Whitewashing Blackface and Whistling Dixie : The Commemoration of Dan EmmettMain MenuAbout the AuthorAbout the AuthorIntroduction: Birth of a ProjectPart 1: Understanding Dan EmmettPart I: Understanding Dan EmmettPart 2: Preserving Dan Emmett's Memory, 1895-1935Covers early efforts to commemorate Dan Emmett and Dixie by Mount Vernon locals and southern Confederate heritage groupsPart 3: "A Way of Life In Knox County": Constructing Civic Identity around Dan Emmett and DixieExplores Mount Vernon commemoration of Emmett from the 1940s through the 1970sPart 4: Debating and Defending the Legacy of Dan EmmettExplores the commemoration of Emmett--and challenges to it--in last forty years, as both Dixie and blackface minstrelsy have become clearer symbols of racismEpilogue: Coming Back into HistoryEpilogueMapping Emmett Commemoration in Mount VernonThis map shows the different sites where Dan Emmett and "Dixie" have been commemorated in Mount Vernon, from the early 20th century through today. It includes physical memorials, museums, and streets, schools, and businesses named in honor of EmmettSourcesRenee Romano5fe3dd89d8626712516f143a0d2836783a834539Renee Romano
Dan Emmett Postcards
12020-10-22T14:19:54+00:00Renee Romano5fe3dd89d8626712516f143a0d2836783a83453919Postcard Gallery, Dan Emmett Postcardsgallery2020-12-03T18:48:08+00:00Renee Romano5fe3dd89d8626712516f143a0d2836783a834539Part 3: "A Way of Life In Knox County": Constructing Civic Identity around Dan Emmett and DixieExplores Mount Vernon commemoration of Emmett from the 1940s through the 1970sPostcards featuring drawings of Dan Emmett and his birth home were being produced in Mount Vernon by a local department store as early as 1908, just four years after his death. These early postcards reflect the early efforts to commemorate Emmett on the part of Mount Vernon locals. Later postcards would feature the memorial boulder gifted to Mount Vernon by the United Daughters of the Confederacy in 1931, seamlessly interconnecting the commemorative stream emerging locally with that coming from those seeking to promote the Confederacy.
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12020-11-10T19:00:16+00:00Renee Romano5fe3dd89d8626712516f143a0d2836783a834539Remembering a Local BoyRenee Romano24Early commemorative actions in Mount Vernon, 1904-1925plain332020-12-03T18:12:04+00:00Renee Romano5fe3dd89d8626712516f143a0d2836783a834539
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1media/page1_thumb.jpg2020-10-22T13:57:40+00:00Renee Romano5fe3dd89d8626712516f143a0d2836783a834539Postcard #3, Emmett Memorial Boulder on the Lawn of the Knox County Memorial Building,19366Front of Postcard, Emmett Memorial Boulder on the Lawn of the Knox County Memorial Building, 1936media/page1.jpgplain2020-12-03T18:43:57+00:00Bowder Postcard Collections Online, Miami University Library, Card no. S-OH-MOU8-601936Woolson Co.Copyright status unknown1936Postcard40.393210,-82.482770Renee Romano5fe3dd89d8626712516f143a0d2836783a834539
1media/Emmett postcard_thumb.jpg2020-10-22T13:33:02+00:00Renee Romano5fe3dd89d8626712516f143a0d2836783a834539Postcard #1, Home of Daniel Decatur Emmett, Author of "Dixie," 19083Postcard, Home of Daniel Decatur Emmett, Author of "Dixie", postmark stamped June 23, 1908media/Emmett postcard.jpgplain2020-12-03T18:49:15+00:00cardcow.comPostcard1908Woolson's Racket StorePublic DomainVintage PostcardHome of Daniel Decatur Emmett, Author of Dixie Mount Vernon, OHRenee Romano5fe3dd89d8626712516f143a0d2836783a834539
1media/postcard, Emmett Birthplace_thumb.jpg2020-10-22T14:11:36+00:00Renee Romano5fe3dd89d8626712516f143a0d2836783a834539Postcard #4, Birthplace of Daniel Decatur Emmett, date unknown3Postcard, 1815-Birthplace of Daniel Decatur Emmett-1904, author of "Dixie," founder of American minstrelsymedia/postcard, Emmett Birthplace.jpgplain2020-12-03T18:50:22+00:00PostcardunknownunknownCopyright status unknownunknownMount Vernon, OhioRenee Romano5fe3dd89d8626712516f143a0d2836783a834539
1media/postcards_27779_medium_thumb.jpg2020-10-22T14:01:38+00:00Renee Romano5fe3dd89d8626712516f143a0d2836783a834539Back of Postcard, Emmett Memorial Boulder, 19362Back of Postcard, Emmett Memorial Boulder on the Lawn of the Knox County Memorial Building, 1936. Back text reads: Caption (back) Daniel Decatur Emmett, Author of "Dixie" was born at Mount Vernon, Ohio, Oct. 29, 1815. In 1859, Mr. Emmett, then a member of Bryant's Minstrels, composed the words and music of "Dixie" which was used by the minstrel troup in New York for the first time. The song "Dixie" was on the lips of the Southern soldiers as they marched to the field of battle. It was the battle cry of Pickett's men when they charged at Gettysburg; the peace offering of Lincoln at the dawn of a reunited nation, and the air to which the boys in blue kept step as they marched forth for the liberation of Cuba. Emmett died June 28, 1904 at his old home in Mount Vernon, Ohio and his remains were laid to rest in beautiful Mound View Cemetery."media/postcards_27779_medium.jpgplain2020-12-03T18:44:29+00:00Bowden Postcard Collection Online, Miami University Libraries, Card no. S-OH-MOU8-60Postcard1936Woolson Co.Copyright status unknown1936Mount Vernon, OhioRenee Romano5fe3dd89d8626712516f143a0d2836783a834539
1media/Birthplace Emmett postcard_thumb.jpg2020-10-22T13:39:15+00:00Renee Romano5fe3dd89d8626712516f143a0d2836783a834539Postcard #2, Emmett Birthplace, 19121Postcard, Birthplace and Residence of Daniel Decatur Emmett, postmarked August 28, 1912media/Birthplace Emmett postcard.jpgplain2020-10-22T13:39:15+00:00card cow.com08-28-1912unkownPublic DomainVintage PostcardBirth Place And Residence Of Daniel Decatur Emmett Mount Vernon1912PostcardRenee Romano5fe3dd89d8626712516f143a0d2836783a834539