| University of Delaware | 331 Alison Hall | Newark, DE 19716 | | <div class="ExternalClass3754FDAC833A48EE9DE120EECBB46445"><p>2017-present, Policy Specialist II (Architectural Historian), Center for Historic Architecture & Design (CHAD)<br></p><p>2015, Historian, National Park Service, Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS)<br></p><p>2012-2017, Research Assistant, Center for Historic Architecture & Design (CHAD)<br></p><p>2009-2012, Instructor of History & Government, Northwest State Community College (Ohio)<br></p><p>2005-2009, Historic Properties Specialist, Home Selling Team LLC (Storrs-Mansfield, Connecticut)<br></p></div> | <div class="ExternalClassD169EFAE73784D0E8AE82F41383331EE"><h4><strong>Client Reports/Nomination Packages</strong></h4><p>NOMINATIONS - National Historic Landmarks</p><p>"Waterford Historic District," Loudon County, Virginia. Co-author, 2020.</p><p>"Sampson-White Joiner Shop," Duxbury, Massachusetts. Lead author, 2019.</p><p>NOMINATIONS - National Register of Historic Places</p><p>"Buena Vista" (Bear, Delaware). Editor/photographer. 2018.</p><p>"Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Historic District" (Wilmington, Delaware). Co-author, 2018.</p><p>"Harrington Historic District" (Harrington, Delaware). Co-author, 2018.</p><p>"Taylor's Bridge School" (Odessa, Delaware). Co-author, 2018.</p><p>"Mauricetown Historic District" (Mauricetown, New Jersey). Co-author, 2017.</p><p>"England-Red Mill Historic District" (Newark, Delaware). Co-author, 2017.</p><p>"Homestead Hall" (Middletown, Delaware). Co-author, 2017.</p><p>"901" (Rockland, Delaware). Author, 2014.</p><p>"Augustine Beach Hotel (Amended)" (Port Penn, Delaware), Co-author, 2014.</p><p>"H. Fletcher Brown Mansion" (Wilmington, Delaware). NR Supplemental Listing, Author, 2013.</p><h4><strong>Journal Articles</strong></h4><p>"Teaching History and Heritage Conservation with a Forgotten Cultural Landscape," <em>Detours: Social</em><em>Science Education Research Journal</em> (forthcoming 2020).</p><h4><strong>Book Chapters</strong></h4><p>"Inscribing Sanctuary: The Protection of Early American Buildings through Apotropaic Symbols and Ritual Markings, 1700-1850," in Martin Bruckner and Sandy Isenstadt, eds., <em>Fugitive Archives </em>(forthcoming 2020).</p><h4><strong>Magazine Articles</strong></h4><p>"Magic Markings: Could Symbols Found in Early New England Houses Have Protective Meaning?", Historic New England (October 2019).</p><h4><strong>Book Reviews</strong></h4><p>Review of <em>Pennsylvania Farming: A History in Landscapes</em> by Sally McMurry, <em>Winterthur Portfolio</em> Vol. 53, no. 1 (Spring 2019).<br></p><p>Review of <em>Eating Smoke: Fire in Urban America, 1800-1950</em> by Mark Tebeau, <em>American Nineteenth Century History</em>, Vol. 6, No. 1 (March 2005). <br></p><p>Review of <em>The Founding Fathers and the Place of Religion in America</em> by Frank Lambert, <em>Cithara; Essays in the Judaeo-Christian Tradition</em>, Vol. 43, No. 1 (Nov. 2003), 53-55.</p></div> | <div class="ExternalClassA467B2645B2148E5BCABC9510609CB84"><p>Nov 2019 "Inscriptions, Historic Graffiti, and the Liminality of Text at Holy Trinity Church, 1698-1870," New Sweden History Conference, Conference of the American Swedish Historical Museum, Essington, Pennsylvania (scheduled).<br></p><p>Oct 2019 "Historic Graffiti in Early America: A Comparative Analysis & Contextual Overview," Making Your Mark: The First National Symposium for the Study of Historic Graffiti, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.<br></p><p>June 2018 "Historical Graffiti and the Emotional Lives of Early New England Churches," The Dublin Seminar for New England Folklife, Historic Deerfield, Deerfield, Massachusetts.</p><p>Sept 2017 "Ship Graffiti, the Tension of Confinement, and Visions of Liberation on the Early American Atlantic Coast," British Group of Early American Historians, Annual Conference, Portsmouth, England.<br></p><p>Dec 2016 "Inscribing Sanctuary: The Protection of Early American Buildings ThroughApotropaic Symbols, Concealed Blessings, and Ritual Signatures, 1690-1920," University of Mainz, Germany, Refuge of Objects/Objects of Refuge Symposium.<br></p><p>July 2016 "'To Idolize the Form of a Ship': Early American Graffiti and the Nautical Imagination in Atlantic Coastal Communities." Society of Historians of the Early American Republic (SHEAR) Annual Conference, New Haven, Connecticut.<br></p><p>June 2016 "Documenting Historic Graffiti, Inscriptions, and Other Marks on Early American Buildings." Vernacular Architecture Forum (VAF) Annual Conference. Durham, North Carolina.<br></p><p>Nov 2015 "Why Markings Matter: Toward a New Scholarship on Historic Graffiti, Inscriptions, and Markings on Historic American Buildings." Council for Northeast Historical Archaeology (CNEHA), Annual Conference, Fredericksburg, Virginia.<br></p><p>May 2015 "Digging at the Surface: Historic Graffiti, Inscription, and the Liminality of Text at Holy Trinity Church (Old Swedes) in Wilmington, Delaware, 1698-1870." The Early Colonial Delaware Valley—An Archaeological and Historical Symposium. Old New Castle, Delaware.<br></p><p>May 2014 "Better Living Through Country: The Du Pont Residential Landscape and Urban Country Houses in Wilmington, Delaware, 1890-1940." Vernacular Architecture Forum, Annual Conference.</p></div> | <div class="ExternalClassBBEA8AC09CBB41349C80A364A2C43D2A"><p>Historic Preservation Theory & Practice (UAPP429/UAPP629)<br></p></div> | | Experience | Publications | Conference Presentations | Courses Taught | | | mjej@udel.edu | | Emmons, Michael | | 302-831-3872 | <img alt="Michael Emmons" src="/Images%20Bios/Michael_Emmons.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | | | Architectural Historian | | | | | | www.EarlyAmericanGraffiti.org | | | | | | | | |
