PROFESSIONAL INFORMATION

Faculty Rank: Clinical Assistant Professor

Liaison Areas: History

Courses Taught:

ILS 495 Research Methods for Rare Books

Education:

MS in Information specializing in Archives & Records Management and Preservation of Information, University of Michigan
BA in History with minor in Latin, Marshall University

Honors and Awards:

Dean’s Award for Significant Advancement of a Libraries Strategic Initiative (2024)

John H. Moriarty Award for Excellence in Library Service to Purdue University Faculty and Students (2023)

Joseph M. Dagnese Memorial Award for Excellence in Service to the Libraries (2019)

Dean's Team Award (as part of the Archives and Special Collections staff) (2019)

Professional Memberships and Service:

Midwest Archives Conference, Member (2016 - present)

Midwest Archives Conference, Editor, Archival Issues (2023 - present)

Midwest Archives Conference, Editor, MAC Newletter (2020 - 2023)

Midwest Archives Conference, Archie Motley Memorial Scholarship for Minority Students Committee (2018 - 2022)

Society of Indiana Archivists, Member (2013 - present)

Society of Indiana Archivists, Editor, SIA News & Notes (2014 - 2020)

PUBLICATIONS

Harmeyer, Adriana and Tracy Grimm. “Special Collections as Muse: The Use of Rare Books and Archives to Inspire Creative Works.” In Creators in the Academic Library, edited by Rebecca Zuege Kuglitsch and Alexander C. Watkins, 15-28. Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, 2023.
Hovde, David, Adriana Harmeyer, Neal Harmeyer, and Sammie Morris. Purdue at 150: A Visual History of Student Life. West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press, 2019.

Exhibits

Curator, “Impressions: The Life, Works, and Legacy of Bruce Rogers,” January-June 2020.
Co-curator, “Around the World in 150 Years: Purdue’s International Footprint,” January-March 2019.
Co-curator, “The Sixties: A Decade of Triumph, Struggle, and Change at Purdue,” April-August 2018.
Curator, “Looking Down, Looking Out, and Looking Up: Maps and the Human Experience,” January-June 2017.

OTHER INFORMATION

Provide embedded instruction, workshops, guest lectures, consultations, and activity development with faculty across a variety of disciplines. Past collaborations include Art & Design; American Studies; Cornerstone; Exploratory Studies; English; History; Honors; Information Science; Music; Technology; and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.