Meet Our Director
Carla L. Jordan
Professional Summary
Education/Certification
Southeast Missouri State University, B.S., 2004
Major: Historic Preservation
Teambuilding/Mentoring Certification
Bryan Memorial Hospital, Lincoln, NE
1996
Current Professional Positions
1. Owner/Administrator, CL Jordan Preservation, Cape Girardeau, MO
A preservation firm located in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, with a mission of promoting, preserving, and documenting the cultural resources of rural America, including: museum development and management; National Register of Historic Places nominations; historic site consultation and administration services; cultural resource mentoring; cultrual resource site fund raising services; cultural resource research; volunteer staff training services; grant writing services; cultural site team building seminar services.
2. Director, Perry County Lutheran Historical Society's (PCLHS), Lutheran Heritage Center and Museum, Altenburg, MO
Professional responsibilities include directing, along with the PCLHS executive board, the 100 year old Historical Society mission. This mission includes interpretation, promotion, preservation, and education programming at the 8,000 square ft. state-of-the-art exhibit space, the Log College Seminary National Register site, the Christiane Loeber Cabin site, and the Zion Roots Research Library and Reading Room.
CL Jordan Preservation has sub-contracted with PCLHS for six years. Jordan directed all of the interior design of the interpretation spaces, designed all of the exhibits, and recruited the museum volunteer staff consisting of more than 50 active docents. Jordan is also responsible for museum policy development, fundraising, and archival management. These activities are accomplished via museum committees for building, exhibits, accessions, events/hospitality, family research, education, gift shop, cataloging, and promotions.
The Lutheran Heritage Center & Museum had more than 6,000 visitors in 2010. The Historical Society hosted the first International Immigration Conference in 2010 with more than 15 academic presentations including participants from across the country and Germany. This event was sponsored by PCLHS in partnership with Southeast Missouri State University's foreign language department with Dr. Dieter Jedan and Dr. Fred Posten.
The Zion Roots Research Library and Reading Room was officially opened in 2010 at the Historical Society, and consists of numerous Perry County and German resources for family researchers to find German hometowns and parishes. It includes a large collection of maps, foreign and regional city directories, census data, and other German family research tools. Jordan administrates the library with the support of the museum's Family Research Committee. The Zion Roots Library was founded by Ken Craft and is in memory of Robert Fiehler.
3. Treasurer/Charter Member WESTRAY Foundation
A public charity designed to mentor and promote the cultural, entrepreneurial, and educational resources of southeast Missouri and the region.
Jordan managed the fundraising and restoration of the Brush Creek Bridge on Historic Route 66, with the support of the WESTRAY Foundation. The restoration of this valuable cultural resource was made possible by a grant from the National Park Service; support from Cherokee County, Kansas; and private citizens in Baxter Springs, Kansas.
Jordan co-managed the Altenburg, Missouri to Altenburg, Germany photography project with Jeanie Eddleman and the support of the WESTRAY Foundation. The project was co-sponsored by the Perry County Lutheran Historical Society (PCLHS.) The project included photography workshops and labs for regional 5th-8th grade public and private school students in the Altenburg, MO, region. The students photographed their homeland and it was shared with students in Altenburg Germany via an exhibit at the Lindenau Art Museum in Germany. The photographic team from WESTRAY and PCLHS then traveled to the Lindenau Art School in Germany and conducted the same workshop with adolscent students of the Art School, and their lab consisted of photographing their 1,000 year old city. This exhibit is currently on display at the PCLHS museum.
Mentoring Relationships/Preservation Grant Projects
Jordan was a consultant for the Mickey Mantle MuseumTrust planning team, and has conducted development workshop experiences for them in Commerce, OK.
Jordan has conducted museum and house museum development workshops for: The Baxter Springs, Kansas, Cultural Heritage Center & Museum; the Wright Mansion House Museum, Altamont, Illinois; The Saxon Lutheran Memorial, Frohna, Missouri; and the Biehle/Apple Creek, Missouri, Cultural Heritage Planning Committee.
Jordan conducted the review and applied for a $300,000 development project for the Neutral Lands Cherokee Cultural Heritage Center. The project was funded and completed in 2007.
