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Nicholas M. Butler <butlern@ccpl.org> Charleston County Public Library Music patronage in early South Carolina Military music in early South Carolina Urban fortifications in early America Free persons of color and manumission in South Carolina |
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Address: | 68 Calhoun Street Charleston, South Carolina 29401 United States |
Primary Phone: | 843-805-6968 |
Fax Number: | 843-727-6777 |
Web Page: | https://www.ccpl.org |
List Affiliations: | Advisory Board Member for H-SC |
Interests: | African American History / Studies Communication Latin American and Caribbean History / Studies Local History Military History Research and Methodology |
Bio: B.M., University of South Carolina (music performance) M.M., University of South Carolina (music history) Ph.D., Indiana University (musicology) Professional Experience: 2005 to present: Special Collections Manager, Charleston County Public Library 2001-2005: Archivist, South Carolina Historical Society 2000-2006: Adjunct faculty, College of Charleston Monograph: Votaries of Apollo: The St. Cecilia Society and the Patronage of Concert Music in Charleston, South Carolina, 1766–1820 (University of South Carolina Press, 2007) Encylopedia Entries: Six entries in The South Carolina Encyclopedia, ed. Walter B. Edgar, et al. (University of South Carolina Press, 2006): The Battery, Miles Brewton, Gabriel Manigault, Robert Pringle, St. Cecilia Society, South Carolina Society Selected Conference Papers: “A Mortifying but Honorable Expedient: The Role of Music in the Relief and Recovery of Saint-Domingan Refugees in Charleston,” Carolina Lowcountry and Atlantic World faculty seminar, College of Charleston, 9 September 2005 “‘For the Service of My Country’: The Autobiography of Moses Brown (1750–1819), A Free Mulatto Musician in Charleston South Carolina,” Society for American Music, 28th Annual Meeting, Lexington, Ky., 8 March 2002 “Charleston’s St. Cecilia Society, 1766–1822: Re-examining the Origins and ‘Decline’ of America’s First Musical Society,” Society for American Music, 26th Annual Meeting, Charleston, S.C., 2 March 2000 Recent Teaching Experience: "Charleston in the Age of Enlightenment: An Interdisciplinary Study of Eighteenth-Century Charleston" (Honors Program, College of Charleston, spring 2006) |