Melanie Grear

AVD Processing Intern at Hagley Museum and Library
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Greater Philadelphia

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Experience

    • United States
    • Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • AVD Processing Intern
      • May 2018 - Present

      - Processing a collection of travel photographs and ephemera - Re-housing and organizing a collection of photographs and magazines - Catalogging collections and creating finding aids in Archivists Toolkit - Processing a collection of travel photographs and ephemera - Re-housing and organizing a collection of photographs and magazines - Catalogging collections and creating finding aids in Archivists Toolkit

    • United States
    • Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
    • Archival Collections Intern
      • Sep 2017 - Dec 2017

      - Organizing collections and updating shelf lists - Creating accession records and finding aids in ArchivesSpace - Created standardization of collection description for records in ArchivesSpace - Researching donors and collections with internal and external resources including Past Perfect - Rehousing and digitizing negative collections - Photographing collection items and CHF events - Assisting with social media content creation and writing blog posts for the Othmer Library blog Show less

    • AVD Processing Intern
      • May 2017 - Aug 2017

      Processing, indexing, and organizing the Radio Corporation of America, which includes photographic negatives, photographs, and paper documents. Processing, indexing, and organizing the Radio Corporation of America, which includes photographic negatives, photographs, and paper documents.

    • Civic and Social Organizations
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Archivist & Historian
      • Nov 2015 - Mar 2017

      - Processed, indexed, and organized the Chamber's archives from 1916-2014 into a collection - Created a finding aid for the collection - Wrote and designed a 2-page spread for their 100th anniversary publicaiton - Assisted in curating an exhibit for their 100th anniversary banquet - Processed, indexed, and organized the Chamber's archives from 1916-2014 into a collection - Created a finding aid for the collection - Wrote and designed a 2-page spread for their 100th anniversary publicaiton - Assisted in curating an exhibit for their 100th anniversary banquet

    • AVD Processing Intern
      • May 2016 - Aug 2016

      Processed, indexed, and organized The Conference Board collection, which included reel-to-reel audio tapes, cassette tapes, video tapes, and paper documents. Contributed to the collection's finding aid and metadata (MODS) for future digitization. Processed, indexed, and organized The Conference Board collection, which included reel-to-reel audio tapes, cassette tapes, video tapes, and paper documents. Contributed to the collection's finding aid and metadata (MODS) for future digitization.

    • Special Collections Intern
      • Jan 2016 - May 2016

      - Created a Finding Aid for the War and Draft Materials series in the Dr. Charles Swope Collection - Digitized materials and assigned metadata for an upcoming WWII digital collection - Curated and built an exhibit using the materials in the collection and external research - Wrote blog posts for the Francis Harvey Green Library blog - Created a Finding Aid for the War and Draft Materials series in the Dr. Charles Swope Collection - Digitized materials and assigned metadata for an upcoming WWII digital collection - Curated and built an exhibit using the materials in the collection and external research - Wrote blog posts for the Francis Harvey Green Library blog

Education

  • Rutgers University
    Masters of Information, Archives & Preservation
    2017 - 2019
  • West Chester University
    Bachelor’s Degree, History
    2014 - 2017
  • The Maryland Institute College of Art
    Photography
    2011 - 2012

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