Thompson on Historic Preservation

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Submitted by Grace Cordial on Fri, 09/03/2010 - 6:31am

In case you haven't seen it yet:

Beaufort Lifestyle magazine interviewed Evan Thompson on his perceptions regarding the state of historic preservation in Beaufort over the last decade for its August/September 2010 issue. Thompson was executive director of Historic Beaufort Foundation from 2005 until his resignation in May 2010. He shares his discomfort with where the historic preservation movement in Beaufort County may be heading.

Thompson is now Executive Director of the Preservation Society of Charleston.

Historic Beaufort Foundation is a member of the Historical Resources Consortium of Beaufort County, a loose affiliation of sister cultural heritage agencies (archives, museums, libraries, historical societies, cultural groups, historical preservation societies) which share their research resources with the public under reasonable terms of access.

Pick up a free copy of the Beaufort Lifestyle in newstands across the islands (or from our Beaufort Branch Library lobby - while supplies last) or view it online at http://www.beaufortlifestyle.com/Beaufort_Lifestyle/INDEX.html. Click on the bubble. The interview with Thompson is on pages 24 - 26.

Once the BDC Research Room re-opens come visit us to review the contents of the file on the Rhett Office building. Relocating an historic collection is hard work but it continues apace.

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About the Author

Grace Cordial has been responsible for the day-to-day operation of the Beaufort District Collection at the Beaufort County Library since 1999.  The Beaufort District Collection exists to acquire, preserve, maintain and make accessible a research collection of permanent value which records the history, culture, and environment of our part of the South Carolina lowcountry.  Besides the research room, Cordial oversees the “Virtual BDC:” the BDC web pages, the Online Obituary Index, the Phosphate, Farms, and Family digital collection, and the Connections blog.  
 
Among her duties is to coordinate or present programs about local history and our coastal environment, including the occasional instructional session about how to perform historical and/or genealogical research.