Joshua Whitfield

Curator at Southern Museum of Civil War & Locomotive History
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Jefferson, Georgia, United States, GE

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Experience

    • United States
    • Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Curator
      • Oct 2022 - Present

  • Museum of Aviation, Warner Robins
    • Warner Robins, Georgia, United States
    • Museum Specialist
      • Nov 2020 - Sep 2022

    • Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Curator
      • Jun 2018 - Nov 2020

      Responsibilities include exhibition development; program development for lecture series, brown bag lunches, and other programs; research and writing; and content development for docent program. Responsibilities include exhibition development; program development for lecture series, brown bag lunches, and other programs; research and writing; and content development for docent program.

  • Consultant / Self-Employed
    • Athens, Georgia Area
    • Public Historian and Researcher
      • Jan 2018 - May 2019

      Worked as a contractor with Jefferson City Schools, Jefferson, GA, to research and prepare an application for a state-sponsored historic marker. Worked as a contractor with Jefferson City Schools, Jefferson, GA, to research and prepare an application for a state-sponsored historic marker.

    • Graduate Assistant for the Folklife Research Center
      • Aug 2017 - Dec 2017

      McKissick Museum is an accredited museum on the campus of the University of South Carolina. My general activities have included exhibit preparation and installation, collections management, and research. Notably, I co-curated and helped install an art glass and art pottery exhibit called "Nostalgia for Nature: Democratizing Decorative Arts." McKissick Museum is an accredited museum on the campus of the University of South Carolina. My general activities have included exhibit preparation and installation, collections management, and research. Notably, I co-curated and helped install an art glass and art pottery exhibit called "Nostalgia for Nature: Democratizing Decorative Arts."

    • United States
    • Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Manuscript Archives Associate
      • Jun 2017 - Aug 2017

      Processed, researched, and wrote finding aids for a few dozen manuscript collections of various sizes in the Kenan Research Center. Processed, researched, and wrote finding aids for a few dozen manuscript collections of various sizes in the Kenan Research Center.

  • South Carolina CRRMM
    • Columbia, South Carolina
    • Graduate Assistant
      • Aug 2016 - May 2017

      The CRRMM is an accredited museum and state agency dedicated to the preservation and exhibition of South Carolina's military history. As a graduate assistant working with the curator of history, my current responsibilities include: facilitating research for exhibitions related to state military history; assisting inventories of archives; processing old inventory and accession files; processing and maintaining the museum's research library; transcribing and editing the oral histories of Vietnam veterans for the Vietnam War exhibition; assisting with the general operation of the museum. Show less

  • US Army Chaplain Museum
    • Fort Jackson, SC
    • Graduate Intern
      • Jun 2016 - Aug 2016

      Worked with archives and collection where my responsibilities ranged from transcribing 18-19th century manuscripts and documents; stabilizing historic flags and textiles; and processing and storing WWII-era posters, maps, and prints. Worked with archives and collection where my responsibilities ranged from transcribing 18-19th century manuscripts and documents; stabilizing historic flags and textiles; and processing and storing WWII-era posters, maps, and prints.

  • University of South Carolina
    • Columbia, South Carolina Area
    • Graduate Teaching Assistant
      • Aug 2015 - May 2016

      Taught the following courses: •HIST 108: “Science and Technology in World History” • HIST 112: “U.S. History Since 1865” Taught the following courses: •HIST 108: “Science and Technology in World History” • HIST 112: “U.S. History Since 1865”

    • Intern, Archive Assistant, and Research Assistant
      • Aug 2014 - Aug 2015

  • SureTech Services
    • Greater Atlanta Area
    • Subcontractor
      • 2005 - Jul 2015

      HVAC work HVAC work

Education

  • University of South Carolina
    Masters in Public History, Public/Applied History
    2015 - 2017
  • Mercer University
    Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), History
    2010 - 2014
  • Jefferson High School
    2007 - 2010

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