Skip to Main Content National Endowment for the Humanities Landmarks of American History & Culture Fabric of the Past: Weaving the Twentieth Century at the Beaumont Mill & Village in South Carolina Summer 2021 program

"Fabric of the Past" - NEH Landmarks Grant, USC Upstate

Summer 2022

Sunday

Time Event Location
6:00-7:00pm Participant Check-In and Social Reception Marriott Ballroom Lobby
7:00-8:00pm Welcome Dinner Marriott Ballroom
8:00-9:00pm Keynote Address by Dr. David Carlton Marriott Ballroom

Monday (Place)

Time Event Location
7:30-8:30am Coffee & Conversation (optional) The George - BMW Classroom
8:30-9:00am Overview of IDM and day's agenda The George - BMW Classroom
9:15am-11:45am Mill Village Rotations - Round 1 Beaumont Mill  and Drayton Mill
12:00-1:00pm Lunch Presentation: Beaumont Mill Renovation
1:15-3:30pm Mill Village Rotations - Round 2 Beaumont Mill and Drayton Mill
3:45-5:30pm Textile Heritage Band Performance and Discussion Drayton Mill
Evening Dinner with team members (optional)  

Tuesday (Class)

Time Event Location
7:30-8:30am Coffee & Conversation (optional) The George - BMW Classroom
8:30-9:30am Presentation: Child Labor [Carlton] The George - BMW Classroom
9:45-10:45am Introduction to Archival Resources [Merryman] The George - BMW Classroom
11:00am-12:00pm Introduction to Oral History [Bareiss] The George - BMW Classroom
12:00-1:30pm Lunch on Own  
1:30-4:00pm View and Discuss Uprising of '34 USC Upstate Main Campus - HEC 2001
4:15-5:15pm Introduction to Historical Narrative [Bareiss] USC Upstate Main Campus - HEC 2001
Evening Dinner with team members (optional)

Wednesday (Race)

Time Event Location
7:30-8:30am Coffee & Conversation (optional) The George - BMW Classroom
8:45-10:00am Presentation: Thomas Bomar [Myers] Spartanburg County Public Library
10:15-11:15am Presentation: Making Textile Town Spartanburg County Public Library
11:15am-12:45pm Lunch on Own
12:45-1:15pm Presentation: Local Libraries as Community History Partners Spartanburg County Public Library
1:30-5:30pm Research Resources/Skills Rotations Spartanburg County Public Library
Evening Guided downtown walking tour (optional)

Thursday (Gender)

Time Event Location
7:30-8:30am Coffee & Conversation (optional) The George - BMW Classroom
9:00-11:30am

Group Rotations

  • Women, WW2, and the Beaumont E
  • Historical Societies/Museums as Community History Partners

 

The George - BMW Classroom

Spartanburg Regional History Museum

11:30am-12:30pm Catered Boxed Lunch  
12:30-1:00pm Beaumont E Skill Practice [Merryman] The George - BMW Classroom
1:15-3:15pm Oral History Methodology and Tools [Bareiss] The George - BMW Classroom
3:30-5:30pm IDM Work Time  
Evening Music on Main (optional)

Friday (Rebirth)

Time Event Location
7:30-8:30am Coffee & Conversation (optional) The George - BMW Classroom
8:45am-12:00pm Guided Bus Tour  
12:00-1:30pm Lunch on Own  
1:30-5:00pm IDM Work Time
Evening

no scheduled events

*Email IDM Blueprint to Rebecca (rmuelle2@uscupstate.edu OR NEHWorkshop@uscupstate.edu) by end of the day*

Saturday

Time Event Location
7:30-8:30am Light Breakfast The George - BMW Classroom
9:00-10:45am IDM Share The George - BMW Classroom
11:00am-12:00pm Workshop Debrief and Farewell The George - BMW Classroom