Written by graduate assistant Julie Maresco
For the past year, the Albert Gore Research Center has been working with MTSU’s public history program graduate students and faculty to curate a travelling exhibit celebrating the 50th anniversary of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) of 1966. The exhibit The National Historic Preservation Act of 1966: Commemorating 50 years of Preserving Tennessee’s Cultural Heritage consists of six panels that focus on the national, state, regional, and local impact of the NHPA and preservation efforts since the passing of the act.
Over the summer, AGRC graduate assistant Julie Maresco conducted research for the exhibit, collected images and graphics, and wrote the exhibit text. The exhibit team also included:
- Dallas Hanbury, recent doctoral graduate of the public history program
- Katherine Hatfield, graduate student
- Donna Baker, University Archivist
- Dr. Bren Martin, Director of MTSU’s public history program
- Dr. Antoinette van Zelm, Assistant Director, Center for Historic Preservation
- Dr. Louis Kyriakoudes, Director, Albert Gore Research Center
Dr. Kyriakoudes and Graduate Assistant Julie Maresco installing the NHPA Exhibit in the President Andrew Johnson Museum & Library at Tusculum College
On Thursday, October 20, 2016, Dr. Kyriakoudes and Ms. Maresco drove to Tusculum College in Greeneville, TN to install the exhibit at its first location in the President Andrew Johnson Museum & Library. To install the panels, Dr. Kyriakoudes and Ms. Maresco worked with:
- Dollie Boyd, Director of Museums of Tusculum College
- Peter Noll, Assistant Professor of Public History and Museum Studies
- Alex Rolison, student
- Mamie Hassell, student
Afterwards, Dollie gave them gave them a tour of the museum, library, archive, and the historic Doak House Museum on campus.
The exhibit was displayed during Tusculum College’s Homecoming Weekend and enjoyed by Tusculum College students, faculty, and visitors. It will travel again in December to the West Tennesseee Delta Heritage Center then to local middle Tennessee institutions and other sites throughout the state.
Current Students, Alums, Faculty, and Members of the Community viewing the NHPA Exhibit
Support for this exhibit was made possible by:
Albert Gore Research Center 
Reblogged this on MTSU Department of History and commented:
Read all about the Albert Gore Research Center’s traveling exhibit here:
https://albertgoreresearchcenter.wordpress.com/2016/10/24/new-exhibit-celebrating-the-50th-anniversary-of-the-national-historic-preservation-act-of-1966-begins-to-travel/.
[…] Guest blogger Julie Maresco is a Public History graduate student and a graduate assistant for the Albert Gore Research Center. She discusses the process of creating the traveling exhibit celebrating the 50th anniversary of the National Historic Preservation Act in the post below. You can check out her blog post that talks more about the exhibit here. […]