Gerald Douglas Saxon

PERSONAL

Associate Director for Special Collections, Branch Libraries, and Programs
University of Texas at Arlington
Phone: (817) 272-3393
Fax: (817) 272-3360

EDUCATION

• A.C. National archival certification by the Academy of Certified Archivists, November, 1989; local archival certification, August, 1986, by The University of Texas at Arlington.
• Ph.D. May, 1979, North Texas State University, Denton, Texas. Majored in American History; minored in American Literature. Dissertation: "The Politics of Expansion: Texas as an Issue in American Politics, 1819-1845."
• M.A. August, 1975, Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas. Majored in American History. Thesis: "Texas Annexation and the Democratic Party."
• B.A. August, 1973, Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas. Majored in American History; minored in Political Science.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• 1997-c. Associate Director for Special Collections, Branch Libraries, and Programs, The University of Texas at Arlington Libraries. Duties consist of directing and supervising the operations and administration of the Special Collections Division, the Architecture and Fine Arts Library, and the Science and Engineering Library. Also serve as coordinator of the University Libraries' development and publications program.
• 1986-1997 Assistant Director for Special Collections and Development, The University of Texas at Arlington Libraries. Duties consist of directing and supervising the operations and administration of the Special Collections Division, including the identification, acquisition, processing, and preservation of materials; reference and user services; outreach, fund raising, and public relations; and serving as liaison with the Friends of the UTA Libraries, a library support organization with 350 members. Special Collections houses 40,000 volumes, 7,500 rare maps, 7,000 linear feet of manuscript and archival collections, and approximately 800,000 photographic prints and negatives. The division's holdings focus on Texas, Mexico, the American Southwest, the U.S. War with Mexico, and the cartographic history of the Gulf of Mexico. The division has a full-time staff of ten, evenly divided between professional and classified staff, and employs eight work-study students each semester. In addition, the permanent and student staff are assisted by volunteers and student interns pursuing graduate education in archival science.
• 1987-c. Adjunct Associate Professor of History, Department of History, The University of Texas at Arlington. Duties consist of teaching the following classes: History 5342, Principles of Archives and Museums I; History 5343, Principles of Archives and Museums II; History 5644, Internship in Archival Enterprise; History 5348, Oral History Methods and Methodology; History 3363, Texas and Spanish Borderlands; and Geography/History 4310, Geography and History of the Southwest. As a member of the graduate faculty, I also serve on and direct M.A. and Ph.D. student theses and dissertation committees.
• 1980-1986 Oral Historian, Texas/Dallas History and Archives 1986 Division, Dallas Public Library, Dallas, Texas. Duties consisted of directing the library's oral history program; serving on the division's interviewing, budget, and acquisitions committees, as well as on systemwide committees; planning and implementing workshops and programs; curating exhibits; planning and coordinating publications based on the division's collections; conducting community outreach presentations; working closely with donors; and servicing the division's reference desk.
• 1979-1980 Field Archivist, Texas County Records Inventory Project, Denton, Texas. Duties consisted of inventorying county records in Texas courthouses, preparing finding aids for these records, and educating county officials about the state's historical records depository program.
• 1974-1986 American History instructor at the following institutions: Eastfield College (1982-1986), a campus of the Dallas County Community College District; North Texas State University (1975-1978), Denton, Texas; and Lamar University (1974-1975), Beaumont, Texas. Duties consisted of teaching both semesters of the American History survey course.

