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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Expertise: Access and classification reviews; ArchivesSpace; 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; Disaster preparedness; Electronic records management; Inventories; Exhibit planning and implementation; Facilities planning and development; Finding aids; Genealogical Research; Selecting and Implementing Collections Management Systems; Government relations; Historical Research; Management and administration; Outreach and public programs; Policy development; Preservation; Records survey planning and implementation; Staffing and implementation; Strategic planning; Transcription
Contact:
Contact Name: Alexandra M. Hilton, MLIS
Location(s):
New York, NY

We provide historical records research services; archival research services at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), The Library of Congress, and other repositories in the U.S. and worldwide; 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...

Expertise: Archival Research; Apostille Services; Foreign Language Experts; Genealogical Research; Historical Research; Interpreters; Transcription; Translation
Contact:
Contact Name: Nina Ivanichvili
Location(s):
CO

I have 24 years of experience working in archives and libraries, with extensive knowledge about all archival functions, including appraisal, donor relations, acquisitions, arrangement and description, digital collections, metadata, preservation, outreach, reference, and more. She is the author of Reference and Access for Archives and Manuscripts (Society of American Archivists, 2020).

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Expertise: Information appraisal; Archival Research; IRS appraisal of archives; Monetary appraisal; Archival appraisal; Archival program evaluation; Arrangement and description; Exhibit planning and implementation; Finding aids; Fundraising and grant writing; Historical Research; Outreach and public programs; Policy development; Reference services
Contact:
Contact Name: Cheryl Oestreicher
Location(s):
Lexington, KY

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
Contact:
Contact Name: Eira Tansey
Location(s):
Cincinnati, OH