Bridging the Antietam: Memory, History, and Folklore of Communities Along the Antietam Creek

FAIN: AE-264078-19

Hagerstown Junior College (Hagerstown, MD 21742-6514)
Alicia Drumgoole (Project Director: July 2018 to June 2023)

A three-year faculty and curriculum development project on the history, culture, and folklore of the Antietam Creek region.

Bridging the Antietam, a project designed to boost student performance in composition classes and produce curricula to support writing across the disciplines, will focus on memory and its constructions as expressed through the folklore, narratives, and interpretation of history of the Antietam Creek region (western Maryland, south central Pennsylvania, and eastern West Virginia) Hagerstown Community College (HCC) serves. Specific grant deliverables include faculty professional development, a summer bridge program, revised humanities curriculum, a summer institute, and a digital archive featuring local "finds," to include oral history narratives.

Associated Products

Bridging the Antietam Digital Archive/Website (Web Resource)
Title: Bridging the Antietam Digital Archive/Website
Author: Dr. Lore Kuehnert, Webmaster
Author: Alicia Drumgoole
Author: Kathryn Benchoff
Author: James Niessner
Abstract: "Bridging the Antietam” is a project funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and designed to boost student performance in composition classes and produce curricula to support writing across the disciplines by focusing on memory and its constructions as expressed through the folklore, narratives, and interpretation of history of the Antietam Creek region (western Maryland, south central Pennsylvania, and eastern West Virginia) that Hagerstown Community College (HCC) serves. The project also focuses on how memory changes history and our lives located within that history. The project not only helps students improve thinking, reading, and writing skills, but it also engages faculty and the community in productive discussions related to local folklore and history. In Phase One of this project, students attending a Summer Bridge program at HCC will be the first to contribute their work to this site, primarily in the form of oral history interviews. As a local history project, the site will begin with basic information on a few select locations in the region, students will be encouraged to contribute work that further develops the site throughout the 2021-2022 academic year.
Year: 2021
Primary URL: https://bridgingantietam.omeka.net
Primary URL Description: The Bridging the Antietam website is a repository of historical resources, student oral history and other multimodal projects, and educational resources designed as a digital archive for grant work.

Jonathan Street: Out of the Past (Web Resource)
Title: Jonathan Street: Out of the Past
Author: Hagerstown Community College
Author: Lore Kuehnert
Author: Alicia Drumgoole
Author: Kathryn Benchoff
Author: James Niessner
Author: Sara Jacobs, HCC Director and Editor
Abstract: Jonathan Street: Out of the Past is a 10 minute YouTube video created as a result of an oral history interview project for Bridging the Antietam project. In this video, HCC faculty conducted interviews with local businessmen Reggie Turner and Tereance Moore of the Western Maryland Community Development Corporation about their efforts to save and restore a historic cabin located at 335 Jonathan Street, Hagerstown Maryland. The cabin is located in a historically redlined community in Hagerstown, Maryland. This video is used by the Bridging the Antietam project as a curriculum tool and an example of place-based oral history video.
Year: 2021
Primary URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZ4fx8TdHgo
Primary URL Description: Jonathan Street: Out of the Past is a 10 minute documentary produced by Hagerstown Community College. In this oral history project, HCC faculty fellows interview Mr. Reggie Turner and Mr. Tereance Moore of the Western Maryland Community Development Corporation on their efforts to save and restore a 200 year old cabin in Hagerstown, MD.

Bridging the Antietam: Stories from Our Community - Spooky Stories from the South Mountain (Web Resource)
Title: Bridging the Antietam: Stories from Our Community - Spooky Stories from the South Mountain
Author: Hagerstown Community College
Abstract: This video, Bridging the Antietam: Stories from Our Community - Spooky Stories from the South Mountain features local author Patrick Boyton speaking about his book, Snallygaster: The Lost Legend of Frederick County. This talk was presented to Hagerstown Community College students, faculty, and staff on October 28, 2021 and recorded as a live stream event by Hagerstown Community College. In this video, Patrick talks about a local monster known Snallygaster, a fictitious creature said to roam South Mountain region of Maryland that HCC serves.
Year: 2021
Primary URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rjoyAg0kPs&t=178s
Primary URL Description: This video features a talk by Patrick Boyton, author of Snallygaster: The Lost Legend of Frederick County presented to Hagerstown Community College in October 2021.

Living in Stories with Adam Booth (Web Resource)
Title: Living in Stories with Adam Booth
Author: Alicia Drumgoole
Author: Kathryn Benchoff
Author: Lore Kuehnert
Author: James Niessner
Abstract: The video "Living in Stories" is an Interview with Adam Booth recorded on the campus of Hagerstown Community College, July 13, 2022. Filmed by Antietam Cable. and is featured on the Bridging the Antietam website. Adam Booth is a nationally renowned storyteller and the keynote speaker at the Bridging the Antietam Institute held on November 4-5, 2022.
Year: 2022
Primary URL: https://bridgingantietam.omeka.net/items/show/106
Primary URL Description: This presentation, entitled "Living in Stories" features an interview with award-winning storyteller Adam Booth and James Niessner, who talks about the value of storytelling.
Secondary URL: https://youtu.be/v5X3VzB-D0E
Secondary URL Description: This presentation, entitled "Living in Stories" features an interview with award-winning storyteller Adam Booth, who talks about the value of storytelling.

