Plantation Landscape and Memory - Free Seminar and Tour

The Historic Hope Foundation will present the 9th Annual Elizabeth Stevenson Ives Lectures on Friday, April 8th, 2005 from 9:30 AM to 3:30 PM. This annual event in the Roanoke-Chowan Heritage Center at the Historic Hope Plantation in Windsor, North Carolina focuses on scholarship in the fields of the decorative arts, history, and historic preservation.

This year's topic, "Plantation Landscape and Memory," examines our attempts to understand and re-create historic landscapes. We will look at the development of plantation landscapes and ways they have been imagined, remembered, and reconstructed. Speakers will include:

Vanessa Patrick, Architectural Historian, NC Dept of Transportation
"Reconstructing the Landscape at Carter's Grove Plantation"

John Michael Vlach, Professor of Folklore, George Washington University
"The Creation of Plantation Landscapes: From 17th-Century Virginia to 19th-Century Liberia"

Emily Herring Wilson, Writer, Winston-Salem, NC
"Elizabeth Lawrence: Landscape, Memory, and Imagination"

There will also be an open discussion section and special tours of the historic site grounds.

The program is FREE and open to the public. Box lunches will be available for a small cost. You can pre-register and reserve a lunch here.

For additional information, please contact Glenn Perkins or call (252) 794.3140.