Episodes
Thursday Feb 07, 2019
Dr. W. Eric Emerson - Episode 76
Thursday Feb 07, 2019
Thursday Feb 07, 2019
Dr. Curtis Rogers discusses the Civil War letters of Augustine Thomas Smythe and more with Dr. W. Eric Emerson. Dr. Emerson is the director of the South Carolina Department of Archives and History in Columbia. His current book (along with co-editor Karen Stokes) is Days of Destruction: Augustine Thomas Smythe and the Civil War Siege of Charleston (University of South Carolina Press). He is also the author of Sons of Privilege: The Charleston Light Dragoons in the Civil War, co-editor of Faith, Valor, and Devotion: The Civil War Letters of William Porcher DuBose and A Confederate Englishman: The Civil War Letters of Henry Wemyss Feilden, and editor of Palmetto Profiles: The South Carolina Encyclopedia Guide to the South Carolina Hall of Fame.
Thursday Jan 17, 2019
Sheila Morris - Episode 74
Thursday Jan 17, 2019
Thursday Jan 17, 2019
Dr. Curtis Rogers discusses writing and more with South Carolina author, Sheila Morris. Sheila’s published works include five nonfiction books; the most recent is Southern Perspectives on the Queer Movement: Committed to Home published by the University of South Carolina Press and released in December of 2017. She has an international following of her blog “I’ll Call It Like I See It.” She is also the recipient of the Human Rights Campaign Equality Award for her leadership and service to the South Carolina LGBTQ community and her first book, Deep in the Heart: A Memoir of Love and Longing won a Golden Crown Literary Society Award in 2008. She is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and has a master's degree from the University of South Carolina.
Links:
- Blog: https://iwillcallit.com/
- USC Press: https://www.sc.edu/uscpress/books/2017/7813.html
Wednesday Dec 12, 2018
Ed DeVos - Episode 72
Wednesday Dec 12, 2018
Wednesday Dec 12, 2018
Dr. Curtis Rogers discusses Revenge at King's Mountain with author Ed DeVos. Mr. DeVos is a highly decorated military officer and is also an experienced writer of thought-provoking historical fiction. His books, The Stain, The Chaplain's Cross, Revenge at Kings Mountain, and Family of Warriors, feature characters who model valor, integrity, honor, and courage as they face spiritual and moral dilemmas that warriors have always faced on the battlefield.
Links:
- Publisher: https://www.deedspublishing.com/devos
- Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6881702.Ed_Devos
Wednesday Nov 14, 2018
Liz Gilmore Williams - Episode 68
Wednesday Nov 14, 2018
Wednesday Nov 14, 2018
Dr. Curtis Rogers discusses No Ordinary Soldier: My father's two wars, with author Liz Gilmore Williams. A finalist in the 2018 International Book Awards in the military history genre, Liz Gilmore Williams worked as a writer and editor for more than 20 years in Washington, D.C., for two offices of the U.S. Congress and other organizations. As a speaker for South Carolina's Humanities Out Loud Program, she travels statewide to speak at meetings for sponsoring organizations that promote discussion about human values, traditions, and cultures.
Link:
- Website: https://www.noordinarysoldier.com/
Friday Aug 17, 2018
Confederate Papers Digitization Project with Dr. Fritz Hamer - Episode 61
Friday Aug 17, 2018
Friday Aug 17, 2018
Dr. Curtis Rogers discusses the Colin J. McRae Papers, Huse Audit Series digitization project with Dr. Fritz Hamer. Dr. Hamer is the curator of history and archivist at the SC Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum and previously held posts at the SC State Museum and the South Caroliniana Library at the University of South Carolina. He has published articles on the social and racial impact of World War II in Charleston and on the South Carolina home front in World War I and has published books on the Charleston Navy Yard, SC in the Great War, and on SC College Football History. He served as president of the SC Historical Association from 2001 to 2002 and 2011 to 2012.
Links:
- SC Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum: https://crr.sc.gov/
- Colin J. McRae Papers, Huse Audit Series: http://scmemory.org/collection/colin-j-mcrae-papers-huse-audit-series/
- SC Digital Library: http://scmemory.org/