Beautiful Necessity

Contact: Loris Sofia Gregory

Specialties: Archivists, Photography & Documentation, Collections

Notes: Efficient researcher and published writer with 25+ years experience in the MHS Library, Collections, Historic Sites and Exhibits, including team leader for multimedia projects and interpretive nature trails. Expertise in Minnesota and Midwestern history, including artists, ethnic and Native history (including Ojibwe, Dakota and AIM), family and house history, food customs, GLBT, health, material culture, prairie, petro glyphs, transportation, women's history and weather. Experience in MHS Collections includes art, artifacts, audio-visual, manuscripts, maps, oral histories, photographs, and state and business archives. Also available for research online and in other libraries, museums, and collections.