Experience

Massachusetts Archives

• United States
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Reference Archivist

  • Jul 2019 - Present

  Providing access to the records of Massachusetts state government to government officials, academic researchers, and genealogists alike. Providing access to the records of Massachusetts state government to government officials, academic researchers, and genealogists alike.



New England Historic Genealogical Society

• United States
• Libraries
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Researcher

  • Apr 2017 - Jul 2019

  As a genealogical researcher I conducted in-depth, hourly, research for clients. Cases vary from shorter projects solving a difficult or confusing problem to longer, more comprehensive write-ups of a client's entire ancestry. Research was done using online databases, archival collections, and municipal records. Current areas of expertise include New England, Virginia, and seventeenth -century England. As a genealogical researcher I conducted in-depth, hourly, research for clients. Cases vary from shorter projects solving a difficult or confusing problem to longer, more comprehensive write-ups of a client's entire ancestry. Research was done using online databases, archival collections, and municipal records. Current areas of expertise include New England, Virginia, and seventeenth -century England.



Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• Greater Boston Area

• Scanning and Digitization Assistant

  • Jun 2015 - Apr 2017

  As a scanning and digitization assistant for the MIT Libraries Scanning Lab I digitized archival materials and personal papers as part of large scale scanning projects. Projects included MIT Student Handbooks, the Mary Rowe Papers, and Aga Khan Documentation Center print collections. I fulfilled ILL requests for electronic items through ILLiad, Rapid, and webdocs. I also performed quality control on images returned by outside digitization vendors. As a scanning and digitization assistant for the MIT Libraries Scanning Lab I digitized archival materials and personal papers as part of large scale scanning projects. Projects included MIT Student Handbooks, the Mary Rowe Papers, and Aga Khan Documentation Center print collections. I fulfilled ILL requests for electronic items through ILLiad, Rapid, and webdocs. I also performed quality control on images returned by outside digitization vendors.



National Fire Protection Association

• Greater Boston Area

• Archives Intern

  • Jan 2016 - Apr 2016

  - Processed the Cocoanut Grove Fire Collection. - Created a metadata standard for cataloging the NFPA's art collection. - Processed the Cocoanut Grove Fire Collection. - Created a metadata standard for cataloging the NFPA's art collection.



Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Member and Visitor Services Representative

  • Oct 2013 - Jun 2015

  - Answered visitor questions about events and programs, including lectures, art classes, movies, and private functions. - Used databases to find and track information about museum events and programs - Sold tickets, memberships, and audio guides to members and visitors - Answered visitor questions about events and programs, including lectures, art classes, movies, and private functions. - Used databases to find and track information about museum events and programs - Sold tickets, memberships, and audio guides to members and visitors



John F. Kennedy Library Foundation

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

• Audio/visual Digitization Intern

  • May 2014 - Aug 2014

  - Digitize ¼ inch Reel to Reel audio tapes from the USIAA Collection - Embedded metadata in digital audio and visual files - Created checksums for digital files using Jove - Entered metadata into online records for finding aid publication using ContentDM - Digitize ¼ inch Reel to Reel audio tapes from the USIAA Collection - Embedded metadata in digital audio and visual files - Created checksums for digital files using Jove - Entered metadata into online records for finding aid publication using ContentDM



Emerson College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Archives Intern

  • Jan 2014 - May 2014

  - Processed the Howard Atlee Heinlen Collection - Identified items, mostly photographs, that needed conservation - Processed the Howard Atlee Heinlen Collection - Identified items, mostly photographs, that needed conservation



Archdiocese of Milwaukee

• United States
• Religious Institutions
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Archives Assistant

  • Mar 2013 - Aug 2013

  - Fulfilled records requests from the registries of closed Parishes - Answered research questions using the historic collections both over the phone and through email. - Oversaw the use of research materials in the reading room - Processed materials for new and existing collections. Projects included cataloging the Homily Collection and reprocessing the Synod '87 Collection and updating its finding aid. - Fulfilled records requests from the registries of closed Parishes - Answered research questions using the historic collections both over the phone and through email. - Oversaw the use of research materials in the reading room - Processed materials for new and existing collections. Projects included cataloging the Homily Collection and reprocessing the Synod '87 Collection and updating its finding aid.