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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Margot Note Consulting LLC offers information strategy and archives and records management services.

Leaders look to Margot to transform information chaos to clarity, helping them make better decisions, win grants, and save money. Most importantly, they gain peace of mind knowing that their project is handled by an expert. Clients have come to value Margot’s ability to complete projects on time, on budget, and tailored to their needs. They understand that to manage with a sense of history is not to be tethered...

Expertise: Archival appraisal; Archival program evaluation; Archival standards; Arrangement and description; Budgeting and financial planning; Digitization / digital program development; Electronic records management; Finding aids; Fundraising and grant writing; Management and administration; Policy development; Records management; Records survey planning and implementation; Strategic planning
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Contact Name: Margot Note, CA, CRM, IGP, PMP
Location(s):
New York, NY

Leverage four decades of experience in archival practice, training, and mentoring with Meissner Archival Consulting. Led by Dennis Meissner—retired Deputy Director for Programs at the Minnesota Historical Society, SAA Fellow, past SAA President, and author of Arranging and Describing Archives and Manuscripts—our expertise is rooted in foundational projects like the influential More Product, Less Process (MPLP) research.

 

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Expertise: Minimal Processing Techniques; Archival appraisal; Archival standards; Arrangement and description; Finding aids; Policy development; Records survey planning and implementation; Staff training and recruitment
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Contact Name: Dennis Meissner
Location(s):
Lake Elmo, MN

Memory Rising offers professional archival consulting services for individual, nonprofit, and corporate clients in the Ohio River Valley (Ohio/Kentucky/Indiana/West Virginia). Led by Eira Tansey, a professional archivist of more than 17 years, Memory Rising ensures that clients’ historical materials are preserved and accessible through expertise in collection assessments and organization, records management, and staff/volunteer training. Memory Rising also offers research support, assisting with the selection and digitization of archival materials for exhibits and publications.

Expertise: Archival appraisal; Archival program evaluation; Archival standards; Arrangement and description; Budgeting and financial planning; Digitization / digital program development; Disaster preparedness; Electronic records management; Exhibit planning and implementation; Finding aids; Government relations; Historical Research; Management and administration; Outreach and public programs; Policy development; Records management; Records survey planning and implementation; Reference services; Staff training and recruitment; Staffing and implementation; Strategic planning
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Contact Name: Eira Tansey
Location(s):
Cincinnati, OH

MCR provides consulting, curatorial and collections management services to museums, private collectors, businesses and institutions. We are chaos resolution experts involved in cataloging, digitization, and space assessments, as well as new museum and institutional change planning.

Our team is made up of highly skilled professionals with formal academic training in addition to practical museum, collections management, archive, and curatorial experience. We work both on-site and remotely to ensure the highest possible standards for collections care. 

Our clients include small, volunteer-run historic houses to major museums, private collections to historic societies,...

Expertise: Collection Assessment Surveys; Collector Systems; PastPerfect; Disaster Preparedness; Archival standards; Arrangement and description; Cataloging; Electronic records management; Exhibit planning and implementation; Facilities planning and development; Finding aids; Oral history planning and implementation; Policy development
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Location(s):
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Expertise: Arrangement and description; Finding aids; Preservation
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Contact Name: Nadya Spivak
Location(s):
Amherst, MA

Rebecca Hankins is a President Barack Obama appointee to the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC). As a Commission member, she was responsible for evaluating and dispensing between $5-10 million dollars in grants annually for the National Archives. Prior to her appointment, Rebecca was elected a Distinguished Fellow of the Society of American Archivist-- the highest honor...

Expertise: Collection Guides; development; Digital Archiving; Equity, Diversity, Access, Belonging, and Inclusion; Information appraisal; Arrangement and description; Fundraising and grant writing; Oral history planning and implementation; Outreach and public programs; Reference services; Strategic planning
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Contact Name: Rebecca Hankins
Location(s):
Bryan, TX

Rachael Cristine Woody is the owner of Relicura LLC, a firm that provides services to archives, museums, and cultural heritage organizations. She specializes in establishing collection programs, assessment and planning for historical collections, and vetting and implementing Collection Management Systems (CMS). Previously she revived the archives at the Freer|Sackler Museum of the Smithsonian Institution and launched the Oregon Wine...

Expertise: Archival program evaluation; Archival standards; Arrangement and description; Cataloging; Digital Asset Management; Digitization / digital program development; Facilities planning and development; Project Management; Fundraising and grant writing; Selecting and Implementing Collections Management Systems; Management and administration; Oral history planning and implementation; Outreach and public programs; Policy development; Preservation; Software applications; Staff training and recruitment
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Contact Name: Rachael Woody
Location(s):
Portland, OR

 

Sepia Archival Management works with individuals, cultural organizations and corporations to provide an array of services. Hands-on work includes collection organization and description, digitization, light preservation work and cataloging home libraries and art collections. Our strategic services include providing overarching archival strategies, making archival software recommendations and documentation and description planning.

Expertise: Arrangement and description; Cataloging; Strategic planning
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Contact Name: Hilarie Pitman Pozesky
Location(s):
Chicago, IL

I am an archivist with over ten years experience in archives, specifically performing and visual arts collections that defy traditional best practices. I can help you develop digitization plans, write grants to obtain funding, and connect you with vendors who prioritize artists and arts institutions.

As the manager of digital and special projects at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club Archives (2018-2023) I oversaw the digitization and management of over 60 years of Off-off Broadway history. At NYU's Fales Library and Special Collections (2014-2017), I worked closely with artists to process their papers, and provide reference services to patrons of all kinds. At the New York City...

Expertise: Collection Assessment; Digital Archiving; Archival Research; Digital Preservation Training; Digitization; Archival appraisal; Archival standards; Arrangement and description; Cataloging; Digital Asset Management (DAM); Disaster preparedness; Exhibit planning and implementation; Finding aids; Fundraising and grant writing; Policy development; Preservation; Records survey planning and implementation
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Contact Name: Sophie Glidden-Lyon
Location(s):
Brooklyn, NY

Shelley Diamond Archival Solutions LLC specializes in archival and collection management services for artists, private collectors and estates in New York City, and home inventory services for NYC homeowners and renters. We help private individuals ensure the long-term preservation of their collections, protect their private property assets, and identify and manage risk.

Our services help working artists organize their art, studio and business records, and aid families and executors overseeing the stewardship and legacy of an artist’s estate.  Our collection management services guide collectors in the care, storage, organization, documentation, safe display and long-term...

Expertise: Archival program evaluation; Artist Archives; Arrangement and description; Artist Estates; Cataloging; Inventories; Facilities planning and development; Finding aids; Site assessments; Storage and housing; Management and administration; Preservation; Records survey planning and implementation; Strategic planning
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Contact Name: Shelley Diamond
Location(s):
Brooklyn, NY