SHSMO Staff

Administration

Gary R. Kremer

Executive Director

573.882.7083
KremerG@shsmo.org

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Gary R. Kremer

Executive Director

573.882.7083
KremerG@shsmo.org

A fifth-generation Missourian, Gary R. Kremer earned his PhD from American University in Washington, DC. Kremer has written, coauthored, and coedited 12 books. Previously, Kremer taught history at Lincoln University in Jefferson City (1972-1987) and William Woods University in Fulton (1991-2004). He also served as the state archivist of Missouri from 1987 to 1991. He has been SHSMO's executive director since 2004.

Gerald Hirsch

Senior Associate Executive Director

573.884.7906
HirschG@shsmo.org

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Gerald Hirsch

Senior Associate Executive Director

573.884.7906
HirschG@shsmo.org

Gerald Hirsch is the senior associate director of the State Historical Society of Missouri. He earned his master's degree in library and information science in 1996 from the University of Missouri. He has worked at the Missouri Department of Natural Resources and the Missouri State Archives. Since joining SHSMO in 2007, he has worked to increase online access to information.

Cat C. Adams

Assistant Executive Director for Advancement

573-882-8415
AdamsCC@shsmo.org

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Cat C. Adams

Assistant Executive Director for Advancement

573-882-8415
AdamsCC@shsmo.org

Brian Austin

Strategic Communications Associate

573.882.7365
AustinBT@shsmo.org

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Brian Austin

Strategic Communications Associate

573.882.7365
AustinBT@shsmo.org

Prior to joining SHSMO in May 2018, Brian Austin served as the managing editor and videographer at PowerMizzou.com. Austin also spent a decade as an Information Systems Technician in the U.S. Navy. After his honorable discharge, he studied film and information technology at the University of Missouri. A seventh-generation Missourian, Austin's family has lived in Randolph County since the early 1800's. He spent his middle and high school years nearby in the small northern Missouri town of Winigan.

Christina George

Senior Strategic Communications Associate

573.882.5965
GeorgeCr@shsmo.org

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Christina George

Senior Strategic Communications Associate

573.882.5965
GeorgeCr@shsmo.org

Christina George holds a bachelor of fine arts degree from the University of Missouri. George, who grew up near Nashville, Tennessee, has lived in Missouri since 2004. She enjoys road trips and has traveled extensive sections of Route 66. George joined the State Historical Society of Missouri staff in 2012.

Jeneva Pace

Advancement Officer and Board Liaison

573.882.7083
PaceJP@shsmo.org

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Jeneva Pace

Advancement Officer and Board Liaison

573.882.7083
PaceJP@shsmo.org

Born on Whiteman Air Force Base, Jeneva Pace is proud to call Nixa her hometown. After graduation from Stephens College, she spent the next 10 years in Jefferson City working in governmental relations. She previously worked in development and alumni relations for the University of Missouri (2003-2012) before joining SHSMO in 2012.  She enjoys connecting with our patrons, building relationships with the community, and sharing her love of Missouri.

Aubrey Rowden

Administrative Coordinator

573.882.7083
RowdenAu@shsmo.org

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Aubrey Rowden

Administrative Coordinator

573.882.7083
RowdenAu@shsmo.org

Mid-Missouri native Aubrey Rowden holds a bachelor's degree in fine art from the University of Missouri. She is seventh-generation Missourian, whose family had a profound impact on local military history as two of her ancestors served as president of Kemper Military Academy. Rowden joined the SHSMO staff in March 2018. She is also the owner of a local photography studio.

Wende Wagner

Membership Program Coordinator

573.882.3770
WagnerWL@shsmo.org

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Wende Wagner

Membership Program Coordinator

573.882.3770
WagnerWL@shsmo.org

Born and raised in the border state of Kansas, Wende Wagner moved to Missouri in 2012 and joined the staff of SHSMO a year later. She strives to increase support for the organization while providing outstanding service to members, donors, and patrons. Her favorite historical topic is revolutions, in any century or country.

Melissa Wilkinson

Manager II, Business Administration

573.882.7083
WilkinsonMe@shsmo.org

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Melissa Wilkinson

Manager II, Business Administration

573.882.7083
WilkinsonMe@shsmo.org

Melissa Wilkinson, a graduate of Columbia College, holds a bachelor of science degree in business administration with emphases in management and human resources. A mid-Missouri native, Wilkinson joined the SHSMO staff in November 2015. She has worked to improve quality and efficiency in the administrative office.

