Bartow History Museum: Connecting Family Memory and Funeral Foods

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Aunt Sara’s Lemon Chiffon Cake: Connecting Family Memory and Funeral Foods

Wednesday, July 18th, 2018 at Noon
Bartow History Museum, 4 E. Church Street, Cartersville

Just because they die, loved ones don’t stop being important family members here in the South. On July 18th at noon, Joshua Graham, the Manager of Programs at the Bartow History Museum, will discuss how foods can be used to memorialize loved ones, and how the recipes help continue those connections. This lecture will be based off of his chapter in the book, Dying to Eat: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Food, Death, and the Afterlife, a publication compiled by multiple writers. The lecture is free to museum members and included with the price of admission for non-members.  For more information on this and other museum programs, call 770-387-2774 or visit our website at www.BartowHistoryMuseum.org. 

About the Speaker
Joshua Graham was born in Cave Spring, GA and attended Darlington School. He earned his undergraduate degree in General Studies (religion, psychology, and English Literature focuses) with an art minor from Shorter College.  Joshua has two Masters Degrees: MSc in Social Anthropology from the University of Edinburgh and MA in Celtic Studies from The University of Wales Trinity Saint David.  Joshua also has a PhD in Social & Policy Sciences from the University of Bath where his research focused on the continuing bonds within Southern funeral food traditions that help maintain connections between the living and the dead. Joshua joined the staff at the Bartow History Museum in November 2017.  

About Bartow History Museum
The Bartow History Museum, located at 4 East Church Street in downtown Cartersville, Georgia, documents the history of northwest Georgia’s Bartow County, spanning more than 200 years since the Cherokee were the area’s primary residents. Artifacts, photographs, documents, and a variety of interactive permanent exhibits tell the story of settlement, Cherokee life and removal, Civil War strife, and lifestyles of years past.  The Bartow History Museum also provides a variety of educational opportunities for adults, children, families, and school groups. Our extensive archives and research library contains photographs, documents, newspapers, rare books, genealogy records, oral history interviews, and more.   For additional information, visit www.bartowhistorymuseum.org.