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VII. Annotated Bibliography
Most of the following books and articles are available
in the Old Salem Library or compiled in the reference note-
book prepared for the 1981 summer interpreters in the Miksch
yard and garden.
Entries are grouped under the following subject headings
for easy reference: those marked with an (*) can be located
in other library collections.
A. Interpretation
1. General Interpretation
a. Alderson, W. T. and Shirley P. Low. Interpretation of
Historic Sites. American Association for State
and Local History, Nashville, Tennessee, 1976.
The first book of its kind to discuss interpretation
at historic sites, such as Old Salem. There is noth-
ing specific to garden and landscape interpretation,
but the book gives sound advice on how to develop
and staff a general program of interpretation at
any site.
Required reading! -
b. Bynum, Flora Ann. Old Salem Garden Guide. Old
Salem, Inc., Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1979.
A model guide for interpretation of re-created gar-
dens and landscapes. The publication skillfully
interweaves historical information on plants and
gardens in Salem with that of its architecture, art,
and community to give the reader a unified picture
of life in the 19th century.
* c. Schlereth, Thomas. Artifacts and the American Past.
American Association for State and Local History,
Nashville, Tennessee, 1980.
The author explains how to use the landscape (gardens,
plants, buildings) as artifacts to understand the
past history of a place. Twentieth century land-
scapes, though constantly changing, provide many
clues to what life was like in earlier times, but
only if we sharpen our senses. The author tells
us how!
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