Art

Joan Stack

Curator of Art Collections

573.882.9368
StackJ@shsmo.org

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Joan Stack

Curator of Art Collections

573.882.9368
StackJ@shsmo.org

A native Missourian, Joan Stack received her PhD in art history from Washington University in St. Louis. She spent five years as curator of European and American art at the University of Missouri's Museum of Art and Archaeology before joining the SHSMO staff as curator of art collections in 2006. Her research interests include George Caleb Bingham, Thomas Hart Benton, and the study of material culture's role in shaping historical memory.

Greig Thompson

Art Collections Manager

573.882.1461
ThompsonG@shsmo.org

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Greig Thompson

Art Collections Manager

573.882.1461
ThompsonG@shsmo.org

Greig Thompson holds a master of fine arts degree in ceramic sculpture and printmaking from the University of Missouri. Prior to starting at SHSMO in 2006, Thompson was a professor of studio art and art history, teaching at six universities within Missouri over 20 years. He also directed the art galleries of two of those institutions. After studying pottery making, Thompson learned that his ancestor founded one of the earliest potteries in Missouri.

Kevin Walsh

Senior Security Guard

573.882.7083
WalshKR@shsmo.org

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Kevin Walsh

Senior Security Guard

573.882.7083
WalshKR@shsmo.org

A native of Scranton, Pennsylvania, Kevin Walsh has lived in Columbia for more than half of his life. He received a bachelor of arts degree in English from the University of Scranton and continued his education at the University of Missouri. SHSMO's security guard since 2007, Walsh has also helped to increase awareness of the Society's unique collections and programs as a local writer and radio host.

John Schneider

Assistant Preparator

573.882.1461

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John Schneider

Assistant Preparator

573.882.1461

A third-generation Missourian, John Schneider spent his formative years in Montgomery City before joining the US Marine Corps. After receiving an honorable discharge, Schneider earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of Missouri. He began working at SHSMO in 2015 as a contract employee assisting with the art collection and became a part-time staff member the following year. Schneider is currently working toward a master of fine arts in printmaking at the University of Missouri.

Editorial

John Brenner

Managing Editor

573.882.7083
BrennerJ@shsmo.org

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John Brenner

Managing Editor

573.882.7083
BrennerJ@shsmo.org

John Brenner is a native of Columbia, Missouri, and a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis. After first working as a journalist, he entered the field of scholarly publishing in 1994 and served for 18 years as an editor at the University of Missouri Press. A longtime member of SHSMO before joining its staff in 2012, he became managing editor in 2014.

Kimberly Harper

Associate Editor

573.882.1564
HarperK@shsmo.org

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Kimberly Harper

Associate Editor

573.882.1564
HarperK@shsmo.org

An eighth-generation Ozarker, Kimberly Harper earned a master's degree in history from the University of Arkansas. She joined the State Historical Society of Missouri in 2007. She received the Missouri Humanities Council's Distinguished Achievement in Literature (Non-Fiction) Award for her book White Man's Heaven: The Lynching and Explusion of Blacks in the Southern Ozarks, 1894-1909, which was first published in 2010. Harper enjoys exploring the state's many back roads.

Mary Ellen Lohmann

Senior Strategic Communications Associate

573.884.7904
LohmannM@shsmo.org

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Mary Ellen Lohmann

Senior Strategic Communications Associate

573.884.7904
LohmannM@shsmo.org

A seventh-generation Missourian, Mary Ellen Lohmann received a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Missouri, where she also pursued her interest in women's and gender studies. The Kansas City native joined the State Historical Society of Missouri staff in 2013.

Educational Outreach

John Bradbury

Center for Missouri Studies Fellow

573.341.4874
JFB@shsmo.org

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John Bradbury

Center for Missouri Studies Fellow

573.341.4874
JFB@shsmo.org

John Bradbury began working for the Western Historical Manuscript Collection when its office in Rolla opened in 1980 and served as assistant director at the Research Center–Rolla after WHMC merged with SHSMO in 2011. He retired and was appointed a Center for Missouri Studies senior fellow in 2015. Bradbury has written, edited, and compiled more than 90 scholarly articles and books, and is also the author of countless book reviews, newsletter stories, and outreach publications.

