Family, House & Business Histories & Archiving

Independent Historian, Researcher, Writer & Archivist: Online and library research, interviewing, writing and editing for print and online articles; books; exhibits; films; magazines; newsletters; family, house, business, organizational and local histories & collections, 2005─ongoing.

~~18 years with the Minnesota Historical Society in St. Paul and Minnesota Historic Sites as a content developer and team leader for interactive exhibits, multimedia and outdoor trail experiences as well as a cataloger in Museum Collections, 1987-2005.

~~40+ years online and in-person research in diverse physical and digital archival collections at the Minnesota Historical Society as well as local, state and national museums and libraries in the United States and Canada.

~~Contract teacher at Iowa State University and University of Minnesota, 1980-1985; community educator in regional school districts, 2005-ongoing.

~~Professional education and on-job training in museum collections and archival preservation, including accessioning, classifying, physical organizing, creating finding aids, cataloging, creating collections databases and management, conservation and storage for a diversity of collections and materials.