Edward Whitley, an assistant professor in the English Department at Lehigh University, is the editorial director of The Vault at Pfaff's.
Rob Weidman, the Digital Library Technical Coordinator at Lehigh University, leads the site design and technical development efforts for The Vault at Pfaff's. In addition to designing and maintaining the databases used on the project he also contributes to biographical and bibliographical research.
Research Assistants
Abigail Aldrich, a Ph.D. student in the English Department at Lehigh University, is a research assistant for The Vault at Pfaff's whose primary contribution has been to research and write biographies of the Pfaff's bohemians.
Heather Burychka, a Master's student in the Department of Information and Library Science at Southern Connecticut State University, researched, wrote, and edited biographies of the Pfaff's bohemians and edited bibliographic records in the database.
Kurt Hoberg, an undergraduate at Lehigh University, has assisted with a variety of tasks, including, most significantly, the complete indexing of The Saturday Press.
Alessandra Intili graduated from Lehigh University in 2006. While working as a research assistant for The Vault at Pfaff's she researched primary and secondary material about the Pfaff's bohemians.
Martha MacKenzie graduated from Lehigh University in 2006. While working as a research assistant for The Vault at Pfaff's she conducted bibliographic research, digitized texts and images for the site, and annotated The Saturday Press .
Megan A. Norcia was a CLIR Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at Lehigh University during the academic year 2004-2005 and is currently an assistant professor in the English Department at SUNY Brockport. During her time with the project, Dr. Norcia conducted biographical and bibliographical research and assisted in the initial stages of conceptualization. The Vault at Pfaff's would never have gotten off the ground without Dr. Norcia's help.
Lukas Sykora, an undergraduate at Lehigh University, assisted with bibliographic research and data entry during the summer of 2006.
Elizabeth Wiggins, a Ph.D. student in the English Department at Lehigh University, is a research assistant for The Vault at Pfaff's whose primary contribution has been to research primary and secondary material about the Pfaff's bohemians and to annotate those works in the online database.
Bradley Woodward, an undergraduate at Lehigh University, and Anthony Funari, a Ph.D. student at Lehigh University, wrote annotations of texts published in The Saturday Press and assisted with other biographical research.
Lehigh University Library Staff
Ilhan Citak, assistant in Special Collections, provides content development, image management, and editorial oversight for the library's various digital projects, including The Vault at Pfaff's.
Julia Maserjian, the coordinator for digital library activities at Lehigh University, works in collaboration with the campus community to identify, prioritize, and develop projects that support teaching and research goals at the University.
Tim McGeary, the Senior Systems Specialist for the University Library, administers the CONTENTdm software, server, and system, as well as technical documentation for each digital library project.
Philip A. Metzger, Curator of Special Collections at Lehigh University until his retirement in 2005, developed the collection of published writings of Pfaff authors presently held in Special Collections.
Christine Roysdon provides general leadership for library digital projects through her role as Director for Library Collections and Systems.
Sharon Siegler, Roseann Bowerman, Bill Fincke, Jean Johnson, Helen Mack, and Kathe Morrow, Lehigh University librarians, edited the bibliographic records in the database.
Other Contributors
Lynda L. Hinkle, a Masters candidate in English at Rutgers University-Camden as of 2005, researched material for the forthcoming "Gender and Sexuality" page of the "Contexts" section of the site.
Mitch Gould, of www.LeavesofGrass.org, has been in contact with the editors of The Vault at Pfaff's since 2004 with information and insights about various of the Pfaff's bohemians.
John Roche, assistant professor of English at Rochester Institute of Technology, researched material for the forthcoming "Other Bohemian Movements" page of the "Contexts" section of the site.
