Gerrianne Schaad
College Archivist
"Historical gap is created due to missing written records." ― Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
Biography
Gerrianne Schaad is a Certified Archivist with more than thirty years of experience in college, university, and museum libraries. She holds the position of College Archivist and has been promoted to Senior Librarian. She enjoys working in archival settings and learning the history of Florida Southern and the Citrus Industry by studying memos, letters, student newspapers and programs, scrapbooks, and photographs. She supervises numerous work-study students each semester, interacting with them, teaching, and sharing her love of history. Schaad currently serves as President of the Academy of Certified Archivists.Education
- M. A. Library and Information Science, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
- B. A. History and English Literature, St. Mary's Dominican College, New Orleans, LA
Awards
- Distinguished Service Award, Society of Southwest Archivists, 2012
- Phi Kappa Phi, 1991
- Phi Alpha Theta, 1982
Publications
Art in the Citrus Industry, 1910-1945, Florida House on Capitol Hill, Washington DC, May 1 – September 30, 2019.Frank Lloyd Wright’s Child of the Sun, Hollis Room, Florida Southern College, current.
Historic Texts from the Remnant Trust, Inc., The Sarah D. and L. Kirk McKay, Jr. Archives Gallery, Florida Southern College, August 19 – December 9, 2016.
History of Twentieth Century Photography, exhibit, National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, August 2010 - August 2016.
Wilson Hurley's: Envisioning the West, A. Keith Brodkin Contemporary Western Artists Project exhibit, National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, April 01, 2011 - March 31, 2012.
Faces of Bettina Steinke, A. Keith Brodkin Contemporary Western Artists Project exhibit, National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, August – December 2012 and May – December 2013.
Making Change, A. Keith Brodkin Contemporary Western Artists Project exhibit, National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, January 2014 – January 2015.
Conflict Cast in Bronze, A. Keith Brodkin Contemporary Western Artists Project exhibit, National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, January 17 – July 12, 2015.
The Photograph Collection of John Peabody Harrington in the National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution. National Anthropological Archives, 1994.
Envisioning the West, video recording, National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, 2011.
Conflict Cast in Bronze, video recording, National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, 2014.
Photograph Editor, The Sons of Charlie Russell: Celebrating Fifty Years of the Cowboy Artists of America, 2015.
Public and Professional Presentations
“Using a Rare Book Exhibit as an Interactive Community Engagement Opportunity,” Southwest Popular/American Culture Association Conference, February, 2019.
“Hello from the Citrus Groves! Adhering to the Sunshine State Digital Network Metadata Guidelines for DPLA,” Poster. 12th Annual CONTENTdm Users Group Meeting, August, 2018.
"Advertising the Remnant Trust Activities," Florida Library Association, May, 2018.
“Social Media as an Archives Function,” Society of American Archivists Conference, July, 2017.
“Teaching with Archival Documents,” Society of Southwest Archivists Conference, May, 2017.
“Engaging Instruction’ in Special Collections & Archives,” Society of Florida Archivists, May, 2017.
“How Museums and Archives Intersect: Exhibiting, Teaching, and Collaborating,” Florida Association of Museums, September, 2016.
“The History of Citrus in Florida through the Lens of Florida Southern College Collections,” Rare Books and Manuscripts Section of the American Library Association Conference, June, 2016.
“Social Media and Pathways to Success,” Florida Conference of Historians, February, 2016.
“Copyright Confusion,” Mountain Plains Museum Association, October, 2014.
“Tips and Tricks for Moving Collections,” Oklahoma Museum Association, September, 2014.