Biographical sketch of Todd Ellison
For an interesting read about the career of an archivist (and
this one's in particular), see Vocational Biographies, Series D, Volume 5,
No. 7 (Sauk Centre, MN, 2000).
Educated
in the east
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Middlebury College -- history major.
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University of Maryland -- double masters, history/library science,
focusing on archival work.
First
archival work, pioneering new archival program developments
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arranged and described 3 centuries of land survey records (1677-1982) of
the Eastern Shore of Maryland.
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processed hundreds of Boulder Historical Society manuscript & photograph collections
at the Boulder Public Library (including providing digital access to images
linked to standardized cataloging text in the online catalog -- one of the first
in the nation to provide this mode of access to photographs).
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founded the institutional archives and special collections of the Colorado
Chautauqua Association.
- established the archival/ records management/ oral history program at Fort
Lewis College; the only Certified Archivist in the Four Corners region and
the only full professor in the Fort Lewis College Libraries.
Career
in special collections/archives management at Fort Lewis College
- was responsible for the identification, appraisal, acquisition, arrangement
and description, preservation and access for over 500 special collections,
including papers, records, photographs, oral history interview products, microforms,
three-dimensional artifacts, and other media of records documenting the history
of Fort Lewis College, Durango, and the Four Corners region.
- taught the various archival tasks to undergraduate students, members of
the Fort Lewis College community, and visiting seniors.
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served as the user liaison for the design and construction of the new
eight-million-dollar fifty-thousand-square-foot Center of Southwest Studies
at Fort Lewis College.
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