Tomb With A View: A Cemetery Podcast

• Episode 16: Peaceful Character: Transcendentalism, Naturalistic Landscape Design, and Author's Ridge at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery

  On one hill, in one cemetery, in a small town in Massachusetts are buried several American literary giants. The cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, in Concord, MA is in many ways a manifestation of the ideology that they popularized and launched a movement to conserve land. Email: [email protected]

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• Episode 137: The Last Dormitory: The Perpetual School Spirit of Cemeteries on Campus

  Did your college or university have a cemetery on campus? A surprising amount of schools do. They exist of a number of reasons (well just one actually, but there's plenty of different stories).  Celebrate back to school in the best way possible...cemeteries!Email: [email protected]

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• Episode 18: The Zinc Link: Metal Headstones, Blowtorches, and How the Monumental White Bronze Company Revolutionized Cemetery Sales

  Zinkies, or white bronze headstones are a perennial favorite of all taphophiles. Today we explore their origin, manufacturing, preservation, and discussed how the company that made them revolutionized sales techniques.Email: [email protected] 

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• Episode 14: Eternal Architecture: The Significance of Revival Style Architecture in Cemeteries

  The rural cemetery movement coincided with an intellectual fascination with past cultures. These elements of society combined to create a century of architectural distinction in American cemeteries. Email: [email protected]

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• Episode 13: I Saw the Sign: Fraternal, Allegorical, Occupational, and Spiritual Cemetery Symbolism

  Cemetery Symbolism is often the hook that lures people into the cemetery world. What is it? What does it mean? Symbols and how they are interpreted is a complicated and much debated topic in art history. Email: [email protected]

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