Cone Estate Memorial Park: From Private Retreat to Public Pleasure Ground” documentary, serving as actors and production assistants, among other roles. Watch this video featuring Streeter and Cameron to learn more about BRAHM’s Cone sisters exhibit, displayed August–November 2019, and check out this video for more on the alumnae’s Appalachian Experience.Īppalachian State University students and alumni were involved in the making of Dr. Also that year, Specht facilitated an on-campus luncheon for 70 members belonging to the families of Moses Cone and his wife, Bertha Lindau Cone. Cone and the Politics of Public History” at the 44th annual conference of the Southern Jewish Historical Society. In October 2019, Streeter and Specht collaborated again to present “A Mansion on the Parkway: Mrs. According to the museum’s director, Streeter’s knowledge was critical to curating the exhibit in the time frame required. Streeter, who earned her master’s degree in public history from App State, was one of the researchers who helped Specht with her earliest Cone Estate research. Streeter collaborated with former BRAHM Curator Dianna Cameron ’13, who holds a Bachelor of Science in art management and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in studio art from App State, on both the exhibit and the extensive catalog for the critically acclaimed show. Claribel Cone and Etta Cone, two of the Cone sisters. In 2018, Specht connected alumna Carrie Streeter ’12 with the executive director at the Blowing Rock Art & History Museum (BRAHM), who was beginning the process of developing a team to curate an exhibition of the art collected by Dr. The photo is part of a BRAHM exhibition of art collected by the sisters, which the alumnae collaborated on. At bottom: Cameron and Streeter are shown with a photo that depicts the Cone sisters in Gibraltar in May 1903. They are pictured at a luncheon held on App State’s campus in 2019 for members belonging to the families of Moses Cone and his wife, Bertha Lindau Cone. Neva Specht, dean of Appalachian State University’s College of Arts and Sciences App State alumnae Carrie Streeter ’12 and Dianna Cameron ’13 and Jordan Calaway, chief development officer at the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation. Through the liaison position, NPS partners Appalachian Community members with hundreds of park units across the United States, providing a plethora of internships, jobs and research opportunities - many on or near the Cone Estate.Īt top: Pictured, from left to right, are Lee Carol Giduz, executive director of the Blowing Rock Art & History Museum (BRAHM) Dr. This led to the creation of the Blue Ridge Parkway liaison position, which Specht held until 2013. The success of that experience led Specht to organize a meeting between key stakeholders at App State and NPS to explore additional opportunities for collaboration. In 2006, Specht, then a professor of history at App State, and her Material Studies graduate class conducted archival research, collected oral histories and compiled a report on the Cone Estate for the National Park Service (NPS). Beth Davison, have intersected to create “a rich and mutually beneficial relationship” between Flat Top Manor and App State’s Mountaineers. Specht, dean of App State’s College of Arts and Sciences and an Honors College faculty member, has served as the nexus for multiple partnerships and serendipitous connections that, in the words of App State documentarist Dr. Cone Memorial Park can be accessed at mile marker 294 on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Blowing Rock. This is a story of how the manor and the Mountaineers have benefited from the relationship over the decades. The connection between the estate and the university can be traced back more than a century to a check written in 1903 to Watauga Academy - which later became App State - by Moses Cone, the textile entrepreneur who built Flat Top Manor in 1901. The park’s Flat Top Manor and 3,500-acre estate, located off the Blue Ridge Parkway in nearby Blowing Rock, have presented App State students, faculty, staff and alumni with opportunities for a variety of research, engagement and employment. Cone Memorial Park - a historic centerpiece in the High Country - is one example of the interconnectedness of the High Country community with the Appalachian Experience. The collaborative partnership between App State and Moses H. Appalachian State University’s location in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina opens avenues of academic and civic engagement particular to the area.
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