Living historian and archivist seeking long-term employment

[rgkellerman]

Headline: Living historian and archivist seeking long-term employment
Name: Raina G. Kellerman
Email Address: rgkellerman@gmail.com
Current Location: New Alexandria, Pennsylvania, United States

Preferred Job Category: Education

Personal Statement:
I am about to complete my Master's degree in history with a public history track, and am seeking employment as an archivist, educator, curator, living historian, or historical interpreter.

Education:
-Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana PA
Master of Arts, History with public history track
Will complete May 2009

-Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Edinboro PA
Bachelor of Arts, History (magna cum laude)
Completed May 2007
Extracurricular activities and professional organizations:
-History Club (secretary)
-Phi Alpha Theta
-Iota Iota Iota

Professional Experience:
-Indiana University of Pennsylvania Special Collections and Archives
Intern
January 2009 - present
Duties: Processing and organizing collections, writing and editing finding aids, assisting with research.

-Indiana University of Pennsylvania Department of History
Research assistant to Dr. Joseph Mannard
August 2008 - present
Duties: Editing transcriptions and transcribing letters from the Wheeling Convent of the Visitation (1840's-1864).

-Senator John Heinz Regional History Center
Community Programs Intern
May 2008 - August 2008
Duties: Assisting with Live and Learn Weekends, transcribing visitor comments, creating a guide of state Civil War living history groups, creating advertisements for History Center events, editing and creating HCAP bulletins and mailings.

Applicable Skills:
Knowledge of PastPerfect and Microsoft Office

Other:
Volunteer experience:
-West Overton Museum
-Westmoreland County Historical Society
-Erie County Historical Society
-See below groups

Living history affiliations:
-11th Pennsylvania Regiment, Company I
-Blue and Gray Brigade
-1st West Virginia Light Artillery, Battery C
-Society for Creative Anachronism