INDEPENDENT RESEARCHER AND ARCHIVES CONSULTANT
2006-Present
- Primary source research for institutional, corporate, and independent clients
- Inventory and appraisal services, organization and discovery options, collection management strategies, and conservation assessments for cultural heritage collections and audiovisual materials
- Grant writing and editing
- Oral history interviews and transcription
PROJECT ARCHIVIST
Utah Valley University | Orem, UT
February 2019—June 2019
- Appraised and arranged documents, photographs, correspondence, and ephemera in the Shirley H. Platt Deaf Athletics collection, including documents related to the administration and history of the American Athletics Association of the Deaf (AAAD) / U.S.A. Deaf Sports Federation (USADSF).
- Created an original finding aid for the collection using ArchivesSpace
PHOTO ARCHIVE ASSISTANT AND RESEARCHER
UCLA Department of Geography Air Photo Archives | Los Angeles, CA
January 2016—Present
- Developing conservation plan for a collection of 20th-century aerial photographs in the Fairchild Aerial Surveys Collection and Spence Air Photos Collection, including 130,000+ glass negatives, 80,000+ prints, 7,000+ lantern slides, accompanying documents, and objects such as cameras, viewers, and plotters
- Creating conservation and arrangement plan for Harold W. Fairbanks Collection of terrestrial California photographs on glass and film, dated between 1895-1910
- Researching funding for digitization initiative and GIS visualization efforts to facilitate access for researchers and foster interdisciplinary scholarship using the photo collections as primary resources
- Updating mission statement, copyright, and terms of use agreements to facilitate ethical public access
GRADUATE INTERN IN CATALOGING
Getty Research Institute Special Collections | Los Angeles, CA
September 2017—September 2018
- Processed and cataloged the Jerry McMillan photographs of the Los Angeles art scene in the 1960s and 1970s, including development of a processing plan, rehousing, research, and creation of an original finding aid using ArchivesSpace
- Researched early prints in the Robert Mapplethorpe papers and photographs, 1850–2011, for a project making Mapplethorpe’s portfolios of professional work in the 1970s and 1980s accessible to researchers in their original presentation formatting
- Arranged and described the Guy de Cointet audiovisual material and storyboards collection for the GRI catalog record
- Indexed and researched names from correspondence in the G. Cramer Oude Kunst gallery collection, including reading German and Dutch
RESEARCHER, MEMBERSHIP SERVICES SUPERVISOR
The Velaslavasay Panorama | Los Angeles, CA
March 2004—August 2017
- Directed historical research, copy writing, and editing for public event announcements, exhibition displays, grant applications, and museum publications for small arts nonprofit organization
- Managed mailing list and donor database with 2,500 records using FileMaker Pro
- Assisted in planning special events, managing box office operations, and supervising event volunteers
LIBRARY ASSISTANT I
UCLA Library Special Collections | Los Angeles, CA
December 2016—June 2017
- Assisted LSC Processing Archivist in all steps of processing the Lewis MacAdams papers, including arrangement, description, and finding aid creation in Archivists’ Toolkit
- Updated audiovisual material arrangement and description for the Gail Jefferson papers and Melvyn Helstien papers
- Researched persons and topics to create and update collection finding aids in Archivists’ Toolkit
COLLECTIONS INTERN
Wende Museum of the Cold War | Los Angeles, CA
April 2017—June 2017
- Cataloged objects and ephemera from former East Germany and Soviet bloc countries using Mimsy CMS
- Trained in conservation and digitization of film and sound media
- Researched collections and photographed, scanned, and uploaded images for online publication
- Translated correspondence from German to English
INFORMATION CENTER INTERN
Getty Conservation Institute Information Center | Los Angeles, CA
September 2016—December 2016
- Rehoused files and created a finding aid in ArchivesSpace for the Baja Rock Art Project files
- Updated the finding aid for Tiwanaku archaeological site conservation campaign in Bolivia
