3800 FM 972 angelfire4154@yahoo.com Georgetown, TX 78626 830-719-5750
COLLECTIONS MANAGEMENT, EXHIBITS, EDUCATION, RESEARCH Innovative and skilled museum professional experienced in anthropological and historical collections care and public education.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS Managed collections since 2005 including still images, books, manuscripts, and 3D materials Decreased deficiencies of NPS museum collection condition from 80 percent to 10 percent in 6 mos. Supervised department of 3+ employees/interns and up to 30 volunteers Experienced in re-housing archaeological collections including setting up, monitoring, and maintaining environmental, safety and security systems Developed, implemented and evaluated museum policies/procedures Managed collections care for still images, art work, paleontological and archaeological collections Wrote office and program policies and procedures, organized physical and digital files, managed institutional task list, managed all membership and donations, managed computers and other technologies Collaborated on large scale grant-funded programs including the Knowledge Enriching Youth (KEY) Project partnering with local schools, SHUMLA, the state park, and the national recreation area (NPS) which expanded across the border in Acuna, Mex. with the Nios del Rio Bravo Program Established and maintain professional dialogue with organizations and individuals including landowners and partners Developed and implemented plan for the annual fund drive, and other special projects as assigned Collaborated on successful fundraising projects for collections, exhibits, and outreach Developed, implemented, and evaluated educational programming of outdoor inquiry-based hands-on lessons taught with replica artifacts and other visual aids designed to engage students of all ages in active learning about how the sciences connect with the arts and the land Led and supervised a research team of 2-20 rock art recorders as a crew chief on 1-4 archaeological field excursions per week, our team recorded 23+ rock art sites with state-of-the-art recording technology and techniques Developed and designed small scale exhibitions intended for a diverse audience in local venues
SKILLS Conscientious of others needs and the balance between conservation and education Keen eye for preventative conservation needs and solid experience in basic conservation Diligent time and budget management skills with quick problem solving abilities Commands effective communication skills with clients, interns, volunteers, coworkers, supervisors, researchers, state and federal agencies, custodial personnel, construction workers, and equip. vendors Effective at working independently and as a part of a team to facilitate production and high morale Knowledgeable about exhibits, design, and collections-related technology Competent at quick but thoughtful decision-making using sound judgment Proficient in Re:discovery, PastPerfect, Adobe Photoshop, Corel PaintShop Pro, Digital Photography, FileMaker Pro, and MS Office Pro including Access and Excel
EDUCATION Texas Tech University, Master of Arts, Museum Science, with an emphasis in Interpretation Graduation 12/2010, 4.0/4.0 GPA Texas State University in San Marcos, Bachelor of Arts, Anthropology with minor in Art History Graduation 08/2003, 3.75/4.0 GPA, Deans List, Honors Program
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WORK HISTORY Archaeological Laboratory Technician 10/2013 Present Employer: Atkins North America, Inc., Austin, TX I am responsible for curating incoming archaeological collections and records from Atkins field investigations in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana before they go to a permanent repository. Curating artifacts includes using current best practices in handling, washing, labeling, cataloging, analyzing, photographing, enclosing in archival housing to preserve the item in perpetuity for future researchers, and shipping artifacts collected on private property back to landowners.
Records processing includes requesting trinomials, digitizing site forms, illustrating report figures, researching missing data, writing site descriptions, writing artifact analysis section of reports, and organizing field forms in archival quality materials as each states permanent repositorys policies and procedures indicate. There is a large legacy backlog that I am helping to reduce which include both collections and records processing. I also provide the Texas Historical Commission and other public document repositories with completed reports and abstracts on finished projects in fulfillment of Antiquities permit requirements. On occasion I research archaeological background information on incoming projects including transferring site locations onto company quads from the states master USGS topo quad maps stored at the Texas Archaeological Research Laboratory (TARL). I use the following programs and tools: Google Earth Pro, Adobe Professional, MS Office including extensive use of Excel and Access.
