SARAH STRINGER-BOWSHER, M.A.

Senior Historian

sstringer@asmaffiliates.com

Ms. Stringer-Bowsher has seven years of combined graduate-level academic and professional experience as a historian. She earned her M.A. at Arizona State University (ASU) through public history course work in historic research methods, applied history, museum interpretation and analysis, and historic preservation. Her thesis was an original case study of Arizona’s first female Civil Engineer and sanitarian. Ms. Stringer-Bowsher’s professional duties have included land use histories, heritage projects, and resolving corporate inquiries for a water and power company in Arizona; archival research in small and large repositories; and preparing a variety of reports for audiences in both private and government sectors. Each deliverable required the creation or implementation of a project design, collecting pertinent primary and secondary sources, and analyzing and synthesizing the information into a client-appropriate product.

Ms. Stringer-Bowsher investigates possible historic resources by conducting research in large and small repositories in California, Arizona, Nevada, and Washington, D.C. As Senior Historian, Ms. Stringer-Bowsher creates historical contexts as the foundation for evaluating buildings, structures, objects, and sites to the California Register of Historic Resources (CRHR) and the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in compliance with Section 106, Section 110, and CEQA. Project experiences include preparing: numerous local, state, regional, and national historic contexts; land use histories; oral histories; administrative and construction histories of large water works projects; recommendations for site interpretation based on archival evidence; and HABS/HAER level documentation for Federal agencies, local organizations, and private companies. Ms. Stringer-Bowsher’s research efforts have resolved administrative inquiries and contributed to management decisions for cultural resources and contemporary operations. She answers historic questions regarding homesteads, mining, water and irrigation works, transportation (roads and bridges), land use, and military installations (World War II and Cold War).

Ms. Stringer-Bowsher applies her knowledge of history and professional experiences to varied cultural resources and research projects for ASM Affiliates’ clients in California, Nevada, and Arizona. She maintains research interests in social history, irrigation projects, and technological history.

Sample Projects

• Land Use Study for the San Mateo Agricultural Fields, NAVFAC Southwest, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, San Diego County, California.
• Cultural Resources Assessment of the Puget Sound Nearshore Ecosystem Restoration Project for the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS), Washington.
• Yuma Main Canal and Yuma Valley Railroad HAER, Principle Engineering Group, Inc., Yuma County, Arizona.
• Historic Resources Survey and Evaluation of Naval Security Group Activity Skaggs Island, NAVFAC Southwest, Sonoma County, California.
• Cultural Resources Survey and Historic Assessment of the Escondido Canal Undergrounding Project, San Diego County, California.
• Documenting the Colorado River Front Work and Levee System (CRFWLS): A Historic Context and Inventory, USDI Bureau of Reclamation, Yuma, Arizona.
• Historic Documentation Package Wullenweber Antenna Array (AN/FRD 10) and Building 1, NAVFAC Southwest, Imperial Beach, San Diego County, California.
• Simon Open-Space Preserve Historic Research Project, County of San Diego Parks and Recreation, San Diego, California.
• Caretaker’s Residence HABS, USDI Bureau of Reclamation, Yuma, Arizona.
• Historic Context Study for the Bridge 207.6 Project, BRG Consulting, Oceanside, San Diego County, California.
• Preserving a Record of the Coachella Canal, Coachella Valley Water District and USDI Bureau of Reclamation, Coachella, Riverside County, California.
• Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge and Coachella Valley National Wildlife Refuge Historic Overview, San Diego Wildlife Refuge Complex, Coachella Valley, Riverside County, California.
• San Ysidro Land Point of Entry (LPOE) Historic Context Study, Helix Environmental, San Diego County, California.
• Historic Context Study for the Yokohl Ranch Project, PBS&J, Tulare County, California.