KENDRA DILLARD
Oakland Museum of California
History Department
1000 Oak Street
Oakland, CA 94607
510/238-3842
kdillard@pacbell.net

Brief Biography:
Kendra Dillard is currently a temporary registrar for the Oakland Museum of California. She moved to California just over a year ago from St. Paul, MN where she spent 11 years as the Curator of Historic Sites Collections and as Project Manager for the Minnesota Historical Society. She was also Museum Manager for Gibbs Farm Museum in St. Paul for four years.

Public Lecture Topics:

• "Victorian Interiors: A Checklist for Research and Restoration," Minnesota Historical Organizations Field Workshops (Morton, MN; Little Falls, MN; and Chisholm, MN) 1998
• "The Comstock House in Moorhead: A Story of Restoration in the Red River Valley," Restoration 1997 Conference, Chicago, IL
• "Victorian Interiors: Historical Research and Reproduction Wallpaper, Carpets, and Upholstery," The Victorian Society, North Star Chapter, St. Paul, MN, 1996

Publications:

• "MHS (Minnesota Historical Society) Collections: Every Object Tells a Story," with Marcia Anderson, et al., St. Paul: Minnesota History, Special Issue, Making Minnesota Territory, 1849-1858, Winter 1998-99
• "The Comstock House in Moorhead: A Story of Restoration," St. Paul, Minnesota History, Spring 1998 [Awarded the Theodore Blegen Award for the best staff-written article in Minnesota History in 1998]
• "Education and Preservation in the Historic Site Setting: The Alexander Ramsey House," with Janet Budack, Conservation in Context: Finding a Balance for the Historic House Museum, Washington, DC: National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1995

Kendra Dillard has been listed in the Directory of California Thinkers since 31-Jan-2000.