DISTINCTIONS

• Member, Texas Oral History Association Executive Board, 1999-c.
• Chair, Archives Committee, Texas State Historical Association, 1997-c
• Member, Executive Board, Society of Southwest Archivists, 1997- 1998.
• Nominated by State Senator Chris Harris to the Texas Council for the Humanities, Fall 1996.
• President, Society of Southwest Archivists, 1996-1997.
• Program Chair, Annual Meeting, Society of Southwest Archivists, May 1996.
• Member, Archives Committee, Texas State Historical Association, 1996-1997.
• Center Fellow, Clements Center for Southwest Studies, SMU, 1996-c.
• Member, Board of Directors, the Fielder Museum, 1996-c.
• Vice President, Society of Southwest Archivists, 1995-1996.
• Appointed by the Governor of Texas to the Texas Historical Records Advisory Board, 1994-1996.
• Member, Board of Directors, The Book Club of Texas, 1993-c.
• Elected to the Executive Board, Society of Southwest Archivists, 1992-1994.
• Editorial Advisor, Mexican War Journal, 1991-c.
• Appointed to the Advisory Board of the Tarrant County Historical Society, 1990-c.
• Contributing editor of Legacies magazine, 1989-c.
• President of the Texas Oral History Association, 1986-1987.
• Contributing editor of Heritage News, 1986-1989.
• Appointed to the City of Dallas Designation Task Force by the City Landmark Committee, 1986-1987.
• Vice President of the Texas Oral History Association, 1985-1986.
• Oral history editor for the Texas Library Journal, 1985-1986.
• Awarded the Dallas County Historical Commission's Professional Award for 1984.
• Appointed to the Greater Dallas Sesquicentennial Committee, 1984- 1986.
• Awarded a teaching fellowship at North Texas State University, 1975-1978.
• Co-editor of the Trinity Valley Historical Review, 1977-1978, a journal published by the North Texas State University Department of History.
• Awarded a teaching fellowship at Lamar University, 1974-1975.
• Graduated magna cum laude, 1973.
• Phi Kappa Phi, 1973-c.
• Phi Alpha Theta, 1972-1975.
• Dean's List, 1971-1973.

PUBLICATIONS

• Entrada: The First Century of Mapping the Greater Southwest, with Dennis Reinhartz (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1998).
• Editor, Marking a Milestone: The UTA Libraries' One Millionth Volume Ceremony, April 19, 1996 (Arlington, The UTA Press, forthcoming November 1996).
• Editor, The Compass Rose (newsletter of the Special Collections Division). 1987-c.
• Several entries for The New Handbook of Texas (Austin: The Texas State Historical Association, 1996), 6 vols, including "Adelaida Cuellar," "James Eric Decker," and "Special Collections Division, University of Texas at Arlington Libraries."
• Chapter in Dallas Reconsidered: Essays in Local History, edited by Michael V. Hazel (Dallas: Three Forks Press, 1996).
• "James McCoy Carlisle and His Arlington Academy," Legacies: A History Journal for Dallas and North Central Texas (Spring 1996), 34-41.
• Transitions: A Centennial History of The University of Texas at Arlington (Arlington: The UTA Press, 1995).
• "The Berachah Home: A Home for the Homeless and a Friend to the Friendless," Legacies: A History Journal for Dallas and North Central Texas (Fall 1993), 28-34.
• "Special Collections at UT-Arlington, A Genealogical Treasure," Footprints (November 1993), 10-13.
• "A. C. Greene: The Writer as Historian," Concho River Review (Fall 1992), 44-55.
• "Dallas Cartoonist John Knott Looks at World War I," Legacies: A History Journal for Dallas and North Central Texas (Spring 1992), 20-28.
• The WPA Dallas Guide and History, with Maxine Holmes (Denton: The University of North Texas Press, 1992).
• "Jenkins Garrett: The Collector as Library Builder," Texas Libraries (Fall 1991), 68-71.
• "The Cartographic History Library of The University of Texas at Arlington," Meridian 6 (1991), 23-28.
• Special Collections at The University of Texas at Arlington Libraries: A Guide (Arlington: UTA Libraries, 1989).
• "An Uplifting Experience: The Moody-Sankey Revival," Heritage News (Spring 1986), 8-9.
• "Anthony Butler: A Flawed Diplomat," East Texas Historical Journal, 24 (1986), 3-14.
• The Cartoonist's Art: Editorial Cartoons by Ficklen, McClanahan, Taylor, and DeOre (Dallas: Dallas Public Library, 1985).
• "Reminiscences: From Tape to Type," with Jan Moltzan, Public Libraries Quarterly (Fall 1985), 25-31.
• "Oral History Column" (on Videotaping Oral History Interviews), Texas Library Journal (Winter 1985), 134-135.
• "Oral History Column" (on The Texas Oral History Association), Texas Library Journal (Fall 1985), 94-95.
• "James Monroe and Texas: The Politics of Diplomacy," Cross Timbers Review (Spring 1985), 7-17.
• "Oral History Column" (on Starting an Oral History Project), Texas Library Journal (Spring 1985), 28-31, and (Summer 1985), 62-63.
• "Dallas Public Library: A Reputation for Excellence," with Pam Lange, Wilson Library Bulletin (June 1984), 703-707.
• Reminiscences: A Glimpse of Old East Dallas (Dallas: Dallas Public Library, 1983).
• "Oral History: A Guide for Genealogists," The Genealogical Helper (July-August 1983), 9-11.
• "The Dallas Mayors Oral History and Records Project: A Program of Institutional Cooperation," with Alan Mason, American Archivist (Fall 1982), 472-474.
• "The Majestic Theatre," videotape script (Dallas: Dallas Public Library, 1982).
• "The Chicken Ranch: A Home on the Range," with John R. Summerville, Red River Valley Historical Review (Fall 1982), 33-44.
• "Oral History and Dallas Public Library," Texas Library Journal (Spring 1982), 26-27.
• "Banking in the Republic of Texas," with Dan French, Texas Bankers Record (December 1981), 11-12, 22-23.
• "Early Attempts at Banking: The Republic of Texas," with Dan French, Midsouth Journal of Economics (Fall 1981), 45- 47.
• Edited and compiled twenty volumes in a Texas series entitled Inventory of County Records (Austin: Texas State Library, 1979-1980).
• "Truett Latimer," The County and District Clerk (September 1980), 1-3.
• "Joe B. Frantz: Man on the Move," The County and District Clerk (May 1980), 1-7.

