About

Summer 2020 Research Team

Spencer Gaitsch: Class of 2022, History & Political Science double major

Glenna Van Dyke: Class of 2023, History & Education double major

Jordan Wilson: Class of 2022, History & Classics double major

Summer 2019 Research Team

Spencer Gaitsch: Class of 2022, History & Political Science double major

Tyler Iversen: Class of 2020, History & Political Science double major

Abigail Blinka: Graduate Fellow

Megan Smeznik: Educational Technology Associate

Summer 2018 Research Team

Sofia Biegeleisen: Class of 2021, History major

Abigail Blinka: Class of 2019, History major

Spencer O’Keefe: Class of 2019, History major

Kate Padavick: Class of 2019, History & English double major

Summer 2017 Research Team

Rachel Tomei: Class of 2020, Global & International Studies major

Thuy “Tammy” Dinh: Class of 2020, History & Computer Science double major

Eleanor Barker: Class of 2019, History major

Shelley Grostefon: Class of 2018, History & French double major

Past Student Researchers

Elisabeth Abell: Class of 2015, History & French double major

Brandon Bell: Class of 2018, History & Geology double major

Anna Claspy: Class of 2016, History major

Shannon Dade: Class of 2015, History & Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies double major

Colleen Gilfether: Class of 2018, History & Philosophy double major

Jacob Hailperin-Lausch: Class of 2017, History major

Nicolaus Hajek: Class of 2016, History major

Jacob Kowall: Class of 2017, History & English double major

Scott McLellan: Class of 2015, Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies major

Laura Merrell: Class of 2015, History & English double major

Hope Nelson: Class of 2018, History & Anthropology double major

Brittany Previte: Class of 2016, English & History double major

Project Leaders

This project was originally conceived by Gregory Shaya, Department of History at The College of Wooster.

History Department directors:

Gregory Shaya

James Bonk

Jeff Roche

Jordan Biro Walters

Kabria Baumgartner

Katie Holt

Madonna Hettinger

Tara Strauch

Technical Advisors

Jon Breitenbucher, Instructional Technology Specialist

Megan Smeznik, Educational Technology Associate

Stephen Flynn, Emerging Technologies Librarian

Tammy Troup, Digital Services Associate

Catie Newton, Digital Curation Librarian

Research Support

Deb Kitko, Genealogy Department in the Wayne County Public Library

Denise Monbarren, Special Collections Library, The College of Wooster

The Wayne County Historical Society

Gwen Short, OARDC Library

With the Assistance of Local Experts, Consultants & Contributors

Ed Abramson, Local Jewish Historian

Betsy Anderson

Emily Deffenbaugh

Mary Eberhart

Jerry Footlick, Trustee of the College of Wooster

James Fox, Court Administrator for Wayne County Court of Common Pleas

The Reverend Kevin Franklin

Sandra Hull, Main Street Wooster

Ann Freedlander Hunt, author of Gone but Not Forgotten

Shelley Judge, Associate Professor of Geology, The College of Wooster

Nicholas Kardulias, Professor of Archaeology, The College of Wooster

Charles Lepold, Chair of the Military Committee of the Wayne County Historical Society 

Paul Locher, Reporter, The Daily Record

Matt Mariola, Associate Professor of Environmental Studies, The College of Wooster

Harry McClarran, Wooster historian

Julie Mennes, Wayne County Historical Society

Scott Nesbit, Assistant Professor of Digital Humanities, University of Georgia

Jeremy Rapport, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, The College of Wooster

Roger Rowe, Wayne County Historical Society

Lucille Santangelo

Hayden Schilling, Professor of History, The College of Wooster

Rosella Stinebring

Lydia Thompson

Gregory C. Wiles, Professor of Geology, The College of Wooster

Yvonne Williams

Duane Wood, Wayne County Soil and Water Conservation District

OARDC Visitor Center

Robin Croft

Mark Weaver, Professor of Political Science, The College of Wooster