
Laura Miller
Laura Miller is a public historian and historical consultant based in Western Massachusetts. She specializes in research, writing, and oral history projects for history organizations and other nonprofits, and previously worked as a Historian at the Rockefeller Archive Center. Miller holds a PhD in History and MA in Public History from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
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