Donald West
MARLBORO COUNTY — The Marlboro County Museum will host a workshop entitled “The Right Stuff: Preserving Black History and Culture Through Historical Records and Documents” on Saturday, March 22, from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Murchison School Auditorium.
This presentation, by noted professor and historian Donald West of Charleston, addresses the need and efforts to preserve historical records, photos, and documents on the black experience, as well as the practice of proper storage and care of these archival materials.
Professor West was an instructor and coordinator in the Department of History, Humanities and Languages at Trident Technical College. He taught US history, African history and African American history. He is a travel enthusiast and has used that particular interest to visit places he has learned about.
In 1998, West was awarded a Fulbright-Hays Scholarship to travel and study in the Republic of Cameroon. He has also traveled to Ghana, Senegal, and The Gambia, where he has visited important historic sites connected to the Atlantic Slave Trade. In 2008, he traveled as project director of a Fulbright-Hays with 12 other educators to Guinea and Sierra Leone.
West is also an active member in archival management and museum education, the work he did for 14 years prior to joining Trident Tech. He has published and presented in the fields of history, archives, and museums. West is a graduate of the University of Maryland, Eastern Shore and the University of Cincinnati.
This presentation is free and open to the public, and it is made possible by a grant from South Carolina Humanities. The mission of South Carolina Humanities is to enrich the cultural and intellectual lives of all South Carolinians. This not-for-profit organization presents and/or supports literary initiatives, lectures, exhibits, festivals, publications, oral history projects, videos and other humanities-based experiences that reach more than 250,000 citizens annually. South Carolina Humanities receives funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities as well as corporate, foundation and individual donors. It is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors comprised of community leaders from throughout the state.
For more information, please contact Lynn McQueen at the Marlboro County Museum, at 843-479-5624 or lmcqueen@marlborocounty.sc.gov.