Mary Hansen
City of Portland Archives Reference Archivist
Portland, Oregon
Mary Hansen is the Reference Archivist for the City of Portland Archives and Records Center. For over a decade, Mary has provided reference services (deciphering and answering research questions) to members of the public and City employees, dreamed up and coordinated outreach efforts including the @PDXArchives twitter feed, presented on reference and storytelling and activism within the archival record, designed brochures and research guides and helped organize large scale events like the Oregon Archives Crawl. She has a Master’s in Library and Information Science and is a Certified Archivist.