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African American Gravestones in the Union Campground Cemetery: Researched and Conserved by Robyn Slusher

August, 2020 by Sarah Teel

In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, cemeteries in the Midwest United States were seldom integrated. It is quite significant, therefore, that African Americans are buried in the Union Campground Cemetery, with both African American and Caucasian graves located throughout the cemetery. Because many African Americans of the Ozarks region had limited finances and … [Read more...] about African American Gravestones in the Union Campground Cemetery: Researched and Conserved by Robyn Slusher

Filed Under: 2017 Fall, ART/MST 488: Basic Conservation of Art and Artifacts Tagged With: african-american culture, african-american midwest ozarks culture, footstone, headstone, midwest culture, ozarks culture

Gravestone Epitaphs at the Union Campground Cemetery: Researched and Conserved by Katelyn Hageman

August, 2020 by Sarah Teel

Gravestones are monuments that are usually inscribed with general information about the deceased, including the name, birth date, death date, and sometimes names of close relatives such as parents or spouses. An epitaph, however, is an inscription that goes beyond these basics to memorialize the deceased or to communicate the feelings of the deceased or their survivors. Books … [Read more...] about Gravestone Epitaphs at the Union Campground Cemetery: Researched and Conserved by Katelyn Hageman

Filed Under: 2017 Fall, ART/MST 488: Basic Conservation of Art and Artifacts Tagged With: african-american culture, african-american midwest ozarks culture, american midwest, american midwest ozarks culture, conservation, gravestone, ozarks culture

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