Zachary Dowdle

James W. Goodrich Graduate Research Fellow

573.882.7083

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Zachary Dowdle

James W. Goodrich Graduate Research Fellow

573.882.7083

Danielle Griego

Education Programs Assistant

573.882.7083
GriegoD@shsmo.org

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Danielle Griego

Education Programs Assistant

573.882.7083
GriegoD@shsmo.org

Maggie Mayhan

Coordinator, National History Day in Missouri

573.882.0189
MayhanM@shsmo.org

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Maggie Mayhan

Coordinator, National History Day in Missouri

573.882.0189
MayhanM@shsmo.org

Maggie Mayhan grew up in the Show-Me State's capital city. She holds bachelor of arts and master's degrees in English from Truman State University in Kirksville. After joining SHSMO in October 2010 to work with the Missouri Digital Newspaper Project, she became the coordinator of National History Day in Missouri in 2012. She now helps students across the state in grades six through twelve to put their own stamp on history.

Michael Sweeney

Coordinator, Bicentennial

816.510.4823
SweeneyMic@shsmo.org

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Michael Sweeney

Coordinator, Bicentennial

816.510.4823
SweeneyMic@shsmo.org

A Kansas City native, Michael Sweeney holds a PhD in American Studies from the University of Kansas and a master's degree in library and information science from the University of Missouri. He previously worked at the Kansas City Research Center as a staff historian and senior research specialist. Sweeney rejoined SHSMO in his current role in 2017 after a stint as director of collections at the American Jazz Museum in Kansas City.

Cape Girardeau Research Center

William R. Eddleman

Associate Director

573.651.5179
EddlemanW@shsmo.org

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William R. Eddleman

Associate Director

573.651.5179
EddlemanW@shsmo.org

An eighth-generation Missourian, Bill Eddleman was a professor of biology at Southeast Missouri State University for 22 years and also served as provost before his retirement in 2016. Long interested in local and regional history, he was the president of the Cape County Genealogical Society for 14 years and edited the society's quarterly publication for 20 years. He started at SHSMO in July 2017.

Garret Kremer-Wright

Archivist

573.651.2689
KremerWrightG@shsmo.org

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Garret Kremer-Wright

Archivist

573.651.2689
KremerWrightG@shsmo.org

Jefferson City native Kremer-Wright received a master's degree in history (public history concentration) from Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio, and a bachelor's degree in historic preservation from Southeast Missouri State University. Before joining SHSMO in 2018, he was an archivist for the Catholic Diocese of Jefferson City, the Orange County Regional History Center in Orlando, Florida, and the Center for Arkansas History and Culture in Little Rock. A huge Cardinals and Missouri Tigers fan, Kremer-Wright has visited all of the lower 48 states.

Columbia Research Center

Laura R. Jolley

Assistant Director, Manuscripts

573.882.0187
JolleyL@shsmo.org

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Laura R. Jolley

Assistant Director, Manuscripts

573.882.0187
JolleyL@shsmo.org

Laura R. Jolley holds a master's degree in library science and a bachelor of arts degree in English from the University of Missouri. Cape Girardeau is her hometown, but Jolley has also lived in California, Oklahoma, Oregon, and Virginia. She started working for SHSMO as a manuscript specialist in 2008 and was promoted to assistant director of manuscripts in 2016.

Tatyana N. Shinn

Assistant Director, Reference

573.882.1187
ShinnTn@shsmo.org

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Tatyana N. Shinn

Assistant Director, Reference

573.882.1187
ShinnTn@shsmo.org

Born and raised in Moscow, Russia, Yana earned master's and doctorate degrees in sociology from Moscow Lomonosov State University. She worked for the public library in San Angelo, Texas, before moving to Missouri in 2014. Prior to joining SHSMO in September 2016, Yana was the digital projects specialist at the Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla. Her previous experiences have allowed her to hone her skills as a reference librarian and a reference services coordinator.

Anne Cox

Photograph Archivist

573.882.9367
CoxAn@shsmo.org

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Anne Cox

Photograph Archivist

573.882.9367
CoxAn@shsmo.org

Anne Cox received her master of science degree from the University of Michigan School of Information, where she focused on archives and records management as well as the preservation of information. Her undergraduate work was in history and archaeology at Michigan Technological University. Cox moved to Missouri in June 2012 when she began her work as SHSMO's photograph archivist.

