Lauren Eisenhart-Purvis
Placement Coordinator at A Christian Ministry in the National Parks (ACMNP)- Claim this Profile
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A Christian Ministry in the National Parks (ACMNP)
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United States
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Non-profit Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Placement Coordinator
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Dec 2019 - Present
- Reviews applications- Coordinates & places ministry teams- Maintains relationships with park concessionaires & National Park Service- Assists with recruiting efforts and strategies
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Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation (PHLF)
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United States
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Civic and Social Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Archivist
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Sep 2018 - Dec 2019
- Created and implemented plan to rearrange and describe administrative files (~55 linear feet)- Processed, arranged, and described administrative files - Awarded $3,000 Historical & Archival Records Care Grant from Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission in December 2019- Managed the Frank B. Fairbanks Rail Transportation Archive- Responded to internal and external research requests- Oversaw volunteer and intern projects- Designed short term and long term preservation plans for library and archives- Created archival record retention and destruction policy
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City of Pittsburgh
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United States
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Government Administration
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700 & Above Employee
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Podcast/Oral History Consultant
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Sep 2018 - Mar 2019
- Collaborated with the Public Art and Civic Design Division of the City of Pittsburgh and a public historian to create 16 podcast episodes - Recorded and produced 8 historically focused episodes - Conducted oral history interviews of community leaders and artists and created 8 episodes based on interviews
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Grove City College
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United States
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Higher Education
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400 - 500 Employee
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Archival Consultant
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May 2018 - Aug 2018
- Hired through grant funding to arrange, catalog, and digitize the Ludwig von Mises Collection (40 linear feet)- Wrote a detailed and searchable finding aid for collection- Managed document preservation and repair
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Archive Volunteer
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Oct 2016 - May 2018
- Transcribed oral histories from the Veterans’ Oral History Project and Spiritan Oral History Project- Edited and indexed oral histories- Shadowed oral historian during interviews
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Duquesne University
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Graduate Research Assistant
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Aug 2016 - May 2018
- Served as a teaching assistant while professors were absent- Conducted research
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Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation (PHLF)
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United States
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Civic and Social Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Historic Preservation Intern
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Aug 2017 - Nov 2017
- Assisted with and led a wide variety of tours and school programs in Pittsburgh and its environs- Processed all photographs, negatives, and slides in the Buildings of Western Pennsylvania Research Collection - Entered new donations to the Buildings of Western Pennsylvania Research Collection into its FileMaker Pro database
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Holocaust Center Of Pittsburgh
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United States
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Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
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1 - 100 Employee
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Archive and Collections Intern
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May 2017 - Aug 2017
- Organized and created a finding aid for the Dan Askin Collection - Collaborated with a local videographer to digitize the center’s oral history collection- Inventoried and cataloged several hundred library books and integrated them into the library
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Rivers of Steel
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United States
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Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
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1 - 100 Employee
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Archive Intern
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Jan 2017 - Apr 2017
- Catalogued hundreds of photographic slides and entered their descriptions into PastPerfect- Processed, arranged, and created a finding aid for the papers of the Margaret Vojtko Collection
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Grove City College
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United States
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Higher Education
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400 - 500 Employee
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Archive Assistant
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Nov 2013 - May 2016
- Led several archival projects such as cataloging newspaper articles and organizing all of the college’s photographs- Assisted with gallery installation of and acted as docent for the World War II: Fighting for Freedom exhibit- Researched history of school’s annual May Pageant and created a visual exhibit for Parent’s Weekend event- Managed archive while head archivist on leave
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Eiteljorg Museum
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Arts & Crafts
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1 - 100 Employee
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Collections Intern
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May 2015 - Aug 2015
- Photographed and catalogued artifacts- Assisted in the cataloguing and accessioning of a large donation- Constructed custom boxes and storage mounts for a wide variety of objects
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Education
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Duquesne University
Master of Arts (M.A.), Public History -
Grove City College
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), History