Gunsmith
Description
George Suiter, gunsmith at Colonial Williamsburg, talks about the gun trade and gunsmithing in the colonial era.
To listen to this podcast, select "All 2006 podcasts," and scroll to the January 16th program.
Making Barrels
Description
Ramona Vogel, an apprentice cooper at Colonial Williamsburg, talks about the coopering trade as practiced in the colonial era and modern misperceptions about women and work at the time.
To listen to this podcast, select "All 2006 podcasts," and scroll to the March 27th program.
The Art of Weaving
Description
Max Hamrick, a Colonial Williamsburg weaver, talks about the process and place of weaving in colonial-era society.
To listen to this podcast, select "All 2006 Podcasts," and scroll to the May first program.
Eastern Shore Railway Museum [VA]
Description
"What You’ll Find at the Museum:
* 1906 New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk (later Pennsylvania) Railroad passenger station
* 1890's maintenance-of-way tool shed full of tools and other railway artifacts
* Turn-of-the-century crossing guard shanty
* Railcars lined up on the Museum's sidings
* Picnic tables and a pavilion for family reunions
* Artifacts from the many railroads that have operated on the Delmarva peninsula since the mid-1800's"
East Tennessee Historical Society and Museum [TN]
Description
The East Tennessee Historical Society seeks to preserve and share the unique history of Eastern Tennessee and its people. To this end, the society operates the Museum of East Tennessee History. Permanent exhibits include a historical overview off the area, addressing the Cherokee, frontier life, the Civil War, the Great Smokey Mountains National Park, the Tennessee Valley Authority, country music, and the Civil Rights Movement. The museum also presents a recreated early 20th-century streetscape, including period dentist and drug store settings and an original streetcar.
The society offers exhibits, period rooms, genealogy workshops, school tours and scavenger hunts, curriculum-based programs, curriculum-based outreach programs, and educator workshops and summer institutes. The website offers lesson plans and genealogy resources for use in the classroom.
Twin Lights Historic Site [NJ]
Description
Situated 200 feet above sea level atop the Navesink Highlands, Twin Lights has stood as a sentinel over the treacherous coastal waters of northern New Jersey since 1828. Named Navesink Lightstation, it became known as the "Twin Lights of Highlands" to those who used its mighty beacons to navigate. As the primary seacoast light for The Highlands, New York Harbor, it was the best and brightest light in North America for generations of seafarers. Many a life and cargo were saved by the sweep of its light. The current lighthouse, built in 1862 of local brownstone at a cost of $74,000, replaced the earlier buildings that had fallen into disrepair. Architect Joseph Lederle designed the new lighthouse with two non-identical towers linked by keepers' quarters and storage rooms. This unique design made it easy to distinguish Twin Lights from other nearby lighthouses. At night, the two beacons, one flashing and the other fixed, provided another distinguishing characteristic.
The site offers exhibits and tours.
Stieglitz and the Photo Secession
Description
According to the History of Photography Podcasts website, "One of the great characters in the history of the medium, Alfred Stieglitz was also one of the most influential photographers and promoters of photography of the 20th century. In this presentation, professor Jeff Curto looks at Stieglitz and the group of photographers and other artists he gathered around him. He also tries to examine why what Stieglitz did and what he said were often two different things."
Photography as Transport
Description
Travel photography in the 19th century is the focus of this podcast, exploring the advent of wet-plate collodion technology, which spurred the advance of travel and landscape photography. Professor Jeff Curto places a special emphasis on photography of the American west.
Audio and slideshow options are available.
Alamogordo Museum of History [NM]
Description
The Alamogordo Museum of History presents the socio-cultural history of Alamogordo, Otero County, and the Tularosa Basin, New Mexico. Topics addressed include Native Americans, railroad workers, miners, and ranchers.
The museum offers exhibits.
Sterling Historical Society and Little Red Schoolhouse Museum [NY]
Description
The Sterling Historical Society seeks to preserve and share the history of Sterling, NY. To this end, the society operates the Little Red School House Museum. Housed within an 1825 schoolhouse, the museum contains exhibits on military history, area industry, and local artifacts, among other topics.
The society offers exhibits and an hour-and-15-minute narrated boat tour of Fair Haven's bay.