Looking 'Beyond The Big House' And Into The Lives Of Slaves
A new house tour bypasses Charleston's antebellum mansions and takes visitors directly to the quarters where enslaved people lived and worked.
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Videotapes Are Becoming Unwatchable As Archivists Work To Save Them
With VHS tapes degrading, most Americans' home videos from the '80s and '90s won't be viewable in a decade. But there's a grassroots movement to preserve them for posterity.
An Attempt To Save South Carolina's Historical Documents Is Destroying Them
Historical documents across the country are facing an issue other than age: An effort to preserve them decades ago is hastening the documents' demise.
After Decades, A Shanghai Preservationist Heads Home To America
Retired American diplomat Tess Johnston, 84, made a second career working to preserve the rich colonial architecture of Shanghai.
China's Great Wall Is Crumbling In Many Places; Can It Be Saved?
A third of the 12,000-mile-long Great Wall of China lies in ruins. Its modern-day defenders confront what may be the world's greatest challenge in cultural preservation.
McCrory Pushes Tax Credits At Opening For Company That Hasn't Used Them
Gov. Pat McCrory was in High Point Thursday for the grand opening of a furniture company in what was once a cotton mill. McCrory used the opening as a platform to push for preservation of the state's historic tax credits, which will end Jan. 1. But the company he chose for that push hasn't actually used those credits.
Preserving Black History, Americans Care For National Treasures At Home
The relics of African-American families help tell the story of America, the Smithsonian says. Museum experts are traveling the country to help identify and care for items of cultural significance.
How Long Do CDs Last? It Depends, But Definitely Not Forever
Preservationists are worried about troves of records stored on what was once considered a durable medium: the compact disc. Many discs can last for centuries — but most won't.
Elon Completes Restoration of Two-Room Schoolhouse
A Pre-Confederate schoolhouse is about to open to a new generation of educators.
Old Salem Receives $1.25 Million Toward Capital Campaign
The town of Salem was founded in 1766 by the Moravians, a Protestant group of people that began in what is now known as the Czech Republic.