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Timothy A Duskin

Centreville,Virginia

Summary

Demonstrated ability to complete tasks accurately despite interruptions and competing demands. Talented Archivist with a strong background in Federal records. Customer-oriented Archivist with strong history of leading high-performance teams to meet or exceed objectives. Dedicated and hardworking with internal drive to deliver excellence.

Overview

32
32
years of professional experience

Work History

Archivist

Naval History and Heritage Command
10.2014 - Current
  • Perform research support in the archives
  • I find and retrieve records for researchers and Command historians
  • This includes researchers who come in person and those who email or call
  • For the latter, I scan records and email them
  • Many of the requests are for veterans support as well as historians
  • I am currently compiling an inventory of World War II Operations records.

Archives Technician

National Archives and Records Administration
09.1992 - 09.2014
  • Served as part of the reference staff making records of a great variety of Federal Government agencies, civilian and military, available to researchers
  • This included mostly in person reference work for those who visited the archives, but also included answering requests for information over the phone
  • I wrote reference guides to some of the records for researchers, some of which were used by the archives and others of which I used personally
  • I worked with records of the House Committee on Un-American Activities, the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the Immigration and Naturalization Service, also creating inventories of these records
  • I gave Know Your Records lectures on records of the Civil War, the Mexican War, the Revolutionary War, and George Washington.

Education

Master of Arts in International Relations -

University of Oklahoma
Arlington, VA
01.2011

Bachelor of Arts in History -

American Christian College
Tulsa, OK
01.1977

Skills

  • Customer needs assessment
  • Research and writing
  • Research assistance
  • Customer assistance

Timeline

Archivist

Naval History and Heritage Command
10.2014 - Current

Archives Technician

National Archives and Records Administration
09.1992 - 09.2014

Master of Arts in International Relations -

University of Oklahoma

Bachelor of Arts in History -

American Christian College
Timothy A Duskin