Upcoming…

JAMES J. HILL’S PRIVATE RAILCAR A-18 COMES HOME (forthcoming March 2025} Great Northern Railway Society publication

This is the first in a series of four articles that will document the life of A-18 from its delivery to Hill in 1900 until its return to Saint Paul in 2021.

Recent…

Closing the Book: The James Jerome Hill Reference Library, 1921-2021
Ramsey County History Magazine (Fall 2021)

A look back at St. Paul’s James J. Hill Reference Library for the Fall 2021 Ramsey County History Magazine issue.

Read the article here.

WELCOME!

With over thirty years of professional historical research and archival experience, I work with individuals, institutions, foundations, and businesses to help them achieve their goals of preserving their history and legacy.

My experience can guide your history project from start to finish. I organize and develop new archives and conduct research in existing collections. I create digital content, write articles and books, give presentations, and teach classes.

What I am working on right now…

• Research to inform the restoration of  A-18, James J. Hill’s private rail car. The restoration project is led by the Minnesota Transportation Museum. My research focuses on 1900-1959, before A-18 was sold to the Eureka Western Railway in California.
• Research for Panel Discussion on the history of North Oaks Community, formerly James J. Hill’s farm. Hill Farm Historical Society dinner on May 16, 2025.
• Research for presentation at Hill Lines convention (St. Paul in September 2025). Sponsored by the Spokane, Portland & Seattle, Great Northern, and Northern Pacific Railway Societies.
• Historical memoir on the early Minnesota railroad town, Clontarf (ongoing).

Please take a look at the site. Examples of my research and writing can be found on the Publications page. Visit the Contact page or send me an email.

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