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2012 Jessica Leanna Dame School: University of South Carolina Field of study: Is a Masters candidate at the University of South Carolina, in the School of Library and Information Science. As an undergraduate, Jessica worked as a horticulture technician and became familiar with a variety of plants. She also has experience with cataloging, writing, editing and processing newly acquired materials and scanning images, all skills needed to perform the collections management duties at the Archive of American Gardens (AAG) at the Smithsonian. She will digitize and catalog new acquisitions to the GCA Collection. |
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2012 Julie Hunter School: Pratt University Field of study: Is a Masters candidate in Library Science and Information at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. She worked in the Dauphin County Library System in Harrisburg, PA, where she gained valuable experience with cataloging and technical writing. Currently, she is working in media services at the Pratt Library. This experience, coupled with her love of gardens, will enable her to work with the new acquisitions to the GCA Collections at the Archive of American Gardens at the Smithsonian. |
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2011 Kayla Burns School: University of South CarolinaMichigan State University Field of study: Kayla is most interested in archives and the challenges they pose in creating unique records for rare items such as the GCA Collection at the Archive of American Gardens at the Smithsonian. |
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2010 Carolyn Chesarino School: John Carroll University - B.A. North Carolina State University - M.A. University of North Carolina - M.S.L.S. Field of study: Public History and Library Science with concentrations in Archives and Records Management Project location: Smithsonian Archives of American Gardens |
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2010 Kate Fox School: "Bennington College - B.A. Studio Art and American Literature Bard Graduate Center M.A. History of Decorative Arts, Design, Material Culture" Field of study: "Kate has practical experience in archival work and has had coursework in American women designers, including Beatrix Farrand and the women of the Lowthorpe School." Project location: Internship in the AAG at the Smithsonian |
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2009 Kaitlyn Hay School: Princeton University Junior B.A. in Art/Italian Certificate 2010 Field of study: Art History & Visual Arts Will work in the Archives of American Gardens at the Smithsonian Institution and wil also develop a research project related to the archives. Project location: "AAG Washington, DC" |
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2009 Lesley Joplin School: Smith College Senior B.A. Field of study: Landscape Studies Will work in the Archives of American Gardens at the Smithsonian Institution. She will develop a research project realted to the Mystery Gardens Project. Project location: "Washington, DC" |
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2008 Jennifer Mack School: Indiana University Bloomington B.A. Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis M.A. in Progress Field of study: Museum Studies Will pursue her interest in how gardens can fit into the changing enviornment of the 21st century museum. Project location: "AAG, Washington, DC" |
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2007 Jennifer Thomas School: University of Colorado/Denver Graduate student in Landscape Architecture Field of study: "Will work in the Archives of American Gardens at the Smithsonian Institution and research the work of Jane Silverstein Ries, landscape architect." |
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2006 Serena Epstein School: University of Connecticut Senior Field of study: "Landscape Architecture and Horticulture Will work at Hill-Stead Museum, Farmington, CT" Project location: "Hill-Stead Museum, Farmington, CT" |
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2005 Jennifer Kotting School: "Cornell University Graduate student, Landscape Architecture Program College of UMBC English & Anthropology" Field of study: Project: "Ethnic Gardens:Design Inspiration from America's Vernacular Landscapes" - Documenting Vernacular Ethnic Gardens. Project location: Archives of American Gardens at the Smithsonian |
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2005 Anna Wik School: Rhode island School of Design MLA -(May 2007) University of Iowa BA English Field of study: Landscape Architecture Project: "Shifting Functions of the Cultural Landscape Designed Space in America Between the World Wars:1917-1945" |
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2005 Nelly Branson School: University of Maryland BS Landscape Architecture (May 2007) Field of study: Project: "Gardens: A Comparison Between a Connecticut Garden from 1840 and a Maryland Garden in 1900." |
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2004 Janet Curll-Coleman School: University of Georgia Master of Landscape Architecture Univ of Arkansas Field of study: "Landscape Architecture Working in the Archives this summer, Janet will pursue interest in historic landscapes, begin research on her thesis which will examine effects of symbolism in antebellum gardens in Georgia." Project location: "Washington, DC" |
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2003 Anne Behner School: Ohio State University BS Agriculture Field of study: Landscape Horticulture |
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