PORT ANGELES — The North Olympic History Center is reaching for the cloud.
David Brownell, executive director of the North Olympic History Center (NOHC), will share local and online research resources available to local researchers, students and history enthusiasts during the online Peninsula College Studium Generale at 12:30 p.m. Thursday.
The free presentation can be seen at https://pencol-edu.zoom.us/j/880 82575506. The meeting ID is 880 8257 5506.
His presentation will highlight the NOHC’s cloud project, which will go online this summer.
It will provide digital access to the center’s extensive catalog of historic photos, objects and archival materials, as well as resources available from organizations across the North Olympic Peninsula, organizers said.
From 2018 through 2021, Brownell served as the tribal historic preservation officer for the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe. He also has served on the Clallam County Heritage Advisory Board since 2019.
Growing up with a father contracted to the Air Force, he spent a lot of time moving from one military base to another, spending time in Ohio, Florida, South Carolina, Texas and overseas in Ankara, Turkey, and Florence, Italy.
“These childhood experiences spurred my interest in history and cultures, and later in my graduate studies,” he said.
Brownell received his bachelor’s in history from Hanover College in 2009 and his master’s in public history from Wright State University in 2011.
He was employed as Research Coordinator at Seminole Tribe of Florida’s Tribal Historic Preservation Office prior to moving to Washington to work for the Jamestown Tribe.
