Category: Tusculum Institute
Historic trust supports slave cabin preservation
Sweet Briar College has been awarded a grant from the National Trust for Historic Preservation Fund to preserve and interpret a circa 1840s cabin on the College’s campus.
Endstation premieres original play ‘In Sweet Remembrance’
Endstation Theatre Company and Sweet Briar College will host a reading of “In Sweet Remembrance” by playwright Tearrance A. Chisholm at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 27, in Pannell Gallery. A reception follows the event, which is free and open to the public.
Sweet Briar displays plantation artifacts
Sweet Briar College’s agrarian past is the focus of the upcoming exhibition “ ‘I have lately bought me a Plantation’: A Brief Survey of Farming and Land Use at Sweet Briar,” which opens at 1 p.m. Thursday, March 21, in Whitley Gallery at Sweet Briar Museum.
Thomas Jefferson’s true stance on slavery
Noted author and historian Henry Wiencek will discuss his latest book, “Master of the Mountain: Thomas Jefferson and His Slaves,” at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Feb 12, in the Wailes Lounge at the Elston Inn Conference Center at Sweet Briar College.
Tusculum Institute to Host ‘Teaching with Historic Places’ Workshop
The Tusculum Institute, a center for historic preservation located at Sweet Briar College, will host a workshop, “Teaching with Historic Places,” from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, June 13 at the Florence Elston Inn & Conference Center.
SBC, Virginia DHR Strengthen Partnership to Develop Tusculum Institute
The Virginia Department of Historic Resources has awarded a grant of $35,000 to Sweet Briar College to advance the development of the Tusculum Institute, a resource center for historic preservation that will make its home at Sweet Briar.
LoCo History Features Amherst County
In honor of Preservation Month, Lynn Rainville, director of the Tusculum Institute at Sweet Briar College, has launched part two of LoCo History, a Web site dedicated to preserving local history.
Rainville Named Founding Director of Tusculum Institute
Lynn Rainville, who has served as an assistant professor of anthropology and archaeology at Sweet Briar College since 2001, was recently named founding director of the Tusculum Institute. Her official title will be research professor in the humanities, and the position is effective July 1.
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