Katharine White

Regional History Center Liaison

Katharine White is the Curator of Manuscripts for the Regional History Center at Northern Illinois University. She oversees 325+ collections from the 18 northern-most counties of Illinois (excluding Cook) and works in tandem with the university archives. Katharine uses social media (facebook and flickr) to promote the collections, as well as LibGuides, Omeka, and Archon, in attempt to make archives more accessible and fun. She holds a B.S. in Media Studies from the University of Illinois and a M.L.I.S. from Dominican University.