Over the past three years, Bucknell student Cat Jamison ‘24 has been working on “The Civil War at Lewisburg” documentary. She has collaborated with several Bucknell students during her time on the project and is joined by Libby Nieporte ‘24 this semester. Cat and Libby are teammates on the women’s volleyball team together, and Libby decided to join the project after hearing about and being inspired by the work Cat had been working on.
Cat Jamison got involved after speaking to Professor Siewers, who was looking to do a project of this sort. This project aligns with Cat’s interests in history and production: “Finding out about how much history is where your little dorm room is is exciting,” says Cat.
The documentary will be half an hour, with all script writing, audio, video, and editing done by the students. The students interviewed various civil war experts, professors, and reenactors, as well as research done through the Bucknell University Archives throughout the project. She began noticing more historical aspects of Bucknell’s campus. Through Cat’s interviews and research, she noted, “There’s just so much history where I’m walking around.”
The video’s direction will focus on telling the story of a few pivotal people of Lewisburg and the Union County area. There are several people of note who will be covered, including Andrew Tucker, a soldier from Bucknell, which was then Lewisburg University; Annie Bell, a nurse who tended to the wounded from the Female Institute; and Charles Bell, a man who fled slavery and President Loomis of Bucknell hired Charles, making him Bucknell’s first Black employee.
This documentary is one of the series of documentaries by Bucknell students in partnership with WVIA, a local public radio station. The documentary is currently in the editing phase, and the team is willing to welcome any students to take part in editing or audio sections.
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