Working Historians

Tim Garrity is the Executive Director for the Mount Desert Island Historical Society in Maine. In this episode of Filibustering History, Tim talks about his careers as a hospital manager, park ranger, and Executive Director for a historical society. Here we talk about how students of history can work with local historical societies in research capacities and in employment opportunities.

This episode’s recommendations:

The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, 1610-1791. Individual scanned volumes are available at archive.org (for example: https://archive.org/stream/jesuits01jesuuoft#page/n5/mode/2up). Transcripts of all volumes are available at http://moses.creighton.edu/kripke/jesuitrelations/.

Johanna Neuman, Gilded Suffragists: The New York Socialites who Fought for Women’s Right to Vote (NYU Press, 2017), https://nyupress.org/books/9781479837069/.

The Junto, “Where Historians Work: The View from Early America”: https://earlyamericanists.com/2017/05/24/where-historians-work-welcome/

The Mount Desert Island Historical Society’s website is www.mdihistory.org 

Dr. Susie Chung is a Team Lead and an instructor in the graduate history program at Southern New Hampshire University. In this episode, Dr. Chung talks about recent developments in the field of museum studies, her research projects, and her globe-spanning adventures in museology.

This episode’s recommendations:

The House on the Rock: https://www.thehouseontherock.com/HOTR_AttractionMain.htm

Phil Marcade, Punk Avenue: Inside the New York City Underground, 1972-1982: http://threeroomspress.com/authors/punk-avenue/

Whistlestop with John Dickerson: http://www.slate.com/articles/podcasts/whistlestop.html 

Dr. Thomas Leary IV is an instructional designer and former Dean of Faculty and Manager of Instructional Design Quality at SNHU. Here we discuss his educational and professional background and innovations in learning science and course design.

This episode’s recommendations:

Affairs of Honor by Joanne B. Freeman (Yale, 2012): https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300097559/affairs-honor

The Summer of Love Experience: Art, Fashion, and Rock & Roll at the De Young Museum: https://deyoung.famsf.org/summer-love-art-fashion-and-rock-roll

Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History: http://www.dancarlin.com/hardcore-history-series/  

Patrick Callaway is a doctoral candidate at the University of Maine and an instructor at Southern New Hampshire University. Here he discusses his historical interests such as the United States Constitution and the early American economy, his work in a variety of history careers, and life in a history doctoral program.

This episode’s recommendations:

Fort George in Castine, ME (http://castine.me.us/welcome/history/history-of-castine/)

Peaky Blinders on Netflix (https://www.netflix.com/title/80002479)

The book and film versions of Bernard Cornwell’s Sharpe series (http://www.bernardcornwell.net/series/the-sharpe-books/)

Historian David Blight on the Slate Political Gabfest (http://www.slate.com/articles/podcasts/gabfest/2017/11/the_manafort_indictment_the_tax_bill_and_david_blight_on_john_kelly_and.html) 

Patrick Callaway is a doctoral student at the University of Maine and an instructor at Southern New Hampshire University. This presentation was recorded to commemorate Constitution Day. In this presentation, recorded for Constitution Day 2017, Prof. Callaway discusses the origins of the United States Constitution, analyzes some of its important clauses, and the diverse responses to the Constitutions among the American people. He also draws some connections between the Constitution and contemporary political and social issues. In this presentation, Prof. Callaway references James H. Hutson, "The Creation of the Constitution: Scholarship at a Standstill," Reviews in American History 12:4 (Dec., 1984), 463-477. URL http://www.jstor.org/stable/2701897. 

James Fennessy is the Associate Dean of Faculty for History at Southern New Hampshire University. Rob Denning is History Faculty Lead at Southern New Hampshire University. Here, Rob and James interview each other, because why not?

Recommendations from this episode:

Victor Lavalle, The Ballad of Black Tom (Tor, 2016): https://publishing.tor.com/theballadofblacktom-victorlavalle/9780765386618/

Ken Burns and Lynn Novick's The Vietnam War series on PBS: http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/the-vietnam-war/home/

Dr. Julie Thomas is an instructor at Southern New Hampshire University and a County Commissioner for Monroe County, Indiana. Here she discusses her academic and professional background, her research on Margaret Sanger and the Soviet Union, and life as an elected county official. 

