Dallas Hanbury
[email protected]
Education
Middle Tennessee State University - Murfreesboro, Tennessee
PhD Public History -Expected Date of Graduation: May-August 2016
Concentrations: 20th Century U.S. History, Black Freedom Movement History, Public History,
Archival Studies
Middle Tennessee State University - Murfreesboro, Tennessee
M.A. Public History (Archives Concentration) August 2012
The University of Montevallo - Montevallo, Alabama
Bachelor of Science (History Major/ Art History Minor) May 2010
Professional Experience
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Resident at Nashville Public Library’s (NPL) Special Collections division. In conjunction
with library staff will create public programs that either draw attention to the Special
Collection division’s collections, or utilize its materials in the construction of
programming. September 2014-May 2015.
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Graduate Assistant at the Center for Popular Music (CPM) at Middle Tennessee State
University. Responsible for processing the Joel S. Herron Collection. August 2013-May
2014.
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Archivist for Tennessee Aviation Hall of Fame Archives at Middle Tennessee State
University. Responsible for organizing current collections as well as appraising and
describing newly acquired materials. Also created draft of archives mission statement and
acquisitions policy. June 2013-May 2014.
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Temporary, grant funded processing archivist at the Albert Gore Research Center, located
on the campus of Middle Tennessee State University. Processed the Raul Regallado
collection at the Tennessee Aviation Hall of Fame Archives, housed on the campus of
Middle Tennessee State University. May-June, 2013.
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Coordinator for 2012 Middle Tennessee State University’s Public History field school:
“Life in the Bottoms.” May, 2012.
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Judge, Middle Tennessee Regional History Day; regional competition. 2011-2013.
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Graduate Teaching Assistant at Middle Tennessee State University, August, 2010 –
August 2013
From 2010 to 2012 I assisted a digital history film class in which undergraduate students
created their own history documentary. Responsibilities included managing equipment
for the class, providing advice on student projects, and assisting students in their research.
During fall 2011, in addition to working with the film class, I also assisted two History
3010 classes; courses designed to teach undergraduates the basics of history research
methods and citation. During the 2012 fall semester I was a teaching assistant in an
American History class that primarily studied the period of time between Reconstruction
and World War II. I taught two Friday discussion classes, administered and graded tests,
and held office hours. In August 2013 I became a graduate assistant at the Center for
Popular Music at Middle Tennessee State University. There I primarily processed
collections and catalogued orchestrations.
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Temporary, grant funded processing archivist at the Albert Gore Research Center, located
on the campus of Middle Tennessee State University. Processed the Ninety-Nines, Inc.,
International Organization of Women Pilots collection at the Tennessee Aviation Hall of
Fame Archives, housed on the MTSU campus. June, 2012.
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Seasonal Temporary Staff Member at the Rutherford County, Tennessee, Archives,
December 12, 2011 – January 2012. Responsibilities included managing the reading
room, assisting patrons with their research requests, staffing the front desk, and
administering the archives while the director was away on business.
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Summer Intern at the Rutherford County, Tennessee, Archives, Summer 2011. Primarily
processed photograph collections. Created digital scans of photograph collections and
created databases to house them. Assisted in design and testing of program created by the
Rutherford County Office of Information Technology to view the archives’ digital
collections. Other duties included assisting patrons, including county government
officials, with their research requests, managing the reading room, and staffing the front
desk.
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2010-11 Research assistant for Dr. Lorne McWatters’ “A History of Place,” in Middle
Tennessee State University: A Centennial Legacy ed. Janice M. Leone (Nashville: Twin
Oaks Press, 2011)
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Archives Assistant, Carmichael Library, University of Montevallo 2008 – 2010
Responsibilities included management of collections, basic conservation of archival
materials, assisting patrons in their research requests, and creating basic displays of
archives materials.
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Circulation Staff, Carmichael Library, University of Montevallo 2006 – 2010
Checked library materials in and out of library, reshelved library materials, and assisted
patrons.
Publications
“Build it and Will They Come?: Participatory Digital Archives, Hesitant Users, and the
Emerging Archival Commons,” (tentative title) forthcoming in Provenance: Journal of the
Society of Georgia Archivists
Technical Skills
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Experience with Encoded Archival Description (EAD), Encoded Archival Context
(EAC), and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
Experience in creating Machine Readable Catalog Records (MARC)
Familiarity with Dublin-Core based cataloging systems
Proficient in arranging archival collections according to DACS (Describing Archives, A
Content Standard)
Knowledge of museum collection management practices
Conference Presentations
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“Acknowledging the Origins of Public History in Cultural Institutions: The Nashville
Public Library’s Efforts at Increased User-Orientation,” Phi Alpha Theta Conference,
Tennessee Technological University, February 2014.
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“Slum Clearance and Economic Expansion: Senator Estes Kefauver and the Quest for
Urban Renewal Funds in Murfreesboro, Tennessee; 1950-1956,” Scholar’s Week, April
1-5, 2013, Middle Tennessee State University.
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------. Graduate History Conference at Louisiana State University, March 2013.
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Participant, Student Discussion Panel, 2011 Society of Tennessee Archivists Annual
Meeting.
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“Southern Honor and the Brooks-Sumner Affair,” National Conference on Undergraduate
Research (NCUR) at the University of Montana, April 2010.
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------.Council of Public Liberal Arts and Colleges (COPLAC) at the University of North
Carolina, Asheville, November 2009.
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------. National McNair Conference at the University of Buffalo, Spring 2009.
Honors and Awards
Recipient of Middle Tennessee State University History Department’s Bart McCash Memorial
Scholarship. Spring 2014.
Recipient of Middle Tennessee State University History Department’s Thelma Jennings
Scholarship. Spring 2012
President's list four consecutive semesters, University of Montevallo, 2008-2010
Professional Activities
Treasurer of Middle Tennessee State University Society of American Archivists Student
Chapter, May 2014-May 2015
Association of Graduate Students in History PhD representative to MTSU’s Public History
Committee. 2014-2015
Inaugural president of Middle Tennessee State University Society of American Archivists
Student Chapter, December 2013-May 2014
Student Member, Society of American Archivists, December 2013- present
Student Member, American Association of State and Local History, July 2013- present
Treasurer, Association of Graduate Students in History at Middle Tennessee State University,
2011-2012, 2013-2014
Member of Association of Graduate Students in History at Middle Tennessee State University,
2010-present
Phi Alpha Theta member, 2009-2010
McNair Scholar, 2008-2010