Beth Bright Email & Phone Number

Washington, DC, US

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Chevy Chase, MD

• Planning, directing and coordinating the daily operations of the Archive and Research Center, including responsibility for maintaining the CCHS archives by accessioning, arranging, digitizing, describing, and.
• Managing the human resources of the Center by recruiting graduate interns and volunteers, and supervising and training staff and volunteers in an effective and collegial manner.
• Providing reference/research assistance for patrons, volunteers and interns.
• Conceiving and overseeing the creation of new online exhibits drawn from the archive.
• Overseeing research and writing of a house history for the annual CCHS Gala, and the design and production of the physical exhibit created for the event.
• Managing regular updates of the CCHS web page and social media.

• Worked with the Director to plan and organize the acquisition, storage, and exhibition of the Gilder Lehrman Collection, made up of over 65,000 manuscripts, photographs, and ephemera that document the political.
• Processed and cataloged Collection materials, including processing new acquisitions, preparing archival records, and researching and recording the origins, identification, and historical significance of materials.
• Maintained Collection's registration, cataloging, and recordkeeping systems, using the museum software PastPerfect.
• Prepared loan agreements, evaluated facility reports, and negotiated and coordinated shipping of loans to outside institutions.
• Curated annual four-month exhibition of Collection materials at the Morgan Library & Museum, including selection of documents, writing label copy, and leading exhibition tour for museum docents.
• Designed, organized, and conducted tours, workshops, and lectures to acquaint students, teachers, and the general public with the Collection’s facilities and materials.

New York, NY

• Provided historical research, editing, and project management for the grant writing staff.
• Developed content for traveling panel exhibitions and History in a Box teacher resources, including historical and image research.
• Managed rights and reproductions for traveling panel exhibitions, History in a Box teacher resources, and other Institute publications.
• Project Administrator for Created Equal, an NEH film and public programming initiative with over 475 participating sites; duties included distribution of award letters, project management of the publication and.
• Coordinated grant-funded traveling exhibition tours.
• Supervised Exhibitions and Programs Assistant and interns.

M.A., Museum Studies

Activities and Societies: Museum Studies Student Organization

B.A., Art History & History

Activities and Societies: Chi Omega, Monroe Society