Surf Culture St. Augustine Part II: Building a Museum and Fostering Community Spirit
This blog is by Claire Barnewolt, M.A. in History 2018. (this post is the second of two about the opening of the Surf Culture Museum; see part one here) When I published “Surf Culture St. Augustine Part I” in January 2020 on this blog, I was working with the St. Augustine Historical Society in […]
The Confederate Monuments and VCU’s Department of History: Confronting the Memorial Landscape
This blog is by Michael Dickinson, Emilie Raymond and Ryan Smith. We are witnessing a watershed moment in the history of Virginia’s commemorative landscape. At the start of 2020, the commonwealth had more public Confederate symbols than any other state in the union, and the capital city of Richmond served as the centerpiece for those […]
Surf Culture St. Augustine Part I: Oral History Research in North Florida’s Newest Surf Museum
This blog is by Claire Barnewolt, M.A. in History 2018. (this post is the first of two about the opening of the Surf Culture Museum; see part II here) In fall 2018, the St. Augustine Historical Society Research Library in North Florida, where I had conducted much of my thesis research, offered me a job as […]
