a curator of a musical instrument museum for just over 10 years before leaving academia to pursue a freelance career.Her "Stagville: Black & White" exhibit of 64 images was displayed for nearly two years, opening at the North Carolina Museum of History, a Smithsonian affiliate, and then moving to The Museum of the Cape Fear in Fayetteville. It is now part of the Southern Historical Collection at UNC Chapel Hill.Her current photographic exhibit work focuses on connections between the Scottish Highlands and North Carolina, using as its starting point the life of Flora MacDonald. Her current writing projects center on the cello; she is completing a history of the British cello and a novel about a small cello, called The Scottish Wildcat. Musically, she continues to experiment with the small, lion-headed instrument she commissioned from John Pringle in 2014.Although primarily focused on creating her own art, she enjoys teaching and has over 25 years of experience. Her cello teachers included William Pleeth, Fred Raimi, and Rochelle Kidd. Scott earned a doctorate from the University of Oxford (Somerville College) for her research on the history of the British cello; a master’s degree in cello performance from Auburn University; a bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies – music history, art history, and archaeology – from UNC Chapel Hill; and a second bachelor’s degree in fine art photography from the Academy of Art University.

Prior to being appointed Dean, Tim was the Dorothy Foehr Huck Chair and Head of the Eberly Family Special Collections Library at Penn State. Tim was University Archivist (2002-2011), associate director of special collections (2006-2010), and coordinator of institutional repository services (2010-2011) at Duke University. He also has served as Director of the Southern Historical Collection and Curator of Manuscripts at UNC-CH. Tim taught archival administration at the UNC School of Information and Library Science from 1998 to 2007. From 2013-2015, Tim was a Leadership Fellow for the Association of Research Libraries and is also a Fellow of the Society of American Archivists for outstanding contributions to the field.