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Jason Steinhauer currently serves as Liaison Specialist for the Library of Congress Veterans History Project, part of the American Folklife Center. The Veterans History Project collects, preserves, and makes accessible the personal accounts of America's wartime veterans so that future generations may better understand the realities of war. With more than 70,000 collections to-date, the Project is the largest oral history project in the nation.		Experience (listed alphabetically) American History Workshop American Sephardi Federation Barbara Goldsmith Library of Congress Veterans History Project Museo Judio de Sosua Museum of Chinese in the Americas Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust New-York Historical Society New York Public Library Manuscripts Division Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame Foundation St Thomas University Yeshiva University Office of Communications and Public Affairs More Info Read the Washington Jewish Week profile of Jason Contact Connect with Jason on LinkedIn Download Music available on iTunes and Amazon Join To be notified of upcoming shows, become a fan on Facebook
Jason arrived at the Library in December 2009 an award-winning curator, renowned oral historian, certified archivist and emerging leader in American public history. He specializes in exhibition development, oral history, archival and records management, data management and the integration of information database systems into business operations. From creating award-winning exhibitions to implementing programs such as R25, the effective organization, access to, analysis and interpretation of information unites all of Jason's work. As a curator, researcher and exhibit planner, Jason has been a part of several groundbreaking history exhibitions. From 2007-2009, he joined forces with the American History Workshop, one of the country's leading interpretive exhibition developers. Together they produced the heralded Lincoln and New York exhibition at the New-York Historical Society. Whether it be interpretive planning, research, design, coordination or project management, Jason has ensured that numerous exhibitions have probed content interpretively, effectively used new media to engage audiences, opened on-time and on-budget. Jason is also a certified archivist, specializing in the creation of new archival management systems that preserve historical records at the same time making them accessible. He created the archive of the Museo Judio de Sosua, in Sosua, Dominican Republic, consulted in the development of the archive of the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame, and developed the records management policies for Yeshiva University's Office of Communications and Public Affairs. Jason has parlayed his archival management expertise into the integration of new information analysis software into business practices. He directed Yeshiva University's integration of two new asset managements programs: Vocus and R25. Jason built an archive of information, led training of staff, defined work flow patterns, analyzed the work environment and staff responsibilities and implemented changes in information storage and analysis. He improved the access, storage and efficient use of information, impacting the entire university. Jason began his career at the Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust in lower Manhattan. Jason distinguished himself as a member of the curatorial team behind the award-winning exhibition Ours To Fight For: American Jews in the Second World War. This exhibit won the Grand Prize for Excellence in Exhibitions from the American Association of Museums in 2003. Relying exclusively on oral history testimony, the show told the story of Jewish soldiers in WWII in their own words, centered on 12 original documentary films that Jason researched and directed. His work on Ours to Fight For earned him the opportunity to curate and manage the museum's next major special exhibition and oral history project, New York: City of Refuge - Stories from the Last 60 Years. The first museum exhibit to explore the lives of modern Jewish refugees in New York, Jason brought the insular communities of Syrian, Russian, Bukharian and Iraqi Jews in partnership with the museum, gathering oral histories and artifacts and examining the role New York has played in the rejuvenation of these persecuted ethnic groups. The resulting exhibit and film were celebrated as an integral part of the nationwide celebration of the 350th anniversary of Jewish life in America and received media coverage from NY1 and The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, among others. Jason is a distinguished lecturer, a published writer, former frontman of the successful indie rock band Studio E and current songwriter in The Grey Area. Jason earned his B.A. in American Studies from The George Washington University in 2002 and graduated Summa Cum Laude. He earned his M.A., in History and Archivist's Certificate from New York University in 2007. He is originally from White Plains, New York. Awards: Grand Prize for Excellence in Exhibitions for Ours to Fight For from the American Association of Museums Southeast Florida Library Information Network Innovation Award for his work with the Archbishop John C. Favalora Museum at St. Thomas University. Lectures / Speaking Appearances: Library of Congress (click here to view) Society of American Archivists Conference, Oral History Section Oral History of the Mid-Atlantic Conference Conference to Celebrate 350 Years of Jewish Life in America at CUNY Graduate Center Diplomatic Luncheon at the American Jewish Committee Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference Metropolitan Transit Authority of New York. NY1 television Jewish Historical Society of New York Queens College Community College of Baltimore County Verona High School

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