LIBRARY COMMITTEES

• Liaison to the Executive Board, Friends of the UTA Libraries, 1987-c.
• Library Executive Council, 1986-c.
• Library Management Council, 1994-c.
• Library Advisory Forum, 1988-c.; Chair, 1990-1991
• Major Space Committee, 1994-c.; Co-chair, 1995-1996
• Disaster Preparedness Committee, 1991-c.
• Employee Recognition Committee, 1993-1995

UNIVERSITY COMMITTEES

• Centennial Coordinating Committee, 1990-1996
• Executive Board, Center for Greater Southwestern Studies and the History of Cartography, 1992-c.
• Development Committee, Center for Greater Southwestern Studies and the History of Cartography, 1992-c.
• Planning Committee, 1994-1995
• Public History Committee, 1992-1995
• Geography Committee, 1989-1992
• Role and Scope Committee, 1987-1988

GRANTS OF $5,000 AND MORE

• Houston Endowment, Inc., Houston, Texas, April 1999. $200,000 to underwrite the Cartographic Connections Project.
• TexShare Grant, Austin, Texas, 1998. $10,000 to support the cataloging of the Virginia Garrett Map Collection.
• A. H. Belo Foundation, Dallas, Texas, forthcoming December 1996. $15,000 to assist in the processing of the A. C. Greene Papers.
• Mr. and Mrs. Keith Kahle, Fort Worth, Texas, 1995-1996. $9,000 to assist in the processing of the Keith Kahle Papers.
• Dr. and Mrs. Marvin Applewhite, London, England, 1995. $10,000 to purchase the Henry Washington Benham Papers.
• Summerlee Foundation, Dallas, Texas, 1995. $29,000 to purchase the Henry Washington Benham Papers.
• University of Texas System, Board of Regents, Matching Grant, Austin, Texas, 1995. $29,000 to purchase the Henry Washington Benham Papers.
• University of Texas System, Board of Regents, Matching Grant, Austin, Texas, 1994. $25,567.50 to purchase the A. C. Greene Papers.
• Sid Richardson Foundation, Fort Worth, Texas, 1992. $57,529 to assist in the publication of the Selective Guide tothe Maps of Texas and the Southwest in the Cartographic History Library of The University of Texas at Arlington (hereafter cited as Selective Guide).
• Texas Council for the Humanities, Summerlee Foundation, Friends of the UTA Libraries, Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins Garrett, and the University of Texas at Arlington, 1992. $30,500 to support a symposium and exhibition entitled "Entrada: The First Century of Mapping the Greater Southwest."
• Texas Council for the Humanities, Summerlee Foundation, Friends of the UTA Libraries, and the University of Texas at Arlington, 1992. $21,792 to support a symposium and exhibition entitled "The Changing Nature of the U.S.- Mexico Relationship."
• Chancellor's Council Grant, University of Texas System, Austin, Texas, 1992. $10,000 to assist in the cataloging of school atlases and geographies.
• Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins Garrett, Fort Worth, Texas, 1988-1992. $45,000 to assist in the publication of The Mexican-American War of 1846-1848: A Bibliography of the Holdings of the Libraries, The University of Texas at Arlington.
• Armstrong Foundation, Natchez, Mississippi, 1987-1992. $43,000 to assist in the processing of the George W. Armstrong Papers.
• Summerlee Foundation, Dallas, Texas, 1991. $7,000 to assist in the publication of the Selective Guide.
• Abell-Hanger Foundation, Midland, Texas, 1991. $10,000 to assist in the publication of the Selective Guide.
• Sid Richardson Foundation, Fort Worth, Texas, 1991. $30,080 to support the purchase of the collections listed in the entry that follows.
• University of Texas System, Board of Regents, Matching Grant, Austin, Texas, 1990-1991. $216,639 to purchase the Manuel Gonzales Papers, Simon Peon Family Papers, Jose Salazar Ilarregui Papers, Murray Hudson School Atlas and Geography Collection, and Murray Hudson Commercial Atlas Collection.
• Sid Richardson Foundation, Fort Worth, Texas, 1991. $130,000 to support the purchase of the Alper Collection (from Mexico), the Jorge Denegre Vaught Mexican War Collection, and the Michel Antochiw Collection of Mexican pamphlets, books, newspapers, and government documents.
• Fort Worth Star-Telegram Foundation, Fort Worth, Texas, 1990. $37,500 to purchase the George W. Kendall Papers.
• University of Texas System, Board of Regents, Matching Grant, Austin, Texas, 1990. $37,500 to purchase the George W. Wilkins Papers.
• University of Texas System, Board of Regents, Matching Grant, Austin, Texas, 1988. $132,000 to purchase the Alper Collection (from Mexico), the Jorge Denegre Vaught Mexican War Collection, and the Michel Antochiw Collection of Mexican pamphlets, books, newspapers, and government documents.
• Bequest, Mrs. Harry Joseph Morris estate, Dallas, Texas, 1987. $11,500 to support purchases in Special Collections.
• University of Texas System, Board of Regents, Matching Grant, Austin, Texas, 1986. $26,500 to purchase the Jesus de la Garza Papers.