Immersed in Antietam (Web Resource)
Title: Immersed in Antietam
Author: Alicia Drumgoole
Author: Kathryn Benchoff
Author: Lore Kuehnert
Author: James Niessner
Abstract: The video "Immersed in Antietam features an interview with Dr. Thomas Clemens" by Dr. Lore Kuehnert, Hagerstown Community College and filmed by Antietam Cable. In this video, Dr. Clemens discusses the history of the Antietam Battlefield and the work of the Save Historical Antietam Foundation (SHAF). This video is featured on the Bridging the Antietam website.
Year: 2022
Primary URL: https://bridgingantietam.omeka.net/items/show/107
Primary URL Description: The video "Immersed in Antietam" features an interview with Dr. Thomas Clemens, who discusses the history of the Antietam Battlefield and the work of the Save Historical Antietam Foundation (SHAF).
Secondary URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlqBGq4RBfU&t=21s
Secondary URL Description: The video "Immersed in Antietam" features an interview with Dr. Thomas Clemens, who discusses the history of the Antietam Battlefield and the work of the Save Historical Antietam Foundation (SHAF). This video is located on youtube.

Libraries, Literacies, and Community (Web Resource)
Title: Libraries, Literacies, and Community
Author: Alicia Drumgoole
Author: Kathryn Benchoff
Author: Lore Kuehnert
Author: James Niessner
Abstract: The video "Libraries, Literacies and Community" features an interview with Karen Sourbier, Adult Program Director, Alexander Hamilton Free Library, Waynesboro, PA. The interview was filmed by the Bridging the Antietam grant team to be used as a curriculum resource on place-based learning. The video is housed on the Bridging the Antietam website at www.bridgingantietam.omeka.net
Year: 2022
Primary URL: https://bridgingantietam.omeka.net/items/show/108
Primary URL Description: This video features an interview between Karen Sourbier, Adult Program Director, Alexander Hamilton Free Library, Waynesboro, PA and Kathryn Benchoff of Hagerstown Community College's Bridging the Antietam grant team. In this interview, Ms. Sourbier discusses the value of community libraries and resources.
Secondary URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVZinB2xZxA&t=365s
Secondary URL Description: This video features an interview between Karen Sourbier, Adult Program Director, Alexander Hamilton Free Library, Waynesboro, PA and Kathryn Benchoff of Hagerstown Community College's Bridging the Antietam grant team. In this interview, Ms. Sourbier discusses the value of community libraries and resources.

Place-Based Storytelling (Web Resource)
Title: Place-Based Storytelling
Author: Alicia Drumgoole
Author: Kathryn Benchoff
Author: Lore Kuehnert
Author: James Niessner
Abstract: Place-Based Storytelling is an interview with Amanda Miller, Hagerstown Community College Professor and local author, and James Niessner from the Bridging the Antietam grant team. In this video, Amanda talks about her book, The Fishing Lesson, about the statue of the bears at Hagerstown City Park. In this video, Professor Miller discusses how her connections with the Hagerstown, Maryland community informed her work and writing. The video is intended to be used as a curriculum resource. This video is located on the Bridging the Antietam website at www.bridgingantietam.omeka.net.
Year: 2022
Primary URL: https://bridgingantietam.omeka.net/items/show/109
Primary URL Description: Place-Based Storytelling is a video interview with Hagerstown Community College professor and local author Amanda Miller and James Niessner of the Bridging the Antietam grant team. In the video, Amanda discusses the value of story and how her connections to the local community helped inform her writing.
Secondary URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVoVGHowYSQ&t=34s
Secondary URL Description: Place-Based Storytelling is a video interview with Hagerstown Community College professor and local author Amanda Miller and James Niessner of the Bridging the Antietam grant team. In the video, Amanda discusses the value of story and how her connections to the local community helped inform her writing.

Once (Again) Upon a Time (Web Resource)
Title: Once (Again) Upon a Time
Author: Adam Booth (Primary Performer)
Abstract: Once Again Upon a Time is a storytelling performance by Adam Booth, nationally renowned storyteller. This performance speaks to the value of storytelling, and features stories and folklore from Appalachia. This presentation was the keynote presentation from the Bridging the Antietam Institute held in November 2022. This video was produced by Antietam Cable, Hagerstown, Maryland. This video is housed on the Bridging the Antietam website and is intended to be used as instructional material.
Year: 2022
Primary URL: https://bridgingantietam.omeka.net/exhibits/show/institute_schedule/sessions
Primary URL Description: Once Again Upon a Time is a storytelling performance by Adam Booth, nationally renowned storyteller, at the November 2022 Bridging the Antietam Institute. This performance speaks to the value of storytelling, and features stories and folklore from Appalachia. This video is intended to be used as a curriculum resource.
Secondary URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXiawuXxmu0&t=114s
Secondary URL Description: Once Again Upon a Time is a storytelling performance by Adam Booth, nationally renowned storyteller, at the November 2022 Bridging the Antietam Institute. This performance speaks to the value of storytelling, and features stories and folklore from Appalachia. This video is intended to be used as a curriculum resource.

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