USCHS -- Lunch Talk: Sara Bon-Harper and Jennifer Stacy ("New History at James Monroe’s Highland"):
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- Description of Pictures: “New History at James Monroe’s Highland”
Sara Bon-Harper (executive director of James Monroe’s Highland) and Jennifer Stacy (member of Highland’s descendant community)
Bon-Harper and Stacy will present recent discoveries at the site, including the discovery of a lost-and-forgotten President’s house, and discuss approaches in collaborative and inclusive history. New public history initiatives at Highland include the creation of a Descendant Advisory Council to provide input on exhibits currently in development and the exploration of our role in community-based history in a world divided by political and social alliances.
Sara Bon-Harper is the executive director of James Monroe’s Highland in Albemarle County, Virginia, focusing on strategic vision and museum leadership at the historic site, which is a department of William & Mary. She is an archaeologist with research experience in the historic period in Virginia, and on peripheries in the Roman world. The research she directs at Highland has recently transformed the understanding of the property, and contributes to new insight on James Monroe. Her focus at Highland is interpreting current research, including creating a new set of inclusive narratives about the past. Bon-Harper earned a Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a bachelor’s degree in anthropology and classics from the University of Arizona. She has taught at the University of Virginia and the University of North Carolina, and conducted archaeological research and trained students in Europe and North America. As Monticello’s archaeological research manager (1999-2012), she led a team investigating lost elements of the plantation landscape, and developed a passion for reaching varied audiences through interpretation of research. Her prior work focused on Roman peripheries in Italy and France, and on the disenfranchised in state societies, with topical expertise in archaeological ceramics and research methods. She has lectured and written on a variety of themes, including the analysis of archaeological data, landscapes of slavery, and the construction of historic narratives. Bon-Harper serves on the State Review Board for the Virginia Department of Historic Resources and on the board of the Presidential Precinct. She is committed to inspiring imaginations and broadening interest in the exploration of the past.
Jennifer Stacy is a native of the Charlottesville area. Her family is among the descendant community of James Monroe’s Highland.
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- Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
- HIGH_200205_002.JPG: Sara Bon-Harper, Jennifer Stacy
- HIGH_200205_029.JPG: Chuck diGiacomantonio
- HIGH_200205_045.JPG: Sara Bon-Harper
- HIGH_200205_125.JPG: Different drawings of how people showed the layout of Highlands. The descriptions are somewhat inconsistent.
- HIGH_200205_175.JPG: I have a new house...
September 6, 1818 James Monroe to George Hay
- HIGH_200205_180.JPG: North Elevation
- HIGH_200205_187.JPG: South Elevation
- HIGH_200205_235.JPG: Jennifer Stacy
- HIGH_200205_295.JPG: Edward "Ned" Monroe
b. July 1828
- HIGH_200205_436.JPG: Matt Costello
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