Jordan has grant funded projects from the National Parks Service, Route 66 Preservation Corridor program including funds to preserve the Phillips 66 Station Welcome Center in Baxter Springs, Kansas ( a Ntl. Reg. property); restoration of the Brush Creek Bridge on Route 66 near Riverton, Kansas (a Ntl. Reg. property); and funding for an architectural survey for the Cafe on the Route in Baxter Springs, Kansas. Jordan worked with the Baxter Springs Historical Society, the City of Baxter Springs, the Cherokee County Commission, as well as private citizen groups to procure the funding and to manage the completion of these historically significant projects.
Jordan, along with the PCLHS executive board, received a $130,000 project approval from the Missouri Neighborhood Assitance Program of the Missouri Department of Economic Development in 2008. The project is ongoing and has included museum development improvement projects such as restoration of the electrical system in the 1839 Log College Seminary.
Jordan wrote and received a grant, along with the PCLHS executive board, for archival development/storage at PCLHS from the National Endowment for the Humanities in 2009.
Jordan, in collaboration with the Baxter Springs Heritage Center & Museum, has written multiple successful grant applications including: funds to archive a lead and zinc mining collection, and funds to conduct oral history interviews with business owners and citizens along historic Route 66 in Kansas. The funding and labor to complete the project was provided by the Baxter Springs Historical Society, The Kansas Humanities Council, and private citizens.
Jordan, with the support of PCLHS, has supervised numerous interns from Southeast Missouri State University and one intern from Truman State University in the academic disciplines of: historic preservation, foreign language, public relations, archives administration, and history.
Jordan has had a long time mentoring relationship with the Foundation for Historic Preservation in Fredericktown, Missouri.
National Register of Historic Places Listings
Commerce City Hall, Commerce, Missouri
605 East 12th Street, Baxter Springs, Kansas
Anderson-Bailey House, Commerce, Missouri (mentored owner)
Cafe on the Route, Baxter Springs, Kansas (pending)
Publications
Stepenoff, Bibb, Jordan. From French Community to Missouri Town: Ste. Genevieve in the Nineteenth Century, (chpt. 8). University of Missouri Press: Columbia, Missouri. 2006.
Stepenoff, Bibb, Jordan. "Three Mothers of Racially Blended Families in Ste. Genevieve, 1780-1890." Gateway, 2008.
Professional Presentations
Annual presentation on Museum Administration to the Historic Preservation 101 students at Southeast Missouri State University.
"Developing a Museum in Southeast Missouri," Perryville Rotary, 2010.
"History of Hats at the Kentucky Derby," Beta Sigma Phi, Cape Girardeau, 2010.
"Route 66 in Kansas," with the National Parks Service, National Preservation Conference, Tulsa, OK, 2009.
Documenting the History of Ordinary People, " Southeast Missouri St. Univ., 2008.
Keynote Address for the Dedication of the Baxter Springs Route 66 Welcome Center, 2007.
"United Through the Generations: A Case Study of a Free Black Family in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri." Ste. Genevieve Conference on French Settlements and Culture in North America and the Caribbean, 2003.
"Antebellum Free Black Research in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri." A panel presentation by Bonnie Stepenoff, Debra Bibb, Carla Jordan, and Chris Manning at the Missouri Conference on History, Cape Girardeau, MO, 2003.
Professional Awards
Arthur Mattingly Award for Outstanding Achievement in Historic Preservation, from Southeast MO St. Univ. 2011
Lifetime Membership Award-Historic Kansas Route 66 Association, 2009.
Achievement Award, Baxter Springs Heritage Center & Museum, 2007.
Lifetime Membership Award, Baxter Springs Historical Society, 2005.
Lifetime Membership Award, Cat Ranch Art Guild, 2010.
Nyle H. Miller, Preservation Award, for "Outstanding Achievement in Historic Preservation" from the Kansas State Historical Society, to the Baxter Springs, Kansas Heritage Center, for a project directed by Carla Jordan, 2004.
Outstanding Graduate Award, Southeast Missouri State University, 2005.
