Profile profile for LintelmanR
M.A. in History, George Mason University, 2015
B.A. in American Studies, College of William & Mary, 2009
Research Specialties:
History of American entertainment, including film, television, theater, comedy, and animation; public history and the history of museums.
Projects:
Current:
- Entertaining America exhibition project, exploring the history of American culture and identity
- History of American comedy
- Muppets Take American History exhibition project
- Wizard of Oz research
- Children's television research
Past:
- T is for Television exhibition
- Ruby Slippers exhibition
- Keep them Ruby Kickstarter project
- Civil War Sesquicentennial commemoration, including Smithsonian Civil War: Inside the National Collection, Smithsonian Channel Civil War 360 television series, Experience Civil War Photography exhibit
- Military History collections inventory project
- Research on early cinema collection at NMAH
Professional Affiliations:
Popular Culture Association
National Council on Puiblic History
Blog Posts
There was more than one pair of Ruby Slippers in Dorothy's closet?
October 20, 2016
What is it about the puffy shirt?!
July 8, 2013
The Technicolor world of Oz
June 7, 2010
A Pilgrim or a poseur?
November 26, 2009
The strangest object in the Photographic History Collection
August 6, 2009
