Processing Achives

Posted on: 2006-01-04

CARMEN FONTÁN 2831 Dewey Avenue, Apt 2C, Bronx, NY 10465 H: (718) 792-5010 e-mail: [email protected] C: (917)299-3273 W: (212)650-3064 SPECIAL SKILLS COMPUTERS SKILLS: IBM Personal Computer, Microsoft Windows XP, Word 2003, Publisher 2003, Access 2003, Internet Explorer , Netscape Navigator, and First Publisher. OFFICE SKILLS: Type 50 words per minute, familiar with filing and archives arrangement procedures. BILINGUAL: English/Spanish. EXPERIENCE JUL. 88 – PRES.: CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS PUERTORRIQUEÑOS, HUNTER COLLEGE, 695 PARK AVE., NY, NY • Assistant Archivist - Jul. 98 – Present - Under direct supervision sorts, cleans, flattens, weed, arrange, re-folder, re-box, label folders and boxes, and re-shelve historical archival records relating to the Puerto Rican Migration to the United States. Prepare manual and online inventories, indexes and reports, and input data into computer databases. Perform all office work, word processing, and related archival duties. • Office Manager, Receptionist, Bilingual Secretary - Aug. 88 – May 95, Nov. 96 - Jun. 98 – Prepared bilingual letters, manuscripts, and statistical reports. Produced final versions of documents in hardcopy and electronic formats. Prepared supply requisitions, book orders, grants payroll, and vouchers payment. Maintained inventory of office sup-plies and equipment. Performed general office work, data entry, duplicated documents, answered telephone inquiries, scheduled special events, processed mail, and maintained office files. MAY 95 – MAY 96 COOPERATIVE HOME CARE ASSOCIATES, 349 EAST 149TH STREET, BRONX, NY • Receptionist/Bilingual Secretary – Administered multi-line telephone system, typed correspondence, duplicated documents, distributed mail, and prepared payroll. EDUCATION SEP. 86 - JUN. 88 GRACE INSTITUTE - OUTREACH JOB TRAINING PROGRAM • Secretarial Certificate. Awarded medal for excellence in typing. SEP. 65 - JUN. 67: JANE ADDAMS VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL • Vocational Diploma in Nursing, June 1967. MAY 99: METROPOLITAN NEW YORK LIBRARY COUNCIL • Archives Arrangement and Description Concepts. NOV. 99 ARCHIVES OF THE PUERTO RICAN MIGRATION • Archival Principles and Practices Workshop, By Idilio Gracia-Peña, Project Archivist. REFERENCES: Available upon request.