"Whatever You Do, Stay in Print": The Life of Ernie Deane

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(58:04 minutes, 66.5MB, MP3)

Journalist, educator, and historian Ernie Deane is remembered by his daughter, Frances "Fran" Deane Alexander. Deane was a press officer for General George Patton during World War II and at the Nuremberg Trials after the war, a newspaper columnist, a professor of journalism, a director of the War Eagle Fair, a champion of historic preservation, and a community activist.

Bee Gums and Flax Skeins: Farming in the Pioneer Ozarks

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Dr. Brooks Blevins, a professor of Ozark studies at Missouri State University, discusses farming methods used by Ozark pioneers in the late 1800s.

Art, Artistry, and Eccentricity: Stories of Ozark Tombstone Carvers

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Independent researcher and journalist Abby Burnett discusses "Art, Artistry, and Eccentricity: Stories of Ozark Tombstone Carvers." Burnett has written numerous articles for local historical journals and for the online Arkansas Encyclopedia of History and Culture, most of them having to do with tombstones and stone carvers. She was featured in AETN's cemetery documentary, "Silent Storytellers" which aired in 2010 and 2011 on public television. She is currently finishing work on a book on burial customs of the Arkansas Ozarks, which includes sections on cemeteries, tombstones, quarries and carvers.