April Anderson-Zorn
University Archivist
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- About
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Biography
April K. Anderson-Zorn is the University Archivist for ISU. Anderson-Zorn is a Florida native with intersecting interests in performing art, themed entertainment, business history, and archives.
Teaching Interests & Areas
Archival theory and practice, archival management, archival research in scholarship, teaching with archival materials, and themed entertainment archives.
Research Interests & Areas
Archival outreach, archival accessibility, and identity and mental health in the archival profession.
Other Library and Information Science
Florida State University
Tallahassee, Florida
MA HIstory
University of Central Florida
Orlando, Florida
Bachelor of Arts History
University of West Florida
Pensacola, Florida
Outstanding College Researcher Award
Milner Library
2023
Outstanding College Service Award
Milner Library
2022
Performances and Exhibits
Homecoming Reign: A History of Illinois State University's Homecoming
April Anderson-Zorn, Barb Dallinger.
October 11 2023 - October 11 2023
April Anderson-Zorn, Barb Dallinger.
October 11 2023 - October 11 2023
November 22nd, 1963: Photographs from a Dallas Parade
April Anderson-Zorn, Barb Dallinger.
November 10 2023 - December 12 2023
April Anderson-Zorn, Barb Dallinger.
November 10 2023 - December 12 2023
Redbirds Reign: Memories and Mementos of Redbird Athletics
April Anderson-Zorn.
September 28 2023 - November 6 2023
April Anderson-Zorn.
September 28 2023 - November 6 2023
25th & Change: The History of the Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Annual Symposium
Kyle Ciani, April Anderson-Zorn, Rebecca Fitzsimmons.
WGSS, Milner Library. August 2022 - April 2022
Kyle Ciani, April Anderson-Zorn, Rebecca Fitzsimmons.
WGSS, Milner Library. August 2022 - April 2022
Collaborative Communities of Women: ISNU and YWCA from the 1870s
Kyle Ciani, April Anderson, Rebecca Fitzsimmons, Erin Wilcox.
ISU, YWCA, McLean County Museum of History. August 2022 - 2023
Kyle Ciani, April Anderson, Rebecca Fitzsimmons, Erin Wilcox.
ISU, YWCA, McLean County Museum of History. August 2022 - 2023
Finding Hovey
April Anderson-Zorn.
February 1 2022 - February 20 2022
April Anderson-Zorn.
February 1 2022 - February 20 2022
Shakespeare Festival 45th Anniversary
April.
Milner Library. August 2022 - September 2022
April.
Milner Library. August 2022 - September 2022
Shakespeare Festival 45th Anniversary
April.
Illinois Shakespeare Festival. August 2022 - September 2022
April.
Illinois Shakespeare Festival. August 2022 - September 2022
WGSS at 50: A Celebration of ISU's Women's, Gender, and Sexualities Studies Program
Kyle Ciani, April Anderson-Zorn, Rebecca Lynn Fitzsimmons, Maria Tudela.
ISU Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies and Milner Library. January 2022 - May 2024
Kyle Ciani, April Anderson-Zorn, Rebecca Lynn Fitzsimmons, Maria Tudela.
ISU Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies and Milner Library. January 2022 - May 2024
Wearing Red: Unraveling the Origins of ISU’s Colors
April.
Milner Library. September 2022 - November 2022
April.
Milner Library. September 2022 - November 2022
Coming Home: Celebrating a Century of Homecoming at ISU
April Anderson-Zorn.
September 20 2021 - December 16 2022
April Anderson-Zorn.
September 20 2021 - December 16 2022
Building a Legacy: The Life and Service of Charles Edward Hovey, ISNU’s First President
April Anderson-Zorn.
February 19 2019 - May 12 2019
April Anderson-Zorn.
February 19 2019 - May 12 2019
Everyone Loves a Parade: Homecoming Parades through ISU's History
April Anderson-Zorn.
October 18 2019 - November 27 2019
April Anderson-Zorn.
October 18 2019 - November 27 2019
Reuniting with History: the University High School Time Capsule
April Anderson-Zorn.
September 18 2017 - October 2 2017
April Anderson-Zorn.
September 18 2017 - October 2 2017
The Walls Speak: Telling ISU’s Story Through its Campus Buildings
April Anderson-Zorn.
October 7 2017 - December 8 2017
April Anderson-Zorn.
