Kim Rogers Burdick papers related to Delaware folklife

Kim Rogers Burdick is an author, historian, project director, folklorist, teacher, curator and non-profit leader, who served as House-Senate Liaison in the Delaware Legislature from 1987-1998. As House-Senate Liaison, Mrs. Burdick designed Delaware's Coastal Heritage Greenway proposal (see F7), coordinated the 1991 Managed Growth Conference for the General Assembly, and initiated the establishment of Sussex County's Business People for the Bays citizens' action group.

Prior to this position, she served for two years as Legislative Fellow to the House Natural Resources and Hazardous Waste Committees. During this time she studied Delaware lobbyists at work, which culminated in her M.P.A. thesis, "A Folklorist Looks at Lobbyists" (see F6).

Mrs. Burdick served as the coordinator of the Delaware Folklife Project from 1981–1989. During that time she developed a statewide volunteer group whose goal was to document, promote, and preserve Delaware's traditional culture. Her grant application for a Delaware Cultural Conservation Program in 1991 exhibits her continued efforts to establish a Delaware Folklife Program. She has further advocated the creation of Delaware's folklife program by lecturing extensively on Delaware's cultural history, assisting local historical societies, as well as by educating Delaware teachers. Because of her efforts, the State of Delaware has included funding for a folklorist in the state budget.

Mrs. Burdick received an M.P.A. in Agency Management from the College of Urban Affairs at the University of Delaware, an M.A. from the Cooperstown Graduate Programs, a B.A. from State University of New York at Cortland, and a certificate in French from l'Universite de Neuchatel, Switzerland.

Burdick, Kim Rogers. "Bio-Sketch." [1992]. See F9.