Rachel Eskridge

Education

UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE                                                                                                                                             2015 - 2017

M.A. in history, certificate in museum studies

3.91 GPA

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UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER                                                                                                                                            2011  -  2015

B.A. in history/religion

Highest distinction in religion, distinction and honors in research in history

Departmental GPA 3.76 out of 4.0, overall GPA of 3.54 out of 4.0

 

Employment History

MUSEUM OF ALASKA TRANSPORTATION AND INDUSTRY                                                           2016 -present

Collections Management Intern

• Catalogued over 1,300 objects, created corresponding PastPerfect entries and condition reports

• Rehoused objects in proper storage facilities

• Trained three staff members/volunteers in the use of PastPerfect

 

UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE:                                                                                                                                            2016  -  2017

Academic Programs Graduate Assistant at Winterthur Museum, Garden, and Library

• Found and contacted potential reviewers for manuscripts and books for the Winterthur Portfolio

• Identified and requested potential books for review for the Winterthur Portfolio

• Expanded academic programs mailing list for Winterthur Research Fellowship Programs

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UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE:                                                                                                                                           2015  -  2016

Graduate Assistant at the George Read House & Gardens

• Served as Curatorial Assistant, helped clean objects, move collections pieces for new interpretations, and set up and deinstall exhibits

• Researched and designed 2015 holiday house interpretation

• Researched historical context of objects and determined whether object fit with organization’s mission statement and collection as a whole

 

DELAWARE STATE PARKS:                                                                                                                                                   2015

Historical Interpretation Intern at Fort Delaware State Park

• Educated visitors through first person interpretation

• Led Pea Patch History Tour on a weekly basis and led other special programming throughout summer

 

UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER:                                                                     2011  -  2015

Office of Alumni and Advancement Office Assistant

• Called alumni to request donations

• Scheduled meetings between alumni and gift officers

 

Related Professional Experiences

• UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE’S MUSEUM SWAT TEAM                          2017
  Cecil County Historical Society

  • Helped created new storage opportunities for small commemorative objects

  • Catalogued and rehoused military uniforms and accessories

• DISPOSABLE AMERICA CLASS PROJECT                                                   2016

  • Created digital exhibit: “Managing Menstruation: A Material and Visual History” (due to go live in late January 2017)

  • Created gallery and labels for the Museum of Disposability: https://disposableamerica.org/museum-of-disposability/

• ARCHIVES AND PAPER COLLECTIONS FINAL PROJECT                          2016

  • Rehousing approximately 150 oversized World War I and World War II posters in the University of Delaware’s Special Collections department

  • Created collections descriptions and two finding aids in ArchivesSpace

• HARTNETT ART GALLERY                                                             2012 ­ -  2013

○    Member of exhibit install/deinstall team

 

Honors

• Phi Alpha Theta

• University of Rochester Dean’s list Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, and Spring 2015

• Recipient of University of Rochester Religion Department Senior Writing Award for “Proud to Be Catholic: Contemporary American Catholic Ash Wednesday”

• History departmental honors thesis: “With her Union Card and Her Irish Eloquence: Irish-American Women, the WTUL, and the Pursuit of Suffrage”

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