Last nights talk to the lovely ladies of Kappa Delta Gamma (Beta Eta Chapter), a sorority of retired educators, could not have gone better. It was held at the new Heritage Center in the Maury Commons. We started off with a wonderful tour of the Center’s extensive archive collection of historical documents. I was most impressed and will definitely be spending some hours there in prep for my upcoming book on Confederate encampments. I intend on including civilian’s impressions of the troop’s presence (and not just the soldier’s recollections). Most impressive is their collection of local slave documentation, as well as the Chancellor family’s papers.

Following the tour, I gave a 25 minute talk on my process for historical research and writing. The Q&A session was very lively and enjoyable. I will be posting the transcripts as usual over on my website this weekend and I’ll be certain to add a link here. I would like to thank Becky Guy and the ladies of Kappa Delta Gamma, many who were historians and foundation directors, for their kind hospitality and attention. I made some new friends and look forward to working with some of them in the future.