Hometown Heritage
The unified archive of Jeffery Guin’s Natchitoches Times heritage columns, including the earlier Natchitoches Preservation Network and Preservation News years. Original headlines, dates, and provenance are retained for each article.
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Ten Years of Preservation in Your Community: NCPTT and Cane River Heritage
From the original Hometown Heritage newspaper submission, August 5, 2010. newspaper issue date is not recorded here; historical event details are retained. It’s hard to believe this year marks a decade of Preservation in Your Community…
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Louisiana Creole Heritage Center: Fighting to Preserve Cane River Memory
Restored Hometown Heritage manuscript submitted 2010-07-15. Newspaper newspaper issue date is not recorded here. Events, funding figures and calls to action describe the historical situation in 2010. For the past 12 years, the folks at the…
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Five People Who Shaped Natchitoches Preservation: Local Knowledge and Community Leadership
Original Hometown Heritage newspaper submission of July 1, 2010. The newspaper issue copy not yet matched to manuscript. This historical column records the writer’s contemporaneous assessments of local knowledge bearers and preservation advocates. For all the…
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Goodbye, Heritage Resources
From the Hometown Heritage newspaper column archive. Original submitted manuscript; the final newspaper typesetting and editing have not yet been checked against a printed copy. By now, just about everyone has heard about Northwestern’s bizarre reorganization…
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African House
Hometown Heritage archival restoration. The text below reproduces the surviving newspaper submission; editorial subheadings have been added for readability and are not part of the original manuscript. If you’re headed out to the Melrose Arts and…
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Hands-On Preservation: NCPTT’s 2010 Community Preservation Fair in Natchitoches
Original Hometown Heritage manuscript submitted June 3, 2010. newspaper issue date is not recorded here. Original event announcements and contact details are historical, not current. Sometimes when folks think about preservation, visions of complicated and expensive…
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St. Matthew School: How Alumni Kept a Cane River Landmark Alive
Restored Hometown Heritage manuscript submitted 2010-05-20. Newspaper newspaper issue date is not recorded here. Events, funding figures and calls to action describe the historical situation in 2010. It seems that so much of the news on…
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Five Emerging Heritage Professionals: NSU’s 2010 MAHR Research and Awards
Restored Hometown Heritage manuscript submitted May 6, 2010. The print publication date is not independently verified. The original newspaper report is retained intact. One of the most exciting aspects of the Natchitoches/NSU community is its contribution…
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Life and Labor at Magnolia Plantation: Betty Hertzog Remembers ‘The Place’
Original Hometown Heritage manuscript submitted April 22, 2010. The manuscript submission date is documented; the newspaper issue date is not recorded here. Language concerning plantation labor and community relationships is preserved as part of the historical…
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The Archaeological Record of Magnolia Plantation
From the Hometown Heritage newspaper column archive. Original submitted manuscript; the final newspaper typesetting and editing have not yet been checked against a printed copy. Because its history dates back nearly as far as the Natchitoches…