Staff

Berklee Archives
Stan Getz Library
150 Massachusetts Ave, Rm 297
Boston, Massachusetts 02115
617-747-8001

Berklee Archives is open by appointment Monday - Thursday, 10am-4pm. Exhibits are viewable during Stan Getz Library hours.

Meet the Team

Jenée Force - Associate Director, Archives and Special Collections

Jenée has held various roles within The Library since 2007. She currently oversees Berklee Archives, which includes collections from both Berklee College of Music and Boston Conservatory at Berklee, as well as special collections, such as those that are broadly about jazz, music pedagogy, and the Boston music scene. Jenée also manages Berklee’s institutional repository, REMIX, and various Berklee community online indices. In her previous roles at Berklee, Jenée was Manager of Metadata Services, and Catalog Librarian. Jenée is a graduate of the State University of New York at Geneseo (B.A. in Ethnomusicology, Anthropology, ‘02) and the State University of New York, University at Buffalo (M.L.S., ‘06, M.A. in Musicology, ‘07). Hailing from Western New York, Jenée is an avid Buffalo Bills fan and Wegmans lover. As a violinist and vocalist, she has performed with various folk and rock groups around the Boston area.

Ashley Gray - Collections Archivist

Ashley leads collections processing and access and research services for the Berklee Archives, which documents the history, activities, and contributions of both the College and the Conservatory, with additional special collections in jazz and popular music. Prior to joining Berklee, she served as the Archivist for the Handel and Haydn Society and the Digital Projects Assistant for the Boston Symphony Orchestra Archives. Originally from the Midwest, Ashley is a graduate of Kenyon College (English Literature, ‘11) and Simmons University (MLIS, ‘15). In her spare time, she enjoys walking, baking, getting lost in a book, and attending arts performances around Boston.

Michael Burke - Digital Repositories Librarian

As Digital Repositories Librarian, Michael (he/him) oversees the management and development of Berklee’s Research Media and Information Exchange (REMIX), the school’s institutional repository. REMIX is a centralized resource through which Berklee institutes, departments, faculty, and students can provide long-term open access to their scholarly materials, from creative works and educational resources to research articles and conference proceedings. Michael is a graduate of Boston College (BA in English) and Simmons University (MLIS) with research interests in digital scholarship and digital preservation.