- Conducted research for conservation collection development, including updating listings of scholarly journals and international conference publications
RESEARCH LIBRARY INTERN
Natural History Museum Los Angeles County,
Research Library and Archives
May 2016—August 2016
- Processed and arranged portions of the La Brea Tar Pits Collection of photographs on glass lantern slides
- Created metadata schema design for describing photographs in KE-Emu resource management system
- Researched taxonomy of prehistoric La Brea Tar Pit megafauna and bird specimens for search accessibility
ARCHIVAL FELLOW
Claremont Center for Engagement with Primary Sources (CCEPS), Claremont Colleges Honnold/Mudd Library Special Collections | Claremont, CA
June 2014—August 2014
- Performed item-level inventory and research for 800+ oversized maps and blueprints from the early 20th century, including material from the Fred C. Finkle papers in the Water Resources Collection
- Updated and expanded the Fred C. Finkle papers finding aid using Archivists' Toolkit
- Processed and digitized the Padua Hills Theatre Collection featuring mid 20th-century photographs, ephemera, and advertisements for historic local theatre
RESEARCH ASSISTANT
Summer 2012, 2013 Pitzer College | Claremont, CA
- Conducted research and created bibliographies on historical subjects for History Department faculty members Dr. Harmony O’Rourke, Assistant Professor of African History, and Dr. Daniel A. Segal, Professor of History and Cultural Anthropology
MANAGER
Book Soup Inc. | West Hollywood, CA
March 2003—September 2005
- Managed daily operation of a world-renowned bookstore specializing in photography, art, and design titles
- Researched special order requests and maintained inventory using IBID content management system
Education
- University of California, Los Angeles | Master of Library and Information Studies, Specialization in Archival Studies | June 2017
- Pitzer College , Claremont, CA | Bachelor of Arts with honors in History, Minors in Anthropology and Art | May 2015
- South Puget Sound Community College, Olympia, WA | Welding Technology, FCAW Certification | 1999-2001
Publications and Professional Activities
- 2019—2021 reader, Art Libraries Society of North America Research Awards Subcommittee and Student Advancement Awards Subcommittee
- 2019—2020 steering committee member, Society of American Archivists Accessibility and Disability Section
- 2018—2019 chair, Student Advancement Awards Subcommittee, Art Libraries Society of North America
- "She World Archive and the Work of Artist Ursula Brookbank: A Collaboration with Archivist Jade Finlinson." Collections: A Journal for Museum and Archives Professionals 14.03 (Summer 2018): 403-421, Focus Issue: Women & Collections: Projects, Case Studies, and Creative Practice,” edited by Juilee Decker, guest edited by Janet Ashton, Margot Note, and Consuelo Sendino | https://doi.org/10.1177/155019061801400313
- “Amateur Photography in California, Circa 1900,” paper presentation at Photo Past/Photo Future conference | April 20, 2018 | Rochester, NY
- "Processing the Jerry McMillan photographs of the Los Angeles art scene in the 1960s and 1970s," Facebook Live presentation | February 13, 2018 | Getty Research Institute
- “Exploring Community Memory and Multiple Understandings of Landscape: Activating UCLA's Dept. of Geography Air Photo Archives,” Art Documentation 35 | October 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1086/694240
- “Connecting ‘Activated’ Archives with Activist Scholarship: UCLA's Dept. of Geography Air Photo Archives in the Continuum,” poster presentation at the Society of American Archivists AGM | July 27, 2017 | Portland, OR
- “Promoting GIS and Visualization Technologies for Greater Access to UCLA Photo Collection,” lightning talk presentation at the Society of California Archivists Annual General Meeting | April 29, 2017 | Pasadena, CA
- “Exploring Community Memory and Multiple Understandings of Landscape,” paper presentation at the Art Libraries Society of North America AGM | February 8, 2017 | New Orleans, LA
