I am pleased to serve as a “museum capacity building consultant” for a Smithsonian Institution Museum on Main Street traveling exhibition, Hometown Teams. While touring Maryland from February 2014 to November 2015, this program explores the connection between sports and American culture. A team of consultants will help host institutions identify regional stories, develop engaging content,…
Category: Consulting Historian
Presentation on Research and Writing About History
On the day the Digital Public Library of America opened its virtual doors to the public, I was in Havre de Grace to do a talk with author Heidi Glatfelter on “Researching and Writing about the War of 1812.” We took a team approach to the program as I focused on new methods of doing…
Preparing Interpretive Plan Exploring the Havre de Grace Storylines During the War of 1812
I have been working as a consulting public historian since 2011 on a project to document the story of Havre de Grace around the time the British burned the town in May 1813. This work was part of the development of the Star Spangled Banner National Historic Trail. As one of two project historians, my…
Project Scholar For New Study Asking What Happens When Big Government Moves In and Families Move Out
I have just started working on an exciting new investigation that is seeking to answer questions about the impact the military has on people and communities when it uproots long-established families to create a wartime reservation. This particular migration occurred in Harford County, Maryland, as the government established Aberdeen Proving Ground in 1917, six months…