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Bethlehem, Pa, Us

Bethlehem, Pa, Us

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

• Provide research and reference services to the Moravian Archives and the Moravian Historical Society.• Process and catalog materials, utilizing AUGIAS-Archiv, MS Access, and Mandarin Oasis.• Transcribe and translate German and German script for researchers and publications.• Edit the "The Journal of Moravian History," a biannual, peer-reviewed journal published by PSU Press.• Developed, coordinated, and supervised volunteer and internship programs (30 volunteers/interns) from 2013 to 2019.• Support exhibitions and public programming.• Write grant proposals.• Teach German script (Kurrentschrift) to adult classes, and to local middle/high school German language classes.• Teach collections- and field-based workshops.• Supervise digital archivist.• Support the director/archivist.

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States

Herrnhut, Saxony, Germany

• Worked as a reference archivist assisting patrons in the reading room with charge-outs and research inquiries.• Translated the website of the Unitätsarchiv for functionality in English.

West Chester, Pennsylvania

• Digitized 20,000+ images from Chester County tax and naturalization records using Omniscan 11, Adobe Photoshop and Adobe CS3.• Processed scanned volumes into their final output formats (PDF, PDF/A) for contracted microfilming.• Provided emergency reference services to genealogists, legal professionals, historians, and property researchers.

Carlisle, Pennsylvania

• Planned and directed digitization operations and database modifications as part of countywide imaging project.• Managed several government record databases, proposing and implementing new functions to improve the existing systems in MS Access, MS Excel, and Laserfiche.• Investigated illegal sale and purchase of public records; provided paper trail for master findings report aimed at recovering stolen documents. This information was then forwarded to the Assistant DA and Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission.• Responded to research requests.• Processed inactive county records by arranging, inventorying, and creating finding aids for record series. • Drafted article for magazine publication pertaining to a series of records known as Mechanics' Liens.• Installed display, "Mechanics Liens: Tools for Tradesmen, Tools for Research," at the Cumberland County Historical Society.

Carlisle, Pennsylvania

• Processed archival materials under the training and direction of archives technicians at the U.S. Army’s primary historical research facility.• Arranged, described, and created finding aids for materials donated by Army Soldiers and/or their surviving family members (5 collections; 11.1 linear feet).• Assessed official and personal papers, personnel documents, printed materials, photographs and photographic negatives; arranged said materials for public use.• Redacted sensitive information; selected materials for DoD declassification.• Drafted concise biographical narratives for Army personnel.

Shippensburg, Pennsylvania

• Supported director, volunteers, and work-study students in 15,000-item collection of historical clothing and accessories.• Accessioned, arranged, described, and cataloged textiles, books, photographs and manuscripts, using PastPerfect 5.• Assisted with loan management services for the collections.• Supervised facility upon request.• Managed social networking posts.

Shippensburg, Pennsylvania

• Assisted customers in obtaining merchandise and marketed products effectively.• Totaled purchases, stocked shelves, and received warehouse deliveries.• Engaged customers and licensees to ensure satisfaction in previous transactions.• Monitored store inventory and received orders from licensees as needed.

Carlisle, Pennsylvania

• Researched military vehicles situated on the Army Heritage Trail.• Transcribed components of a Civil War soldiers' wartime diary.• Gathered biographical data about U.S. Army personnel.• Executed other tasks that demanded use of the Military History Institute's eclectic array of literature and archival sources; these projects served to provide lesson plans and case studies for educators, as well as expand the research base for other members of the Foundation team.

Master Of Library & Information Science - Mlis, Archival Studies Concentration, 3.97 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Nominated in December 2019 by the dean of the UWM School of Information Studies to become a regular member (.

Library And Information Science

Metadata: Organizing and Discovering Information

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Applied History, 3.93 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Phi Alpha Theta (National History Honor's Society), Shippensburg University Men's Rugby Football Club

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), History

Activities and Societies: Phi Alpha Theta, President - Shippensburg University Men's Rugby (2009-2010), Vice President - Shippensburg.