Mark Zwonitzer, a director and producer of historical documentaries, visted the American Heritage Center in 2002 to conduct research for a program about the building of the transcontinental railroad during the 1860s (which was broadcast on PBS in the spring of 2003).He has also produced documentaries about Mount Rushmore, the Battle of the Bulge, Joe DiMaggio, and a four-part series about the Irish in America.

Mark Zwonitzer, Director and Producer of Historical Documentaries

Zwonitzer also is an author.  Last year he and Charles Hirschberg co-authored Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone? The Carter Family and Their Legacy in American Music, the first full-length biography of who many believe to be the first family of country music.

This lecture was Friday, October 3 at 3:30 in the American Heritage Center (Wyoming Stock Grower's Room).