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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword: Recent history deserves preservation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
Preface: A mosaic of the mainstream and marginalized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .x
Interviews – Family
Descendants of Drayton Hall: “It’s time to heal” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Richmond Bowens: “I’d like to see what’s down there” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Charlie Drayton, Anne Drayton Nelson: “When I was young” . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Molly Drayton Osteen, Monty Osteen:
“The many stories about the people” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Charlie Drayton, Rebecca Campbell:
“Drayton Hall could help bridge the racial divide”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Annie Brown Meyers: “Values my mother and father taught me”. . . . . . . . . . . .32
Lucille Blunt: “Just a regular life” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Joann Bowens Huger, Catherine Smith: “Community”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Rebecca Campbell, Catherine Braxton: “I could feel the spirits of my ancestors” . . 48
Four generations of Draytons: “Memories and hopes” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Alison Rea: “The personal is always most interesting”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
Johnny Leach, Isaac Leach, Johnnie Mae Leach: “Hand come. Hand go” . . . . . . 65
Frank Drayton Jr., Thomas Drayton:
“Helping people link the 1700s to the present day”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70
Greg Osteen Howard: “Our families have come full circle” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76
The Rev. Roosevelt Geddis, Lorraine White:
“No matter what happens in life” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Rebecca Campbell, Catherine Braxton: “Let us come to the table” . . . . . . . . . 85
Interviews – Friends
Peter McGee, Patti McGee: “A two-word answer” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91
Charles Duell: “I’ve known Drayton Hall all my life” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Gene Wilkins: “She cared” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Ralph (Bo) Reahard, Stanley Reahard: “Drayton Hall was one of her projects”. . . 107
Bill Weeks: “An extraordinary person” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Donald Willing, Katherine Willing: “A gift” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Paul Wenker: “She was happy she did it” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
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Esther Beaumont: “Drayton Hall speaks to me” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Steve Gates: “A focal point for the sweep of history” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Jenny Sanford McKay: “Integrity. Respect. ” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Anthony C. Wood: “Transformative” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Interviews – Professionals
Lonnie Bunch III: “The sunshine of remembering” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Bob Barker and Nancy Huggins: “Those early days” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Letitia Galbraith Machado: “Philosophy, interpretation, education, and security” . 155
Carter C. Hudgins: “A national, indeed an international, treasure” . . . . . . . . . . 161
Sarah Stroud Clarke: “The human spirit across all people” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Damon Fordham: “Tell the truth” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Shelia Harrell-Roye: “Using a story to tell a truth” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Thompson (Tom) Mayes: “A different sense of time” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Helen Hill: “There’s magic in telling the story but give visitors options” . . . . . . . 189
Matt Webster: “This privy was advanced for its day” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Susan Buck: “The most magical place” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Craig Bennett: “Every time I go, I understand something new” . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Richard Marks: “A time machine” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Glenn F. Keyes: “As an architect” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Jim Thomas:“Significant for the modernist architect and the traditionalist” . . . . . 224
Trish Lowe Smith: “Being the best steward I can possibly be” . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Sheila Wertimer: “As you walk the landscape” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Toni Carrier: “A sustaining force” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Bernard Powers: “Challenging issues of race” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Marvin Dulaney: “Tell the full story” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Ken Seeger, Jennifer Howard: “The reasons why” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Eric Emerson: “There have to be tangible examples of the past” . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Max van Balgooy: “This challenging profession” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Peter H. Wood: “To think and imagine differently” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Joseph McGill Jr.: “To right a wrong” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Michelle McCollum: “A compelling story is not enough” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Elizabeth (Liz) Alston: “Plantations teach us” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Stephanie Meeks: “A leader among house and history museums” . . . . . . . . . . 290
Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
An Initial How-To Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
End Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
About the Author. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
