Assistant Archivist

• Aug 2013 - Present

• Provide research and reference services to the Moravian Archives and the Moravian Historical Society. • Process and catalog materials, utilizing AUGIAS-Archiv, MS Access, and Mandarin Oasis. • Transcribe and translate German and German script for researchers and publications. • Edit the "The Journal of Moravian History," a biannual, peer-reviewed journal published by PSU Press. • Developed, coordinated, and supervised volunteer and internship programs (30 volunteers/interns) from 2013 to 2019. • Support exhibitions and public programming. • Write grant proposals. • Teach German script (Kurrentschrift) to adult classes, and to local middle/high school German language classes. • Teach collections- and field-based workshops. • Supervise digital archivist. • Support the director/archivist. Show less

Adjunct Professor of Public History

• Aug 2021 - Dec 2021

Lesesaal- und Benutzerbetreuung

• Feb 2015 - Mar 2015

• Worked as a reference archivist assisting patrons in the reading room with charge-outs and research inquiries. • Translated the website of the Unitätsarchiv for functionality in English. • Worked as a reference archivist assisting patrons in the reading room with charge-outs and research inquiries. • Translated the website of the Unitätsarchiv for functionality in English.

Scanner Operator

• Jul 2013 - Aug 2013

• Digitized 20,000+ images from Chester County tax and naturalization records using Omniscan 11, Adobe Photoshop and Adobe CS3. • Processed scanned volumes into their final output formats (PDF, PDF/A) for contracted microfilming. • Provided emergency reference services to genealogists, legal professionals, historians, and property researchers. • Digitized 20,000+ images from Chester County tax and naturalization records using Omniscan 11, Adobe Photoshop and Adobe CS3. • Processed scanned volumes into their final output formats (PDF, PDF/A) for contracted microfilming. • Provided emergency reference services to genealogists, legal professionals, historians, and property researchers.

Assistant Archivist

• Feb 2013 - May 2013

• Planned and directed digitization operations and database modifications as part of countywide imaging project. • Managed several government record databases, proposing and implementing new functions to improve the existing systems in MS Access, MS Excel, and Laserfiche. • Investigated illegal sale and purchase of public records; provided paper trail for master findings report aimed at recovering stolen documents. This information was then forwarded to the Assistant DA and Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission. • Responded to research requests. • Processed inactive county records by arranging, inventorying, and creating finding aids for record series. • Drafted article for magazine publication pertaining to a series of records known as Mechanics' Liens. • Installed display, "Mechanics Liens: Tools for Tradesmen, Tools for Research," at the Cumberland County Historical Society. Show less

Archives Intern

• Jan 2013 - Feb 2013

• Processed archival materials under the training and direction of archives technicians at the U.S. Army’s primary historical research facility. • Arranged, described, and created finding aids for materials donated by Army Soldiers and/or their surviving family members (5 collections; 11.1 linear feet). • Assessed official and personal papers, personnel documents, printed materials, photographs and photographic negatives; arranged said materials for public use. • Redacted sensitive information; selected materials for DoD declassification. • Drafted concise biographical narratives for Army personnel. Show less

Graduate Assistant

• May 2012 - Sep 2012

• Supported director, volunteers, and work-study students in 15,000-item collection of historical clothing and accessories. • Accessioned, arranged, described, and cataloged textiles, books, photographs and manuscripts, using PastPerfect 5. • Assisted with loan management services for the collections. • Supervised facility upon request. • Managed social networking posts. • Supported director, volunteers, and work-study students in 15,000-item collection of historical clothing and accessories. • Accessioned, arranged, described, and cataloged textiles, books, photographs and manuscripts, using PastPerfect 5. • Assisted with loan management services for the collections. • Supervised facility upon request. • Managed social networking posts.

Liquor Store Clerk

• Jul 2011 - Sep 2012

• Assisted customers in obtaining merchandise and marketed products effectively. • Totaled purchases, stocked shelves, and received warehouse deliveries. • Engaged customers and licensees to ensure satisfaction in previous transactions. • Monitored store inventory and received orders from licensees as needed. • Assisted customers in obtaining merchandise and marketed products effectively. • Totaled purchases, stocked shelves, and received warehouse deliveries. • Engaged customers and licensees to ensure satisfaction in previous transactions. • Monitored store inventory and received orders from licensees as needed.

Education Research Intern

• Jul 2011 - Nov 2011

• Researched military vehicles situated on the Army Heritage Trail. • Transcribed components of a Civil War soldiers' wartime diary. • Gathered biographical data about U.S. Army personnel. • Executed other tasks that demanded use of the Military History Institute's eclectic array of literature and archival sources; these projects served to provide lesson plans and case studies for educators, as well as expand the research base for other members of the Foundation team. • Researched military vehicles situated on the Army Heritage Trail. • Transcribed components of a Civil War soldiers' wartime diary. • Gathered biographical data about U.S. Army personnel. • Executed other tasks that demanded use of the Military History Institute's eclectic array of literature and archival sources; these projects served to provide lesson plans and case studies for educators, as well as expand the research base for other members of the Foundation team.