Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts & Humanities

2018 Highlights

Create opportunities for reflection on the human experience using the

wisdom of the humanities and the creativity of the arts.

Alabama Historical Association

K-12 Interactions: Teacher Workshops, Classrom Forums and Presentations

Remembering the Great War Traveling Exhibit

Stand-alone events (book talks, performances)

Draughon Seminars in State and Local History

Provide unique meeting/event space for college/university units

and external clients.

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute

External Clients

University Departments

College of Liberal Arts Departments

Interpret Pebble Hill, the place and its people.

Publications

K-12 Field Trips

Landscape Enhancement

Symposia

Flynt and Hitchcock Endowed Awards

Breeden Eminent Visiting Professor

Living DemocracyContribute to the formation of

undergraduate and graduate students as engaged citizens and public scholars.

Appalachian Teaching Project

CCEN 2000: Introduction to Community and Civic Engagement

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In June, we hosted a one-day symposium on “Historic Pottery of the Deep South.” Speakers at the symposium discussed the pottery of Randolph County, Alabama and Baldwin County, Alabama, as well as Georgia pottery and the Edgefield Diaspora of southern potters.

For more information about the collection of pottery at Pebble Hill, visit aub.ie/pottery.

In November, we hosted “Facing History: The Men Behind the McKenney-Hall Portraits of Creek Indians.” The symposium featured the collection of McKenney-Hall lithographs on display at Pebble Hill. Speakers at the symposium set the portraits into historical context and discussed family and clan connection, costumes and material culture, and the forced migrations that began in 1836.

For more information about the McKenney-Hall portrait gallery at Pebble Hill, visit aub.ie/portraitgallery.

In December, we hosted a fruitcake contest and a screening of A Christmas Memory, based on Truman Capote’s short story.

The program was co-sponsored by the Lee County 4-H History Seekers Club and the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Auburn.

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Photo by Emily Enfinger, Opelika-Auburn News

The Center was the location for two teacher workshops in 2018. In April, the David Mathews Center for Civic Life hosted “What’s Next, Alabama? Place-Based, Deliberative Learning in the Classroom. In July, the Alabama Bicentennial Commission hosted a Summer Institute (left) on “The Three C’s: Alabama and the Creek War, Civil War, and Civil Rights Movement.”

The Center partnered with Korea Corner, in the Office of Professional and Continuing Education, to host a series of translated talks on Alabama history. Doctoral student Alex Colvin discussed Creek Indian History and Culture; Dr. Keith Hebert discussed slavery; Dr. Ken Noe discussed the Civil War; and Dr. Wayne Flynt presented a program on the “Top 10 Things Koreans Should Know to Better Understand Alabama Culture and Society.”

In September, the Center and the Cobb Memorial Archives hosted a Local Archives Fair. Representatives from the Alabama Department of Archives & History, Auburn University, Birmingham Public Library, Cobb Memorial Archives, Columbus State University, LaGrange College Library and Archives, Montgomery County Archives, and Tuskegee University were on hand to share information about their collections and answer research questions.

The Draughon Seminars in State & Local History featured two programs this year. Historian Wayne Flynt traveled to Valley, Selma, Anniston, and Florence to discuss “Alabama: The History of a Deep South State.” Birmingham Public Library archivist Jim Baggett traveled to Auburn, Valley, and Sylacauga to discuss “’It Came Like a Cyclone’: Alabama and the 1918 Influenza.”

Jim Bagget at the B.B. Comer Memorial Public Library in Sylacauga

Daniel Yu and Wayne Flynt

Our traveling exhibit, “Remembering the Great War: Alabama and World War One,” was the recipient of an Award of Merit from the American Association for State and Local History. The AASLH Leadership in History Awards, now in its 73rd year, is the most prestigious recognition for achievement in the preservation and interpretation of state and local history. The exhibit was the result of a partnership with the Alabama Department of Archives & History and Industrial Design students in the College of Architecture, Design and Construction, under the direction of Associate Professor Shu-Wen Tzeng. The exhibit tells the story of the Great War from the perspectives of Alabamians whose lives were shaped by the conflict and commemorates the centennial anniversary of the state’s involvement in the war.

