1. Amber S. McClure
4667 Oakview Drive, Trinity, NC 27370
(336) 880-2065
amc233@g.uky.edu
EDUCATION:
- North Carolina State University: Bachelor of Arts in History, Minor in Anthropology,
May 2012.
- University of Kentucky: Master of Arts in History, May 2015.
- University of Kentucky: Master of Science in Library Science (online), Summer 2017.
EXPERIENCE:
- Archivist intern for International Paper in Loveland, Ohio: September 2016- December
2016.
o Policy development
o Catalog and organize objects in corporate archive
o Advocacy research and presentations for CEO and Vice President of the company
o Fulfill internal and external research requests
o Content research for business associates and campus engineers
- Graudate Assistant for University of Kentucky Libraries, Electronic Resources in the
Acquisitions Department: July 2016-present.
o Cultural competency training
o Organization of new workflow following migration to Alma
o Statistics and analysis
o Link resolver
o Licensing
o Create purchase orders
o Organize databases during shift from SFX to Alma
- Intern for Kentucky Historical Society: December 2015- September 2016.
o Content research in archive and research library for local teachers, schools, and
summer camp

2. o Curate summer exhibits
o Develop public and school group tour guidelines, objectives and curriculum using
personal research in Kentucky history and heritage, and design tours using state
education goals and objectives
o Lead school group tours
- Graduate Teaching Assistant in Department of History at the University of Kentucky:
August 2012- May 2016.
o Develop students’ writing and research skills, introduce university library
resources and demonstrate access and use
o Teach introductory and core history and humanities courses
o Organize classroom objectives and implement semester plans with supervising
professor to enhance students’ academic advancement
- Transcriber and assistant editor for the John Dickinson Writings Project: August, 2015-
January, 2016.
o Transcribe eighteenth century documents pertaining to John Dickinson
o Annotate the documents within published edition
- Substitute Latin Teacher at Veritas Christian Academy: August 2013-current.
o Instruct elementary level students on the basics of Latin grammar
- Contributor to the Carolingian Canon Law Project: August 2013-August 2014.
o Analyze, coordinate and transcribe manuscripts from digital images for
publication
- Intern at the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources: August 2011- June 2012.
o Initiate press releases
o Analyze and manage digital photograph collections for the U.S. Civil War
Sesquicentennial
o Responsible for community outreach
- Writer for The Technician at North Carolina State University: August 2009- May 2011.
o Write news articles covering university news and events
- Volunteer at North Carolina State University Archaeology Lab: January 2011- May 2012.
o Assist in Aqaba Project
o Catalog material findings

3. - Volunteer at High Point Museum and Gardens in High Point, North Carolina: May 2010-
August 2010.
o Work in archives, cataloging photographs and donated items
o Responsible for community outreach, assist local visitors interested in their family
history and heritage in High Point
RESEARCH:
- Training at the Marco Manuscript Workshop held annually at the University of
Tennessee in Knoxville.
- Information literacy, representation and access.
- Monuments, memorials and the construction of historical narratives.
- Interest in public memory and the use of space, objects, images, and memories to create a
public narrative, particularly with public monuments and museums.
- Graduate research papers:
o “Memoria Mortuorum: Memory of the Dead and the Structure and Function of
Funerary Ritual in the Carolingian World”, presented in Spring 2013 Pre-Modern
Colloquium.
o “Memory and History: A Historiographical Essay on Memory Scholarship in
Historical Study”, presented in Spring 2013 Historiography, Theory and Methods.
o “Writers of Memory: The Use of Funeral Orations and Commemorative Texts as
Constructions of Memory and Memorializing”, contributed in Fall 2013
Carolingian Empire course.
o “A Tender Spot: Care, Memory, and Place in Carolingian Memoria Mortuorum,”
MA Thesis, completed in Fall 2014.
HONORS AND MEMBERSHIPS:
- Special Libraries Association student member.
- Society of American Archivists student member.
- Phi Alpha Theta member.
- Magna Cum Laude from North Carolina State University.
VOLUNTEER:
- Lexington Humane Society, August 2016-present.
LANGUAGE SKILLS:

4. - English
- French (reading level)
- Latin
- German (beginner reading level)
- Japanese (beginner speaking level)