http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/ From beach music to barbecue, Walter Edgar's Journal delves into South Carolina's past and provides insight into the state's current affairs. en alfturner@scetv.org Copyright 2012 2012-03-23T04:01:49+00:00 http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/the_art_of_alfred_hutty_woodstock_to_charleston/ http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/the_art_of_alfred_hutty_woodstock_to_charleston/#When:04:01:49Z The Gibbes Museum of Art, in Charleston, has created a retrospective exhibition entitled The Art of Alfred Hutty: Woodstock to Charleston. Hutty is of one of the principal artists of the Charleston Renaissance of the early 20th century, and the exhibition features over fifty works in oil, watercolor, pastel, and most importantly, his exquisite prints created in Charleston and Woodstock, New York. Gibbes Curator of Collections Sara Arnold, author and scholar Harlan Greene, and collector Edith Howle, join Dr. Edgar to talk about the Charleston Renaissance, the life and art of Hutty, the exhibition, and its companion book (USC Press). The exhibition will travel after it makes its debut at the Gibbes. 2012-03-23T04:01:49+00:00 http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/revitalizing_the_grounds_of_the_hampton-preston_mansion_in_columbia/ http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/revitalizing_the_grounds_of_the_hampton-preston_mansion_in_columbia/#When:19:00:34Z A four-acre garden once graced the grounds of the Hampton-Preston Mansion, and was a destination for travelers beginning in the 1840s. The gardens were destroyed by 1947 to clear the block for commercial development.  Historic Columbia Foundation has broken ground on a 3-phase, multi-year garden revitalization project. Included in the first phase will be installation of new irrigation, pathways, edging, lighting, as well as new plantings selected from plants available prior to 1865, in general, and, specifically, from those known to have been grown on the property during the 1830s through 1860s. Historic Columbia Foundation’s Director of Grounds, David Simpson, and John Sherrer, the Foundation’s Director of Cultural Resources, join Dr. Edgar to talk about the history of the property, its gardens, and the revitalization that is underway. 2012-03-16T19:00:34+00:00 http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/a_history_of_kershaw_county1/ http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/a_history_of_kershaw_county1/#When:04:01:20Z (Originally broadcast 05/06/11) Joan A. Inabinet and L. Glen Inabinet join Dr. Edgar to talk about their new book, A History of Kershaw County, and to share insightful tales of the region's inhabitants through defining historical moments. Their history is a much-anticipated, comprehensive narrative describing a South Carolina community rooted in strong local traditions. From prehistoric to present times, the history spans Native American dwellers through the county's major roles in the American Revolution and Civil War, to the commercial and industrial innovations of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The conversation takes place in our studios before an audience of longtime supporters of ETV and ETV Radio. 2012-03-09T04:01:20+00:00 http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/troxlers_truckers_vietnam_memories/ http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/troxlers_truckers_vietnam_memories/#When:04:01:03Z In 1968, the 319th Transportation Company, an Army Reserve unit, was sent to fight in the Vietnam War. The unit drew most of its members from the Augusta, GA/Aiken, SC area. During their 11 month tour of duty, they drove their trucks over one million miles delivering ammunition, supplies, and soldiers to bases around South Vietnam. They called themselves “Troxler's Truckers,” after their commanding officer. Two of Troxler’s Truckers, Arthur Beaufort and Wallace Zealy talk with Dr. Edgar about their unit’s time in Vietnam. They are joined by Jimmy Henderson, who created a documentary film called Troxler’s Truckers: Vietnam Memories. 