Jason L. Harpe Email & Phone Number

Jason's nearly twenty years of experience in historic preservation and the museum field have equipped him to manage projects that range from a $1,000,000.000 restoration project to a $7,000 grassroots fundraising effort to restore a Depression-era Post Office mural. He began working in the field at the age of 18 as a weekend manager at a historic site and, since that time, he has worked with historic sites, museums, historic preservation commissions, non-profit boards, local governments, corporations, families, and individuals. He has facilitated the acquisition and preservation of historic sites that include, but are not limited to, cemeteries; developed long-range plans; written preservation plans, National Register of Historic Places nominations, local landmark designation reports, exhibition catalogs and other books, and successful grant applications; coordinated projects between historical and cultural organizations in various counties and states; written and published eight books and articles; and, worked incessantly to promote historic preservation to groups with varying demographics. His work as a peer reviewer for the American Association of Museums (AAM) has resulted in Institutional and Collections Management Assessments for museums in North Carolina, New York, Kansas, and Australia. His youth, excitement, passion, and understanding of the needs of younger generations offers a fresh, candid, and uplifting view of how to make history and preservation relevant to all generations.Specialties: Cemetery Restoration, Historical research, writing nominations for local landmark designation and the National Register of Historic Places, grantwriting, fundraising, facilitation, acquisition and preservation of historic properties, editing, publishing, promotion, long-range planning, social media for history- and preservation-related organizations, and recruitment and retention of volunteers.

Listed skills include Historic Preservation, Museums, History, Grant Writing, and 30 others.