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Antoinette G. van Zelm <avanzelm@mtsu.edu> TN Civil War Nat. Heritage Area Center for Historic Preservation Southern women's history African American history Material culture Civil War and Reconstruction Emancipation Public history |
| Address: | TN Civil War Nat. Heritage Area Center for Historic Preservation Middle Tennessee State University Box 80 Murfreesboro, Tennessee 37132 United States |
| Primary Phone: | (615) 217-8013 |
| Fax Number: | (615) 898-5614 |
| H-Net Positions: | Reviews Planning Committee |
| List Affiliations: | Advisory Board Member for H-Review Emeritus Review Editor for H-SAWH Reviewer for H-CivWar |
| Reviews: | On Her High Horse Or the Power Behind the Throne? The Airs and Influence of a Southern Woman A Tale of Dependence before and after the Civil War |
| Interests: | African American History / Studies Archaeology Local History Women, Gender, and Sexuality |
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Bio: B.A., 1988, Middlebury College M.A., 1992, College of William and Mary Ph.D., 1998, College of William and Mary Dissertation: "On the Front Lines of Freedom: Black and White Women Shape Emancipation in Virginia, 1861-1890." Publications: “Contrabands” and “Shiloh” in _Women in the Civil War: An Encyclopedia_ (Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, Inc., 2007). “American Missionary Association” and “Freedom Celebrations” in _The Encyclopedia of Emancipation and Abolition in the Trans-Atlantic World_ (Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe, Inc., 2007). “Southern Claims Commission” and “John Townsend Trowbridge” in _The Greenwood Encyclopedia of the Reconstruction Era_ (Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc., 2006). "A Hunger for Theatricals: Two Hundred Years of the Stage in Tennessee," in Carroll Van West, ed., _A History of Tennessee Arts: Creating Traditions, Expanding Horizons_ (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 2004), 335-354. "Virginia Women as Public Citizens: Emancipation Day Celebrations and Lost Cause Commemorations, 1863-1890," in Jane Coryell et al., eds., _Negotiating Boundaries of Southern Womanhood: Dealing with the Powers That Be_, Southern Women Series (Columbia: Univ. of Missouri Press, 2000), 71-88. A "Soldier of the Cross" in Norfolk, 1865-1876: Chloe Tyler Whittle and Evangelical Womanhood," _Virginia Cavalcade_ (Summer 2000). Professional Positions: Project Manager, Center for Historic Preservation, Middle Tennessee State University, 2013-Present Historian for the TN Civil War National Heritage Area, which is administered by the Center for Historic Preservation at Middle Tennessee State University, 2002-2013. Editorial Research Associate for _Dictionary of Virginia Biography_ at the Library of Virginia, Richmond, 1997-1998. |
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