2012-03-02T04:01:03+00:00 http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/voices_of_our_ancestors/ http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/voices_of_our_ancestors/#When:04:01:57Z As language development reflects historical development, linguistics can also serve as an avenue of inquiry into South Carolina's social history from the epoch of Native American primacy to the present day. In her book Voices of Our Ancestors: Language Contact in Early South Carolina, linguist and author Patricia C. Nichols pays particular attention to the development of the Gullah language among the coastal African American peoples and the ways in which this language—and others of South Carolina's early inhabitants—continues to influence the communication and culture of the state's current populations. She joins Dr. Edgar to discuss the book, which provides the first detailed linguistic history of South Carolina. Patricia Nichols is a professor emeritus of linguistics at San Jose State University. She has published at length on Gullah Linguistics and in the cross field of Linguistic Anthropology. 2012-02-24T04:01:57+00:00 http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/preserving_the_roadside_stands_of_sweetgrass_basket_makers/ http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/preserving_the_roadside_stands_of_sweetgrass_basket_makers/#When:04:01:16Z The U.S. Highway 17 widening project in Mount Pleasant affects the heart of the traditional sweetgrass basket-making community in South Carolina, and is part of the Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor, a National Heritage Area, which extends from Wilmington, North Carolina to St. Augustine, Florida. Working with a number of partners, the town of Mount Pleasant has created a plan to minimize the impact of widening U.S. 17 on the basket- makers’ roadside stands, many of which have been in the same families for generations. Joining Dr. Edgar to tell the story of this unprecedented project are Michael Allen of the National Park Service; Thomasena Stokes-Marshall, Mt. Pleasant Town Council Member and executive director of the Sweetgrass Cultural Arts Festival Association; and a Mt. Pleasant sweetgrass basket-maker. 2012-02-17T04:01:16+00:00 http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/pledge_drive_edition/ http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/pledge_drive_edition/#When:04:50:48Z It's ETV Radio's Spring Membership Drive! So, today we will look back at some of our favorite stories from the past year, and offer you a chance to support Walter Edgar's Journal with your pledge. Today's show will not be podcast. 2012-02-10T04:50:48+00:00 http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/saving_history_the_prosperity_train_depot/ http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/saving_history_the_prosperity_train_depot/#When:04:01:36Z The town of Prosperity, along with the Palmetto Trust for Historic Preservation, rededicated the historic Prosperity Depot on October 8, 2011. Originally built during the 1920s as a railroad passenger terminal for Prosperity, the depot served the town until 1971. The rededication took place 40 years to the day after the closing. A.M.E. Church Bishop Frank James (retired) took part in the ceremony, reflecting on the era in which he waited to take the passenger train in the depot's "colored-only" waiting room. He joins Michael Bedenbaugh, the Palmetto Trust's Executive Director, to talk with Dr. Edgar about the depot, its restoration, and about growing up in the community in the early 20th century. 2012-02-03T04:01:36+00:00 http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/working_south_artist_mary_whyte/ http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/working_south_artist_mary_whyte/#When:04:01:41Z Dr. Edgar’s guest is renowned Charleston watercolorist Mary Whyte. Whyte has gained national recognition for her figurative watercolors. Most noted for her depictions of the African American Gullah women of Johns Island, South Carolina, near where she lives, Whyte has, in recent years, turned her attention to paintings of southern workers. Fifty of these paintings and drawings are now part of a traveling exhibition of her work, called Working South, and a book of her paintings by the same name has been published (USC Press). Gallery of some images from Working South CBS Sunday Morning feature on Mary Whyte 2012-01-27T04:01:41+00:00 http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/jason_scott_luck_sixth-generation_potter/ http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/jason_scott_luck_sixth-generation_potter/#When:04:01:09Z Beginning with William Luck in the 19th century, the Luck family has continued the time-honored techniques of wheel-thrown pottery for six generations. Jason Scott Luck is a member of the latest generation of accomplished potters in the family. Jason, an attorney, turns pottery when he's home in Seagrove, N.C., and at various art facilities in Charleston where he works. He joins Dr. Edgar to talk about creating wheel-thrown pottery. The pottery that Jason brought to the studio Some more of Jason's work The Luck family pottery in Seagrove, NC 2012-01-20T04:01:09+00:00