Program: dual degree in Public History and Library & Information Science
Faculty Advisors: Theodore Karamanski & Cecilia Salvatore
Thesis Advisor: Elliott Gorn
Email: ssmith37@luc.edu
© Myles Ostrowski
Dominican University, River Forest, IL, 2014 - present
M.L.I.S., Archival Science concentration
Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2013 - 2014
M.A. Public History
Lawrence University, Appleton, WI, 2008-2012
B.A. Gender Studies (minors: English & History)
Off-Campus Study:
YIVO Summer Seminar in Yiddish Archival and Research Skills, New York, NY 2014
A.C.M. Newberry Library Seminar: Research in the Humanities, Chicago, IL 2011
Gettysburg Semester, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA 2009
I am interested in late-nineteenth and twentieth century, U.S. cultural history with a focus on gender and sexuality, imagination and memory, and material culture.
My master essay "The Power and Production of Dreamscapes in Chevrolet Suburban Carryall Advertisements, 1957-1979" examines the Carryall's place in American commerce and culture.
Oxford Women's Leadership Symposium, Oxford, ENG, 2014
"The Relationship Between Gender and Collecting Through an Examination of Helen A. Sclair's Mortuary and Funerary Artifacts"
Loyola University Chicago History Graduate Student Conference, Chicago, IL 2014
"Dreamscapes in Chevrolet Suburban Carryall Advertisements, 1957-1979"
Midwest Archives Conference Annual Meeting, Kansas City, MO, 2014
"Crossed Swords at the Crossroads: The MAC 2014 Debates"
The 14th Annual Harvard Graduate Student Conference on International History, Cambridge, MA, 2014
"The Met's Punk: Chaos to Couture Exhibit Guide: Undoing Johnny Rotten's Representation of Punk Culture"
University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI, 2014
"Dusty Sex: Bringing the Sexual Revolution at UWO out of the Archives"
Midwest Archives Conference Annual Meeting, Grand Rapids, MI, 2012
“Post-Mortem Photographs in the Newberry Library’s Helen A. Sclair Ephemera Collection”
Newberry Library, Chicago, IL, 2015
Raven Theatre Intern
Loyola University Chicago's Jesuit Libraries Provenance Project, Chicago, IL, 2014 - present
Social Media Coordinator
Loyola University Chicago's Family Business Center, Chicago, IL, 2013 - present
Research Intern
Nennah Historical Society, Neenah, WI, 2012-2013
Exhibit Intern
University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI, 2012-2013
University History Interpretation Assistant
Lawrence University Archives, Appleton, WI, 2010-2012
Student Archives Assistant
History Museum at the Castle, Appleton, WI, 2012
Collections Intern
Newberry Library, Chicago, IL, 2011
Public Programs Intern
History Museum at the Castle, Appleton, WI, 2011
Collections Volunteer
University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh Archives & Area Research Center, Oshkosh, WI, 2010
Archival Intern
Lawrence University Archives, Appleton, WI, 2010
Archival Intern
Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, PA, 2009
Archival Intern