DONALD C. CARLETON, JR. HISTORICAL Research ♦Interpretation ♦Administration [email protected] EDUCATION 2008 BROWN UNIVERSITY, Providence, Rhode Island A.M. in history 1990 HARVARD COLLEGE, Cambridge, Massachusetts A.B. in fine arts (history of art), cum laude in general studies CURRENT RESEARCH/PROJECT IN DEVELOPMENT 2017-Present THE MASSACHUSETTS-BILBAO TRADE, C. 1630S-1820S In preparation for envisioned public history and cultural exchange program exploring the history and legacies of Massachusetts’s nearly two-century long trading relationship with Bilbao and the Iberian Peninsula, am conducting in-depth archival/curatorial research and site reconnaissance in Massachusetts and Spain. From June, 2020, am continuing these efforts as a nonresident Research Associate of the Itsasmuseum Bilbao. SELECTED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2008-Present CONTRACTED SERVICES FOR HISTORICAL ORGANIZATIONS Offering services in the areas of communications/design, constituent management, organizational assessment, program development, grantwriting, and curation and research. Have strong knowledge of the history of 18th- and 19th- century New England in its Atlantic, imperial, and global contexts, with particular depth in the fields of architectural history, maritime history, military history, and material and visual culture. Ongoing Consultancy (since 2008) For the Society of Colonial Wars in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (Bay State chapter of a national lineage and heritage association), provide communications/design services, program/event management, and membership administrative support on a standing-contract basis. Selected Recent Consultancies & Projects For Salem Maritime National Historic Site, organized and moderated the April, 2019 roundtable “Salt Cod for Silver: Yankees, Basques, and the North Shore’s Forgotten Trade.” Panelists were Xabier Lamikiz, University of the Basque Country; David Hancock, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor; and Karen Alexander, past Project Coordinator, University of New Hampshire Gulf of Maine Cod Project. Was also contracted participant for one-day site interpretive planning workshop in March, 2019. SELECTED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (continued) Organized 1763 Peace of Paris Commemoration marking 2013’s 250th anniversary of the end of the “French and Indian” or Seven Years War. Raised over $250,000 in project funds, curated the Bostonian Society/Old State House museum exhibition 1763: A Revolutionary Peace featuring the UK’s signed original copy of the 1763 treaty document and related artifacts of peace and war; organized public programs bringing together scholars to discuss and explore the legacies of 1763; and curated, art-directed, project- managed, and continue to maintain the legacy website project1763.org. For the Rhode Island Historical Society, conducted research on Revolutionary War-related collections items under a Society of the Cincinnati grant. For the Shirley-Eustis House Museum, Roxbury, Massachusetts, provided interim communications, administrative, and constituent-management services and organizational analysis for a six month period in 2010. For Harvard University Press author and Hong Kong-based historian James R. Fichter, organized brief three-venue book tour promoting his So Great a Profit: How the East Indies Trade Transformed Anglo-American Capitalism, June, 2010 (this on a pro-bono basis). For Historic New England, undertook research for architectural drawing exhibition catalog Drawing Toward Home: Designs for Domestic Architecture from Historic New England (Historic NE, 2010) and authored two entries; researched and wrote panel for traveling historic preservation exhibit. Previously, provided volunteer assistance to HNE’s community relations director in the planning of the organization’s 2010 centennial program. For commercial real estate company, produced historic site study on landmark 1889-91 State Street Exchange Building, 53 State Street, Boston. 2009, Spring Semester BROWN UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY, Providence, RI Teaching assistant for “Islamic History, 1400-1800,” Professor Engin Deniz Akarli, Instructor. 