Things New and Strange: A Southerner's Journey Through the Smithsonian Collections

Things New and Strange chronicles a research quest undertaken by G. Wayne Clough, the first secretary of...
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Things New and Strange: A Southerner's Journey Through the Smithsonian Collections by Clough, G. Wayne

Things New and Strange: A Southerner's Journey Through the Smithsonian Collections

€49,74

Things New and Strange: A Southerner's Journey Through the Smithsonian Collections

€49,74
Author: G. Wayne Clough
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

Things New and Strange chronicles a research quest undertaken by G. Wayne Clough, the first secretary of the Smithsonian Institution born in the South. Soon after retiring from the Smithsonian, Clough decided to see what the Smithsonian collections could tell him about South Georgia, where he had spent most of his childhood in the 1940s and 1950s. The investigations that followed, which began as something of a quixotic scavenger hunt, expanded as Clough discovered that the collections had many more objects and documents from South Georgia than he had imagined. These objects illustrate important aspects of southern culture and history and also inspire reflections about how South Georgia has changed over time.

Clough's discoveries--animal, plant, fossil, and rock specimens, along with cultural artifacts and works of art--not only serve as a springboard for reflections about the region and its history, they also bring Clough's own memories of his boyhood in Douglas, Georgia, back to life. Clough interweaves memories of his own experiences, such as hair-raising escapes from poisonous snakes and selling boiled peanuts for a nickel a bag at the annual auction of the tobacco crop, with anecdotes from family lore, which launches an exploration of his forebears and their place in South Georgia history. In following his engaging and personal narrative, we learn how nonspecialists can use museum archives and how family, community, and natural history are intertwined.

Author: G. Wayne Clough
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Published: 05/01/2019
Pages: 264
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.85lbs
Size: 9.20h x 7.30w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780820355238

About the Author

G. WAYNE CLOUGH is secretary emeritus of the Smithsonian Institution. Clough, who currently lives in Atlanta, directed the Smithsonian from 2008-2014, and was president of the Georgia Institute of Technology from 1994-2008. He is the author of Seeing the Universe from Here: Field Notes from My Smithsonian Travels.


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