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Hannah received a Masters degree in History of the American
West and Environmental History from the University of Colorado. Since
1996, she has complemented her work
as a journalist with freelance historical research and writing.
Current Projects Include:
- Kangchenjunga
School Project - The Tibetan
Children's Book Project involves ongoing volunteer work creating
children's books from interviews conducted with Tibetan refugees in
Nepal. Books will be distributed in 2004.
- Rocky
Flats Cold War Museum - Currently coordinating an extensive
list of oral histories for the planned museum at the site of the controversial
nuclear weapons plant outside of Boulder, Colorado. Duties include developing
interview questions and methods and conducting video interviews with
numerous former employees, protesters, regulators, and others involved
in the battles over the plant.
Past historical research
and writing clients have included:
- Gale Research Presidential
Administration Profiles for Students - Researched and wrote
profiles of Presidents Clinton, Bush, Carter, McKinley and Buchanan
for a high school reference book.
- American
Library Association - Assisted University of Colorado professor
Patricia Nelson Limerick in creating a reading and essay series that
accompanied Ken Burns’ 1996 public television documentary, "The
West."
Past oral history projects
have included:
- U.S.
House Office of the Legislative Counsel
- Conducted interviews with current and former employees of the
legislative drafting office for the U.S. House of Representatives.
- U.S. 10th Circuit District
Court - Conducted interviews with retired federal judges in Denver.
- Roswell, New Mexico - Conducted oral history interviews
with Roswell residents as part of a University of Colorado Masters thesis
exploring Roswell's Cold War history (the town was once home to the
world's largest Strategic Air Command base). The thesis examined how
attitudes toward the government changed between 1947, when the Roswell
Army Air Field recovered a "flying saucer," and 1997, when Roswell's
desert air was thick with accusations of cover-up and conspiracy.
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