Skip to Content
photo of Marie Elia

Marie Elia

Archivist for Special Collections

Pronouns: they/them

420 Capen Hall, North Campus
Buffalo, NY 14260

  • Ph: 716-645-1370
eliam@buffalo.edu

Responsibilities

The Poetry Collection, Rare & Special Books, University Archives, and the Robert L. Brown History of Medicine Collection

Education and Training

Certified Archivist, Academy of Certified Archivists
Arrangement & Description Certificate, Society of American Archivists

MLIS, University of Pittsburgh
MFA, Poetry, Columbia University
BA, English, Allegheny College

Employment

Archivist for Special Collections, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY | 2019-present
Processing Archivist, The Poetry Collection, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY | 2013-2019
The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA | 2009-2013

Adjunct Instructor, Department of Information Science, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY | 2018-present

  • LIS 572 (formerly 503): Archives and Records: Practices and Principles, three credit hours, Graduate School of Education, Department of Information Science, University at Buffalo | 2020-2024
  • LIS 570 (formerly 503): Archival Arrangement and Description, three credit hours, Graduate School of Education, Department of Information Science, University at Buffalo | 2018-2024

Professional Memberships

National
Society of American Archivists, 2012-present
     Member, Technical Subcommittee on Encoded Archival Standards, 2021-present
           Team Lead, Encoded Archival Context for Corporate Bodies, Persons, and Families
           Team Member, Encoded Archival Description

Academy of Certified Archivists, 2020-present

Visual Resources Association, 2013-2017
     Co-Chair, Development Committee, 2015-2017
     Co-Chair, Joint Task Force on Fundraising & Development, 2015-2017
     Online Learning Task Force, 2016-2017
     Archives Task Force, 2013-2015

American Library Association, 2008-2011, 2014-2015
Association of College and Research Libraries Rare Books & Manuscripts Section, 2014-2015

Regional
Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference, 2014-present
     Conference Planning Committee, Spring 2019

Presentations

Co-curator, Bethune: Every Woman Her Own Architect