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Forest History Society Staff

The Forest History Society's (FHS) knowledgeable staff works cooperatively to help everyone understand the many ways in which humans have interacted with the environment over time. Throughout our history, the varied expertise of our staff members under the leadership of our presidents and dedicated board members has ensured that our programs in research, publication, education, and special events are successful.

Contact any of our staff members listed below by email , phoning (919) 682-9319, faxing (919) 682-2349, or mailing correspondence to: 701 William Vickers Avenue, Durham, N.C. 27701-3162. Our business hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time.




  • Steve Anderson, President and CEO (stevena@duke.edu)

    Forest economist and former Oklahoma State University forestry professor Steven Anderson joined the FHS staff as president in 1997. He oversees all FHS programs, events, and projects.

  • Andrea H. Anderson, Administrative Assistant (recluce2@duke.edu)

    Andrea Anderson is the Society's office manager and has worked for FHS since 1991. She supports the President and handles membership matters and book orders. Hers is the cheerful voice you hear most often when you call the Society.

  • Patrick Brumbaugh, Library Assistant (patb@duke.edu)

    Pat began working for FHS in 2005. He manages the serials collection, helps to locate information for the Environmental History Bibliography, and lends his editing skills to the oral history program. He has a great deal of previous library experience including several years at Case Western Reserve University.

  • Raymond Carnley, Vice-President for Development (raymond.carnley@duke.edu)

    Raymond joined FHS in September 2006 coming from Candler School of Theology at Emory University. He oversees the Society’s development efforts including annual fund, membership, planned giving, major gifts, and the current Stories of the Forest Capital Campaign. His 12 years of experience as a fundraiser are complemented by a lifelong appreciation for our natural resources strengthened by several years spent working for the Georgia Department of Natural Resources.

  • Elizabeth Cox, Development/Administrative Assistant (etc8@duke.edu)

    Elizabeth joined the staff at FHS in the spring of 2007. As assistant to the VP for Development, she maintains the membership database and aids in any other donor-related matters. She also assists the editorial staff of the journal Environmental History.

  • Katherine M. Cox, Assistant Director for Administration (kcox@duke.edu)

    Since joining the FHS staff in 1984, Kathy Cox has been the Society's bookkeeper and is responsible for managing the Society's payroll and financial records.

  • Meg John, Environmental History Education Director (m.john@duke.edu)

    Meg John has varied experience in K-12 classrooms, as well as in non-formal environmental education. She will continue development of the middle school curriculum while helping to plan other educational endeavors.

  • Dave Gunderson, Volunteer

    Dave is a forester with a love for forest history. After being an avid reader in the FHS library for several years, he began helping out with various projects in early 2006.

  • Eben Lehman, Technical Archivist/Librarian (eben.lehman@duke.edu)
  • Eben joined the FHS staff in September 2007. He works with the digitization and cataloging of the historical photograph collection, manages the FHS Environmental History Bibliography, and produces EAD finding aids of archival collections. His previous archival work includes several years with the Missouri State Archives.

  • Jamie Lewis, Historian (jglewis@duke.edu)

    Historian James Lewis was a freelance writer prior to joining the FHS staff in 2003. He researches and writes book-length projects on forest and conservation history, edits the Society's magazine - Forest History Today, provides reference assistance, and handles other special writing and editing assignments.

  • Toby Nathan, Student Intern

    Toby is a graduate student in history at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and is helping to arrange and describe the papers of Robert E. Wolf, a longtime forest policy analyst in Washington, D.C

  • Cheryl Oakes, Librarian/Archivist (coakes@duke.edu)

    Librarian Cheryl Oakes is the director of the Society's library and archives program. An FHS employee since 1990, she manages the Society's research resources and provides reference assistance to staff and patrons alike.

  • Amanda Ross, Project Archivist (amanda.ross@duke.edu)

    Amanda joined the FHS Library and Archives staff in August 2008, following graduate studies and special collection experience at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She processes archival collections, converts existing description to EAD 2002 finding aids and to nationally available MARC records, and establishes procedures to make the archival holdings of FHS more accessible to students, researchers and the general public.

     

 



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