Goldband Records: "Every One a Musical Treat"

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Cover, Recording, Swampland Jewels
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An exhibit devoted to the Goldband Recording Corporation, a Southern regional recording company, located in Lake Charles, LA. From its inception in the mid-1940s, Goldband produced recordings in "some of the South's most important and distinctive musical styles and sounds, including Cajun, zydeco, blues, rhythm and blues, rockabilly, and swamp pop."

The site includes 23 selections in both streaming MP3 and Real Audio formats; short biographical notes of 100–200 words in length on 24 artists who recorded at Goldband studio—including Freddie Fender and Dolly Parton at age 13; 32 photographs; and a 1,600-word essay on musical genres.

Provides three links to related sites, a 10-title bibliography, and an inventory of the full collection of corporate materials available at the UNC Library. Valuable for those studying Southern culture, music history, and postwar American popular culture.

Music
Photographs
music
songs
Audio
Images
Text
Postwar US, 1945-Early 1970s
Contemporary US, 1968-Present
African Americans
Consumer Culture
Immigration
Popular Culture, Leisure
Rural Life
Southern States
Women

John Brown and the Valley of the Shadow

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Photo, Portrait of John Brown
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Using contemporary newspaper accounts, eyewitness testimonies, photographs, maps, drawings, and later texts, this site presents "narrative threads" linking the events leading up to John Brown's raid in 1859 on the Harper's Ferry arsenal to "the latent history of life in the two Shenandoah Valley towns of Staunton, Virginia, and Chambersburg, Pennsylvania." Includes 13 issues of newspapers from the towns; five eyewitness accounts ranging from 2,500 to 9,800 words in length; 30 images of the Brown family members and conspirators; approximately 25 additional photos, published drawings, and maps; a brief listing of Brown's day-to-day movements during the latter half of 1859; and short biographical entries of up to 500 words on each conspirator. This site, parts of which are presently under construction, will be of special interest to teachers who want to use contemporary images and written accounts in their classes on Brown and abolitionism, and for those looking to investigate local history perspectives on events of national importance.

Maps
Newspapers and Periodicals
Oral History
Personal Accounts
Photographs
Images
Text
Expansion & Reform, 1801-1861
Civil War & Reconstruction, 1850-1877
African Americans
Ideas & Ideologies
Military History
Radicalism
Slavery
Southern States

Telfair Museum of Art and Owen-Thomas House [GA]

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The Telfair Museum of Art preserves and presents artwork in all forms. The Museum also operates the 1819 Owen-Thomas House, furnished with a collection of decorative arts objects.

The museum offers exhibits, self-guided and guided tours for school groups, a teacher resource library, professional development for educators, and classes and other recreational and educational events; the Owen-Thomas House offers guided tours.

Virginia Military Institute Museum

Description

The Virginia Military Institute Museum, located in the 1916 Jackson Memorial Hall on the Institute's campus, displays artifacts from its historical collection to chronicle the creation and development of the Virginia Military Institute and the contributions of its alumni to history.

The museum offers exhibits, guided tours for school groups, and research library access by appointment.

Old State Capitol Museum of Political History [LA]

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Louisiana's 150-year-old Old State Capitol has withstood war, fire, scandal, bitter debate, and abandonment. Today, the building functions as the Museum of Political History, presenting multimedia history exhibits that engage visitors in an interactive exploration of the events and people that contributed to Louisiana's story. In particular, the "We the People . . ." civic awareness exhibit helps audiences internalize the process of campaigns, elections, and the day-to-day aspects of democracy.

The museum offers exhibits and serves as a venue for press conferences, traveling exhibits, special programs, and an annual lecture series.

School Days: A History of Public Education

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According to Backstory:

In 1983, the Commission on Excellence in Education published A Nation at Risk, comparing low educational standards to a kind of warfare against youth. But hand-wringing over our school system is an American perennial, going all the way back to the Founding. In this episode, the History Guys explore the origins of public education, and ask whether we set ourselves up for disappointment by expecting so much from our schools. Guests include historian Jon Zimmerman and Alicia Lugo, who taught in segregated schools in Charlottesville, Virginia, and went on to run the city’s school board.

Ellicott City Station [MD]

Description

Completed by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad in 1831, this National Historic Landmark is the oldest railroad station in America. The site showcases the people who built and operated America's first railroad, tells stories of soldiers and citizens caught in the turmoil of the Civil War, and highlights the clash of technology that transformed America's transportation systems from roads to rails.

The site offers exhibits, tours, and recreational and educational events (including living history events).

Roanoke Island Festival Park [NC]

Description

Roanoke Island Festival Park is a 27-acre state historic site and cultural center celebrating history, education, and the arts. Visitors can step aboard the Elizabeth II, a representative 16th-century sailing vessel; visit with Elizabethan explorers and soldiers in the Settlement Site; tour the Roanoke Adventure Museum, which explores 400 years of Outer Banks history; and view the docudrama, "The Legend of Two-Path."

The park offers exhibits, tours, demonstrations, performances, educational programs, research library access, and recreational and educational events (including living history events).

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