Media &
Documentary
Productions
A viewing gallery and an evolving finding aid for the original films, interviews, field recordings, and source material that carried local knowledge into public circulation.
This is a working inventory, not a streaming library. Inclusion means that a historical record documents the production or that a source file has been identified; it does not establish that a recording remains playable, cleared for republication, or fully credited.
Original YouTube collections and production credit
Original productions. I created the videos preserved on the two YouTube channels below. That production credit is separate from the expertise and contributions of narrators, students, faculty, research teams, and community participants, whose individual roles will be documented at the recording level.
- Preservation Network — youtube.com/@preservationnetwork. Historic NPN correspondence independently cites the older youtube.com/preservationnetwork channel address in 2009. The October 9, 2026 public inventory identifies 17 accessible uploads on this channel.
- Natchitoches Historic — youtube.com/@natchitocheshistoric. Supplied and attributed by producer. The October 9, 2026 public inventory identifies three accessible uploads on this channel; a possible alternate Steel Magnolias edit across the channels remains unresolved.
Catalog method: Keep one record per unique production or release, with channel, stable video URL/ID, YouTube title, upload date, date recorded (if known), format, subject, narrators, researchers, production roles, project relationship, source media, rights/permissions, and recovery status. An upload does not automatically prove original production date, and an alternate channel upload is not necessarily a second production.
Access note: The 20 public uploads below come from the October 9, 2026 channel inventory; additional historical production titles lower on this page derive from archival evidence and may not be playable. A channel snapshot is not a full lifetime production catalog.
Watch the documentary collection
20 public uploads across two channels, arranged by documentary subject. Video titles and runtimes reproduce the October 9, 2026 channel inventory. Select a film to watch it on YouTube. These are my original productions.
Preservation in practice
Places & preservation
Research & heritage education
Community history
Folklife & cultural knowledge
How the record is organized
- Place-based films and This Place Matters are one part of the original audiovisual practice, not the umbrella for every production.
- Each entry records the documentary category, named participants where documented, contemporary source, and the outstanding recovery question.
- A collection or series may overlap an individual episode; counts below must not be added to represent total unique productions.
- Original media should be preserved as a source object; edited releases, later copies, and interpretive articles receive distinct records.
Documented productions and source leads
NPN-P01 · This Place Matters — 2008 Natchitoches series
Type: Site-based documentary campaign
Evidence and status: 14 local sites recorded in 2008; original NPN year-in-review explicitly records that count. Individual recording files not yet verified.
Record: NPN year-in-review
NPN-P02 · Front Street / Beneath the Bricks
Type: Public archaeology / place-based video
Evidence and status: Narration credited to Julie Ernstein in contemporary NPN account; existing Voices project article. Locate original recording and establish project credits.
Record: NPN account and Voices article
NPN-P03 · Magers House
Type: Place-based documentary video
Evidence and status: Nina Magers identified as featured narrator/participant in a contemporary NPN description; file unlocated.
Record: NPN account
NPN-P04 · Lee H. Nelson Hall
Type: Place-based documentary video
Evidence and status: Kirk Cordell identified as narrator; file unlocated.
Record: NPN account
NPN-P05 · Jewish Cemetery, Natchitoches
Type: Place-based documentary video
Evidence and status: Scott Lumry identified as narrator; file unlocated.
Record: NPN account
NPN-P06 · Tante Huppe
Type: Place-based documentary video
Evidence and status: Bobby DeBlieux identified as narrator; file unlocated.
Record: NPN account
NPN-P07 · Natchitoches Folk Festival — Jane McDaniel
Type: Festival storytelling and interview
Evidence and status: Two contemporary Viddler links supplied to participant in August 2008 (videos 13 and 14). Original mail identifies separate storytelling and interview recordings; present playback unverified.
Record: 2008 message
NPN-P08 · Folk Festival — cottage gardening and Irish storytelling
Type: Traditional knowledge and performance
Evidence and status: NPN 2008 retrospective explicitly identifies published video subjects; confirm relationship to Jane McDaniel recordings, without merging until evidenced.
Record: NPN year-in-review
HR-P01 · MAHR Learn and Serve heritage education event
Type: Program documentary / student interview
Evidence and status: March 20, 2009 event; edit discussed April 22; original Blip.tv link shared April 24 (file/2031819). Student interviewee identified as Crystal Bell. Correspondence refers to a 700+ MB HD file; its present survival unconfirmed.
Record: 2009 production email
HR-P02 · Rodney Meziere collections-conservation video
Type: Student research / project interpretation
Evidence and status: Documented in a student post and linked to Preservation in Your Community research-poster presentation; source media and platform status require verification.
Record: Student account (needs source reconciliation) — citation to be attached after source verification
NPN-A01 · Rolanda Teal — Underground Railroad / Los Adaes
Type: Podcast / oral history
Evidence and status: NPN 2008 retrospective records release of first podcast. GarageBand project and finished Output.aif previously identified in Drive. Verify published audio, rights, and metadata before reuse.
Record: NPN year-in-review and audio project (source archive; public article pending)
NPN-A02 · Betty Hertzog — Magnolia Plantation
Type: Interview / podcast project
Evidence and status: Large original interview WAV and editable GarageBand session identified; published final version not established.
Record: GarageBand project (source archive; public article pending)
NPN-A03 · Max Turner and Marcy Frantom — Bousillage
Type: Interview / documentary audio
Evidence and status: Raw audio and GarageBand editing sessions identified; final published version not yet confirmed.
Record: GarageBand project (source archive; public article pending)
Next identification work
- Locate the original preservationnetwork YouTube channel entries, historic Viddler and Blip.tv copies, and downloadable files or trustworthy captures.
- Use the 2008 14-site campaign account to develop a numbered episode register without guessing the unnamed titles.
- Reconcile Heritage Resources student projects, PIYC public programs and NPN documentary products using the original correspondence, brochures, and event files.
- Recover original thumbnails/stills, production dates, participants, credits, rights, and links back to the original project pages.
- Design the Natchitoches portal’s video gallery only around media that is verified, credited, and suitable to display.
Related: Beneath the Bricks on Voices · Hometown Heritage on Voices.