Deborra Richardson

**Deborra Richardson** ta kasance mai kula da tarihi a baya a Tarihin Tarihin Tarihi na Smithsonian (NMAH).  Ayyukanta na bincike sune African American Music Collections da Archival Administration. Ta girma a Long Island, New York, kuma a halin yanzu tana zaune a Brentwood, Maryland .

## Ilimi
Richardson yana da digiri na farko a cikin kiɗa daga Jami'ar Howard da kuma Jagora a cikin Kimiyya ta Laburaren daga Jami'an Maryland, College Park . 

## Ayyuka
A matsayin mai son littattafai, wasu ayyukan farko na Richardson sun kasance a cikin ɗakunan karatu, suna tsara tarin kiɗa. A wata hira da Angel Diaz, Richardson ta yi iƙirarin cewa ta koyi mafi yawan abin da ta sani game da tarihin tarihi da bayanin rubuce-rubuce game da aikin.

Yayinda take halartar Jami'ar Howard, ta fara aikinta tare da Cibiyar Bincike ta Moorland-Spingarn "wanda ya haifar da sha'awarta don samar da sabis na al'umma ga mutane da kungiyoyi. "

A cikin 1980, Richardson ya fara aiki don Gidan Tarihi na Tarihin Amurka na Smithsonian .  Ta yi aiki a matsayin shugaban bincike, mataimakin kujera, da kujera na Cibiyar Tarihi da kuma Masanin Tarihi na Duke Ellington Collection. A cikin hidimar da ta yi tare da NMAH, Richardson ta yi aiki don ilimantarwa da shigar da dalibai da matasa a cikin tsarin adanawa. Ta yi amfani da kwarewar hannu a cikin koyarwarta, da kuma ka'idar ajiya.

A baya, ta kasance wani ɓangare na wasu sanannun ayyukan adana bayanai da suka shafi ra'ayoyin Gidan Tarihin Afirka na Amurka da Fine Arts a matsayin kayan aikin farfadowa, kamar su 'yan mata masu murya na Ellington da Ulysses Kay .  Ta kuma ba da gudummawa ga taron hip hop na yankin New York "Documenting History in Your Own Backyard" a Cibiyar Nazarin Al'adun Black ta Schomburg . Richardson da abokan aikinta sun gabatar da batutuwan rubuce-rubuce da adanawa, suna ilimantar da masu halarta kan tarihin al'adun hip hop.

Ta wallafa littattafai biyu, ciki har da Treasures a Gidan Tarihi wanda aka yi niyya ga ɗaliban firamare na K-4th kuma yana ƙarfafa sadarwa tsakanin tsararraki da hulɗa tare da ɗakunan ajiya da gidajen tarihi.

Richardson mai ba da shawara ne na dogon lokaci don bambancin a cikin sana'ar adana bayanai. Lokacin da aka ba da shawarar ta a matsayin SAA Fellow a cikin 2013, wani abokin aiki ya ambaci cewa ita "kyakkyawan misali ne na muhimmancin bambancin a fagen ajiya da kuma mai karfi mai ba da shawara ga aikin da ya fi shiga tsakani da kuma fadakarwa". 

### Haɗin kai
Ta yi aiki a matsayin wakilin da kuma shugaban kungiyar American Library Association da kuma kungiyar American Museums Joint Committee on Archives, Libraries and Museums daga 2004-2008. 

Richardson ta kasance memba na Black Caucus na Ƙungiyar Laburaren Amirka da kuma Society of American Archivists . Ta yi aiki a Majalisar SAA daga 2009-2012 kuma a cikin 2013, an kira Richardson Fellow na SAA . 

Ta kuma kasance memba kuma jagora na Archivists da Archives of Color Roundtable a cikin SAA . Lokacin da aka tambaye ta dalilin da ya sa ta dauki matsayin jagoranci a cikin SAA, ta amsa:Mafi yawa, na ga aikin da ake buƙatar yin, kuma na shiga lokacin da babu wanda ya yi niyya. A wasu kalmomi, ban zaɓi da gangan don ɗaukar matsayin jagoranci ba, na ga damar yin abubuwa da suka ji da muhimmanci a gare ni kuma na yanke shawarar amfani da waɗannan damar.A matsayinta na ƙwararren mai adana bayanai, ta halarci Cibiyar Gudanar da Tarihi da Cibiyar Kasuwancin Al'adu.

## Littattafai

* Dukiyoyi a Gidan Tarihi, 2011
* Ulysses Kay: A Bio-Bibliography (Bio-Bibliographies in Music), 1994

## Manazarta