The Mystery of History

December 3, 2009

With funding from two federal agencies in hand, three MTSU historians have embarked on research for two national parks and a treasured Tennessee landmark. Dr. Jim Williams, director of the Albert Gore Research Center, will conduct oral history interviews for Congaree National Park. Williams says he would like to interview about 30 people, including those who were involved either with the creation of the park or its transition from a monument to a park. Dr. Ellen Garrison, associate professor of history, help improve the archival materials at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in east Tennessee. Dr. Jan Leone, professor of history, design workshops for high school teachers that will combine classroom and field studies, including archaeology, for her project “The Hermitage, Andrew Jackson and America 1801-1861.”

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