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The Dallas Genealogical Society invites you to join us for a two-day seminar focused on Texas Research featuring Teri Flack, a noted research with a deep background on the topic, as well as representatives from the University of North Texas Portal to Texas History, The University of Texas at Arlington Special Collection and the Dallas Public Library History Section.
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Schedule and Location
This event will be held at the Dallas Public Library: J. Erik Jonsson Central Library, 1515 Young Street Dallas, TX
Cost
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About our Speakers
Teri E. Flack is a genealogy and historical researcher, consultant, and lecturer who has been researching family history for over 30 years. Teri chairs the Texas State Genealogical Society’s Records Preservation and Access Committee and serves as the Texas state liaison to the national RPAC. She is director of the Federation of Genealogical Societies. Teri was recently appointed to the Texas State Historical Resource Advisory Board, a state-level board dedicated to the preservation and use of Texas’ documentary heritage. She is the first genealogist to sit on the board in over a decade.
Teri is a member of the Travis County Historical Commission for which she chairs the Research Committee and serves as Travis County historical marker chair. Teri volunteers at the Texas State Archives processing over 1,000 volumes and 300 cubic feet of Galveston County records and creating finding aids to make them accessible to the public. Teri spent much of her career in Texas government working with the Texas Legislature on higher education and consumer protection issues. She used that experience in 2013 to work with the Texas genealogical community to prevent legislation from passing that would have further restricted access to Texas birth and death records. For her work in records preservation and access, Teri was recently elected a Fellow of the Texas State Genealogical Society. Teri holds a Master’s degree in History, with a concentration in Public History; MBA; Paralegal Certificate; and B. S. in Education from Texas State University.
Laurel Neuman works in the Archives and Records Division at the State of Texas General Land Office. She was born in Dallas and grew up in Arlington — her family has deep roots in Northeast Texas. She graduated from Arlington High in 2004 and went on to Texas State University, where she received her Bachelors of Arts in History in 2008. She is currently pursuing her Master’s degree in Public History at Texas State University. She began working in the Archives at the GLO in 2008 as a summer intern in the scanning and duplication department. This initial exposure to the collection got her hooked, and she quickly fell in love with their collection. She was hired on full-time after her internship and has now worked in the Archives and Records program area for almost 7 years. She currently works in the Research Room, where she assists external customers with their research needs, gives in-house tours to the public, and works with fellow staff members to train them on the various parts of the collection. She also does several outreach events each year, traveling around Texas to spread the word about the wonderful resources at the GLO. She is passionate about Texas history, she loves the collection, and she enjoys getting to share the GLO records with the public!
Jacob Mangum is the Project Development Librarian for the Portal to Texas History at the University of North Texas Libraries. He earned both his BS in Information Science in 2013 and his MS in Library Science in 2014 from the University of North Texas. Then in February 2015 he became the Project Development Librarian for the Portal to Texas History at the University of North Texas Libraries. In this role he works with partners in the creation and digitization of collections for the Portal. As an additional function of his role at UNT Mr. Mangum performs outreach to various organizations and associations. These include genealogical societies, museums, libraries, and private collectors.
Brenda McClurkin, C.A. is the former Historical Manuscripts Archivist at the University of Texas at Arlington Library Special Collections and Archives, and now heads that department. She holds an undergraduate degree in history from Colorado Woman’s College in Denver; a MLS from the University of Arizona; and an archival administration certificate from the University of Texas at Arlington. Brenda is a member of the Academy of Certified Archivists and a past president of the Society of Southwest Archivists.
She has contributed articles to the Special Collections’ newsletter, The Compass Rose; Southwestern Archivist; and Legacies, a Dallas history journal; and coauthored Weatherford: The Early Years and Fort Worth’s Quality Hill, both recent titles in Arcadia Publishing’s Images of America series.
Brian Collins grew up in Baton Rouge and graduated in 2000 from Louisiana State University with a B.A. in journalism. He then enrolled in the graduate history program at L.S.U. and received his M.A. in 2002. While conducting research for his thesis, he became intrigued with the “stuff of history” – i.e. archives – and started to work on his MLIS at L.S.U. After receiving this degree in December 2003, he joined the staff of the Dallas Public Library as an archivist. While remaining in this role, he attained and renewed his status as Certified Archivist. He also became a member of Texas State Library and Archives Commission review panel for the TexTreasures Grants in 2013. He has served in various capacities in the Society of Southwest Archivists, most recently completing a term as member of its Executive Board.
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