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Study team at archeological site on
Brodess Farm, Dorchester County,
Maryland; work done by Washington
College Field School (National
Park Service). |
March 2006: Progress Report (245 kb .pdf)
December 2005
After a long period of inactivity on this special resource study, the team resumed
work on the Tubman statement of historical significance and concepts for different
types of management. In addition, several important internal reviews were
accomplished within the National Park Service. In March, the team expects to
present for public review three ideas for management in outline form. By summer
2006, a draft study will be issued and the public will be asked formally to make
comments on it. February 2004
With three new biographies
of Harriet Tubman fresh from publishers, the team is reviewing them
for new insight into Tubman’s place in history and her long
and varied career. The National Park Service cosponsored a discussion
of these biographies as well as new artistic approaches to interpreting
Tubman on March 21, 2004 in New York City. See Calendar.
The Tubman study held six public meetings in
Spring 2003 and received valuable feedback from those who attended
and people who sent in written comments.
November 2002
Before the study team was formed, the NPS in 2001
did a preliminary historical evaluation of Tubman and the sites
associated with her. Building on that work, the team began its work
in spring 2002 with site visits to the primary locations named in
the Harriet Tubman Study law - Dorchester County, Maryland, and
Auburn, New York.
The team, consisting of planners, historians,
landscape architects, an architect, and an ethnographer, is far
flung geographically: located in Boston, Philadelphia, Washington,
DC, Atlanta, and Omaha. The project is based at the Northeast Region's Boston Support Office.
Assisting the team are NPS advisers in relevant
fields who can be called on for their specialized expertise. Beyond
the Park Service, several private consultants are engaged to help
with graphic design of publications and evaluation of cultural landscapes
associated with Tubman.
In addition, independent studies are taking place
to learn more about the structures and archeology at the Home of
Harriet Tubman in Auburn and the archeology at the site of her childhood
home, which may also be her birthplace in Dorchester County, Maryland.
In fall 2002, the team began evaluating the significance
of Harriet Tubman's sites. To achieve an accurate and full picture
of Tubman's life and work, we draw on the expertise of both
academic scholars and knowledgeable, skilled amateur historians.
An ongoing activity is the search for relevant
places where Tubman worked. We need to ascertain what resources
remain at these sites and to identify verifiable ties to Tubman.
We welcome the information from experts in the field who have been
preserving these resources and researching her life. |
