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  • A Passion for Preservation: The National Trust for Historic Preservation Visits Franklin

    This article is featured in the July 2024 issue of nFOCUS in both the print version and online. JANET KURTZ | PHOTOGRAPHS BY COURTNEY DAVIDSON PHOTOGRAPHY Entertaining a group of dedicated preservationists […]

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  • Well Preserved

    Old Town is featured in the May 2024 issue of nFOCUS, Nashville’s premier social and lifestyle magazine. The article below is written by Janet Kurtz and photographs taken by Eric England. See […]

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  • Cicadas in Prehistory and Indigenous Folklore

    By Kevin E. Smith, published in the May/June 2024 issue of The Tennessee Conservationist

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  • Tracy R. Frist Establishes Fund To Support Ferrum College and Blue Ridge Institute’s Preservation of Appalachian Literature and Folktales

    November 2022 This November, former Ferrum College student and longtime supporter of the College, Tracy R. Frist, made a generous gift to Ferrum College to support the College’s Appalachian Literature project (AppLit) […]

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