Since its launch in March 2017, “Remembering the Great War” has traveled to 23 sites in Alabama.

For more information on the exhibit, its creators, and content, please visit:www.rememberingthegreatwar.org.

Outreach associate Maiben Beard accepted the award at the AASLH annual meeting in Kansas City, Missouri.

Scottsboro Depot Museum

Alabama and the Great War in France

In July, the Center coordinated a trip to France to participate in World War I Centennial Commemorations, including a ceremony marking the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Croix Rouge Farm and a ceremony at the Oise-Aisne American Cemetery commemorating the Second Battle of the Marne. The group included seven scholars from five Alabama universities who delivered presentations in a symposium at the Museum of the Great War in Meaux, France; three grandchildren of officers in the 167th Infantry Regiment; and others interested in discovering where Alabamians served during the final months of the war.

First row: Elizabeth Wilson (Auburn, AL), Brian Atkins (Birmingham, AL), Olivia Atkins (Auburn University), J.B. Capar (Tour Guide, Château-Thierry, France), Pam King (University of Alabama at Birmingham), Mark Wilson (Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts & Humanities), Jeff Jakeman (Auburn University, retired), Carol Jakeman (Auburn, AL), Wayne Hinton (Huntsville, AL), Ruth Truss (University of Montevallo); Second row: Benjamin Wilson (Auburn, AL), Gay Hinton (Huntsville, AL), Kaye Nail (University of Alabama at Birmingham), Bert Frandsen (Air War College, retired), Larry Watts (Birmingham, AL), Gloria Frandsen (Montgomery, AL); Third row: Jane Marks (Mobile, AL), Maiben Beard (Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts & Humanities), Steve Trout (University of South Alabama), Elizabeth Marks Rencher (Mobile, AL)

Aisne-Marne American Cemetery and Memorial, near Château-Thierry, France

Looking Ahead2019 BREEDEN EMINENT SCHOLAR: DAVID MARLOWDr. David Marlow is a professor of linguistics and English as a second language at the University of South Carolina Upstate. He holds a Ph.D. in English: applied linguistics, a Master of Arts in applied linguistics and teaching English to speakers of other languages, and a Master of Science in information science. He has taught ESOL in China, Japan, Nicaragua, and the United States. Dr. Marlow seeks to enhance the understanding of linguistic diversity and encourage informed approaches to speakers of non-standard dialects, both international and domestic, though education, community outreach, and academic research. The Breeden Eminent Scholar program was established in 1989 through an endowment from Dr. Daniel F. Breeden to provide support for both the academic and the outreach missions of the College of Liberal Arts. For more information, visit aub.ie/breedenscholar.

The 72nd Annual Meeting of the Alabama Historical Association will be held April 25-27, 2019 in Tuscaloosa. Visit www.alabamahistory.net for more information.

NEW LANDSCAPE ADDITIONS

The Pebble Hill landscape is currently undergoing a transformation as trees, shrubs, and native plants are added. The work is being completed by Landcsape Services, Inc. from Birmingham, Alabama. In February, the Auburn-Opelika Men’s Camellia Club will dedicate the Tom Corley Camellia Garden at Pebble Hill. All of the camellias featured in the garden have names associatied with Auburn—including Pebble Hill Peppermint, in honor of the garden’s location.

Pebble Hill Peppermint

The Jemison-Van de Graaff Mansion in Tuscaloosa

StaffMark Wilson, Director

Maiben Beard, Outreach AssociateRachel Naftel, Events Coordinator

Aaron Carpenter, Graduate AssistantAbigail Allen, Pebble Hill Gardener

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The Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts & Humanities in Auburn University’s College of Liberal Arts creates opportunities that explore our individual and collective experiences, values, and identities through the creativity of the arts and the wisdom of the humanities.

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