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This section tells you about the personnel on the Committee of the Canterbury Disaster Salvage Team. They are professionals from a variety of different fields in the cultural heritage sector including art galleries, museums, libraries, universities and archives in the Canterbury Region. The team began in 1987 and has continued over the years with new team members.

Lynn Campbell is the paper conservator at Christchurch Art Gallery. Lynn has a BA Hons in Fine Art and a Post Graduate Degree in Fine Art Conservation and has worked in the UK, Africa and Antarctica. Lynn set up the Canterbury Disaster Salvage Team in 1987 after attending a disturbing amount of fires in cultural institutions around the South Island of New Zealand.
Jo Smith is the Archivist for the Methodist Church of New Zealand and is responsible for overseeing the archiving of the records of the Church New Zealand-wide. Previous to this position, after graduating from the University of Canterbury with a BA, Jo was the Curator of Manuscripts at the Canterbury Museum. She has attended several disaster training workshops and joined the Disaster Team
in 2006.
Penny Minchin-Garvin is the curator for the James Logie Memorial Collection at Canterbury University. She has a BA and a Grad Dip (distinction) in Classics from the University of Canterbury. She has worked as a journalist and writer for the print media and published in both New Zealand and Australia.
Rose O’Neil is an information specialist at Christchurch City Libraries. She is part of the Aotearoa New Zealand team based at the Central City Library and has special responsibility of the archives collection. Rose is a long standing member of the Canterbury Disaster Salvage Team and has participated with other team members in the numerous workshops conducted by the Team.
Graham Penwell is Management Services Librarian at Lincoln University Library. Graham has a MA (Hons.), a post graduate Diploma of Librarianship and a New Zealand Diploma of Business. He is an Associate of the Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa.
Graham has been a member of the Canterbury Disaster Salvage Team since 1998.
Jo Drysdall has been working in the heritage and cultural sector for more than ten years. She has worked at various Christchurch institutions including the Canterbury Museum, Airforce World, The Arts Centre and Our City O-Tautahi. She has a BA (Hons) in History and a Postgraduate Diploma in Museum Studies. Jo currently divides her time between working for the Christchurch City Libraries and running a private business designing and producing historical costumes and corsetry.
Terri Elder was the Collection Services Manager for Canterbury Museum. Terri has a BA Hons in History (Canterbury), an M Phil in Museum Studies (Cambridge) and a Post Graduate Certificate in Tertiary Teaching. Terri has worked in a variety of museums and art galleries throughout New Zealand, specialising mainly in collection management. She joined the CDST in 2006 as the representative for Canterbury University.
eva

Eva Sullivan is the Archivist at the Christchurch City Council and has a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology from University of Canterbury along with a Postgraduate Certificate in Archives and Records Management Victoria University of Wellington and is working towards a Postgraduate Diploma in Information Studies. Prior to working for the Christchurch City Council, Eva worked for Canterbury Museum.

eva huismans

Eva Huismans is the Museum Outreach and Training Coordinator at Canterbury Museum. She has a BA and MA in Cultural Anthropology, with a major in Adult Education, and has worked as a training advisor in Africa, The Netherlands, and more recently in New Zealand. She initially joined Canterbury Museum as the Volunteer and Training Coordinator in 2006 and achieved the National Certificate in Museum Practice in 2009.

julie humby

Julie Humby is the Curator of the Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology Artwork Collection, and also works in the CPIT Library. She has a Bachelor of Design in Visual Arts from CPIT and is working towards her Diploma in Tertiary Learning and Teaching. Julie is an exhibiting artist, producing prints and sculpture, and is currently working predominantly in cast glass.

 


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