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Nicholas P Ciotola Author

Nicholas P. Ciotola has been the New Jersey State Museum’s Curator of Cultural History since 2009. Previously, he was a curator at the Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh (1998-2009). In twenty-five years as a museum professional, he has served as project director, curator and/or author for numerous exhibitions, books and articles on American history and material culture.

Gary D. Saretzky, archivist, educator, and photographer, worked as an archivist for more than fifty years at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, the Educational Testing Service, and the Monmouth County Archives. He taught history of photography at Mercer County Community College, 1977-2012, and coordinated the Rutgers Public History Internship Program, 1994-2016.