Visits by Video: History All Around Us

[03-18-2021} Hiding in Plain Sight: Regine Nozice Archer’s WWII Story of Survival. Watch the video. 

[08-13-2020] Appreciating the Art of Walter Biggs: a Conversation with artist Eric Fitzpatrick. Watch the video.

[03-13-2021] Roanoke Island: What’s Lost? What’s Found? with National Park Ranger Josh Nelson. Watch the video.

[05-13-2021] Walking the Red Line: Residential Discrimination in Twentieth-Century Roanoke, with scholar Hunter Haskins. Watch the video.

[06-10-2021] Botetourt County, a History, with Lynsey Allie, Museum Manager, History Museum of Western Virginia and O. Winston Link Museum, and executive director, Botetourt County Historical Society. Watch the video.

[09-09-2021]  Batts and Fallam Meet the Totera. 350 years ago, the first Europeans to explore Southwest Virginia reached the Roanoke Valley. Thomas Klatka, archaeologist with the Virginia Department of Historic Resources, described the Virginia they discovered and the Virginia Indians they encountered.  Watch the video.

{10-14-2021]  200 Years of the Preston Place. The Preston Place is believed to be the oldest existing home in Salem, Virginia, with two centuries of stories to tell. Alex Burke, the Museum’s assistant director, relates the history of the home and the families who have lived there, as well as the Salem Historical Society’s restoration efforts. Watch the video.

[01-13-2022] The Story of McAfee Knob and Virginia’s Triple Crown with Diana Christopulos, the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club Archivist.  Watch the video.

[02-10-2022] “Inexhaustible Amusement” The Phonograph and Our Modern Entertainment with Garrett Channell, Salem Museum Director of Education and Archives. Celebrating Thomas Edison’s 175th birthday! Watch the video. 

[03-10-2022] Beginnings, Firsts, and the Emergence of Virginia Tech with Peter Wallenstein, VT professor of history. Watch the video.

[04-07-2022] Understanding Putin and Ukraine with Dr. Robert Willingham, Roanoke College professor and chair of the History Department. Watch the video.

[05-12-2022] Roanoke’s Railroad and WWII. Col. Lewis “Bud” Jeffries describes what Roanoke’s railroad—the Norfolk & Western Railway—accomplished during this very important period of American history.  Watch the video

[06-09-2022] The Long Rifle in Virginia with 18th century firearms expert, Wallace Gusler. Watch the video.

[07-14-2022] Jim Crow and Southern Libraries: The Story of the Gainsboro Branch Library. Branch Librarian Megan Mizak relates the rich history of Roanoke’s African American library and the efforts of its beloved librarian, Virginia Y. Lee, to acquire and safeguard an outstanding collection rare books, historical documents, photographs and reference materials that focus on African American history. Watch the video.

[01-19-2023] Taking the Waters: The Restoration of the Warm Springs Pools. Julie Langan, the Director of the Department of Historic Resources, describes the efforts to save these iconic bathhouses. and transition them from a preservation emergency to a preservation success. Watch the video.

[02-09-2023] The Heroic Story of William Dabney, D-Day Veteran. He was part of the 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion, the only all-black unit in the D-Day landings.. Watch the video.

[03-09-2023] The Roanoke Valley in the 1940s, with the Rev. Nelson Harris. Watch the recording. The first half is audio only. The second half includes the video.

[05-11-2023] The History of Slavery at Roanoke College, courtesy of the Center for Studying the Structures of Race and Dr. Jesse Bucher. Watch the research team’s documentary.