Regina Carra (she/her/hers) is the author of The Historical Society Project blog.

Originally from Endwell, New York, she went to college at SUNY Geneseo, where she majored in History and double-minored in Music and American Studies. In her senior year, she interned at the Livingston County Historical Society & Museum–an experience she (obviously) would not forget.

After graduating from SUNY Geneseo in 2015, she moved to New York City to start her career as a professional archivist and enroll in the Dual Degree program in Library Science and History at Queens College-CUNY. In 2018, she graduated with a MA in History and a Masters in Library Science (MLS) with a concentration in archives and the preservation of cultural materials.

She discovered her scholarly interest in the histories of libraries, archives, and museums through studying the hidden histories of library classification systems in graduate school. She maintains a particular interest in the people, work practices, and conditions that preserve cultural heritage organizations and the historical interpretations contained therein. Her writing has been published in Slavic and East European Information Resources and The Mid-Atlantic Archivist.

Currently, she works as the Rapaport Archivist at the American Folk Art Museum (AFAM). She lives in Queens with her partner and their cat, Dumpling.