Best Recollections The Reece Museum Podcast Series Podcasts (2024)

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Recollections Podcast

The B. Carroll Reece Museum

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“Recollections” is a podcast that explores history and culture through the collections of the B. Carroll Reece Museum. Each episode highlights an artifact at the Reece Museum and uses research and interviews with experts to investigate the stories and cultural themes connected to that artifact. Five-to-ten minutes long, these short form episodes are a curated exploration of some of the items that make up the museum’s impressive collection of nearly 25,000 artifacts. The Museum is located on ...

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Episode 5: Jessie Ackermann 10:20

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Jessie Ackermann was probably the most traveled woman in the Victorian era, conducting eight world tours and visiting every continent except Antarctica. But these weren't leisure trips. Jessie was on a mission.By The B. Carroll Reece Museum

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Episode 4: Uncle Dave Macon's Collar 8:14

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For decades, Uncle Dave Macon was a star of the Grande Ole Opry. What can his collar tell us about old-time and country music cultures in the early twentieth century?By The B. Carroll Reece Museum

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Episode 3: The Eastern Tennessee Mural 8:47

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There’s a little-known Depression-era mural on ETSU’s Johnson City campus that tells a story of Appalachia in transition. The mural captures the dizzying industrial developments of early twentieth century Tennessee, and the migrations of its people within and outside the region.By The B. Carroll Reece Museum

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Episode 2: Women in the Elizabethton Rayon Strikes 13:34

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In the late 1920s, two German-owned rayon factories began operations in the town of Elizabethton in East Tennessee. By 1929, a huge strike was underway at both plants, with the women workers leading the charge. We examine a matchbook ad in our collections that launches us into the women’s side of the story of the Elizabethton Rayon Plant Strikes of…

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Episode 1: The Magical History of Bloodstones 6:51

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This episode focuses on an egg-shaped bloodstone in the Reece Museum’s collections. While little is known about the item’s history, Lynch-Thomason interviews an expert in folklore to explore bloodstone’s historic, multicultural usage as a magical tool.By The B. Carroll Reece Museum