TEACHING
2020 “Personal Digital Archiving for Activists”
Presented as part of the Photography for Social Change workshop.
2019 “Appraisal of Archival Records”
Presented in person at the Center for Graduate Life, UNC Charlotte, Charlotte, NC.
2017 “Personal Digital Archiving Workshop for UNC Charlotte Faculty, Staff, and Students”
Presented in person with Katie Howell and Kate Dickson, Atkins Library, UNC Charlotte, Charlotte, NC.
2017 “Teaching State History (Fourth Grade) With Archival Primary Sources Activity: The Oregon and Overland Trails Through Wyoming”
Taught in person in the Alfred Jacob Miller Classroom, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY.
Lesson Plan (Word Doc)
Primary Sources (1) (2) (3)
Student Worksheets (1) (2)
2017 “Born-Digital Preservation: Basic Principles and Practices”
Presented in person and via live synchronous webinar in the Classroom Building, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY.
2015 “The American Heritage Center’s Mass-Digitization Program: Lessons Learned”
Presented in person and via live synchronous webinar in the College of Business, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY.
Lecture Recording (YouTube)
Slides (PDF)
Slides and Text (PDF)
SERVICE AND OUTREACH
2016 “Overview of the Digital Programs Department for the AHC Board of Advisors”
Presented in person in the Wyoming Stock Growers Room, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming, Laramie. WY.
2015 “Explaining Digital Public Library of America”
Presented in person at the McCracken Research Library, Buffalo Bill Center of The West, Cody, WY.
2014 “Hindsight is 20:20, Accessioning a Born-Digital Oral History Project”
Presented in person with Jamie J. Greene and Leslie Waggener at the Society of Rocky Mountain Archivists Annual Conference, Denver Public Library, Denver, CO.
2014 “The American Heritage Center: Cone on the Range”
Presented in person with Ginny Kilander and Bill Hopkins at the Johnson County Public Library, Buffalo, WY.
SCHOLARSHIP
2019 “Building a Brand and Telling a Story in Perpetual Crisis: Launching a Sustainable Archives Marketing Strategy”
With Molly Marcusse and Leslie Waggener. Article published in Public Services Quarterly (Vol. 14, No. 3).
2017 “Launching a Distributed Marketing Initiative Amid Budget and Staffing Cuts”
With Molly Marcusse and Leslie Waggener. Presentation at the Library Marketing and Communications Conference, Dallas, TX.
2017 “Just Drop Off the Keys to the Server On Your Way Out the Door”
Presentation at the Best Practices Exchange for Born-Digital Records, Boston, MA.
2016 “More Access, Less Process”
With Amanda Stow and Irlanda Jacinto. Survey project of patrons of the American Heritage Center to determine efficacy of in-house access to born-digital records. Panel presentation at The Society of American Archivists Annual Meeting in Atlanta, GA.
2016 “The Wild West No More: Preserving 40 Years of Electronic Records at the University of Wyoming American Heritage Center”
Article published in the Journal of Contemporary Archival Studies, 2016 (Vol. 1, Issue 3).
Laramie Park Photograph Identification
Blog post featuring a unique photograph from an AHC collection.
Trans Awareness Week – Writer S. J. Moffat
Blog post for Trans Awareness week featuring an AHC collection.
Guide to providing access to born-digital records in the AHC reading room.
A comprehensive guidebook for reference faculty and staff.
Victor Gruen collection used in 99 Percent Invisible Podcast
Blog post highlighting the use of the AHC’s Victor Gruen collection in a popular podcast episode.
Cultural Trust Fund Grant Awarded
Blog post announcing award of a grant project to digitize collection material on Wyoming women in politics and leadership.
2011 “The Primacy and Problems of Digital Records”
PROCESSED COLLECTIONS
Records of the Alaska Regional Office, 1801-2011 (bulk 1967-2001)
150 linear feet
Collaborative project to arrange, describe, and preserve the records of the Alaska Regional Office, National Park Service
Denali National Park and Preserve Records, 1906-2011 (bulk 1950-1997)
106 linear feet
Collaborative project to arrange, describe, and preserve the records of Denali National Park and Preserve (formerly known as Mt. McKinley National Park).
Guide to the Norman S. Waters Papers, 1977-1990
13 cubic feet
Guide to the Virginia Strom-Martin Papers, 1997-2002
10 cubic feet
Inventory of the California Occupational Coordinating Committee Records
12 cubic feet
Inventory of the Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee Records, 1969-1999
32 cubic feet
Guide to the Sacramento City Council Minute Records, 1882-1920 (bulk 1904-1910)
1.5 cubic feet
Tyler G. Cline 