October 7 2017 - December 8 2017
Time Capsule: A Normal Tradition
April Anderson-Zorn.
September 15 2016 - December 15 2016
April Anderson-Zorn.
September 15 2016 - December 15 2016
Backstory of the Bird
April Anderson-Zorn.
October 1 2015 - November 30 2015
April Anderson-Zorn.
October 1 2015 - November 30 2015
Backstory of the Bird
April Anderson-Zorn.
October 23 2015 - October 23 2015
April Anderson-Zorn.
October 23 2015 - October 23 2015
Celebrating 150 Years of Alumni Memories: The Illinois State University Alumni Association's Sesquicentennial
April Anderson-Zorn.
January 18 2013 - October 24 2013
April Anderson-Zorn.
January 18 2013 - October 24 2013
Death of a President: the 50th Anniversary of John F. Kennedy’s Assassination
April Anderson-Zorn.
October 25 2013 - December 13 2013
April Anderson-Zorn.
October 25 2013 - December 13 2013
Re-living the Celebration: A look back at the themes of ISU’s Homecoming
April Anderson-Zorn.
September 15 2012 - October 31 2012
April Anderson-Zorn.
September 15 2012 - October 31 2012
Bone Student Center 50th Anniversary Celebration Breakfast
April Anderson-Zorn.
Bone Student Center. - August 25 2023
April Anderson-Zorn.
Bone Student Center. - August 25 2023
Founding Friendships: The life of Charles E. Hovey and his friendships with Jesse Fell & Abraham Lincoln
April Anderson-Zorn.
Alumni Association. - March 5 2023
April Anderson-Zorn.
Alumni Association. - March 5 2023
Giving Gala
April Anderson-Zorn.
ISU Foundation. - March 25 2023
April Anderson-Zorn.
ISU Foundation. - March 25 2023
ISU at the Field Museum
April Anderson-Zorn.
ISU Foundation. - August 25 2023
April Anderson-Zorn.
ISU Foundation. - August 25 2023
Book, Authored
Illinois State University
April Karlene Anderson.
(2017), Arcadia Publishing
Book, Chapter
The Dr. Jo Ann Rayfield Archives at Illinois State University
April Anderson-Zorn.
(2023), 87-95, Documenting and Archiving Student Life, They: Live - Student Lives Revealed Through Context-Based Art Practices
Mobile Technologies and Archives: Using the New to Preserve the Old
April Karlene Anderson.
(2013), 143-151, The Handheld Library : Mobile Technology and the Librarian, Libraries Unlimited
Journal Article
Wikipedia Pages for Underrepresented Archivists: Creating Representation Through an SAA Foundation Grant-Funded Documentation Project
April Anderson-Zorn, Stephanie Collier.
American Archivist, 86 (2), 632-652, (2024), https://doi.org/10.17723/2327-9702-86.2.632
Digitize Your Yearbooks: Creating Digital Access While Considering Student Privacy and Other Legal Issues.
April K. Anderson-Zorn, Dallas Long.
Journal of Contemporary Archival Studies, 8 (14), 1-22, (2021)
Do I Belong? Impostor Syndrome in Times of Crisis
April K Anderson-Zorn.
Music Reference Services Quarterly, 25 (2-3), 59-69, (2021), 10.1080/10588167.2021.1996095
Our Comeback Story: Imposter Syndrome in the Archival Profession
April K. Anderson-Zorn, Michael Andrew Davis, Danielle Nowak, Alison Stankrauff.
American Archivist, 84 (2), 502-519, (2021), 10.17723/0360-9081-84.2.502
Portable Archives: Using Mobile Technology for Archival Education and Outreach in a Campus Community
April K. Anderson-Zorn.
Archival Issues, 41 (1), 44-56, (2021), 10.31274/archivalissues.13206
Digging Up the Past: Archival Issues with Found Time Capsules at Illinois State University
April Karlene Anderson-Zorn.
American Archivist, 82 (2), 548-565, (2019), https://doi.org/10.17723/aarc-82-02-06
Reported Missing: Archiving the Life of Carl Leon Wene
April K. Anderson-Zorn.
International Journal of Naval History
Magazine/Trade Publication
Writing Our Comeback Stories: Overcoming Imposter Syndrome in the Archives Profession
April Karlene Anderson-Zorn, Drew Davis, Rebekah McFarland, Beth Meyers, Danielle Nowak, Alison Stankrauff.