AWARDS RECEIVED BY SPECIAL COLLECTIONS

• ICI Conservation Division's "Prize for a Plan" 1995 National Competition, first prize awarded to the Special Collections Division for a plan to preserve the Henry Washington Benham Papers.
• John Sessions Memorial Award, given to the Texas Labor Archives of the Special Collections Division, 1993. The award is given annually by the Reference and Adult Services Division of the American Library Association.
• John Cotton Dana Award, given to the Friends of the UTA Libraries for the organization's first membership and publicity drive, 1988.

SPEECHES, LECTURES, AND PRESENTATIONS

• Speech, "Looking Back: One Hundred Years of UTA History," Fielder Museum, Arlington, Texas, June 30, 1996.
• Presentation, "Report on the Draft of the Strategic Plan for Texas Archives Prepared by the Texas Historical Records Advisory Board," Society of Southwest Archivists, Albuquerque, New Mexico, May 17, 1996.
• Chair and Commentator, "Practical Work from Practicums: Using Interns from the Library, Archives and Preservation World," Texas Association of Museums, Dallas, Texas, April 13,1996.
• Special Guest, "The Family History Program," Radio Program Syndicated by KRLD of Dallas, March 31, 1996.
• Panelist, "Dallas by the Book," Colophon (Friends of the SMU Library) Meeting, March 20, 1996.
• Presentation, "Thanks for the Memories: The One Hundred Year History of UTA," UTA Alumni Association Annual Homecoming, Arlington, Texas, February 17, 1996.
• Presentation, "Transitions: A Centennial History of the University of Texas at Arlington, 1895-1995," Friends of the UTA Libraries, Arlington, Texas, February 16, 1996.
• Presentation, "Engineering at UTA: A History," American Society of Civil Engineers, Dallas-Fort Worth Chapter, Arlington, Texas, November 20, 1995.
• Commentator, "Challenge of Statehood: A Sesquicentennial Symposium on Texas Annexation," Arlington, Texas, October 20, 1995.
• Presentation, "Remember When? Looking Back at One Hundred Years of UTA's History," Fall 1995 UTA Lecture Series, Arlington, Texas, October 19, 1995.
• Presentation, "The History of UTA," UTA Libraries' Brown Bag Series, August 3, 1995.
• Presentation, "Nineteenth Century Texas Sources at UTA," Daughters of the Republic of Texas, Fort Worth, Texas, November 21, 1994.
• Presentation, "How the West Was Taught: School Geographies and Their Treatment of the Westward Movement," Fall 1994 UTA Lecture Series, Arlington, Texas, October 20, 1994.
• Presentation, "Genealogical Resources in the Special Collections Division," Mid-Cities Genealogical Society, Hurst, Texas, July 7, 1994.
• Speech, "Don't Get Swamped in the Archives," Texas Library Association, District 7 Meeting, Denton, Texas, October 30, 1993.
• Speech, "How the West Was Taught: School Geographies and Their Treatment of Nineteenth Century U.S. Expansionism," XV International Conference on the History of Cartography, Chicago, Illinois, June 21-25, 1993.
• Speech, "A Home for the Homeless and a Friend to the Friendless: The Berachah Home," Discovering Arlington's Heritage Conference, Arlington, Texas, March 27, 1993.
• Speech, "Following the Paper Trail: Letters as Windows to the Past," Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, October 24, 1992.
• Speech, "Cataloging a Unique Cartographic History Collection," University of Texas System Chancellor's Council Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas, May 5, 1992.
• Speech, "The Ahs of Archives," Texas Library Association Annual Conference, Houston, Texas, April 9, 1992.
• Speech, "Jenkins Garrett: The Collector as Library Builder," 10th Annual Library History Colloquium, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, April 26, 1991.
• Speech, "A Visual History: Fort Worth and Tarrant County in Maps," Tarrant County Historical Society, Arlington, Texas, February 20, 1991.
• Speech, "A.C. Greene: The Historian as Writer," Western Literature Association, Denton, Texas, October 4, 1990.
• Speech, "More Than Mere Illustration: Maps as Research Tools for Historians," Texas State Historical Association, Austin, Texas, March 3, 1990.
