The Sing Sing Prison Museum: 200 years at Sing Sing through Oral History & NYS Archive Collections

Amy Hufnagel is the Assistant Director of the Sing Sing Prison Museum. Previously she served as the Director of Programs & Visitor Experience at the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center in Hartford, CT and the Vice President of Interpretation & Engagement at OLANA in Hudson, NY. She was the Executive Director of The Alice Austen House Museum within the New York City Parks Department and the NYC Historic House Trust, and the Director of Programs and Education for the New York State Alliance for Arts Education (in partnership with NYS Department of Cultural Education) and headed the Education Department at the New York Foundation for the Arts (in partnership with NYS Council on the Arts). Her work for the last two decades has centered on expanding historic narratives to always share the authority with audiences while presenting a multiplicity of stories and changing perspectives rooted in primary sources and artifacts. 

Lee Colón is the Collections Curator and Programs Manager at the Sing Sing Prison Museum. Previously, she held curatorial positions at The Museum of Modern Art and the Princeton University Art Museum, and managed the Dia Art Foundation’s oral history program. Between 2018 and 2023, she was managing editor of the journal ArtMargins, published by MIT Press. Her research and writing focuses on modern and contemporary art, with particular interest in art’s intersection with histories of medicine, technology, and science. She holds graduate degrees from Princeton University and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), and a bachelor’s degree from Bowdoin College. 

Jamie Brinkman is an archivist in the Researcher Services unit of the New York State Archives. She oversees the State Archives digitization services and projects and provides reference support to researchers from near and far. Jamie has a Master’s of Information Science from the University at Albany, SUNY and previously worked at Harvard Law School Library and the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.

Thomas J. Ruller retired from his position as New York State Archivist, a role he held since 2015. An active professional for 35 years, he is the author of several peer-reviewed journal articles and reviews on the use of technology in Archives and the preservation of records in electronic form. Tom has been a consultant for several State governments and other organizations focusing on electronic records management and preservation. He remains actively engaged as a Board Member and Steward of the Archives Partnership Trust.