Historic Cemeteries of Wayne County, Ohio: Sources of Local Identity
Author(s): P. Nick Kardulias
Year: 2016
Summary
The Program in Archaeology at the College of Wooster has collaborated for over a decade with the Wayne County Cemetery Preservation Society (WCCPS) in an effort to help the group meet two primary goals: (1) to record all historical cemeteries in Wayne County, Ohio, including those with no visible grave markers; (2) to educate the public about the importance of cemeteries as monuments of family, local, and regional history. The joint research provides the WCCPS with a foundation of information that both concentrates the collective memory of the community members in one accessible format and supplements their efforts by providing additional data for public forums where members discuss their work with the community. When combined with extant information about notable individuals, including the Seville Giants, buried in some of the cemeteries in the county, the work helps to foster a stronger sense of local identity.
Cite this Record
Historic Cemeteries of Wayne County, Ohio: Sources of Local Identity. P. Nick Kardulias. Presented at Society for Historical Archaeology, Washington, D.C. 2016 ( tDAR id: 434889)
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Keywords
General
Cemeteries
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Identity
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Ohio
Geographic Keywords
North America
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United States of America
Spatial Coverage
min long: -129.199; min lat: 24.495 ; max long: -66.973; max lat: 49.359 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology
Record Identifiers
PaperId(s): 990