• Speech, "Tumultuous Texas: A History from 1836-1900," Texas Society of Professional Surveyors, Jefferson, Texas, August 11, 1990.
• Speech, "Why Preservation," Fort Worth Woman's Club, Fort Worth, Texas, January 8, 1990.
• Speech, "Targeting Texas: Building a Special Collection in the Lone Star State," 30th Annual Rare Books and Manuscripts Section Preconference, sponsored by the Association of College and Research Libraries, American Library Association, Dallas, Texas, May 5, 1989.
• Speech, "The Use of Archives in the Classroom," American Historical Association sponsored conference titled "The Teaching of History," Denton, Texas, October 29, 1988.
• Speech, "Special Collections: What They Are and Why We Need Them," Conference on State and Local History, Arlington, Texas, October 5, 1988.
• Speech, "Collecting Local History," Leadership Arlington, Arlington, Texas, November 18, 1987.
• Speech, "UTA's Special Collections Division," Van Zandt Relocation Specialists, Arlington, Texas, September 9, 1987.
• Speech, "Recent Acquisitions," AAUW, Arlington, Texas, May 5, 1987.
• Moderator, "Singing the Praises: Oral History and Country Music in Texas," Texas State Historical Association Convention, Austin, Texas, March 7, 1986.
• Speech, "Looking Backward," St. Michael's School, Dallas, Texas, January 23, 1986.
• Speech, "Yesterday's Dallas," Addison Rotary Club, Addison, Texas, November 22, 1985.
• Speech, "Oral History for Beginners," Michael Stoner Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, Dallas, Texas, November 1, 1985.
• Speech, "Libraries and Oral History," Texas Library Association Region V Annual Convention, Cedar Hill, Texas, November 9, 1985.
• Speech, "The History of East Dallas," Bryan Place Homeowners' Association, Dallas, Texas, June 11, 1985.
• Speech, "The Oral History Interview: Some Practical Advice," Texas Historical Commission Convention, Fort Worth, Texas, May 4, 1985.
• Speech, "The Memory of History: Analyzing Oral History Material," The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas, April 8, 1985.
• Speech, "An Introduction to Oral History," Daughters of the Republic of Texas, Dallas, Texas, October 12, 1984.
• Speech, "The Oral Historian in Difficulty," National Colloquium, Oral History Association Convention, Lexington, Kentucky, September 21, 1984.
• Speech, "East Dallas Oral History Project," Munger Place Neighborhood Association, Dallas, Texas, September 16, 1984.
• Lecturer, "Oral History on the Local Level," North Texas State University, Denton, Texas, March 13, 1984.
• Chairman, Texas Oral History Association Convention, Austin, Texas, March 2, 1984.
• Lecturer, "The Oral History Interview: Some Practical Considerations," The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas, February 14, 1984.
• Speech, "The East Dallas of Yesterday," Dallas, Texas, February 5, 1984.
• Speech, "Oral History for Genealogists," Mesquite Genealogical and Historical Society, Mesquite, Texas, November 10, 1983.
• Speech, "Oral History in Dallas," Pleasant Grove Historical Society, Dallas, Texas, October 25, 1983.
• Speech, "Oral History: Its Application for Jewish Historians," Texas Jewish Historical Society, Dallas, Texas, July 14, 1983.
• Speech, "Researching Oral History Interviews," Dallas County Historical Commission, Dallas, Texas, May 13, 1983.
• Speech, "Processing Oral History Interviews," Eastfield Community College, Social Science Faculty, Mesquite, Texas, May 3, 1983.
• Speech, "Oral History: Some Practical Advice," Dallas Public Library, Dallas, Texas, June 18, 1982.
• Speech, "The Genealogist as Oral Historian," Dallas Genealogical Society, Dallas, Texas, February 25, 1982.
• Speech, "Oral History in Oak Cliff," Oak Cliff Chamber of Commerce, Dallas, Texas, February 21, 1982.
• Speech, "Oral History: From Tape to Type," Sons of the Republic of Texas, Dallas, Texas, January 14, 1982.
• Speech, "Oral History in the Classroom," Dallas Independent School District, History Faculty, August 16, 1981.
• Paper, "The Chicken Ranch: A Home on the Range," Southwestern Social Science Association Convention, Houston, Texas, April 3, 1980.

