Welcome to the seventh episode of our special series Curating Tennessee: 1776-2076! We're speaking with John Ashworth, the President of the Dunbar-Carver Museum Association in Brownsville, Tennessee. You'll hear John discuss the museum's collection of Haywood-Fayette newsletters, the museum's ongoing oral history projects, and what he imagines they might collect from future organizations that form to move past partisan divides.

This episode is part of By the People: Conversations Beyond 250 is a series of community-driven programs created by humanities councils in collaboration with local partners. The initiative was developed by the Federation of State Humanities Councils and the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage.