Experience

The Dawes Arboretum

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

• Historian

  • Mar 2013 - Present

  • Oversees the Daweswood House Museum, Archives Building and History Center. • Catalogs and accessions all items in the permanent collection. • Creates exhibits and displays both on and off site. • Prepares and gives educational programs and classes for the public. • Selects important historical aspects of The Arboretum to be researched. • Submits department reports and develops and oversees a yearly department budget. • Writes articles of historical relevance for Arboretum communications. • Attends and participates in staff, Trustee and Management meetings. • Assists PR with Arboretum news and advertising. Show less



Fredericktown Historical Society

• Fredericktown, OH

• Volunteer

  • 2008 - 2012

  • Accessioning and documenting artifacts acquired by the historical society in the past twenty-five years. • Created handbook on artifact conservation and designed a cataloging system with techniques for the museum to formally adopt. • Attend monthly meetings about museum developments and participate in promotional events. • Accessioning and documenting artifacts acquired by the historical society in the past twenty-five years. • Created handbook on artifact conservation and designed a cataloging system with techniques for the museum to formally adopt. • Attend monthly meetings about museum developments and participate in promotional events.



Cincinnati Art Museum

• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Curatorial Assistant

  • Oct 2009 - Oct 2011

  • The curatorial assistant for the Strobridge circus poster exhibition “The Amazing American Circus Poster.” • Completed all cataloging and data entry of 702 circus posters with the collections management software Vernon, which were uploaded to the museum’s online collections database. Completed inventory, accessioning and data entry of over 1,000 Rookwood watercolor drawings and hundreds of World War II posters. • Research skills used for contextualizing the posters with an artistic focus and humanities scope. Most research done through Genealogy Bank, academic journals, online databases like JSTOR, and fine art libraries. • Wrote short essays for exhibition catalogue and text labels for exhibition. Used catalogue’s copy editor and Director of Education for brainstorming and proofreading. • Multi-tasking ongoing projects and assisting other departments involved with the exhibition, like creating condition reports for conservation, loan records for registration and assisting the preparators with the exhibition layout. • Assisted and led educational programs concerning the Strobridge exhibit, including guides, tours and events. • Assisted the head of public relations with contacting the media about advertising and distributing press releases. Show less



Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Visitor Services Representative

  • Sep 2005 - May 2007

  • Stationed at the entrance’s Information desk where visitors were greeted and given information about the museum, answered questions and concerns and answered phone calls. • Assisted security with protection of artifacts. • Stationed at the entrance’s Information desk where visitors were greeted and given information about the museum, answered questions and concerns and answered phone calls. • Assisted security with protection of artifacts.



Wood County Historical Center

• Bowling Green, OH

• Intern

  • May 2005 - Aug 2005

  • Worked for curator in collections with accessioning and conservation of artifacts. • Researched and created bibliographies for a historic plaque of Wood County’s fallen police officers, by utilizing Microfilm and newspapers from the public library. • Worked for curator in collections with accessioning and conservation of artifacts. • Researched and created bibliographies for a historic plaque of Wood County’s fallen police officers, by utilizing Microfilm and newspapers from the public library.