Dr. Jillian Hartley is Professor of History and Political Science at Arkansas Northeastern College. Here she discusses her academic and professional background, she and Rob nerd out about about environmental history, and she describes life as a full-time community college professor.

This episode's recommendations:

Roderick Frazier Nash, Wilderness and the American Mind, 5th ed. (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2014).

Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan, The National Parks: America's Best Idea (http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks/). 

Patrick O'Hara is an instructor at Southern New Hampshire University and a middle-school teacher in history and social studies for the Wilkes-Barre Area School District. Here he discusses his educational background, his research into the Palmer Raids and other historical topics, and the process and the requirements of becoming a K-12 teacher. 

David Numme is the Associate Dean of Faculty for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics at Southern New Hampshire University. Here we talk about how the skills learned in the study of liberal arts and history are relevant in STEM fields and related industries. 

Christina Lamoureux is a graduate of the Master of Arts program in History with a concentration in public history and is starting a Ph.D program at University of Nevada in Las Vegas. Here we talk about her background, the history of prostitution, and the evils of bowling. 

Dr. Seth Bartee is an instructor at Southern New Hampshire University and at Guilford Technical Community College in Greensboro, NC. Here we talk about his background, his research on the rise of the Alternative Right in American politics, and his career as a writer and adjunct instructor. 

Steven Green is a graduate of the M.A. History program at Southern New Hampshire University and is about to start a doctoral program in history at the University of California at Santa Cruz. Here he discusses his academic background, the Ph.D application process, and the important decisions that go into that process. 

Dr. Stephanie Averill is an instructor at Southern New Hampshire University. Here she discusses her use of historical skills in a variety of endeavors, including writing, public outreach, and volunteer opportunities. 

Dr. Joshua Esposito is an instructor at Southern New Hampshire University and a staff historian for the United States Southern Command in Miami, Florida. Here he talks about his research and teaching interests, his experiences in graduate school, and the career path that took him to SOUTHCOM. 

Lara Hall is an instructor for Southern New Hampshire University and an archivist at the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library at Austin, Texas. In this episode she talks about her research and teaching interests, the differences between working at museums and archives, and the career path that took her to the LBJ Library. 

This started out as a correction to an error in a previous episode. It grew into something much larger. There is no interview here. Instead, Rob tells the story of the massacre of Chinese workers near Chico, California, in 1877.

Secondary sources used in this episode:

Sucheng Chan, This Bittersweet Soil: The Chinese in California Agriculture, 1860-1910 (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1986).

Andrew Gyory, Closing the Gate: Race, Politics, and the Chinese Exclusion Act (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1998).

Jean Pfaelzer, Driven Out: The Forgotten War against Chinese Americans (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2008).

Jennifer Bryant is an instructor at SNHU and a preservation compliance officer with the Colorado State Historical Preservation Office. In this conversation, we talk about some aspects of the history of the American West, blindspots in history regarding violence against minority groups, and her career as a volunteer and professional agent for historic preservation. 

Dr. Bob Irvine teaches history in the Master of Arts in History program at SNHU and is a consultant for Parc Resources in Oregon. In this episode, Dr. Irvine talks about his research and teaching interests, water reclamation projects in Kansas during the twentieth century, and the historical skills he uses in his job as a consultant. 

• Christopher Kline, an instructor and Learning Community Facilitator for Southern New Hampshire University, discusses his research and teaching interests, why the Whiskey Rebellion broke out in post-Revolutionary Pennsylvania, the evolution of his career, and advice for students looking to break into careers in history. Professor Kline has worked as a history tutor, a member of a museum board, and an adjunct instructor at community colleges and universities. 

SNHU's very own instructor, Everett Dague, recorded a podcast for all of you just in time for Halloween! The story involves not only a missing man, but how Everett came to research the topic and why it is so important for us to do our own research! Come and give it a listen!