Gunn Scholar
don't just study history, write it.
Gunn Scholars are historians committed to unearthing more about our school, our region and the people and forces that shape our experience. Through this endowed program from the class of 1957, Gunn Scholars do primary research on all aspects - historical, physical, cultural - of what "being here" can mean. They remind us of our past and point the way to our future
Gunn Scholar Presentations
Meet the director
Moira Conlan is the Assistant Librarian and Archivist and co-teaches the Gunn Scholar Program with Emily Gum, Assistant Head of School for Teaching and Learning. Moira holds a bachelor’s degree in history from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and a master’s in library science with a concentration in archival management from Simmons College. Since 2016, she has worked as an archival consultant, training volunteers, librarians, and museum professionals in archival best practices as part of the State of Connecticut’s “Traveling Archivist” program. Prior to that, she served as Executive Director of the Sharon Historical Society, as an archivist for the Yolo County Archives in Woodland, California, and at the Delaware Public Archives in Dover, Delaware, where she coordinated the State Historical Marker Program. At FGS, her ongoing goals are to make resources in the school’s archives accessible for use by the Gunn Scholar Program as well as other researchers on and off campus, and to inspire more students and faculty to use the archives and learn about Mr. Gunn and the school’s history. She is also skilled in paleography.