Master's graduate looking for collections related position.

[anna.poull]

Headline: Master's graduate looking for collections related position.
Name: Anna Poull
Email Address: anna.poull@hotmail.com
Current Location: Dallas, Tx

Preferred Job Category: Curator

Personal Statement:
I am looking for a position working with historical collections. I also have experience working with archives and art.

Education:
Masters, Museum Science, Texas Tech University, August 2008
GPA 3.2 Minor: History

BA, History, Emporia State University, May 2005
GPA 3.25 Concentration: Public History; Minor: Business Administration

Professional Experience:
Dallas Holocaust Museum, Dallas, Tx
• Volunteer
May 2009-Present
-work on collections projects with archivist, create list of items, outline oral histories

Gaston County Museum, Dallas, NC
• Intern
January 2008-August 2008
-completed comprehensive inventory and photographed collections, assisted in design and installing and de-installation of in-house exhibits, created new forms, supervised undergraduate interns assisting in inventory and other projects, assisted researchers, created spreadsheets of inventory and other issues, completed condition reports, Worked with PastPerfect Database system, completed accession and loan paperwork, reorganized storage of art collection,

Buddy Holly Center, Lubbock, TX
• Practicum
June-July 2007
-Reorganized storage area, inventoried collections, repainted galleries and installed exhibits, as well as assisted with education programs and attended staff meetings to discuss issues facing the institution, worked with PastPerfect database system.

Silent Wings Museum, Lubbock, TX
• Practicum
May 2007-June 2007
-Solved storage issues, cleaned textile collection objects, performed condition reports for textile collection, conducted research, data entry, worked with PastPerfect database system.

Texas Tech Museum, Lubbock, TX
• Student assistant
August-December 2007- History Division
Appointed head student- I trained and supervised other students in History division and assisted visitors to collections with research projects. Worked on photographing collection and entering photos into FileMaker Pro database
• Student assistant
January 2007-May 2007-Exhibits Department
-assisted in designing galleries for traveling exhibits, unpacking and installing exhibits, assisted making props and other elements for exhibits, wrote labels for traveling exhibits, inventoried galleries
• Student assistant
July-December 2006-History Division
- assisted in moving artifacts to National Ranching Heritage Center, Researched previous donations to collections and accession numbers, verify location of artifacts, data entry for database, assigned catalog numbers, updated identification tags for collections, numbered artifacts, worked with FileMaker Pro

National Ranching Heritage Center, Lubbock, TX
• Ranch Host – 2006-2007
-Volunteering for programs such as Ranch Day which included living history

Wellington Public Library, Wellington, KS-1999-2001
-Ran children’s desk, assisted at front desk, checked books and shelved books, bar-coded books, assisted with programs, helped patrons with research, researched microfilm requests, researched nationwide requests using microfilm documents; cataloged Kansas History Room
Chisholm Trail Museum, Wellington, KS
• Tour Guide-1998
-Gave tours of museum to customers, explained history of region and museum artifacts

Chisholm Trail Museum, Wellington, KS
• Archives- 2000
-Cataloged articles; preserved town census

Applicable Skills:
I have experience working with PastPerfect, FileMaker Pro 7.0, and Access. I also am very familiar with Microsoft Office Suite

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