Crew Chief and Field Technician 02/2012-Present Employer: Turpin and Sons, Inc. My experience includes seismic and pipeline pedestrian survey, shovel testing, trench profiles, some excavation and crew chief duties including preparing reports, curating records, and communicating orally and verbally directly with the client and other subcontractors. I document evidence of past human activity with handheld GPS units and TexSite, site forms submitted to Texas Historical Commission Site Atlas, the statewide archaeology site database. I do background research, draft Texas Antiquities Permit applications, and recommend avoidance paths for energy production and seismic survey crews intending to grub or otherwise disrupt the surface of the land. I put this experience and others that might not seem relevant because I see the land and cultural resources as the collections I manage and hope to encourage scholarship/research about. Also I intend to demonstrate that I have been on the field-side (as opposed to only the lab/museum-side) and can empathize with the unique situations that arise in that environment. I use the following programs and tools: Terrain Navigator, Garmin GPS, GPSMap Edit, sendmap 20, Corel Paint Shop Pro x4, Microsoft Office, Goggle Earth, and Dropbox.
Archaeological Research Assistant 01/2011-02/2012 Administrative Assistant 05/2006-12/2010 Educational Instructor 05/2005-01/2011 Employer: SHUMLA Archaeological Research and Education Center SHUMLA is a non-profit research and educational center committed to connecting people of all ages with the land and their cultural heritage. As the SHUMLA research assistant, I collaborated with archaeologists and other scientists on the most intensive rock art documentation project undertaken in the region, the Lower Pecos Rock Art Recording and Preservation Project, est. in 2009, see more at: http://www.archaeological.org/news/hca/4471#sthash.rxpeAyZ3.dpuf. I consulted the Information Technologist during the creation and maintenance of a relational database collecting all research data into one usable space. I represented SHUMLA at Texas Archeology Society, Society for American Archaeologists and Texas Association of Museums annual meetings, and shadowed Rupestrian Cyberservices team learning valuable data management and presentation techniques. I have organized and maintained digital and physical files and photographs, wrote policies and procedures, and trained others in the use of equipment for digital photography, audio-visual presentations, printing/scanning/copying/faxing, credit cards, and a cash register. Teaching Assistant duties during college level field schools est. in 2006 include lab lessons on digital image enhancement and data storage. I also
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organized and coordinated field excursions by contacting landowners/stewards, organized field data, made logistic recommendations, drove 4WD vehicle to remote rock art locales. Back at the lab, I lead the curation effort of the thousands of photographs of the rock art we took, including all metadata on each image. On a more basic level, I performed administrative assistant duties as well. I used the following programs and tools in my work: MS Office Professional including Excel and Access, Extensis Portfolio, Adobe PhotoShop, Image-J, D- Stretch image enhancement software, Quickbooks and Customer Manager, and some limited GIS applications.
Museum Intern Student Conservation Association (SCA) 08/2005-05/2006 Employer: Amistad National Recreation Area-National Park Service (NPS) As the Collections Manager at Amistad National Recreation Area-NPS, I managed the day-to-day care of the collections including handling guidelines, preventative conservation, cleaning, minor conservation repair, pest management, storage, and environmental monitoring. I recruited, trained, and managed up to 5 intern/volunteers for various projects. Using the new Collections Management Plan and the annual checklist of deficiencies, I took the museum storage facility down from 80% deficient to 10% deficient in 6 months by implementing better storage conditions and updating policies and procedures. I worked with museum storage and exhibit related environmental monitors, created maintenance schedules, and completed a rehousing project with the help of skilled volunteers. I learned and subsequently used the NPS Re:discovery database extensively to manage 1.5 million artifacts, the bulk being stored at the TARL, but some representative collections still remain in Del Rio.
I also had the opportunity to instruct students of all ages on the ancient lifeways of the area hunter gatherers and on museum careers. I collaborated with the park archaeologist in developing an exhibit presenting primitive technology in a fun, informative, and meaningful way. I co-wrote and co-presented with SCA archeology intern Fire in the Hole: Prehistoric Earth Oven Cooking at Amistad at a Coffee with a Ranger Program, and assisted park archeologist with archeological site condition reporting and resource management. Programs and tools I used include: NPS Museum Handbooks and Conserv-O-Grams, Adobe Photoshop , MS Office Pro, and Automated National Cataloging System (ANCS+) Re:discovery database.
