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Connie Holland

Project Assistant
Office of Curatorial Affairs

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: 
  • American Alliance of Museums
  • National Council on Public History
  • Popular Culture Association
  • Phi Alpha Theta