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Pamela Whitenack
Director of Community Archives
Hershey Community Archives


Ms. Whitenack has been employed as an archivist for over 30 years. For the past 30 years, she has been employed by the Hershey Community Archives. In 1990, she became Archivist and Director of the Archives. In that capacity she is responsible for managing an active archives serving the corporate and local community in Hershey. Hershey Community Archives is the primary resource for the study and understanding of Milton S. Hershey, his vision, his legacy, and the community. Ms. Whitenack is active professionally in archival and oral history organizations. She is past-present of Oral History in the Mid-Atlantic Region (OHMAR) and is a frequent presenter at regional and national archival organizations. She is the 2012 recipient of OHMAR's prestigious Forrest Pogue Award, which recognizes significant contributions to the field of oral history. She is co-author of "Images of America: Hershey", a pictorial history of the community, published in 2000 by Arcadia Publishing, and the author of Images of America: Hersheypark, 2006. Ms. Whitenack receivedher B.A. degree in history from Wittenberg University, Springfield, OH and her M.A. degree in American History with Certification in Museum Studies from the University of Delaware.

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