Elizabeth Engel

Senior Archivist

573.884.6760
EngelEl@shsmo.org

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Elizabeth Engel

Senior Archivist

573.884.6760
EngelEl@shsmo.org

Elizabeth Engel, a University of Iowa graduate, holds a master's degree in library and information science. Her undergraduate work was in English at Iowa State University. Born and raised in Iowa, Engel moved to Missouri in 2006 to join the SHSMO staff as a manuscript specialist. She was promoted to senior archivist in 2013 and now focuses her efforts on accessioning incoming manuscript collections.

Kevin George

Librarian

573.882.6029
GeorgeKe@shsmo.org

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Kevin George

Librarian

573.882.6029
GeorgeKe@shsmo.org

Kevin George received both a master's degree in library and information science and a bachelor's degree in fine arts from the University of Missouri. A native of the Texas Panhandle, he moved to Missouri in 2005. His first assignment at SHSMO was to digitize the Tom Engelhardt editorial cartoon collection in the fall of 2013. He became a grants assistant in 2014 and then took over as the interlibrary loan librarian in September 2014.

Dean Hargett

Technical Services Librarian

573.882.9369
HargettD@shsmo.org

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Dean Hargett

Technical Services Librarian

573.882.9369
HargettD@shsmo.org

Dean Hargett has spent most of his life in Missouri or in the bordering states of Illinois and Kansas. A University of Missouri graduate, he holds a master's degree in library and information science. His undergraduate work was in anthropology at Kansas State University. Hargett started his career at SHSMO in the fall of 1996 as a student worker in acquisitions and became a full-time employee a year later.

John Konzal

Archivist

573.884.6912
KonzalJ@shsmo.org

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John Konzal

Archivist

573.884.6912
KonzalJ@shsmo.org

A California native, John Konzal graduated from California State University–Long Beach and then earned a master's degree in history from the University of Texas–Arlington in 1997. He moved to Missouri in 1999 to join SHSMO as a manuscript specialist. Konzal strives to continually increase his knowledge of SHSMO's collections in order to better serve patrons as well as to improve and expand the educational tour program.

Erin Kraus

Conservator

573.882.6775
KrausE@shsmo.org

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Erin Kraus

Conservator

573.882.6775
KrausE@shsmo.org

After growing up in the Kansas Flint Hills, Erin Kraus moved to Missouri in 2014. She earned a master's degree in art conservation and a bachelor's degree in art history. Kraus joined SHSMO in 2016. Her résumé includes conservation internships at universities in Kansas, Texas, Michigan, and Canada, and she was a conservator at the Missouri State Archives.

Clinton Lawson

Research Center Associate

573.882.1187
LawsonCli@shsmo.org

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Clinton Lawson

Research Center Associate

573.882.1187
LawsonCli@shsmo.org

Lauren Leeman

Librarian

573.882.1187
LeemanL@shsmo.org

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Lauren Leeman

Librarian

573.882.1187
LeemanL@shsmo.org

A St. Louis native, Lauren Leeman received a master's degree in library and information science from the University of Missouri in 2005. Leeman began her career at SHSMO as a student worker that same year and has been a full-time librarian since 2006. She is a die-hard St. Louis Cardinals fan.

Patsy Luebbert

Grant Manager

573.882.3671
LuebbertP@shsmo.org

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Patsy Luebbert

Grant Manager

573.882.3671
LuebbertP@shsmo.org

Patsy Luebbert has served as administrator of the Missouri Digital Newspaper Project since 2010. Luebbert previously worked for 35 years at the Missouri State Archives, where she held the positions of senior archivist and reference supervisor. She received her master's degree in history from Lincoln University in Jefferson City.

Peter McCarthy

Library Information Assistant

573.882.9364
McCarthyP@shsmo.org

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Peter McCarthy

Library Information Assistant

573.882.9364
McCarthyP@shsmo.org

One branch of Peter McCarthy's family tree has been in St. Louis since 1842. The University City native attended Southwest Missouri State University (now Missouri State University), served four years in the US Coast Guard, and then settled in mid-Missouri. He has kept SHSMO's courier system organized since the fall of 1996, which makes him the Columbia Research Center's longest-tenured staff member.