Carla L. Jordan
Professional Summary
Education/Certification
Southeast Missouri State University, B.S., 2004
Major: Historic Preservation
Teambuilding/Mentoring Certification
Bryan Memorial Hospital, Lincoln, NE
1996
Current Professional Positions
1. Owner/Administrator, CL Jordan Preservation, Cape Girardeau, MO
A preservation firm located in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, with a mission of promoting, preserving, and documenting the cultural resources of rural America, including: museum development and management; National Register of Historic Places nominations; historic site consultation and administration services; cultural resource mentoring; cultrual resource site fund raising services; cultural resource research; volunteer staff training services; grant writing services; cultural site team building seminar services.
2. Director, Perry County Lutheran Historical Society's (PCLHS), Lutheran Heritage Center and Museum, Altenburg, MO
Professional responsibilities include directing, along with the PCLHS executive board, the 100 year old Historical Society mission. This mission includes interpretation, promotion, preservation, and education programming at the 8,000 square ft. state-of-the-art exhibit space, the Log College Seminary National Register site, the Christiane Loeber Cabin site, and the Zion Roots Research Library and Reading Room.
CL Jordan Preservation has sub-contracted with PCLHS for six years. Jordan directed all of the interior design of the interpretation spaces, designed all of the exhibits, and recruited the museum volunteer staff consisting of more than 50 active docents. Jordan is also responsible for museum policy development, fundraising, and archival management. These activities are accomplished via museum committees for building, exhibits, accessions, events/hospitality, family research, education, gift shop, cataloging, and promotions.
The Lutheran Heritage Center & Museum had more than 6,000 visitors in 2010. The Historical Society hosted the first International Immigration Conference in 2010 with more than 15 academic presentations including participants from across the country and Germany. This event was sponsored by PCLHS in partnership with Southeast Missouri State University's foreign language department with Dr. Dieter Jedan and Dr. Fred Posten.
The Zion Roots Research Library and Reading Room was officially opened in 2010 at the Historical Society, and consists of numerous Perry County and German resources for family researchers to find German hometowns and parishes. It includes a large collection of maps, foreign and regional city directories, census data, and other German family research tools. Jordan administrates the library with the support of the museum's Family Research Committee. The Zion Roots Library was founded by Ken Craft and is in memory of Robert Fiehler.
3. Treasurer/Charter Member WESTRAY Foundation
A public charity designed to mentor and promote the cultural, entrepreneurial, and educational resources of southeast Missouri and the region.
Jordan managed the fundraising and restoration of the Brush Creek Bridge on Historic Route 66, with the support of the WESTRAY Foundation. The restoration of this valuable cultural resource was made possible by a grant from the National Park Service; support from Cherokee County, Kansas; and private citizens in Baxter Springs, Kansas.
Jordan co-managed the Altenburg, Missouri to Altenburg, Germany photography project with Jeanie Eddleman and the support of the WESTRAY Foundation. The project was co-sponsored by the Perry County Lutheran Historical Society (PCLHS.) The project included photography workshops and labs for regional 5th-8th grade public and private school students in the Altenburg, MO, region. The students photographed their homeland and it was shared with students in Altenburg Germany via an exhibit at the Lindenau Art Museum in Germany. The photographic team from WESTRAY and PCLHS then traveled to the Lindenau Art School in Germany and conducted the same workshop with adolscent students of the Art School, and their lab consisted of photographing their 1,000 year old city. This exhibit is currently on display at the PCLHS museum.
Mentoring Relationships/Preservation Grant Projects
Jordan was a consultant for the Mickey Mantle MuseumTrust planning team, and has conducted development workshop experiences for them in Commerce, OK.
Jordan has conducted museum and house museum development workshops for: The Baxter Springs, Kansas, Cultural Heritage Center & Museum; the Wright Mansion House Museum, Altamont, Illinois; The Saxon Lutheran Memorial, Frohna, Missouri; and the Biehle/Apple Creek, Missouri, Cultural Heritage Planning Committee.
Jordan conducted the review and applied for a $300,000 development project for the Neutral Lands Cherokee Cultural Heritage Center. The project was funded and completed in 2007.
