Gerald Chaudron is the Curator of Special Collections at the University of Memphis Libraries and was the Preservation Librarian there from 2013-2015. Before that, he was the Manuscripts Librarian at Mississippi State University Libraries from 2008. Gerald holds a PhD in History from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, and a MLIS from Louisiana State University. He has taught in Japan and China and has written articles on archival topics and New Zealand's relationship with the League of Nations. His book "New Zealand in the League of Nations: The Beginnings of an Independent Foreign Policy, 1919-1939" was published in 2012.