2000–7 RHODE ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Providence, Rhode Island Selected Accomplishments Advised new executive director on successful restructuring and reorientation of 180-year old institution facing financial and operational challenges. Through grantwriting assistance, prospect development, and some direct solicitation, helped organization and its leadership secure nearly $400,000 in program and infrastructure funding. Spearheaded early efforts to cultivate prospect which ultimately contributed $1.6 million over two years. Led efforts to celebrate completion of Papers of General Nathanael Greene after thirty-five years of work. Celebrations of this scholarly publishing initiative featured humanities forum at Brown University and keynote address by David McCullough at organization’s biennial fundraising gala. Carleton work & credentials v. June 2020 page 2 of 5 SELECTED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (continued) Rhode Island Historical Society accomplishments (continued) For planned state history museum’s proposed core exhibit, conducted research and developed interpretive concepts; developed strategies for formative evaluation, including concept for exhibit to test interpretive ideas entitled “People, Place, and Time: Clayville Village Through 150 Years.” Helped draft successful NEH consultation grant. Created and implemented public relations and promotional/marketing efforts for institutional initiatives, public programs, and special events. Rhode Island Historical Society Positions Held Development Associate (2001; 2002-7) Responsibilities/tasks included strategic plan coordination, administration/oversight of development and membership operations, direct solicitation of funds, and board support. Project Researcher (2000-1) Conducted exhibit-related research and planning, assisted changing exhibits program, and carried out collections-management tasks. 1993–6 LOUISBOURG 250TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION, Boston, MA Selected Accomplishments Spearheaded development of “Siege at Louisbourg,” a 3,000 square-foot, $225,000 collaborative historical exhibition visited by 45,000 people during a three-and-one-half month run at Boston National Historical Park’s Charlestown Navy Yard site. Partners included the US National Park Service, Parks Canada, the Massachusetts Historical Society, and the Society of Colonial Wars in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Following the exhibition’s end, wrote, produced, and edited thirty-minute project documentary. PUBLICATIONS 2015 “Boston’s 1765 Stamp Act Riots, a 250-Year Perspective,” essay for the Public Humanist blog of the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities, 8/14/2015 http://masshumanities.org/ph_bostons-1765-stamp-act-riots-a-250-year-perspective. 2010 “Unidentified Apartment Building” and “Charles A. Stone House, The Terraces” architectural drawing catalog entries in James F. O’Gorman, ed., Drawing Toward Home: Designs for Domestic Architecture from Historic New England (Boston, MA: Historic New England, 2010). CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS November, 2019 “An Anglo-Spanish ‘Imperial Entanglement; of Another Ilk: The Massachusetts- Bilbao Nexus,” Anglo-Spanish Lives in Port Cities Symposium, Itsasmuseum Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain. April, 2019 Moderator and Speaker, “Salt Cod for Silver: Yankees, Basques and the North Shore’s Forgotten Trade,” special roundtable program, Salem Maritime National Historic Site, Salem, MA. Carleton work & credentials v. June 2020 page 3 of 5 CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS (continued) June, 2017 “Boston’s Exchange Block: 350 years of Urbanistic Evolution at the Intersection of Commerce and Capital,” annual conference of the World History Association, Northeastern University, Boston, MA. June, 2013 Roundtable presenter, “New England in an Age of Global War, 1739-63,” part of “1763 and the Americas: Ramifications, Repercussions, Perspectives” public symposium, Boston, MA and Providence, RI. June, 2009 “Local Landmarks with Global Pasts: New England Merchants’ Mansions as Artifacts of World History,” annual conference of the World History Association, Salem State University, Salem, MA. April, 2009 “Local Sites with Global Stories? A New Perspective on Some New England House Museums,” annual conference of the National Council for Public History, Providence, RI. SELECTED HISTORICAL TALKS January, 2019 “Bilbao Bound: Trading Essex County Catches for Spanish Silver, c.1650-c.1820,” monthly meeting of The Thirteen, Salem, MA. September, 2018 “Yankees, Cod, Basques and Revolution,” Annual Meeting of the Society of the Cincinnati in the State of New Hampshire, Kensington, NH. September, 2012 Presentation on 1763 Peace of Paris 250th anniversary commemoration, luncheon meeting of the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of New Jersey, Princeton, NJ. June, 2012 Presentation on 1763 Peace of Paris 250th anniversary commemoration, John Carter Brown Library Fellows 50th Anniversary Conference, Brown University, Providence, RI. April, 2010 “1763 to 2013: a 250th Anniversary Worth Commemorating,” monthly luncheon meeting of the Society of Colonial Wars in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston, MA. April, 1996 Guest lecturer on 1745 Louisbourg siege for Professor Daniel Baugh’s course “War, Trade and Empire, 1500-1815,” Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. October, 1994 “Louisbourg Besieged,” monthly luncheon meeting of the Society of Colonial Wars in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston,