Work Experience

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Preservation Archivist at South Carolina Department of Archives and History

March 2016-present

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I am currently a Preservation Archivist at the South Carolina Department of Archives and History. I am involved in several projects, including consolidating and gaining intellectual control over SCDAH's over 300,000 rolls of microfilm, processing and performing light conservation work on records for digitization, and digitizing paper records and microfilm. 

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Project Archivist at Albert Gore Research Center, MTSU

May 2015-February 2016

 

I served as the Project Archivist for the Bart Gordon Papers at the Albert Gore Research Center at Middle Tennessee State University. Bart Gordon was a U.S. Representative from Tennessee's 6th Congressional District from 1985 to 2011. His papers include over 680 linear feet of records from three separate field offices. I continued the processing, arrangement, and description of these papers.

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Graduate Assistant at Albert Gore Research Center, MTSU

August 2013-May 2015

 

I served as a graduate assistant at the Albert Gore Research Center (AGRC) at MTSU while completing coursework for my MA in Public History. The AGRC serves as a repository of local, university, and political collections. My primary responsibilities included processing collections, drafting finding aids, creating exhibits, and assisting researchers at the reference desk. I also engaged in social media outreach, including blogging, Facebook, and Twitter. 

 

Archivist Intern at Rutherford County Archives

Summer 2014

 

Between May and August 2014, I was an intern at the Rutherford County Archives in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. I worked on two main projects, microfilming county tax books and scanning historical photographs and negatives. For more information on my two projects, please click on the hyperlinks above.

 

Archivist Intern at Louisiana Tech University Archives and Special Collections

November 2012- March 2013

 

During the Fall Quarter of 2012-2013, I was an intern at the Louisiana Tech Archives. In this time, I processed several collections, including the Marshall Twitchell Papers and the records of the local Masonic Lodge. I also worked on the preservation of several museum artifacts that are currently on display in the research room. 

 

Museum Intern at North Louisiana Mililtary Museum (Ruston, LA)

February 2012-May 2012

 

During the Spring Quarter of 2012, I was an intern at the North Louisiana Military Museum. My primary project was to update the museum's accession files using PastPerfect software. I also accessioned several new items that the museum received during my employment.

 

Skills

• Arrangement & Description

• Outreach

• Exhibit Development

• Social Media

• Digitization

• Photograph and Negative Preservation

• MPLP Processing

• Historical Research and Writing

• PastPerfect

• Microsoft Word

• Powerpoint

• Excel