Gone to the Grave: Ozark Funeral Customs, 1850-1950
Shiloh Museum of Ozark History
Release Date: 05/19/2010
The Crossbowettes
Shiloh Museum of Ozark History
Shiloh Museum photo archivist Marie Demeroukas presented this slide program during a reunion of the Crossbowettes, a girls archery team from Huntsville, Arkansas, on November 15, 2020.
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Crossbowette Memories
Shiloh Museum of Ozark History
Members of the Crossbowettes, a 1950s-1960s girls archery team from Huntsville, Arkansas, share stories during a reunion held at the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History on November 15, 2020. Museum photo archivist Marie Demeroukas is the moderator.
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Nothing Here is Arbitrary
Shiloh Museum of Ozark History
Historic preservation consultant Joan Gould shares some of her experiences in documenting pre-Civil War architecture in Northwest Arkansas. Recorded January 17, 2017.
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Uncovering Ozark Coverlets
Shiloh Museum of Ozark History
Marty Benson and Laura Redford, members of the Northwest Arkansas Handweavers Guild, share findings from their study of some three dozen hand-woven coverlets in the Shiloh Museum collection. Benson and Redford are experienced weavers and weaving instructors with an interest in history and historic textiles. Recorded January 15, 2014.
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Prehistoric Indian Pottery
Shiloh Museum of Ozark History
Ann Early, state archeologist with the Arkansas Archeological Survey, discusses the art and craft of prehistoric Indian pottery. Recorded September 19, 2018.
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Otto Rayburn and His Ozark Folk Encyclopedia
Shiloh Museum of Ozark History
Ethel Simpson, retired archivist with the University of Arkansas Special Collections Department, explores the life and work of Otto Ernest Rayburn, an author and educator who moved to the Ozarks in 1917, spent years amassing newspaper clippings, magazine articles, letters, and photos related to Ozark lore and life, eventually organizing his collection into a 229-volume "encyclopedia." Today the collection is housed in the Special Collections Department at the University of Arkansas Library.
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Politics, Prejudice, and Permanent Posts
Shiloh Museum of Ozark History
Retired archeologist John Riggs explains the history of Arkansas's western boundary line. During his thirty-four year career in archeology, Riggs worked in Arkansas for the Arkansas Archeological Survey, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. Recorded August 21, 2019.
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Northwest Arkansas's "Peavine" Railroad
Shiloh Museum of Ozark History
A history of the Kansas City & Memphis Railway, known as the "Pea Vine Railway," by local railroad historian Mike Sypult. Recorded January 16, 2019.
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Our Lady of the Ozarks Shrine
Shiloh Museum of Ozark History
Independent researcher Mary Ann Kahmann discusses the history of Our Lady of the Ozarks Shrine. Established in 1942 as a Catholic chapel atop Mount Gaylor near Winslow, Arkansas, the church was organized due to the efforts of local women who saw the need for a church in their remote community.
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Untold Stories of the American Dream
Shiloh Museum of Ozark History
Rubicely Hernandez Monter and Zessna Garcia Rios, former members of the Northwest Arkansas Community College DREAMers, an organization composed of students who were brought into this country withouth documents as children, discuss their life experiences. Recorded September 20, 2017.
info_outlineIndependent researcher Abby Burnett discusses the ways Ozark folks helped one another when there was a death. Burnett was recently featured in "Silent Storytellers," a documentary produced by the AETN about the history and culture of Arkansas cemeteries. Recorded May 19, 2010.