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"Celebrate '98: A Tribute to the First Women's Rights Convention"
Ninety-minute documentary for broadcast and retail distribution, including historical reenactments, speeches, symposiums and performances celebrating the 150th anniversary of the first women's rights convention in Seneca Falls, New York. The official video of Celebrate '98, 1999.

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"Visual Gifts: The Sculpture of George Greenamyer"
Thirty-minute documentary for educational outreach, promotion and broadcast, produced for Careswell Sculpture and Ironworks of Marshfield, Massachusetts, 1998.

"The Bloody Massacre on King Street"
Audio and video components for the Bostonian Society's exhibit on the Boston Massacre, including event reenactments and excerpts from interviews with interpreters.
--Appearing at Boston's Old State House through May, 1999. Produced in 1998

"At the Sign of the Golden Ball"
Ten-minute museum orientation and eighteen-minute educational outreach piece produced for the Golden Ball Tavern Museum in Weston, Massachusetts, 1998.
--Broadcast on The History Channel, Winter 1999.

"The Mayflower's Story"
Fifteen-minute educational piece for grades 3-8 distributed to schools nationally by the General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1997
--Finalist for 1998 Telly Award for outstanding non-broadcast production.

"The Pilgrim Monument"
Ten-minute orientation and "virtual walk" up the monument, with captioning, to be used for ADA-compliance by the Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum, 1997.

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"Orchard House"
Sixteen-minute pre-tour orientation to the former home of Louisa May Alcott in Concord, Massachusetts, including interview with historic interpreter Jan Turnquist. Also used by Orchard House for educational outreach and resale, 1996.
--Finalist for 1997 Telly Award, for outstanding non-broadcast production.
--Broadcast on The History Channel, Spring 1998.

"When the Boys Came Marching Home"
Oral history presentation designed as part of post-World War II exhibit for the Bostonian Society at Boston's Old State House, 1996.

"Battleship Massachusetts"
Twenty-minute orientation for school groups, Scouts overnights and others introducing the history of "Big Mamie" and her crew, for Battleship Massachusetts in Fall River, 1996.

"Memorial Hall Museum"
Twelve-minute open-captioned orientation highlighting the museum and its collections, including interviews with the museum's curator and director, for Memorial Hall Museum in Deerfield, 1996.
--Broadcast on The History Channel, 1996

"Old Colony Historical Society"
Thirty-minute museum orientation and area history for the Old Colony Historical Society in Taunton, 1995
--Broadcast on The History Channel, 1996.

"Northern Forest Heritage Park: Campaign for Heritage"
Fundraising presentation designed for capital campaign of museum and recreated logging camp, 1995. Finalist for 1996 Telly Award for outstanding non-broadcast production.

"The Sole of the City: Shoeworkers and Shoes in Lynn, Massachusetts"
Fifteen-minute history of the shoe industry in Lynn, to be used primarily as an educational outreach program for school children by the Lynn Historical Society, 1995.

"Welcome to Storrowton Village"
Six-minute orientation to Storrowton Village in West Springfield, designed to give the viewer a brief history and explanation of village, including reenactments with costumed interpreters, 1995.

"The Trees Still Grow: A History of Berlin, New Hampshire"
A thirty-minute documentary about the logging and paper mill industries in Berlin, and how the city has evolved around them, using original music, archival film and photos, produced for the Northern White Mountains Chamber of Commerce, 1994.
--Broadcast on WENH-TV (New Hampshire Public Television), June 1995
--Broadcast on The History Channel, October 1995 - 1997

"Walter Johnson Remembers Johnson Quarry"
Oral history interview incorporated with archival footage of Rockport quarry in 1920s, used in exhibits by Halibut Point State Park in Rockport, and the Commonwealth Museum in Boston, 1994.

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"Rockport"
Thirty-minute heritage tourism presentation produced for the Rockport Chamber of Commerce and Board of Trade for resale, 1993.

"Longfellow's Wayside Inn"
Historical documentary on the famous inn, including oral histories and archival film footage, produced for the Wayside Inn, 1990.
--Broadcast on WCVB-TV5 (Boston) in September, 1992
--Broadcast on The History Channel, September, 1995

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