COORDINATOR, ORAL HISTORY WORKSHOPS

• Tarrant County Historical Organizations, Arlington, Texas, January 24, 1992.
• Collin County Historical Organizations, Plano, Texas, October 3, 1990.
• Workshop Chair, Oral History Association Annual Conference, Galveston, Texas, October, 1989.
• Church and Synagogue Library Association, Dallas, Texas, April 19, 1986.
• Southern Memorial Association, Dallas, Texas, March 19, 1986.
• Arlington Historical Society, Arlington, Texas, September 14, 1985.
• Czech Historical Society of Texas, Dallas, Texas, June 9, 1985.
• Presbyterian Village North, Dallas, Texas, June 9, 1985.
• Texas Sesquicentennial Oral History Workshop, Marshall, Texas, December 8, 1984.
• Talented and Gifted Program, Dallas Independent School District, Pinkston High School, Dallas, Texas, November 7, 1984.
• Highland Park Methodist Church, Highland Park, Texas, October 28 and November 7, 1984.
• Talented and Gifted Program, Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District, R.L. Turner High School, Carrollton, Texas, October 12, 1984.
• Hunt County Historical Commission, Greenville, Texas, October 11, 1984.
• Texas Sesquicentennial Oral History Workshop, Waco, Texas, September 20, 1984.
• Senior Citizens of Greater Dallas, Dallas, Texas, May 9, 1984.
• Heatherlink School, Dallas, Texas, April, 24, 1984.
• Dallas County Historical Commission, Dallas, Texas, January 26, 1984.
• Dallas County Historical Commission, Dallas, Texas, April 24, 1984.
• Visiting Nurse Association, Dallas, Texas, January 26, 1984.
• Northeast Historical Society, Hurst, Texas, November 12, 1983.
• American Jewish Committee, Dallas, Texas, November 9, 1983.
• Texas Sesquicentennial Oral History Workshop, Dallas, Texas, June 4, 1983.
• Docents of the DeGolyer Estate, Dallas, Texas, February 22, 1983.
• Gifted Leaders Are Developed Program, Dallas, Texas, January 11 and 18, 1983.
• Region 10 Educational Services Program, Richardson, Texas, December 11, 1982.
• Dallas Geriatric Research Institute, Dallas, Texas, November 4, 1982.
• Park Cities Historical Commission, Highland Park, Texas, October 14, 1982.

CONSULTANCIES

• Dallas Independent School District, 1994. To provide in-service training for secondary teachers in the techniques and philosophy of oral history.
• Moody Mansion and Museum, Galveston, Texas, 1994. To participate in a charette that studied the museum's strategic plan and mission, and established long-range goals for the museum.
• Dallas Museum of Art, 1994. To conduct oral history interviews with museum donors.
• Dallas County Historical Foundation (The Sixth Floor Museum), 1992-1994. To assist in the planning for and design of an archives.
• Texas Society of CPA's, 1992. To survey the organization's historical records and assist in the planning for a museum and archives.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

• Member, Academy of Certified Archivists
• Member, Texas State Historical Association
• Member, Society of American Archivists
• Member, Society of Southwest Archivists
• Member, Texas Oral History Association
• Member, Oral History Association
• Member, Phi Kappa Phi
• Member, Tarrant County Historical Society
• Member, Fielder Museum