Schaefer-Jacobs, Debbie
Culture and Community Life Curator
Schaefer-Jacobs, Debbie
Culture and Community Life Curator
• History of American education through artifacts including History of the American school desk, Americanization in the classroom, Educational toys and games, Material culture of women's education in the 18th, 19th, and early 20th Centuries, and objects promoting the literacy of American youth
• Visual studies and American material culture such as 19th century American prints especially Civil War popular prints and classification of artifacts of the home
Positions
- Associate Curator, National Museum of American History 1982 -
Research And Grants
Keywords
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history of education
school desks
educational toys
Publications
Selected Publications
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Article
- Schaefer-Jacobs, Debbie. 2012. "In Pre-Civil War Kentucky Derby, North-South Rivalry Ran High." The Atlantic, (May 4, 2012), 2012
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Blog Posting
- Schaefer-Jacobs, Debbie. 2017. "I Pledge Allegiance." O Say Can You See? Stories from the National Museum of American History Washington, DC: Smithsonian National Museum of American History. Oct 23, 2017. http://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/i-pledge-allegiance. 2017
- Schaefer-Jacobs, Debbie. 2016. "A uniform approach to documenting Catholic school education." O Say Can You See? Stories from the National Museum of American History Washington, DC: National Museum of Natural History. Mar 25, 2016. https://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/catholic-school-uniforms. 2016
- Schaefer-Jacobs, Debbie. 2012. "Civil War Baseball." O Say Can You See? Stories from the National Museum of American History Washington, DC: National Museum of Natural History. Aug 2, 2012. https://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/2012/08/civil-war-baseball.html. 2012
- Schaefer-Jacobs, Debbie. 2011. "June brides and D-Day." O Say Can You See? Stories from the National Museum of American History Washington, DC: National Museum of Natural History. Jun 6, 2011. https://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/2011/06/june-brides-and-d-day.html. 2011
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Chapter
- Troyano, Joan Fragaszy and Schaefer-Jacobs, Debbie. 2017. "Education and Americanization: The Language of Community." In Many Voices, One Nation: Material Culture Reflections on Race and Migration in the United States. Salazar-Porzio, Margaret, Troyano, Joan Fragaszy, and Safranek, Lauren, editors. 165–178. Washington, D.C: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. In Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge. 2017
- Schaefer-Jacobs, Debbie. 2013. "Baseball in Prison." In Smithsonian Civil War: Inside the National Collection. Kagan, Neil and Hyslop, Stephen G., editors. 160–161. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books. 2013
- Schaefer-Jacobs, Debbie. 2013. "Bird's-Eye View of Andersonville." In Smithsonian Civil War: Inside the National Collection. Kagan, Neil and Hyslop, Stephen G., editors. 256–257. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books. 2013
- Schaefer-Jacobs, Debbie. 2013. "Patriotic Prints for the Unionists." In Smithsonian Civil War: Inside the National Collection. Kagan, Neil and Hyslop, Stephen G., editors. 88–91. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books. 2013
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Review
- Schaefer-Jacobs, Debbie. 2019. [Book review] "Object Lessons: How Nineteenth-Century Americans Learned to Make Sense of the Material World." History of Education Quarterly, 59, (3), 407–410. https://doi.org/10.1017/heq.2019.21. 2019
Contact
Location
- National Museum of American History Department
