2022 Annual Meeting & Conference                        Thursday - Friday, October 20-21

Preservation and Progress

Moderator And Speaker Bios

Keynote: Is There Such a Thing as Delaware Architecture? (W. Barksdale Maynard, author, Buildings of Delaware)

Historic Delaware Cemeteries as Cultural Landscapes: The Power of Place in Life and Death

Moderator: Faith B. Kuehn, Ph.D., Planting Hope Administrator, Delaware Department of Health and Social Services

• Mt. Olive Burial Grounds, Mt. Olive Cemetery, Wilmington, DE (Regina Berry, Ph.D.)
• Landscape of Remembrance, John Dickinson Plantation, Dover, DE (Gloria Henry, Site Supervisor, John Dickinson Plantation)
• Delaware State Hospital Cemetery, Spiral Cemetery, New Castle, DE (Michael Kalmbach, Director, Creative Vision Factory & Faith B. Kuehn, Ph.D.)
• New Castle County Almshouse/Hospital Cemetery, Farnhurst Potter’s Field, New Castle ,DE (Faith B. Kuehn, Ph.D., Project Manager)
• Fork Branch Cemetery, Cheswold, DE (RuthAnn Purchase James, Manager, Cultural Mapping Program, Lenape Census District)

Keeping History in the News: How PR Can Aid Preservation (Dan Shortridge)

A History of “The Flats” Neighborhood (Gene Castellano, Board Member, Preservation Delaware, Inc.)

Reinterpreting and Reimagining Historic Gardens

Moderator: Rebecca Wilson, Board Member, Preservation Delaware, Inc.

• Lessons Learned from Rehabilitating New Castle’s Historic Amstel House Garden (Linda Suskie, Board Co-Chair, Arasapha Garden Club)
• Read House Gardens: Past, Present and Future (Brenton Grom, Director, George Read II House & Gardens, New Castle, DE)
  

Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion (HCA/Delaware State Historic Preservation Office)

• Amy Golden-Shepherd, Deputy Director, DE Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs
• Dan Citron, Historic Sites Manager, DE Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs
• Gwen Davis, Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer, DE Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs
• Meg Hutchins, Engagement and Collections Manager, DE Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs
  

Who Wore What When?: Cultural Attire and Clothing in North America

Moderator: Abdullah R. Muhammad, Board Member, Preservation Delaware, Inc.

• Aleasa Hogate, Vice President, New Sweden Centre
• Janet Anderson, President, New Sweden Centre
• Deb Hofmann, New Sweden Centre
• Ruth Runkle, Education Consultant, New Sweden Centre

History of Philadelphia Pike (John Cartier, New Castle County Councilman, District 8)

Preservation of New Jersey’s Oldest Tavern (Gregg Perry, Antiquarian Horologist)

Historic Preservation Funding Opportunities

Moderator: Michael J. Emmons, Jr., New Castle County Vice President, Preservation Delaware, Inc.

• Nicole Vann, Director of Grants and Awards, National Trust for Historic Preservation
• Megan J. Brown, Chief of the State, Tribal, Local, Plans & Grants Division, National Park Service
• Jeremy Rothwell, Delaware Preservation Fund
• Kara Briggs, Architectural Historian & Tax Credit Program Manager
• Emily Whaley, Architectural Historian, Delaware State Historic Preservation Office

Winterthur Highlights

Moderator: Alexandra Tarantino, Kent County Vice President and Education Committee Chair

• Ann Lowe: American Couturier (Alexandra Deutsch, Director of Collections, Winterthur Museum, Garden, & Library)
• Through the Curator's Eyes: Jacqueline Kennedy and H.F. duPont: From Winterthur to the White House (Elaine Rice Bachmann, Archivist, State of Maryland)

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