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Geoffrey Reynolds

Retired Faculty

616.395.7798reynoldsg@hope.edu

Geoffrey Reynolds has been The Mary Riepma Ross Director of The Joint Archives of Holland at 麻豆视频官网 since 2001. He previously served as the collections archivist from 1997 to 2001.

Geoffrey currently serves as the treasurer of the Dutch-American Historical Commission, membership chairperson for the Association for the Advancement of Dutch American Studies and executive director of the Holland Area Historical Society.

He has worked at various times for InfoFlo as a records management specialist, Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village, General Motors Media Archives and Little Caesar's Enterprises on its Detroit Tigers baseball club archival materials.

Areas of Expertise

Geoffrey has interest in researching and writing about the pleasure boat building industry of Michigan and vintage boat racing history.

Education

MLIS and archival administration certificate, Wayne State University, 1995
B.S., secondary education, Central Michigan University, 1989
Associate of Arts, North Central Michigan College, 1986

Awards and recognition

State History Award from the Historical Society of Michigan for Best Article in Michigan History magazine for the July鈥揂ugust 2019 cover story 鈥淜eep 鈥楨m Fighting: Chris-Craft鈥檚 Contribution to WWII,鈥� 2019
2014 Mentoring Award from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Scholars Program at Hope College, 2014
Best in Broadcasting Excellence award for featuring programming for Holland History on WHTC-AM radio by the Michigan Association of Broadcasters, March 2011
Award of Merit for Michigan Media the film Tulip Time in Holland, 2003

Select Publications

Boats Made in Holland: A Michigan Tradition, The History Press, 2018
鈥淧lastic Fantastic: The Fiberglass Boatbuilding Industry in Holland, Michigan,鈥� chapter in Michigan Modern: Design That Shaped America, Amy Arnold (contributor) and Brian Conway, Gibbs Smith, 2016
鈥淕rand-Craft: Builders of Fine Mahogany Boats,鈥� Joint Archives of Holland Quarterly, Spring 2014
鈥淔atal Wave,鈥� Michigan History, March/April 2014
鈥淔rom Craft to Industry: The Boat Builders of Holland,鈥� The Brass Bell, Winter 2014
鈥淭he Joint Archives of Holland Celebrates 25 Years of Service,鈥� The Joint Archives Quarterly, Fall 2013
鈥淔rom Craft to Industry: The Boat Builders of Holland,鈥� The Joint Archives Quarterly, Spring 2013

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Geoffrey Reynolds

Phone Number616.395.7798

reynoldsg@hope.edu

Retired Faculty