Dr. Pethel's Public History class is discovering the scientific side of historic preservation as they visit the Tennessee State Library and Archives and the Nashville City Cemetery. Carol Roberts is the director of the TSLA conservation lab which houses all records, newspapers, and documents relavent to Tennessee citizens, business, and government. Her assistant explained the evolution of photography, how to repair documents with Japanese Mulberry tissue paper, and how to remove acidity by giving paper a "water bath" with a mixture of magnesium bicarbonate. The TSLA is located next door to the Tennessee Supreme Court just below the State Capitol.

The Nashville City Cemetery is the city's oldest cemetery, first opened in 1820. It was in dire need of restoration and preservation after 40 years of neglect. The Nashville Cemetery Association was formed, led by Mrs. Fletch Coke (HH '51) and joined with the Metro HIstorical Commission to secure 3 million dollars in restoration funding. The project was completed last year and includes new signs, streetlights, paved walkways, repaired outer wall, restoration and special cleaning of headstones, replacement of headstones, and even a computer that helps you look up families buried in the cemetery. Many do not think of a cemetery as public history, but now we know how much work goes into preserving historic and sacred grounds. The Nashville City Cemetery is located behind the Adventure Science Center on 4th Avenue.

Winterim 2011 - Dance!

In addition to technique and composition classes, the girls in the Winterim Dance Class are learning about the process of taking a dance from the studio to the stage. For this mock production, the girls are responsible for: choosing the type and length of each dance, casting decisions, creating studio rehearsal schedules, creating technical and dress rehearsal schedules, creating a program order for the production, making costume decisions, creating a budget that addresses all production costs including fees for studio and theater rental, lighting and costume designers, printing programs, tickets, and posters, paying for theater personnel, shipping costs for any special costume items orders, and finally, paying dancer fees - if there is money left in the budget!

Designing Women

Liza Martin and Mary Hannah Gentry are testing their solar oven for their "Designing Women: Green Design" class.

Don't Read This Book

The "Don't Read This Book!" class got a "behind the scenes" view of our library when HH librarians discussed how they select books, the role of a library in a school or community, and books that have been commonly challenged or banned in schools across the nation. Students in the class will be reading several books that have been challenged and will learn to decide for themselves what is appropriate while developing criteria for judging books fairly.

Student Blogs

Besides the 2011 Winterim Blog, our students and teachers are blogging about Winterim.
Check out Caitlin's blog
Check out the Muddy Musings blog
Check out Girls Meet World Service Learning blog

On-campus courses in full swing

Freshmen and sophomores are excited about the varied courses they are taking during Winterim. From Songwriting for the Guitar (pictured) to Cryptography, there are more than 60 classes offered in the three week semester.

Winterim Off To Great Start

Harpeth Hall's 38th year of Winterim began Monday to great excitement. Nashville poet Stephanie Pruitt inspired students at the opening assembly.