Profile profile for HollandC

Connie Holland

Museum Specialist
Division of Work and Industry
M.A., Public History, SUNY Empire State College
Graduate Certificate in Public History, SUNY Empire State College
B.A. cum laude American History, University of Maryland, University College
A.A. Broadcast Engineering, Northern Virginia Community College
Research Specialties: 
  • Gender and Women’s History
  • History of Broadcasting
  • Entertainment History
Projects: 
  • Cyrus Field and the Transatlantic Telegraph Cable installation and document inventory
  • Research related to specialties
  • Collections rehousing and inventory projects
  • Objects Out of Storage programs
  • Information Age de-install
  • Lighting a Revolution de-install and re-install
  • Smithsonian Civil War: Inside the National Collection – coauthor, "The Telegraph at War.''
  • Smithsonian American Women: Remarkable Objects and Stories of Strength, Ingenuity, and Vision from the National Collection, (October 2019) - author, "Women Wanted: Good Pay."
Professional Affiliations: 
  • National Council on Public History
  • Popular Culture Association
  • American Alliance of Museums
  • Phi Alpha Theta