Project Team
International Museum of the Horse Staff
Amy Beisel, Director
Karen Lanier, Digital Project Manager
Bill Bright, Curator of Exhibits
Emily Lozon, Curator of Collections
Ashlee Chilton, Education Coordinator
Robbie Sharpe, Information Technology Director
Student and Contract Staff
Emily Thomas, Museum Assistant
Brittany Petty, Museum Assistant and Designer
Michael Phelps, Content Coordinator, Graduate Student Intern
Emily Libecap, Content Administrator, Graduate Student Intern
Kenyarna Harden, Content Administrator, Graduate Student Intern
Cynthia Maharrey, Oral History Coordinator, Intern
James Shambhu, Graphic Designer
Trish Noe, Graphic Designer
HG&Co, Audience Evaluation and Strategy Consultant
Message Agency, Website Designer and Developer
Project Advisory Committee
Jim Casey, Center for Digital Humanities at the University of Delaware
Anastasia Curwood, University of Kentucky
Sarah Dorpinghaus, University of Kentucky
Vanessa Holden, University of Kentucky
Randolph Hollingsworth, H-Net: Humanities and Social Sciences Online
Sharon Leon, Omeka and Michigan State University
David McKenzie, Ford's Theatre
Katherine Mooney, Florida State University
Travis Robinson, Phoenix Rising Lex
Becky Ryder, Keeneland Library
Researchers
Bill Cooke, Director Emeritus of International Museum of the Horse
Yvonne Giles, Community Historian
Teacher Representatives
Carla Criswell, Hopkinsville Middle School, Hopkinsville, Kentucky
Annabeth Edens, Royal Spring Middle School, Georgetown, Kentucky
Lorrie Fraley, Western Hills High School, Frankfort, Kentucky
Andrew Johnson, Elkhorn Middle School, Frankfort, Kentucky
Logan Layne, Locust Trace Agriscience Center, Lexington, Kentucky
Bettymarie McClanahan, Phelps Jr. and Sr. High School, Pike County, Kentucky
Jaronda McPherson, Tates Creek High School, Lexington, Kentucky
Felicia Smyzer, Bellarmine University
Azra Terzich, Jefferson County Public Schools, Kentucky
Wendy Young, Northern Elementary School, Lexington, Kentucky
Women Writing African American Horse Stories
Merlene Davis
Kenyarna Harden
Emily Hudson
Shauna Morgan
Institutional Partners
Aiken Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame and Museum
Ashland, The Henry Clay Estate
Lexington Public Library, Northside Branch Digital Studio
The Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History at the University of Kentucky
National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum
National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame
National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame
Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame and Museum of the American Cowboy
University of Kentucky Libraries
University of Louisville Oral History Center
Website Developer
Funders
The Institute of Library and Museum Services