Jordan has grant funded projects from the National Parks Service, Route 66 Preservation Corridor program including funds to preserve the Phillips 66 Station Welcome Center in Baxter Springs, Kansas ( a Ntl. Reg. property); restoration of the Brush Creek Bridge on Route 66 near Riverton, Kansas (a Ntl. Reg. property); and funding for an architectural survey for the Cafe on the Route in Baxter Springs, Kansas. Jordan worked with the Baxter Springs Historical Society, the City of Baxter Springs, the Cherokee County Commission, as well as private citizen groups to procure the funding and to manage the completion of these historically significant projects.
Jordan, along with the PCLHS executive board, received a $130,000 project approval from the Missouri Neighborhood Assitance Program of the Missouri Department of Economic Development in 2008. The project is ongoing and has included museum development improvement projects such as restoration of the electrical system in the 1839 Log College Seminary.
Jordan wrote and received a grant, along with the PCLHS executive board, for archival development/storage at PCLHS from the National Endowment for the Humanities in 2009.
Jordan, in collaboration with the Baxter Springs Heritage Center & Museum, has written multiple successful grant applications including: funds to archive a lead and zinc mining collection, and funds to conduct oral history interviews with business owners and citizens along historic Route 66 in Kansas. The funding and labor to complete the project was provided by the Baxter Springs Historical Society, The Kansas Humanities Council, and private citizens.
Jordan, with the support of PCLHS, has supervised numerous interns from Southeast Missouri State University and one intern from Truman State University in the academic disciplines of: historic preservation, foreign language, public relations, archives administration, and history.
Jordan has had a long time mentoring relationship with the Foundation for Historic Preservation in Fredericktown, Missouri.
National Register of Historic Places Listings
Commerce City Hall, Commerce, Missouri
605 East 12th Street, Baxter Springs, Kansas
Anderson-Bailey House, Commerce, Missouri (mentored owner)
Cafe on the Route, Baxter Springs, Kansas (pending)
Publications
Stepenoff, Bibb, Jordan. From French Community to Missouri Town: Ste. Genevieve in the Nineteenth Century, (chpt. 8). University of Missouri Press: Columbia, Missouri. 2006.
Stepenoff, Bibb, Jordan. "Three Mothers of Racially Blended Families in Ste. Genevieve, 1780-1890." Gateway, 2008.
Professional Presentations
Annual presentation on Museum Administration to the Historic Preservation 101 students at Southeast Missouri State University.
"Developing a Museum in Southeast Missouri," Perryville Rotary, 2010.
"History of Hats at the Kentucky Derby," Beta Sigma Phi, Cape Girardeau, 2010.
"Route 66 in Kansas," with the National Parks Service, National Preservation Conference, Tulsa, OK, 2009.
Documenting the History of Ordinary People, " Southeast Missouri St. Univ., 2008.
Keynote Address for the Dedication of the Baxter Springs Route 66 Welcome Center, 2007.
"United Through the Generations: A Case Study of a Free Black Family in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri." Ste. Genevieve Conference on French Settlements and Culture in North America and the Caribbean, 2003.
"Antebellum Free Black Research in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri." A panel presentation by Bonnie Stepenoff, Debra Bibb, Carla Jordan, and Chris Manning at the Missouri Conference on History, Cape Girardeau, MO, 2003.
Professional Awards
Arthur Mattingly Award for Outstanding Achievement in Historic Preservation, from Southeast MO St. Univ. 2011
Lifetime Membership Award-Historic Kansas Route 66 Association, 2009.
Achievement Award, Baxter Springs Heritage Center & Museum, 2007.
Lifetime Membership Award, Baxter Springs Historical Society, 2005.
Lifetime Membership Award, Cat Ranch Art Guild, 2010.
Nyle H. Miller, Preservation Award, for "Outstanding Achievement in Historic Preservation" from the Kansas State Historical Society, to the Baxter Springs, Kansas Heritage Center, for a project directed by Carla Jordan, 2004.
Outstanding Graduate Award, Southeast Missouri State University, 2005.
