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”: CLICK

Blandford, Justin. “State Historic Sites in Springfield”: CLICK

Fennell, Christopher. “New Philadelphia and the Lives of Frank & Lucy McWorter”: CLICK

Grman, Nelson. “A Historical Reflection on Union Coal Mining”: CLICK

Hawkins, Dale. “Portraying General Alexander Bradley – History and Intuition”: CLICK

Iseminger, William. “Archaeology of the Cahokia Mounds Site”: CLICK

Kapp, Paul. “Historic Preservation”: CLICK

Krupa, Krystiana. “NAGPRA and Native American issues in Illinois”: CLICK

Michelson, Bruce. “Mark Twain’s Mississippi River”: CLICK 

McDonald, Lacy. “Alton’s Role in U.S. Racial History and Freedom of the Press”: CLICK

Moore, Luke. “Piloting A Barge on the Mississippi River”: CLICK

Pahre, Robert. “Perspectives on the National Park Service”: CLICK

Robinson, J. Eric. “Underground Railroad in Alton and area”: CLICK
(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”: CLICK   

Slverman, Helaine. “Illinois Experts written interview about cultural heritage districts”: CLICK 

Silverman, Helaine and Blandford, Justin. “Springfield Horseshoe Sandwich”: CLICK

Silverman, Helaine and Hunter, Devin. “The Mythic Mississippi Project”: CLICK

Topash-Caldwell, Blaire. “Native American Perspective on Lewis & Clark”: CLICK

Townsend, Tim. “Lincoln Home National Historic Site”: CLICK

Wagner, Mark. “Fort Kaskaskia (the French fort, the American fort)”: CLICK

Winn, Brad. “French Cahokia, French Illinois, and Lewis & Clark”: CLICK