Professional Vita

Cliff Tyndall

Wilmington, NC  28412

 

 

Publications:

Greetings From Camp Davis  published by Chapel Hill Press, Mar. 2006

Threshold of Freedom: Lenoir County, NC During the Civil War; 2002, Lenoir County Historical Association, Kinston, NC.

“A Bolt From the Blue,” Our State Magazine, March, 2003.

“GI Jive,”  Our State Magazine, December, 2001.

Currently researching and writing 1960's cold war history ,

 

Special Interests:

American Military History; emphasis on 20^th century warfare

Historic Weapons; 1300s to present

Southern History/Agriculture and Slavery

History of Technology, Science and Medicine

North Carolina History

 

Education:

 

East Carolina University, Greenville, NC

MA Degree; History

Special emphasis in Historic Site and Museum education

 

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

BA Degree; History

Concentration in American military, Southern and NC History

 

The University of North Carolina at Wilmington

Additional course work (2001-2003)

Watson School of Education

 

 

 

Employment Experience:

 

History Instructor

Bladen Community College

Dublin, NC  28332

2003-present

 

 

History/Social Studies Teacher

Bladen County Public Schools

2001-2003

 

Regional Interpretations Specialist

North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources

North Carolina State Historic Sites

1989-2001

 

Programs Coordinator

Bentonville Battleground State Historic Site

1983-1989

 

East Carolina University, Greenville, NC

Division of Continuing Education and Specialty Studies

Instructor of History and Geography (adjunct)

1990-2000

 

Lenoir Community College; Kinston, NC

History Instructor (adjunct)

1984-1988

 

Other Professional Experience:

Historical Consultant/ Historical prop locator and provider

Contract work for movies, television and stage productions

Aaron Spelling Productions, CBS Television, Warner Brothers, BBC, UNC-TV, Thalian Association (Wilmington), Duplin Outdoor Drama (Kenansville)

 

Wright Brother National Memorial; Kill Devil Hills, NC

Park Ranger/ Historical Interpreter

 

Fort Macon State Park; Atlantic Beach, NC

Park Historian

 

Military Experience:

United States Army Reserve

Commissioned Infantry Officer

Graduate of US Army Officer Candidate School, Fort Benning, Georgia

US Army Infantry Officers Basic Course

Infantry Mortar Platoon Officers Course

Battalion staff officer:  362d QM Battalion

 

Speaking Engagements and Public Programs:

UNC-Wilmington-Public History Graduate Program

East Carolina University-Graduate Applied History Program

North Carolina Museum of History

North Carolina State Capital

Onslow County Museum

Lenoir County Historical Association

Neuse-Kinston Regional Library

Lower Cape Fear Historical Society

Bellamy Mansion Museum

Battleship USS North Carolina Memorial

Cape Fear Museum

Town of Holly Ridge; Camp Davis Remembrance Weekend

Topsail Beach Spring Fling

Topsail Beach Cable Television

ADNET Cable-television-Kinston, NC

Sneads Ferry Shrimp Festival

Old Fort Dobbers Genealogical Society

Lenoir County Sons of Confederate Veterans

Historic Hope Plantation

Bentonville Battleground State Historic Site

Community Arts Center-Wilmington

“A Swinging Salute to Wartime Wilmington” Thalian Hall

WAAV 98 AM Talk Radio with Don Ansell

“Lets Talk Travel” with Lisa Schuman WAAV 98 AM

 

Hobbies and Interests:

Running, mountain biking, surfskiing, weight-lifting and training, reading, nature studies, landscaping, traveling, historic preservation, preserving local and family history. 

 

Cliff has served as a member of the WWII Wartime Wilmington Commemorative Committee and the statewide 125^th Anniversary of the Civil War Event planning committee (1990).  He directed events commemorating the 40^th anniversary of North Carolina’s State Historic Sites. He has spent many hours  since 1999 interviewing WWII veterans and workers associated with Camp Davis.  He frequently speaks to civic, veteran, and historical groups on the topic of Camp Davis

 

Personal:

Cliff and his wife Mary, an elementary school music teacher with the New Hanover County Schools, live in Wilmington. 

 

 

 

Check out my new book on WWII Camp Davis at:

http://www.greetingsfromcampdavis.com