I taught in a public school my first year after graduation; and a church mission school in the U.S. my second year. Then, I accepted a full time position with the Nebraska State Historical Society as the Curator of the branch museum at Fort Robinson. I served in that position for twenty-one years, before moving to serve in similar capacities in eastern Nebraska and North Dakota. My career thus entailed several fields, including historic sites/museum management; and "public historian" type of work until my retirement.