Museum Registrar, Collections Manager Fall 2004 Employer: Silent Wings Museum, Lubbock, TX I processed incoming donations (wrote acknowledgement letters, obtained Deed of Gifts, housed and cataloged objects), produced inventory procedures, developed locational system for artifact storage, and performed daily duties of registrar. I used Adobe Photoshop, MS Office Pro, and Past Perfect collections management software.
Exhibit Coordinator/Interpreter Spring 2005 Employer: Silent Wings Museum, Lubbock, TX I developed and implemented interpretive programming for an International WWII glider exchange program with accompanying in-house exhibits and procedures collaborating with overseas British counterparts on the permanent Horsa Glider exhibit. I used Adobe Photoshop and Past Perfect collections management software.
Student Assistant, Exhibits Technician Fall 2004 Employer: Museum of Texas Tech, Exhibits Division, Lubbock, TX I assisted the exhibits curator by making and hanging exhibit labels, assembling and disassembling exhibits. I used FileMaker Pro database.
Archaeological Lab Technician 06-12/2003 Employer: Lubbock Lake Landmark, Lubbock, TX Processed excavated artifacts/incoming collections from matrix screening phase through storage phase including cleaning, labeling, housing, and data entry. I used FileMaker Pro database.
Special Collections Cataloging Student Worker 2000-2003
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Employer: Texas State University, Alkek Library, San Marcos, TX Pre-cataloged rare books, created a hyperlinked digital and physical student worker manual by compiling policies and procedures into one document, shelved and physically processed rare books (made storage boxes from scratch and covered fragile books with Mylar), typed call numbers on acid-free slips, trained others on how to make rare book storage boxes. I used resources such as Library of Congress and other databases to collect book information (OCLC & DRA), MS Office, as well as good ole Physical Processing.
Resident Assistant 2001-2002 Employer: Texas State University Residence Life, San Marcos, TX As Head Resident Assistant (RA) for six months, I worked closely with other RAs in counseling peers, developing and implementing educational programming aimed at community building and social awareness.
Latin American Art Curatorial Intern Fall 2001 Employer: San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX For this internship, I assisted the curator of Latin American Art with the curation of pre-Columbian artifacts.
VOLUNTEER WORK Archeological Field, Lab, and Museum Consultant, 07/2005 - Present Volunteers for Amistad National Recreation Area-NPS I have helped conduct pedestrian survey and shovel testing as part of 106 compliance, assisting in the identification and delineation of previously known and unknown archeological sites in rough desert terrain. I assisted with the documentation rock art for research and resource management. I monitored archaeological sites, completed condition assessments, and photo-documentation / photo-monitoring of sites. As a volunteer I have processed, curated, and photographed artifacts and generated artifact illustrations and maps for archeological reports using Adobe Photoshop and ESRI ArcMap GIS software.
Interpretive Tour Guide, 06/2006 02/2012 Volunteer for the Rock Art Foundation Several times a year I lead five educational interpretive tours per weekend about the natural and cultural resources of the Lower Pecos, specifically the rock art in shelters located at the White Shaman Galloway Preserve and Seminole Canyon State Park and Historic Site.
PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES Krista McClanahan, Sr Technical Coordinator I, Cultural Resources, Atkins North America, Inc. 512-372-1287 / Krista.mclcanahan@atkinsglobal.com
Dr. Carolyn E. Boyd, Executive Director at SHUMLA Archaeological Research and Education Center 979-324-9448 / cboyd@shumla.org
Joe Hays, Executive Director at Silent Wings Museum 806-685-3734 / jhays.wingedcommandos@live.com
Joe Sumbera, Head Wittliff Collections Srvs Assist. in Cataloging & Metadata Services at Alkek University Library 512- 245-1753 / mr.joe@txstate.edu
NOTE I have been employed and published under the following names: Miss Angela Kathleen Stuewe Mrs. Angela Stuewe Johnson Mrs. Angela Stuewe Moody
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