Heather Huyck papers

Heather Ann Huyck graduated cum laude from Carleton College in 1973. She went on to earn an M.A. in cultural anthropology (1978) and a Ph.D. in American history (1981) from the University of Minnesota. She founded Minnesota Women's Ordination Now in 1974, and was active in the organization until 1978. Huyck began working for the National Park Service in 1971, as a college student, and has been employed by that agency in various capacities since then. As a cultural anthropologist and as a historian, Huyck was responsible for"the interpretation of cultural resources (historical and anthropological)"at numerous NPS sites from 1978 to 1983, including Ellis Island, the Women's Rights National Historical Park, and the Clara Barton National Historic Site. She also worked in the U. S. Congress on legislation and related issues pertaining to NPS sites, from 1983 to 1994. Since 1994 Huyck has headed the NPS's Office of Strategic Planning, and from 2002 to 2017 she was also regional chief historian and visiting lecturer in American Studies at the College of William and Mary. She has also served as president of the National Collaborative for Women's History Sites, an organization she co-founded.

Dorothy Boyle Huyck, born in Madison, Wisconsin, graduated from Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota. She moved to Washington, DC in 1946 and worked for the US State Department asa liason officer in agricultural agencies until 1951. Boyle Huyck later served as a consultant on family camping to the National Park Service from 1962-1967 and as a freelance writer published several articles on conservation and travel. At the time of her death in 1979, she was writing a history of women in the Park Service where she also served as a contract worker.