Experience

Society of American Archivists

• United States
• Libraries
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Fellow; Past President

  • 1985 - Present

  COUNCIL EXEMPLARY SERVICE AWARD, 2015 PRESIDENT, 2007-08 VICE PRESIDENT/PRESIDENT-ELECT, 2006-07 Program Committee, Co-chair, 2003-04 FELLOW, 2002 GOVERNING COUNCIL, 1999-2002 (EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, 2001-02) Working Group on Intellectual Property, 2000-present Committee on Education and Professional Development, Co-chair, 96-98 (member, 94-96): Developed and chaired national forum on archival continuing education, 1997. Manuscripts Repository Section—Chair, 1995-96; Steering Committee, 1991-93: Chair committee created brochure, “Donating Your Personal or Family Papers to a Repository” Congressional Papers Roundtable: Chair, 1997-98 Show less



American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming

• Director

  • Aug 2002 - May 2015

  Lead a multi-faceted repository (independent of University Libraries) consisting of a major manuscript repository for western and U.S. history, the university archives, and the university’s rare book library. Holdings total 75,000 cubic feet of archives and manuscripts, 60,000 rare books, and one million photographs. Active support of undergraduate curriculum and K-12; also serve scholars from a dozen nations. Major programs include reference for 5-6,000 researchers annually, state’s History Day program, travel grants, named lectureships, symposia, traveling exhibits, mass digitization (100,000+ items by mid-2012), curricular packets consisting of primary sources and lesson plans, speakers’ bureau, oral history. Personally responsible for strategic planning, budgeting, fundraising, staff development, collection development, donor relations, outreach. Specific accomplishments include: increasing private funding; development and implementation of two 5-year strategic plans; four successful federal grants; directing complete collection analysis and massive deaccessioning project; creation of comprehensive collecting policy and collection management policy; developing national model for eliminating manuscript processing backlogs; implementation of integrated collection management system; raising repository stature among university administrators, state citizens, archives and library professionals; improving faculty/staff professional stature; winning university support to address decades-old physical plant deficiencies. AHC awarded Society of American Archivists’ Distinguished Service Award, 2010—highest honor for US archives. Staff of 11 archivists (faculty rank), 15 other full-time, and 24 part-time and students. Budget of $1.5 million (45% state funding, 55% endowment income and annual funds). Report to the Provost. Show less


The HENRY FORD
• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 400 - 500 Employee
• Head of Research Center Progams

  • 2000 - 2002

Minnesota Historical Society
• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 300 - 400 Employee
• Curator of Manuscripts Acquisitions

  • 1989 - 2000

Carleton College
• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee
• College Archivist

  • 1985 - 1989