“If this Place Could Talk: Researching the History of an Old House” is a talk I am giving at the College of Southern Maryland on Oct 19, 2012. The free program takes place at the Leonardtown Campus, 22950 Hollywood Road, Building A, Auditorium, Leonardtown at 7:00 p.m.
Just as families have a past, old houses and properties have histories. When was the structure built? Who lived in it? How has it changed over time? And what are its stories? The lecture will introduce participants to strategies of discovery: organizing a research process, finding available records and documents, and interpreting the findings.
The program is part of the Maryland Humanities Council’s speakers bureau series. It brings historians, writers, poets, and living history scholar-actors to the community to present programs to audiences across Maryland.