Daniel Sauerwein is a Reference Specialist with the State Archives, assisting patrons with accessing materials and helping with research requests and questions, especially on family history and military history. Originally from Jerseyville, Illinois, he is a Ph.D candidate in History from the University of North Dakota and worked in the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections at UND from 2012-2016 and also taught at UND, Lake Region State College, and Northland Community and Technical College. He also volunteers as a Civil War living historian around the region, including assisting with programming at Fort Abercrombie SHS.