Recollections Podcast

Culture

“Recollections” is a podcast that explores history and culture through the collections of the B. Carroll Reece Museum. Each episode highlights an artifact at the Reece Museum and uses research and interviews with experts to investigate the stories and cultural themes connected to that artifact. Five-to-ten minutes long, these short form episodes are a curated exploration of some of the items that make up the museum’s impressive collection of nearly 25,000 artifacts. The Museum is located on the campus of East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, Tennessee and is a unit of CASS, the Center for Appalachian Studies and Services.

Location:

United States

Genres:

Culture

Arts & Culture Podcasts

Description:

“Recollections” is a podcast that explores history and culture through the collections of the B. Carroll Reece Museum. Each episode highlights an artifact at the Reece Museum and uses research and interviews with experts to investigate the stories and cultural themes connected to that artifact. Five-to-ten minutes long, these short form episodes are a curated exploration of some of the items that make up the museum’s impressive collection of nearly 25,000 artifacts. The Museum is located on the campus of East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, Tennessee and is a unit of CASS, the Center for Appalachian Studies and Services.

Language:

English

Contact:

423-439-4392

Website:

https://www.recollectionspodcast.com/

Episodes

Episode 5: Jessie Ackermann

8/26/2018

Jessie Ackermann was probably the most traveled woman in the Victorian era, conducting eight world tours and visiting every continent except Antarctica. But these weren't leisure trips. Jessie was on a mission.

Duration:00:10:20

Episode 4: Uncle Dave Macon's Collar

7/5/2018

For decades, Uncle Dave Macon was a star of the Grande Ole Opry. What can his collar tell us about old-time and country music cultures in the early twentieth century?

Duration:00:08:13

Episode 3: The Eastern Tennessee Mural

5/31/2018

There’s a little-known Depression-era mural on ETSU’s Johnson City campus that tells a story of Appalachia in transition. The mural captures the dizzying industrial developments of early twentieth century Tennessee, and the migrations of its people within and outside the region.

Duration:00:08:47

Episode 2: Women in the Elizabethton Rayon Strikes

5/3/2018

In the late 1920s, two German-owned rayon factories began operations in the town of Elizabethton in East Tennessee. By 1929, a huge strike was underway at both plants, with the women workers leading the charge. We examine a matchbook ad in our collections that launches us into the women’s side of the story of the Elizabethton Rayon Plant Strikes of 1929.

Duration:00:13:34

Episode 1: The Magical History of Bloodstones

4/12/2018

This episode focuses on an egg-shaped bloodstone in the Reece Museum’s collections. While little is known about the item’s history, Lynch-Thomason interviews an expert in folklore to explore bloodstone’s historic, multicultural usage as a magical tool.

Duration:00:06:50

Recollections Podcast Sneak Peak

3/23/2018

This is a sneak peak of the first episode of the B. Carroll Reece Museum's Recollections podcast series.

Duration:00:01:27