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PhD (1999) United States
History, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
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In 1999, I came to Shippensburg University as the History
Department’s first Public Historian. Since 2002, I have served as the History
Department’s Director of Graduate Studies and the Department’s graduate
advisor. Over the last several years, I have worked together with the
Shippensburg History faculty to develop our Applied History graduate program
and undergraduate Public History concentration. These programs are
designed to prepare History students for careers in institutions such as
museums, archives, and historical sites, and also to encourage all our
students to see the important contributions historians can make throughout
society. As a Public Historian, I strive to reach beyond the campus and
mobilize the resources of the History Department and the university to serve
the historical needs of our region. I have also been fortunate to serve as the department’s
Internship Coordinator, building partnerships with the extraordinary
national, state, and local historical institutions in our region—including
National Park Service sites (i.e.: Gettysburg National Military Park, Eisenhower
National Historic Site, C & O Canal National Historical Park, Antietam
National Military Park, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park), the U.S.
Army Heritage and Education Center in Carlisle, PA, and the Pennsylvania
Historical and Museum Commission sites in Harrisburg (i.e.: PA State Museum,
PA State Archives, PA Bureau of Historic Preservation), as well as the many
local and county historical societies.
Steven
B. Burg, “Shippensburg’s Locust Grove Cemetery: A Window on Two Centuries of
Cumberland County’s African-American History.” Cumberland County History, vol.26 (2009). “From
Troubled Ground to Common Ground: The Locust Grove African American Cemetery
Restoration Project: A Case Study of Service Learning and Community
History.” The Public Historian, vol. 30, no. 2 (May 2008): 51-82. Steven B. Burg, editor, Black
History of Shippensburg, Pennsylvania: 1860-1936. (Shippensburg, PA.: Shippensburg University Press, 2005). Michael
E. Stevens, ed.; Steven Burg, David Chang, and Reid Paul asst. eds., Yesterday's
Future: The Twentieth Century Begins. Voices
of the Wisconsin Past Series. (Madison, Wis.: State Historical Society
of Wisconsin, 1999). Michael
E. Stevens and Steven B. Burg, Editing Historical Documents: A Handbook of
Practice. (Walnut Creek, Calif.: AltaMira Press, 1997). Steven
B. Burg, “Wisconsin and the Great Spanish Flu Epidemic of 1918.”Wisconsin
Magazine of History, vol. 84, no.1, (Autumn 2000). SELECTED PRESENTATIONS “Service-Learning in
Action: Shippensburg University Students and the Shippensburg Civil War
Trail,” (presented with David Maher), Presentation delivered at the American
Association for State and Local History Annual Meeting 2009, August 29, 2009. “So You’re Teaching
in a Public History Program,” Developed and moderate a working group for
university public history educators at the National Council for Public
History Annual Meeting, Providence, Rhode Island, April 4, 2009. “Ministers Between
Two Worlds: Antebellum Circuit Riders on the African Methodist Episcopal
Church’s Fredericktown to Harrisburg Circuit.” Paper delivered at the Pennsylvania
Historical Association Annual Meeting, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, October 17,
2008. “Getting the
Community Involved in Your Preservation Project.” Invited Presenter,
Cornelius O’Brien Historic Preservation & Indiana Main Street Conference,
Bloomington, Indiana, October 16, 2008. “The State of Public
History Graduate Internships.” Presentation delivered at the National Council
for Public History Annual Meeting, Louisville, Kentucky, April 12, 2008. “From Troubled Ground to Common Ground:
The Locust Grove African-American Cemetery Restoration Project,” National
Council for Public History Annual Meeting, Santa Fe, New Mexico, April 14,
2007. Panel Chair, “Attempting Double Victory: The World of
African American Domestic Workers in the Industrial North.” Panel delivered
at the Oral History Association Annual Meeting. Bethesda, Maryland, October 11, 2003. “Teaching Public History Through
Service-Learning.” Poster session
presented at the National Council on Public History 25th Annual
Conference. Houston, Texas, April 26, 2003. “Voices of Cumberland Valley Women During World War Two,”
Cumberland County Historical Society, October 29, 2002. “Engaging
Students with Applied History.” Paper delivered at the State System of Higher
Education Annual Conference for the Advancement of College Teaching and
Learning. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, March 22, 2002. “Life History as Political Propaganda: The Biography
and Autobiography of Dr. Francis Townsend and the Movement for Old Age
Security in America.” Paper delivered
at the Texts of Testimony: Autobiography, Life Story Narratives and the Public
Sphere Conference, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, England,
August 25, 2001. "Art, Entertainment, and Protest: The Role of
Movement Culture in Sustaining the Grassroots Townsend Movement." Paper presented at the Popular Culture
Association's Annual Meeting, Chicago, April 8, 1994. RECENT PUBLIC
HISTORY PROJECTS Project Director (2006-2007) Locust Grove Cemetery Community Service
Project. A joint faculty-student
research project that sought to research, document, and preserve Shippensburg’s
historic African-American burial ground.
Working together with two student researchers, we photographed,
transcribed, and mapped every extant tombstone in the cemetery, and then
performed hands-on conservation work on twenty-five damaged tombstones. Received
a grant of $6,550 from the State System of Higher Education to support this
work. Applied History Service-Learning Project
(2003-2007) Locust Grove Cemetery
Project. In cooperation with the Locust Grove Cemetery Committee,
Shippensburg University Applied History students undertook research and
developed projects designed to help document and preserve Shippensburg
historic African-American cemetery. Research undertaken by students in my
Research in Local and Regional History Class in the spring of 2004 was
published as Steven B. Burg, ed., Black History of Shippensburg,
Pennsylvania, 1860-1936, (Shippensburg, PA: Shippensburg University
Press, 2005). Applied History Service-Learning Project
(2006) Shippensburg Civil War Trail.
As part of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s effort to develop a
Pennsylvania Civil War Trail, students in my Advanced Topics in Public
History class developed both a walking tour of Civil War historic sites in
Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. I am currently working with the Chamber of
Commerce and the Shippensburg Historical Society to make this a permanent
self-guided walking tour through the installation of permanent interpretative
exhibits in downtown Shippensburg. Applied History Service-Learning Project
(2005) Visiting the Past: The 20th
Anniversary of the Shippensburg Historic District. In coordination with
the Shippensburg Borough Historic Architecture Review Board and the
Shippensburg Historical Society, students in my Advanced Topics in Public
History class organized a day-long series of events, workshops, walking
tours, and presentations designed to educate the public about the
accomplishments of the Shippensburg Historic District in helping to preserve
the community’s historic downtown. Applied History Service-Learning Project
(2002-2003) “An All-American Girl:
Selection from the Wardrobe of Sheree A. Holler.” Working with the staff
of the Shippensburg University Fashion Archives, students in my Advanced
Topics in Public History class designed and installed an interpretive exhibit
on clothing and culture in the 1960s and 1970s utilizing the clothing of
Shippensburg student Sheree A. Holler. Project Director (2002-2003) Cumberland County Women during World War
Two Oral History Project. A joint faculty-student research project that
conducted interviews with a dozen local women about their wartime
experiences. The oral histories were then transcribed, annotated, and
deposited in the permanent collections of the Cumberland County Historical
Society. Received a grant of $4,929 from the Shippensburg University
Professional Development Committee to fund this research. |
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