Experience

Old Slater Mill Association
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Archivist

  • Jul 2022 - Present
• Interpretation Supervisor

  • Apr 2018 - Mar 2020

  Served as lead member of interpretive staff for school visitors and programming: reviews in advance weekly group schedules and assigned staff, confirms interpreter daily assignments; adjusts as needed.Assessed interpretive content for consistency with state education standards.Made recommendations to improve tour content and logistics, and proposes ideas for new and engaging visitor experiences.Assisted with training, coaching, and evaluating interpretive staff performance to ensure consistency in staff delivery of narratives and timing.Supported the Operations Manager in daily site preparations, and mentors other staff in this role; provides oversight and management of museum floor operations.Attended to facility needs or delegates tasks to ensure visitor comfort and safety.Assisted with computer cash register troubleshooting.

• Seasonal Interpreter/Program Support Staff

  • Oct 2015 - Apr 2018

  Lead timely and factually accurate hour-long tours of three historic buildings; exercise good judgement and flexibility to tailor tours to specific interests and age levels.Research and retain advanced level of knowledge regarding history of the site and early Industrial Revolution to better answer guest questions.Collaborate respectfully with team members to share tour duties, arrange timed tours, cleaning museum spaces, keeping time and other duties to ensure best possible experience for guests.Supervise and engage groups of 18-30 children in creative role-playing and hands-on learning activities both in classroom and on site to better enhance understanding of what happened at Slater Mill before and after the factory was built.



Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame

• United States
• Design Services

• Archivist

  • Oct 2012 - Jul 2017

  Introduced plan to organize records in warehouse storeroom according to industry standards. Arranged organization’s meeting minutes, financial records, papers and photographs into series with minimal processing; rehoused material in folders and four Bankers’ Boxes. Maintained website using basic XHTML to enter biographical profiles; located and uploaded public domain images of inductees. Compiled inventory lists of books and archival material using Excel. Introduced plan to organize records in warehouse storeroom according to industry standards. Arranged organization’s meeting minutes, financial records, papers and photographs into series with minimal processing; rehoused material in folders and four Bankers’ Boxes. Maintained website using basic XHTML to enter biographical profiles; located and uploaded public domain images of inductees. Compiled inventory lists of books and archival material using Excel.



American Antiquarian Society

• United States
• Libraries
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Digital Project Support Staff

  • Jun 2016 - Aug 2016

  Accurately entered names of 673 early American printers from scanned catalog cards to Microsoft Access database. Analyzed entries for error and edited in accordance with changing project guidelines. Assisted with data compilation inputting 18 names of printers born outside the United States to Excel spreadsheet. Focused on unusual or interesting details for Twitter followers. Accurately entered names of 673 early American printers from scanned catalog cards to Microsoft Access database. Analyzed entries for error and edited in accordance with changing project guidelines. Assisted with data compilation inputting 18 names of printers born outside the United States to Excel spreadsheet. Focused on unusual or interesting details for Twitter followers.



Rhode Island Historical Society Robinson Research Center

• Volunteer Archives Assistant

  • Jun 2003 - Jan 2013

  Learned and utilized best-practice conservation and preservation techniques.Completed women’s diary guide project, reading handwritten manuscript diaries and compiling notes; began men’s diary project focusing on 18th-century to early 20th-centuries.Authored 7 women’s diary guides 9 and 45 men’s guides in Corel Wordperfect.Identified unknown female diarist from biographical clues in diary.

• Diary Transcriptionist

  • Jun 2006 - Aug 2007

  Transcribed four handwritten composition notebooks of about 300 pages each describing a middle-class woman’s experiences in Rhode Island during the Depression and World War II.



Providence City Archives

• Volunteer Historic Documents Processor

  • Feb 2012 - Sep 2012

  Followed established protocols for preserving 200 fragile nineteenth century writs. Noted information on docket (plaintiff, defendant, date, location) in Excel. Compiled inventory list and basic collection level finding aid in Excel and MS Word. Followed established protocols for preserving 200 fragile nineteenth century writs. Noted information on docket (plaintiff, defendant, date, location) in Excel. Compiled inventory list and basic collection level finding aid in Excel and MS Word.



Providence Public Library

• United States
• Libraries
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Processing Archivist (Professional Field Experience)

  • May 2011 - Jul 2011

  Arranged and described 2 clamshell boxes; 4 map case drawers; 6 oversize folders of Civil War ephemera according to industry standards Located OCLC numbers for previously cataloged items. Composed print and Encoded Archival Description finding aid using MS Word, Excel and Brown University’s XML template for NoteTab. Prepared a digital exhibition explaining the context of ephemera relating to Rhode Island in the Civil War. Summarized, analyzed and expressed thoughts about the project in an online journal. Created virtual poster presentation to explain the project to the class.

• Project Processor

  • Oct 2009 - Aug 2010

  Processed 1 linear foot of Civil War manuscripts. Authored print finding aid. Transcribed manuscript Civil War field diary of James Albert Barber. Processed 1 linear foot of Civil War manuscripts. Authored print finding aid. Transcribed manuscript Civil War field diary of James Albert Barber.



Providence Public Library Special Collections

• Archival Processor (Internship)

  • Oct 2009 - Dec 2009

  Learned arrangement and description hands-on for the first time. Organized 2 boxes of papers from library archive. Wrote collection guide. Described contents of the collection in item-level finding aid Learned arrangement and description hands-on for the first time. Organized 2 boxes of papers from library archive. Wrote collection guide. Described contents of the collection in item-level finding aid



Brown University John Hay Library

• Women's History Researcher (volunteer)

  • May 2006 - Sep 2008

  At Brown University’s John Hay Library, Located and noted subject material and items relating to women in University community using manuscript accession records, finding aids and original archival material with the purpose of to updating the Christine Dunlap Farnham Archive Guide [to women’s collections at Brown]. At Brown University’s John Hay Library, Located and noted subject material and items relating to women in University community using manuscript accession records, finding aids and original archival material with the purpose of to updating the Christine Dunlap Farnham Archive Guide [to women’s collections at Brown].



Friends of the National Zoo

• Customer Service Representative

  • May 2001 - Apr 2002

  Functioned as a team player to make the store run smoothly and make the shoppers’ experiences pleasant Responsible for ringing up purchases and making change for customers Frequently worked alone or with another team member in outside tent or cart Won “Silver Sales Award” for selling zoo memberships Functioned as a team player to make the store run smoothly and make the shoppers’ experiences pleasant Responsible for ringing up purchases and making change for customers Frequently worked alone or with another team member in outside tent or cart Won “Silver Sales Award” for selling zoo memberships



Smithsonian National Museum of American History

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

• Program Intern

  • Oct 2000 - Dec 2000

  Program in African American Culture, National Museum of American History, Researched images of Civil Rights Movement for the printed brochure and program for Of Songs, Peace and Struggle, a museum event honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Co-designed event brochure and program. With one other intern and supervisor coordinated all arrangements for printing event brochure and program. Researched musician Curtis Mayfield for possible upcoming museum event. Read about African-American women in the West. Researched Italian-American women’s history at Library of Congress for personal research project encouraged by supervisor.