A key goal of the Mythic Mississippi Project is to conduct interviews with scholars, heritage practitioners and public figures on particular themes of the project. The interviews conducted to date are interspersed on the relevant web pages. We also provide a list below of interviewees (alphabetized) and their topics for ease of reference. We think that all of these interviews have significant educational value and will enrich visits to all of the places covered by our project.
Belknap, Lori: Cahokia Mounds site administration
https://mediaspace.illinois.edu/media/t/1_eixyq7ns
Blandford, Justin: State Historic Sites in Springfield
https://mediaspace.illinois.edu/media/t/1_ptvxus6x
Fennell, Christopher: New Philadelphia and the Lives of Frank & Lucy McWorter
https://mediaspace.illinois.edu/media/t/1_t6e12414
Grman, Nelson: A Historical Reflection on Union Coal Mining
https://uofi.box.com/s/4ekj1a1x78dwmugrda5m24yipb3ei8fa
Hawkins, Dale: Portraying General Alexander Bradley – History and Intuition
https://uofi.app.box.com/s/uim2ueglmm5arjdzanvfx192erfv1whb
Iseminger, William: Archaeology of the Cahokia Mounds Site
https://mediaspace.illinois.edu/media/t/1_n705ckry
Kapp, Paul: Historic Preservation
https://mediaspace.illinois.edu/media/t/1_jw9n9j4e
Krupa, Krystiana: NAGPRA and Native American issues in Illinois
https://mediaspace.illinois.edu/media/t/1_1t3k8ibk
Michelson, Bruce: Mark Twain’s Mississippi River
https://mediaspace.illinois.edu/media/t/1_v60jhw4m
McDonald, Lacy: Alton’s Role in U.S. Racial History and Freedom of the Press
https://mediaspace.illinois.edu/media/t/1_gweuiofm
Moore, Luke: Piloting A Barge on the Mississippi River
https://uofi.box.com/s/x5jkzzv9jvrpiw72fl1nb8xkszltabte
Pahre, Robert: Perspectives on the National Park Service
https://mediaspace.illinois.edu/media/t/1_sipqc7nf
Robinson, J. Eric: Underground Railroad in Alton and area
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ms_PrcvC6KU
(This interview is used courtesy of Lewis and Clark Community College and its Black Student Union, under coordinator Jared Hennings)
Robinson-McNeese, Wesley: 1908 Springfield Race Riot Site https://vimeo.com/360603422
Silverman, Helaine and Blandford, Justin: Springfield Horseshoe Sandwich
https://mediaspace.illinois.edu/media/t/1_pk9cku2n
Silverman, Helaine and Hunter, Devin: The Mythic Mississippi Project
https://mediaspace.illinois.edu/media/t/1_di46ct1l
Topash-Caldwell, Blaire: Native American Perspective on Lewis & Clark
https://mediaspace.illinois.edu/media/t/1_3ql7bsvn
Townsend, Tim: Lincoln Home National Historic Site
https://mediaspace.illinois.edu/media/t/1_xuxmhb10
Wagner, Mark: Fort Kaskaskia (the French fort, the American fort)
https://mediaspace.illinois.edu/media/t/1_y4apfr4z
Winn, Brad: French Cahokia, French Illinois, and Lewis & Clark
https://mediaspace.illinois.edu/media/t/1_egfk3izd
In addition, project co-director, Dr. Helaine Silverman, was interviewed by the U of I’s News Bureau for their “Illinois Experts” outreach. In the interview below (October 18, 2023) she discusses cultural heritage districts, a topic of direct relevance to the Mythic Mississippi Project: https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/1581542402?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ytshmrts&utm_source=dailyroundup