Heather Richmond

Archivist

573.882.8387
RichmondH@shsmo.org

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Heather Richmond

Archivist

573.882.8387
RichmondH@shsmo.org

Though Heather Richmond grew up in the Pacific Northwest, she has lived most of her adult life in the Midwest. Richmond received a master's degree in library studies with an emphasis in archives from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 2007. Her undergraduate work was in creative writing and psychology at Beloit College. Richmond started working at SHSMO in 2013 as a manuscript specialist.

Sean Rost

Oral Historian

573.882.0417
RostS@shsmo.org

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Sean Rost

Oral Historian

573.882.0417
RostS@shsmo.org

Sean Rost has joined the State Historical Society of Missouri's staff as its new oral historian. A doctoral candidate in history at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Rost expects to receive his PhD later this year. He holds a master's degree in history from Lincoln University and a bachelor's degree in history education from William Woods University. Rost started work at SHSMO on January 2. He succeeds Jeff D. Corrigan, who accepted a position at California State University, Monterey Bay. The State Historical Society has employed a full-time oral historian since 1993. The oral history program now includes extensive collections on the natural environment, Missouri veterans, one-room schoolhouses, politics, and other subjects. Rost will continue to build the Society's inventory of firsthand accounts gathered through interviews with Missourians. The collection now totals more than 4,000 interviews. One of Rost's first projects will be to add interviews to the Missouri Desegregation and Civil Rights Oral History Project. "The Civil Rights Movement was deeply personal and helped shape numerous nonviolent protests as well as modern life generally," said Gary Kremer, SHSMO's executive director. "It is important to preserve the monumental changes felt by individual people for future generations to truly understand this period of our history. Having a historian conduct these interviews helps make them that much more profound.

Erika VanVranken

Librarian

573.882.1187
VanVrankenE@shsmo.org

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Erika VanVranken

Librarian

573.882.1187
VanVrankenE@shsmo.org

Erika VanVranken, a University of Missouri graduate, holds both a master's degree in information science and learning technologies and a bachelor's degree in plant science. A seventh-generation Missourian, VanVranken worked at SHSMO as a student in the newspaper library from 2007 to 2008. She returned in October 2009 for a position with the Missouri Digital Newspaper Project and then moved into the Research Center in October 2011.

Amy L. Waters

Senior Librarian

573.882.1187
WatersA@shsmo.org

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Amy L. Waters

Senior Librarian

573.882.1187
WatersA@shsmo.org

Amy L. Waters earned both a bachelor's and a master's degree in history from Emporia State University. She left her home state of Kansas in 2000 to join SHSMO as a reference specialist. Waters, an avid genealogist, has traveled to all 50 states and visited every US president's grave.

Kansas City Research Center

Lucinda Adams

Associate Director

816.235.1544
AdamsLu@shsmo.org

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Lucinda Adams

Associate Director

816.235.1544
AdamsLu@shsmo.org

Lucinda Adams holds a master's degree in library science and master's and bachelor of arts degrees in history, all from Indiana University. She has had two stints at SHSMO. Adams served as state coordinator of National History Day in Missouri in 2006–2007 and has been the associate director of the Research Center–Kansas City since 2014.

Rachel Forester

Archivist

816.235.1549
ForesterRL@shsmo.org

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Rachel Forester

Archivist

816.235.1549
ForesterRL@shsmo.org

Born and raised in the Ozarks, Rachel Forester grew up in the small town of Newburg, Missouri. Forester received her master's degree in public history with an emphasis in historic preservation from Southeast Missouri State University. She completed her undergraduate studies in history at Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla. A fifth-generation Missourian, Forester started working at SHSMO in 2016.

Whitney Heinzmann

Archivist

816.235.1549
HeinzmannW@shsmo.org

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Whitney Heinzmann

Archivist

816.235.1549
HeinzmannW@shsmo.org

A native of southern Illinois, Whitney Heinzmann graduated from the University of Illinois–Springfield with a master's degree in public history. She earned a bachelor's degree in history and intercultural studies from Elmhurst College. Heinzmann started at SHSMO as an archivist in May 2016. Even though she grew up on the other side of the Mississippi River, Heinzmann is a fervent supporter of the St. Louis Blues and Cardinals.