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Participating member of Society of American Archivists | Society of California Archivists | Art Libraries Society of North America | Utah Library Association | Magic Lantern Society of the U.S. & Canada | International Panorama Council
Select Exhibition Contributions and Collaborations
- Highlights from the UCLA Department of Geography Air Photo Archives, California Map Society Annual Meeting | A day-long display of the Air Photo Archives collections, highlighting the history of aerial photography in the production of commercial, military, and industrial cartography and photogrammetry | September 9, 2017
- Open House Exhibition: the UCLA Department of Geography Air Photo Archives | An open house featuring displays featuring examples from the Air Photo Archives’ significant collections of aerial and terrestrial photographs, as well as related documents and objects | August 11, 2017
- WET Magazine “flash” exhibit co-curated with Kelly Besser | June 26- July 1, 2017 | UCLA Library Special Collections
- Lewis MacAdams papers “flash” exhibit | April 3-7, 2017 | UCLA Library Special Collections
- Aerial Photography in Los Angeles, 1918-1972: Collections from the UCLA Department of Geography Air
Photo Archives | Curation, research, and label copy for day-long installation as part of UCLA International GIS Day conference and TEDx Salon program with the theme “Sense of Place" | November 15, 2016 | UCLA Charles E. Young Research Library
- Designed and staffed UCLA Department of Geography Air Photo Archive table display, Los Angeles Archives Bazaar | October 2016
- Letterpresses of the Horn Press | Research, panel writing, and Web editing for collaborative installation of two permanent exhibits featuring antique iron printing presses at UCLA's Charles E. Young Research Library and Powell Library, a collaboration supervised by Johanna Drucker in November 2015
Professional Development
- Teaching With Primary Sources: How to Design for Active Learning | Society of American Archivists Certificate Seminar | October 24, 2019 | Salt Lake City, UT
- Building Advocacy and Support for Digital Archives | Society of American Archivists Certificate Seminar | August 14, 2018 | Washington. DC
- California Revealed audiovisual and document preservation workshop | Thursday, June 8, 2018 | Los Angeles, CA
- Appraising, Processing and Providing Access to Email Collections with ePADD | March 28, 2018 | Los Angeles, CA
- Image Permanence Institute webinar: A Methodology for Process Identification, Part 2 | January 10, 2018 | Los Angeles, CA
- Image Permanence Institute webinar: A Methodology for Process Identification, Part 1 | December 13, 2017 | Los Angeles, CA
- SNACSchool (Social Networks and Archival Context) workshop | December 13 - 14, 2017 | Los Angeles, CA
- Image Permanence Institute webinar: 20th-Century Materials and Technologies | October 11, 2017 | Los Angeles, CA
- Image Permanence Institute webinar: 19th-Century Materials and Technologies | September 13, 2017 | Los Angeles, CA
- History, Identification, and Preservation of Photographic Materials | California Rare Book School | August 14-18, 2017 | Berkeley, CA
- Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for the Visual Arts | May 5, 2017 | Los Angeles, CA
Volunteer Work
- Exhibition design support and collection assessment, Western Mining and Railroad Museum, Helper, Utah | 2019 - Present
- Inventory and collection management consulting, Utah State University Eastern Prehistoric Museum, Price, Utah | 2019 - Present
- Image curation and rendering for the Coast Realty Archive project, Center for Land Use Interpretation, Los Angeles, CA | 2020 - 2021
- Peer Support and Counseling, Apparelyzed.com and CareCure Spinal Cord Injury Forums | 2007 - Present
- Tutor and homework assistance, grades K-3 | Claremont After-School Program (CLASP) | 2011 – 2012
- Welding and fixture design, New Puppy Gallery | 2009 - 2010
Scholarships and Awards
- 2017 | Society of California Archivists James V. Mink Scholarship
- 2017 | Art Libraries Society of North America Gerd Muehsam Award
- 2015 | American Library Association David H. Clift Scholarship
- 2014 | Clayton C. and Frances Ellsworth Endowed Scholarship, Pitzer College
- 2013 and 2012 | Bernard Osher Foundation Re-entry Endowed Scholarship, Pitzer College