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Joseph Carvalho III (Joe Carvalho) Occupation: Musician, historian, Museum Management, archivist, sculptor, Born: Kinston, North Carolina, August 28, 1953; Married to Gayle E. (Conklin) Carvalho; children: Alyssa Gayle (Carvalho) Courtney; Michael Armand Carvalho

Education: BA Westfield State University, Westfield, Massachusetts, 1975 MA in History, College William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1977 Master in Libr. and Information Sci., University Rhode Island, North Kingston, Rhode Island, 1985 Non-Profit Management Institute, Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration, Cambridge, MA 1995 Library Administrators Development Program, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 1984

Career: Owner and consultant, Valley Historical Research Services, 2010— [Research, reports, writing, 	collections evaluations and preservation assessments, database searches. Writer of family 	histories, genealogies, and biographies. Oral history interviewing and recording.] Mgr., musician, Eva Cappelli & The Watershops Band, 2008— Conductor, East Sky Orchestra, 2011— Owner manager, Watershops Studio, 2009— Pres., executive director, Springfield Libr. and Museum Association, 1994—2010 Director History Museum, Connecticut Valley Hist. Museum, Springfield, 1986-94 Instructor, Westfield (Massachusetts) State College, 1976 Career Related: Director Institute for Massachusetts Studies, Westfield State College, 1990; board directors Massachusetts Foundation for Humanities, 2004—10, board trustees, Westfield State University, 2010-2014, board directors, Westfield State Foundation, 2011.

Creative Works: Author: Black Families of Hampden County, Mass.: 1650-1865, 2011; editor:Co-authored (with Wayne E. Phaneuf, and Todd Robinson) The Struggle for Freedom:The History of the African Americans in Western Massachusetts, 2013; Guide to the History of Massachusetts, 1988; associate editor: Labor in Massachusetts, 1990; associate editor Hist. Journal Massachusetts, 1978-2004; executive producer (video documentary) The Making of the Dr. Seuss National Memorial, 2001; recording artist, guitarist: producer, East of the Sky Orchestra, Trilogy of CDs  Begin, 2012; In the Galaxy of Good & Evil, 2013; and  Memories of Earth, 2015. Music CDs produced for Eva Cappelli & The Watershops Band: Are You Out There?, 2008; Valentine, 2009; Eva Cappelli & The Watershops Band LIVE, 2010, Bits & Bobs, 2011; Don't Send Me Flowers, 2013; Evenings Pay, 2014; producer (audio  of Theatrical Performance) Sojourner Truth: I Will Shake Every Place I go to, 2011. Co-Producer and Director of over 80 Music Videos, some of the most popular being Universal Truths, What If I Believed?, Bottom Line, Sprinkling; Out of Time?; Music for a Mermaid; Your Night Moves; In The Galaxy of Good & Evil;  Hollow Earth; Bathysphere

Awards: Editor’s Choice Award from the Institute for Massachusetts Studies for  article “Uncovering the Stories of Black Families in Hampden, County”  2012; National award for advancing genealogical research publications, National Genealogical Society, 1996; Recipient Commendation, Am. Association for State and Local History, 1989; Commonwealth (of Massachusetts) Award in the Arts, Humanities, and Interpretive Sciences, Cultural Organization - Springfield Library & Museums Association, 1999; Springfield Historical Commission Awards 	  		                   1984 & 1987;  Excellence in Programming award Cable TV Endowment, Springfield, 1991, 92, 93, Video Hist. Documentary award New England Hist. Association, Providence, 1993, Masslive Livewire award, 2009, The Watershops Band;411 Underground Award  - Best Blues Band  in Western Massachusetts 2009/10. Nominated for National Cable ACE Awards 1992, 1993, 1996.

Memberships: Member National Genealogical Society (book rev. editor National Genealogical Society Quarterly 1987-95); Am. Association Museum, Academy Cert. Archivists (cert. archivist); Association Professional Genealogists (regional trustee 1992-96), New England Museum Association

Hobbies and Special Interests: Sculpting, history, music