(May/June 2020), 6-7, (2020)
Not All Wore Helmets: Preserving the work of women in the 'Great War'
April Karlene Anderson-Zorn.
Illinois Heritage, 21 (6), `37-41, (2019)
Newsletter
A Trip Through Time: Examining Travel and Tourism Databases
April Karlene Anderson.
Midwest Archives Conference, 44, 28-31, (2017)
Newspaper, Regular Column
How Time Flies
April K. Anderson-Zorn.
Illinois State Annuitants Association Newsletter, (2011)
Technical Report
Proposal for a Digital Archives Program at the Dr. Jo Ann Rayfield Archives
April Karlene Anderson, Eric Michael Willey, Ross Griffiths, Dallas J Long.
(2016)
Report on the Survey of the Archival Materials at the American Automobile Association Headquarters
April Karlene Anderson.
(2008)
Presentations
Measuring Impostor Phenomenon in the Archival Profession
Taylor Flinn, April Karlene Anderson-Zorn.
96th Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, Illinois, April 20, 2024
Health in the Archives: Creating Unique Activities to Teach Archival Literacy in a Public Health Course
April.
Society of American Archivists annual conference, Washington, D.C. (online presentation), July 27, 2023
Healthy History: Using Archival Literacy Activities in non-Humanities Courses
April Anderson-Zorn.
Academy of Canadian Archivists annual meeting, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, July 1, 2023
Imposter Phenomenon and Archivists
April.
Midwest Archives Conference annual meeting, Chicago, Illinois, April 15, 2023
Digitize Your Yearbooks: Creating Digital Access While Considering Student Privacy and Other Legal Issues
April K. Anderson-Zorn, Dallas Long.
New England Archivists, Online, November 10, 2022
Creating Representation for Archivists in Wikipedia: SAA Foundation Grant Funding and How it Helped Create Awareness
April K. Anderson-Zorn.
Society of American Archivists, Online, August 27, 2022
Exploring the Present with the Past: Incorporating Archival Exploration in Teaching Disease Prevention
April Karlene Anderson-Zorn, Alicia Wodika.
Society of American Archivists Annual Meeting, Research Symposium, Online, August 3, 2022
Archival Health: Using Archival Literacy Activities to Teach Public Health
April Karlene Anderson Zorn.
Midwest Archives Conference Annual Meeting, Madison, Wisconsin, May 6, 2022
Exploring the past and present: Incorporating archival materials with disease prevention efforts.
Alicia Wodika, April Anderson-Zorn.
ISU Teaching and Learning Symposium, Normal, IL, January, 2022
Creating Wikipedia Pages for Underrepresented Archivists: Project Goals, Outcomes, and Next Steps
April Karlene Anderson-Zorn, Stephanie Collier.
Society of American Archivists Annual Meeting, Research Symposium, Online, July 28, 2021
Shifting Conversations: Moving in-person projects to a virtual world
April Karlene Anderson Zorn.
Midwest Archives Conference Annual Meeting, Online, May 14, 2021
Be Empowered! Take the ‘Scary’ out of Linked Data
April Karlene Anderson-Zorn, Angela Yon.
Midwest Archives Conference Annual Meeting, Online, May, 2020
My Comeback Story: Overcoming Impostor Syndrome in the Archival Profession
April Karlene Anderson-Zorn.
Society of American Archivists Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas, August, 2019
My Comeback Story: Overcoming Impostor Syndrome in the Archival Profession
April Karlene Anderson-Zorn.
Midwest Archives Conference Annual Meeting, Detroit, Michigan, April, 2019
Unlikely Teammates: Innovative and Creative Collaborations for Archives and Special Collections
April Karlene Anderson-Zorn.
Midwest Archives Conference Annual Meeting, Detroit, MI, April, 2019
From There to Here: Building an Archives Program at the Dr. JoAnn Rayfield Archives
April Karlene Anderson.
Midwest Archives Conference Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, April, 2016
New Perspective on Internship and Practicum Requirement in Archival Education
April Karlene Anderson.
Midwest Archives Conference Annual Meeting, Lexington, Kentucky, May, 2015
Digitization is in the Details: Using Data from Patron Research Patterns to Enhance Accessibility
April Karlene Anderson.
Society of American Archivists Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Lousiana, August, 2013