Lauren Eisenhart-Purvis

Placement Coordinator at A Christian Ministry in the National Parks (ACMNP)
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Colorado Springs, Colorado, US
Languages
  • English -

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Experience

    • United States
    • Non-profit Organizations
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Placement Coordinator
      • Dec 2019 - Present

      - Reviews applications- Coordinates & places ministry teams- Maintains relationships with park concessionaires & National Park Service- Assists with recruiting efforts and strategies

    • United States
    • Civic and Social Organizations
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Archivist
      • 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

    • United States
    • Government Administration
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Podcast/Oral History Consultant
      • 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

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 400 - 500 Employee
    • Archival Consultant
      • 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

    • Archive Volunteer
      • 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

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Graduate Research Assistant
      • Aug 2016 - May 2018

      - Served as a teaching assistant while professors were absent- Conducted research

    • United States
    • Civic and Social Organizations
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Historic Preservation Intern
      • 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

    • United States
    • Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Archive and Collections Intern
      • 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

    • United States
    • Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Archive Intern
      • 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

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 400 - 500 Employee
    • Archive Assistant
      • 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

    • Arts & Crafts
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Collections Intern
      • 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

Education

  • Duquesne University
    Master of Arts (M.A.), Public History
    2016 - 2018
  • Grove City College
    Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), History
    2012 - 2016

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