Michele Loran

Archivist

816.235.1549
LoranM@shsmo.org

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Michele Loran

Archivist

816.235.1549
LoranM@shsmo.org

Mimi Loran earned a master's degree in library and information studies with an emphasis in archives management from the University of Wisconsin. Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, Loran completed her undergraduate studies in history and art history at Chapman University near Los Angeles. Although she is new to Missouri, Loran is familiar with the Midwest and has family from Illinois. She joined the State Historical Society of Missouri's staff in fall 2016.

Rolla Research Center

Kathleen Seale

Senior Archivist

573.341.4440
SealeK@shsmo.org

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Kathleen Seale

Senior Archivist

573.341.4440
SealeK@shsmo.org

Katie Seale's family tree is firmly planted in southwest Missouri, with eight generations having lived in the region. Seale left the area to complete her master's degree in history at Oklahoma State University but returned in 2014. A huge St. Louis Blues fan, she joined the Springfield Center in 2016.

Carole Goggin

Library Information Assistant

573.341.4440
GogginCJ@shsmo.org

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Carole Goggin

Library Information Assistant

573.341.4440
GogginCJ@shsmo.org

Carole Goggin grew up in St. Louis County and studied archaeology and genealogy at Jefferson College. She began working at the Research Center–Rolla in a part-time capacity in August 2014, and less than a year later she officially joined the SHSMO team. Goggin has provided professional genealogical and historical research, presentations, and consulting services since 1995.

Saint Louis Research Center

Claire P. Marks

Senior Archivist

314.516.5144
MarksCP@shsmo.org

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Claire P. Marks

Senior Archivist

314.516.5144
MarksCP@shsmo.org

A St. Louis native, Claire Marks worked previously on the Soldiers Memorial Revitalization Project at the Missouri History Museum and as an associate historian for the website Over There: Missouri and the Great War. She holds a master's degree in library science from the University of Missouri in Columbia, where she was also an intern and student worker at SHSMO. She joined the St. Louis center full-time in spring 2017.

A. J. Medlock

Archivist

314.516.5214
MedlockA@shsmo.org

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A. J. Medlock

Archivist

314.516.5214
MedlockA@shsmo.org

A. J. Medlock has a master's degree in library and information science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a master of arts in public history from Southeast Missouri State University. Prior to joining SHSMO in October 2017, he worked as an associate historian on the Soldiers Memorial Revitalization Project at the Missouri History Museum. A lifelong Missourian, Medlock traces his roots in the state to southeast Missouri in 1850.

Josephine Sporleder

Media Specialist

314.516.5119
SporlederJ@shsmo.org

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Josephine Sporleder

Media Specialist

314.516.5119
SporlederJ@shsmo.org

A 1997 graduate of Webster University, Josephine A. Sporleder holds a bachelor of arts degree in film and film history. She also attended the L. Jeffrey Selznick School of Film Preservation, where she developed a passion for taking care of film in advanced stages of decomposition. Sporleder joined SHSMO's staff at the Research Center–St. Louis in 2015.

Kenn Thomas

Senior Archivist

314.516.5143
ThomasK@shsmo.org

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Kenn Thomas

Senior Archivist

314.516.5143
ThomasK@shsmo.org

A St. Louis native, Kenn Thomas holds a master's degree in English and speech communication and a bachelor's degree in English. A former St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Globe-Democrat, and Riverfront Times writer, Thomas has been at the Research Center–St. Louis since 1985, when he started working in a part-time capacity as a graduate student.

Springfield Research Center

Erin Smither

Senior Archivist

417.836.3782
SmitherE@shsmo.org

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Erin Smither

Senior Archivist

417.836.3782
SmitherE@shsmo.org

Erin Smither, a Missouri State University graduate, holds a master's degree in library and information science as well as a master's and bachelor's of arts degrees in history. A life-long Missourian, Smither was a practicum student at the Research Center–Columbia in 2011, and she joined SHSMO in an official capacity in 2014.

Jami Lewis

Archivist

417.836.3782
LewisJami@shsmo.org

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Jami Lewis

Archivist

417.836.3782
LewisJami@shsmo.org

Jami Lewis holds an undergraduate degree in history from Drury University and is currently completing her master's in history at Missouri State University. Prior to joining the State Historical Society in September 2017, she was an archivist at the History Museum on the Square in downtown Springfield. Born and raised in southwest Missouri, Lewis grew up right off of Route 66.
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