This article appeared in the Volume 4, Issue 3 Winter 2024 issue of the Appalachian Curator. Click here to view a PDF of the full issue.
Kim Larmee is now the Archivist, Records Manager & Liaison Librarian at The University of Virginia’s College at Wise. Larmee is a Certified Archivist with a BA in Criminal Justice (minor in History) from Indiana University and an MLIS from the University of Iowa with a Certification in Special Collections. She previously worked at the Iowa Women’s Archive, the Science of Mind Archives and Library Foundation, and the Archive of American Art at the Smithsonian, and also spent a summer in Italy learning paper preservation and working on museum preservation and disaster recovery. Outside of work, when she’s not walking and snuggling with her small 50 pound dog, Larmee is an avid reader and pickleball player.
Since August 2023, Sarah Insalaco has served as the Flood Recovery Archivist at the Hindman Settlement School, where she oversees all salvage and processing work on the school’s archives, which were damaged in catastrophic floods of 2022. Sarah is a native of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and she received a Bachelor’s degree in history from Marymount Manhattan College in New York City and a Master’s degree in Archival Management and History from Simmons University in Boston. When not in the archives, Sarah enjoys exploring new hiking trails with her black lab Maisie, knitting, reading, and visiting historic sites.
Welcome Kim and Sarah!
– Jeremy A. Smith, Director of the Archives of Appalachia, East Tennessee State University
