Jacob Mccormick, Mlis Email and Phone Number
With a background in history, museum studies, and library and information science, my professional public history focus is on Michigan history, local history, and genealogy. I am the Photo Archivist and an Educator at the Michigan State Capitol in the Capitol Tour, Education, and Information Service. Aside from general Michigan history, my historical interests include social and cultural history, in such topics as politics, agriculture, labor, corporate and business histories, sports history, popular culture, and more. I graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in History from Michigan State University with a minor in the Museum Studies program in December 2017. My education continued at Wayne State University, where I earned a Master of Library and Information Science in August 2021.I have successfully developed skills and a reputation in the areas of scholarly historical research and collection, reference, and exhibition work. My scholarly research on Michigan Legislative printing was published in the MSU Undergraduate Journal of History in 2017. My research and interest in early Michigan and Lansing photography has received much attention and praise for its accuracy and expansion on existing scholarship. "Capturing the Capitol," my work on noted Lansing photographer J.H. Scotford was published by the Historical Society of Michigan in 2023. Furthermore, my local history based endeavors have led to the erection of a Michigan Historical Marker in 2018 for John Taylor, a mid-Michigan lynching victim. The subsequent article "Reckoning With a Troubled Past: The John Taylor Lynching" garnered the Historical Society of Michigan's State History Award for Best Chronicle Article. In the realm of local history, I have researched and presented on numerous topics. Frequent topics on which I am consulted, write, and present are: Greater Lansing photographic history, mid-Michigan dairy farm history, histories of Holt and Delhi Township, Michigan State University and Spartan Marching Band history, and more. I firmly believe that organizations thrive through collaboration and I have participated in library-historical society partnerships, which mutually strengthen both organizations. I have also participated in digitization projects and successfully utilized social media to market local historical organizations, using social media to bring local history to audiences that typically would not gravitate to historical topics.
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Capitol Photo Archivist And EducatorMichigan State CapitolDelhi Charter Township, Mi, Us
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Capitol Photo Archivist & EducatorMichigan State Capitol Jul 2022 - PresentLansing, Michigan, United StatesMy responsibilities include giving guided tours of the Michigan State Capitol, a National Historic Landmark also listed on the National Register of Historic Places, which opened in 1879 and continues to house the Michigan Legislature and host more than 100,000 guests per year including most 3rd and 4th grade classes in Michigan. Additional roles include serving as an information resource for the Michigan Legislature and the public. With the Capitol Tour, Education, and Information Service, I regularly conduct research on the building, its people, events, architecture, and more. We also write and publish works on the Capitol, and develop special programming for the public and internal stakeholders. My role as Photo Archivist includes ongoing projects such as rehousing, cataloging, and digitizing the Capitol's historic photographic collections, researching and documenting Capitol and Legislative photographers, and acquiring Capitol photographs and photographic collections. I develop and execute workflows for the intake of digital collections, including 15,000+ born-digital photographs from modern construction in and around the Capitol, and thousands of physical and digital photo files documenting the Michigan Legislature. I frequently work on acquisitions to the Capitol Collection, including in the areas of photography and political materials. -
Capitol EducatorMichigan State Capitol Dec 2021 - Jul 2022Lansing, Michigan, United StatesMy primary duties include giving guided tours of the Michigan State Capitol, built in 1879, a National Historic Landmark which is also on the National Register of Historic Places. Additional responsibilities include serving as an information resource for the Michigan Legislature and the public. With the Capitol Tour, Education, and Information Service, I regularly conduct original research on the building, its people, events, architecture, and more. We also write and publish works on the capitol, and develop special programming for the public and internal stakeholders. My duties also include archival and collections work. Specializing in the photo collection, ongoing projects include rehousing, cataloging, and digitizing the historic photographs collection. I have also developed and am actively executing the workflow for the intake of 15,000+ born-digital photographs from modern construction in and around the Capitol.
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Estate Sale And Auction AssociateKellie'S Nov 2020 - Dec 2021Lansing, Michigan, United StatesPart-time employment while pursuing a graduate degree. This field was an interesting opportunity to connect the commercial antiques world with my experience as a public historian and LIS student. I was afforded the opportunity to research unique objects and collections for the benefit of clients. This was also an interesting field in which some influence could be had in preserving collections and institution/archive-worthy materials from disposal or dispersal.
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Practicum StudentCapital Area District Libraries May 2021 - Jul 2021Mason, Michigan, United StatesWork as a graduate practicum student employing LIS techniques and hands-on methods to inventory, assess, and make recommendations as to the CADL Mason historic newspapers collection, including the Ingham County News and Ingham County Democrat, among other short-lived papers. The practicum yielded two focused reports geared to specific audiences, one to CADL's administration and another to the City of Mason administration. A grant proposal was written to further the digitization of the collection in the future. It was placed on file, submitted in 2023, and successfully led to the digitization of a decade (1970-1979) of the Ingham County News. -
Estate Sale AssociateWonder Women Estate Sales Feb 2019 - Nov 2020Lansing, Michigan, United StatesPart-time employment while pursuing a graduate degree. This field is an interesting opportunity to connect the commercial antiques world with my experience as a public historian and LIS student. I was afforded the opportunity to research unique objects and collections for the benefit of clients. This is also an interesting field in which some influence can be had on preserving collections and institution/archive-worthy materials from disposal or dispersal.
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Student Collections AssistantMsu Museum Jan 2017 - Dec 2017East Lansing, MichiganUndergraduate collections assistant in the history and culture collections at the MSU Museum following an internship in Fall 2016. In this capacity, I processed an incoming collection related to the Spartan Marching Band. The bulk of my time as a student collections assistant was spent cleaning up the museum's archives - handling thousands of objects to update their catalog entry including descriptions, subject tags, and locations. As items had been added and moved over the years, they were not updated in the catalog. This work assigned permanent locations of archival boxes to numbered shelving, and assigned numbers to boxes, in order to designate a specific location (shelf and box numbers) to be added to the catalog. Archival collections included MSU history, Michigan history, and assorted other collections, including Worlds Fairs, holidays, postcards, photographs, and more. Additionally, I rehoused some small object collections, including Victorian tortoiseshell combs. My work also included physical cleaning of shelving and storage areas, aiding in the museum's reaccreditation site visit by the AAM. -
InternMsu Museum Sep 2016 - Dec 2016East Lansing, MichiganMuseum Studies internship at the MSU Museum. My semester-long project involved inventorying and assessing the museum's collection of MSU Marching Band materials, including uniforms and other textiles, and photographs and other ephemeral items. I ultimately produced a finding aid of the marching band collection.
Jacob Mccormick, Mlis Education Details
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Master Of Library & Information Science - Mlis -
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Holt High SchoolHigh School Diploma
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Jacob Mccormick, Mlis works for Michigan State Capitol
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Jacob Mccormick, Mlis's current role is Capitol Photo Archivist and Educator.
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Jacob Mccormick, Mlis attended Wayne State University, Michigan State University, Holt High School.
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