{"id":78329,"date":"2015-10-03T14:24:11","date_gmt":"2015-10-03T18:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/donnadrewsawyer.com\/?page_id=78329"},"modified":"2016-01-11T22:38:16","modified_gmt":"2016-01-12T03:38:16","slug":"historic-places-in-provenance-a-novel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/donnadrewsawyer.com\/?page_id=78329","title":{"rendered":"Historic Places in Provenance: A Novel"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Sundown<\/a>Sundown Towns:<\/span><\/strong> The city of Llewellyn and the\u00a0community of Park Place are fictional, though there were many very real\u00a0“sundown towns” throughout the United States.\"\"\u00a0Sundown Towns were a form of racial apartheid throughout America. Communities from Connecticut to California placed signs at their borders warning African-American and other ethnicities\u2014including the Chinese, the Japanese, Jews and Mexicans\u2014that they had better leave town by sundown. If they were caught inside city limits they were subject to harassment or worse by the police or vigilantes. Until the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, sundown towns were legal in the United States. The best resource on this racist practice is the book, Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism <\/strong>by James W. Loewen.<\/p>\n

\"Jackson_Ward,_Richmond,_Virginia<\/a>Jackson Ward<\/span><\/strong> is a community on the edge of downtown of Richmond Virginia. Known as the \u201cHarlem of the South,\u201d it was the center of black commerce, entertainment, religious life and community in the early 20th century. Like many black communities, Jackson Ward was split in two in the 1950’s during the construction of the Eisenhower Interstate Highway system. It was designated a National Historic Landmark district in 1978. More information on Jackson Ward is available on Wikipedia<\/u><\/a> and from the Black History Museum<\/strong><\/a> and the National Park Service<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"800px-Evergreen_cemetery_rva\"<\/a>Evergreen Cemetery<\/strong><\/span> in the East End of Richmond, Virginia is a historic African-American cemetery dating back to 1891 when cemeteries in the south were strictly segregated. Several African-Americans that contributed to the growth and development of Richmond are buried there including Maggie L. Walker. Here I Lay My Burdens Down: A History of the Black Cemeteries of Richmond, Virginia <\/strong>is a great resource for more information about Evergreen Cemetery.<\/p>\n

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Villa i Tatti (1925) by Frances Benjamin Johnston<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Villa I Tatti<\/strong><\/span> was the home of Bernard Berenson\u00a0(1865\u20131959), the connoisseur whose attributions of early Italian Renaissance\u00a0painting guided scholarship and collecting in this field for the first half of the twentieth century. Berenson was closely associated,\u00a0personally and professionally, with Belle da Costa Greene.\u00a0Villa I Tatti\u00a0is now the Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Study and houses the Berenson collection of Italian primitives, and of Chinese and Islamic art, as well as a research library of 140,000 volumes and a collection of 250,000 photographs.\u00a0\u00a0Two resources for information on Villa I Tatti are http:\/\/itatti.harvard.edu<\/strong> <\/a>and https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Villa_I_Tatti <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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SS Ile de France<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

SS \u00cele de France<\/strong><\/span>, a French ocean liner launched in 1926, was the first major ocean liner built after the conclusion of World War I and the first to be decorated entirely with Art Deco designs. Known\u00a0for its three distinctive red smoke stacks, the \u00cele de France was the last ship to leave France before the outbreak of World War II, just hours before France and the United Kingdom declared war on Germany. During the war the ship was used to carry war materials and for a while was a floating prisoner of war camp. After the war, the \u00cele de France was once again returned to its former glory as a luxury passenger ocean liner. However, with the decline of ocean travel, the once magnificent ship was sold for scrap and used as a floating prop for the 1960 disaster movie, The Last Voyage, where it partially sunk during filming.<\/p>\n

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Morgan Library 1910<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Morgan Library<\/strong><\/span> was built as the private library of financier J. Pierpont Morgan (1837 \u2013 1913). It was built between 1902 and 1906 adjacent to Morgan\u2019s residence at Madison Avenue and 36th Street where it still stands today.\u00a0J.P. Morgan hired Belle da Costa Greene in 1905 to organize his rare books and manuscripts. In 1924 she was named Director of the Library and remained in that position until 1948.\u00a0More information\u00a0on the library can be found on the website for The Morgan Library & Museum<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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by Louis Pellissier<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\"\"Paris, France:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0I used several resources to learn about Paris in the 1930s including Paris Between the Wars 1919 –<\/a> 1939 by Vincent Bouvet and Gerard Durozoi<\/strong>. Additional resources are Paris Noir: African-Americans in the City of Light by Tyler Stovall<\/strong>\u00a0and Harlem in Montmartre: A Paris Jazz Story\u00a0by William A. Shack<\/strong> .<\/p>\n

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Round Hill Villa #12<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Round Hill Hotel and Villas <\/strong><\/span>was conceived as a private haven for celebrities opening in 1953. Many, including John F. Kennedy, Paul Newman, Bob Hope and Ian Fleming, enjoyed its luxurious setting and impeccable service. Oscar Hammerstein, the original owner of Villa 12 (pictured) wrote the Sound of Music there after meeting Maria von Trappe at the resort. Seems the muse is still there, I \u00a0also\u00a0wrote some of Provenance<\/em> in Villa 12. The popular movie, How Stella Got Her Groove Back<\/em>, with Angela Basset,\u00a0Whoopi Goldberg and Taye Diggs\u00a0was filmed at Round Hill. More information on the history of Round Hill can be found\u00a0 here http:\/\/www.roundhill.com\/history-en.html<\/strong> <\/a><\/p>\n

The book titles below contain affiliate links, which means I receive\u00a0nominal\u00a0compensation\u00a0if you make a purchase using these links. Readers are welcome to use other resources to\u00a0access any suggested material.\u00a0\u00a0The links on this page are provided strictly for the readers’ convenience.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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