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Books
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Snowboarding in Southern Vermont  From Burton to the US Open (The History Press, 2018): History of the development and evolution of snowboarding in southwest Vermont

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​“No Braver Deeds: The Story of the Equinox Guards” ( Friends of Hildene, 2004) - detailing the lives of soldiers from Manchester, Vermont during the Civil War.


National Register Nominations: ​

Active Projects
  • 219 Pleasant Street HPCA, Benningon, Vermont
  • 219 Pleasant Street National Register, Bennington, Vermont
  • Taft's Flat Historic Structures Survey, Hartford, Vermont
  • Collinsville and Navy Yard Mill Surveys, Dracut, Massachusetts
  • Section 106 Review and VARI Form, Arlington Church, Arlington, Vermont
  • Section 106 Review and VARI Form, 16 Chaplin Avenue, Rutland, Vermont
  • Adamant Village NR District, Calais, Vermont (Calais Historic Commission)
  • Green Mountain Cottage National Register, Mount Holly, Vermont
  • Roxbury Fish Hatchery National Register, Roxbury, Vermont
  • Historic Preservation Management Plan, Gilman Mill, Lunenburg, Vermont

Completed
  • Luce Farm, Stockbridge, Vermont (Preservation Trust of Vermont )
  • Shelburne Falls NR District, Shelburne, Vermont (Historic Preservation & Design Review Commission)
  • Park Street School, Springfield, Vermont (for Lyssa Papazian)
  • East Calais Village NR District, Calais, Vermont (Calais Historic Commission)
  • Wentworth House, Norwich, Vermont (Lyssa Papazian and the Norwich Historical Commission)
  • Stockmayer House, Norwich, Vermont (Lyssa Papazian and the Norwich Historical Commission)
  • Meeting Hill Farm, Norwich, Vermont (Town of Norwich Historic Commission)
  • Maple Hill Farm, Norwich, Vermont (Town of Norwich Historic Commission)
  • White River Junction NR District Update, Hartford, Vermont (Hartford Historic Preservation Commission)
  • Gilbert's Hill, Woodstock, Vermont (Preservation Trust of Vermont )
  • Goodrich Four Corners NR District, Norwich, Vermont (Town of Norwich Historic Commission)
  • Camp Marbury, Ferrisburgh, Vermont ( VERA Renewables)
  • Advent Camp Meeting Grounds, Hartford, Vermont
  • Dog Team Tavern, New Haven, Vermont
  • Brooksville Advent Church, New Haven, Vermont
  • Camp Billings, Thetford, Vermont
  • West Dover NR District Amendment, Dover, Vermont (for Preservation Trust of Vermont)
  • A.C. Rice Silk Mill, Pittsfield, Massachusetts (with Agricola, Inc.)
  • Philip Livingston School, Albany, New York (with Epsilon Associates, Inc.)

Integrity Reports

Active
  • Music Hall, Manchester, Vermont 
Completed
  • Cobb and Derby Mill and R.J. Kenney Building, Springfield, Vermont (2016/for Town of Springfield)
  • Weston Dam, Weston, Vermont (Weston Conservation Commission)

Visual Impact Studies: 

Completed
  • Act 248 PSB Review/Wind Tower, Dairy Air Wind Project, Holland, Vermont (in progress/for VERA Renewables)
  • The Northern Pass Project, Statewide, New Hampshire, 2012. 

Section 106 /Act 250 Compliance:

Active
  • Music Hall, Manchester, Vermont

Completed
  • 219 Pleasant Street, Bennington, Vermont
  • Weston Dam Removal, Weston, Vermont (Weston Conservation Commission)
  • ​H.N.Williams Store, Dorset, Vermont (2018)
  • 343 Safford Street, Bennington, Vermont  (NeigborWorks of Western Vermont)
  • St. Johnsbury Housing Needs Study, St. Johnsbury, Vermont (2018/for Town of St. Johnsbury)
  • Gilman Hydro Historic Resources Management Plan, Lunenburg, Vermont (in progress)
  • The Commons Rehabilitation, Bennington College, Bennington, Vermont (2017/with Center-Line Architects )

Part 1, Tax Credit:

Active
  • William C. Bull House, 219 Pleasant Street, Bennington, VT

Completed
  • Waban Fire House, Newton, Massachusetts (with Tremont Preservation Services)
  • 191 Pine Street, Portland, Maine (with Tremont Preservation Services)
  • Cortes Street, Boston, Massachusetts (with Tremont Preservation Services)

Survey and Historic Context Statement:

Active
  • Taft's Flat, Hartford, Vermont

Completed
  • Modernism in Burlington, Vermont


Planning and Education:

Completed
  • Hartford Vermont Education Program, Hartford, Vermont (Hartford Historic Preservation Commission)
  • City of Albany Historic Preservation Plan, Pre-Planning and Scoping (2018)

Oral History:

Completed
  • Town of Shelburne’s Oral History Project.
  • Hildene, The Lincoln Family Home Oral History Project
  • Stratton Mountain School Alumni Oral History Project

Neighborhood Assessment:

Completed
  • Bennington, Vermont, through research of historic neighborhoods, evaluation of traditional neighborhood anchor points and study of present day conditions.

Archives and Library Development and Management:
  • Formulated, directed, and administered collection development policy and program for archival and manuscript collections for the Hildene Lincoln Family Library and Research Center. Oversaw the conversion of five rooms into museum archives without affecting historic integrity.

Museum Exhibits:
  • “The American Ideal: Abraham Lincoln and the Second Inaugural” (2008-2009)
  • “The Personal Abraham Lincoln” (2008-2009)
  • “The North Shire and the Civil War: The Common Experience of Uncommon Valor" (2003-2006)

Researched context for exhibit, oversaw incoming/outgoing loans associated with exhibit, and provided proper storage for loaned items. Served in design and installation of exhibit. Developed interpretative programs for adults and children. Assisted in writing research compendiums and provided public presentations.

Thematic Lectures:
  • “Hildene Winter History Series”
  • “Why It Matters: The Ten Most Important Elections in U.S. History”
  • “In the Shadow of Greatness: The Lives of Presidential Progeny”​
​Organized lectures and symposia focused on American history. Prepared yearly lecture series featuring speakers of local, regional and national prominence.
I went back to Ohio 
But my city was gone 
There was no train station 
There was no downtown 
South Howard had disappeared 
All my favorite places 
My city had been pulled down 
Reduced to parking spaces 

A, o, way to go Ohio
-Chrissie Hynde
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