Directory of Archival Consultants

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This easy-to-use Directory of Archival Consultants contains information about experts across the country who provide professional consulting services on various aspects of archives and archiving. All listings in this directory are paid listings. Information provided by consultants is not independently checked or verified.

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Alex Phillips Consulting works with organizations and individuals looking to organize and preserve historic materials. Services offered include: archives and collections management services for physical and digital collections; data management; and project planning.

Expertise: ArchivesSpace; Collection Guides; Digital Archiving; Encoded Archival Description (EAD); Metadata Improvement; Archival appraisal; Archival standards; Arrangement and description; Descriptive metadata; Finding aids; Preservation; Records survey planning and implementation; Software applications
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Contact Name: Alex Phillips
Location(s):
Davis, CA

Available locally, on-site and virtually. 

Expertise: Access and classification reviews; ArchivesSpace; Historical research; Content Management Applications; Archival appraisal; Digital Preservation Applications; Preservica; Archival program evaluation; Archival standards; Arrangement and description; Budgeting and financial planning; Cataloging; Creative media; Digitization / digital program development; Inventories; Disaster preparedness; Electronic records management; Exhibit planning and implementation; Facilities planning and development; Finding aids; Selecting and Implementing Collections Management Systems; Genealogical Research; Government relations; Management and administration; Outreach and public programs; Policy development; Preservation; Records survey planning and implementation; Staffing and implementation; Strategic planning; Transcription
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Contact Name: Alexandra M. Hilton, MLIS
Location(s):
New York, NY

We provide historical research services; multilingual interpreter services; certified translation of evidentiary documents; cursive handwriting transcription services; Apostille; ancestry, forensic genealogy, probate genealogy and archival research services at the intersections of law; genealogy; world history; paleography; anthropology; archaeology; family history research; architectural history; world languages and cultures.

Certified legal document translation.

The Unyielding...

Expertise: Apostille Services; Foreign Language Experts; Genealogical Research; Interpreters; Transcription; Translation
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Contact Name: Nina Ivanichvili
Location(s):
CO
Expertise: Transcription
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Contact Name: Anne Deschaine
Location(s):
Portland, OR

“Inspiring families, businesses, and organizations to preserve and share their history.”

Archive Your Past is all about family history and historical documents.  Organize, digitize and preserve your historical documents or family history collection with Archive Your Past. 

For historical societies and libraries with archival collections, Archive Your Past will preserve, process, and describe your collection as an...

Expertise: USA Colonial to 1950; Archival standards; Arrangement and description; Finding aids; Genealogical Research; Preservation
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Contact Name: Anni Parsons
Location(s):
Milwaukee, WI

ArchiveInABox® is a complete turn-key platform to digitize and host your archive online. We provide high quality scanning and years of know-how to effortlessly move your print and microfilm archives online. Full logistics services, round trip shipping, military-grade shipping containers and premium portable hard drives are included. You only pay for scanning/digital production -- optional hosting and online access are free! Example Client: Granite Falls Historical Society.   READ MORE...

Expertise: Digital Archiving; Electronic records; Digitization / digital program development
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Contact Name: Paul Jeffko
Location(s):
Shelton, WA

Ariana Lindquist is a certified archivist who specializes in photographic archives and digital asset management (DAM). At the United Nations, she served as an Information Management Officer and team lead for the UN Photo Library, overseeing photographic archiving workflows that supported discovery, access, and reuse at scale. Her DAM experience includes hands-on administration, workflow enhancement, and platform upgrades in Orange Logic, an enterprise-scale, visuals-first DAM environment. Her work is grounded in two decades of visual communication and documentary photography practice, including a Fulbright in...

Expertise: Digital Archiving; Public-facing Visual Communication; Audiovisual preservation and digitization; Digitization; Digital Asset Management Applications; Digital Asset Management (DAM); Visual Materials; Management and administration
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Contact Name: Ariana Lindquist
Location(s):
Peekskill, NY

Backlog specializes in archives management for organizations with rich histories. 

Expertise: Collection Assessment; Digital Preservation Training; Facilities planning and development; Finding aids; Fundraising and grant writing; Management and administration; Outreach and public programs; Policy development; Records management; Records survey planning and implementation; Software applications; Staff training and recruitment
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Contact Name: Emma Prince, C.A., M.S.
Location(s):
St Louis, MO

Bright Archives is an independent archival production house. We help people and organizations tap into one of their strongest assets—their story.

We offer professional archival services alongside storytelling solutions, from collection assessments and cataloging to documentary-style videography and interviews. We understand that the value of archives is often beneath the surface, so we provide a unique combination of archives and creative media solutions to bring those stories to life.

Owners Katherine Barbera and David Bernabo have more than 30 years of combined experience in...

Expertise: Archival appraisal; Archival program evaluation; Artist Archives; Archival standards; Community Programs; Arrangement and description; Cataloging; Creative media; Outreach; Podcast production; Project Management; Facilities planning and development; Research; Social Media; Visual Materials; Management and administration; Oral history planning and implementation; Outreach and public programs; Policy development; Staff training and recruitment; Staffing and implementation; Strategic planning; Transcription; Videography; Other
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Contact Name: Katherine Barbera
Location(s):
Pittsburgh, PA
Expertise: Archival standards; Arrangement and description; Finding aids
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Contact Name: Michele Combs
Location(s):
LaFayette, NY