All posts tagged Archives

The Arab Image Foundation, located in Beirut, Lebanon, is currently looking for a Scanning Technician to work with the Foundation’s photographic archive and scanning photographs from its collection. The Arab Image Foundation (AIF) is a non-profit organization dedicated to

The Brooklyn Historical Society Othmer Library in Brooklyn, NY seeks an enthusiastic, skilled candidate for a temporary appointment, grant-funded position of Outreach and Public Services Archivist. The successful candidate will report to the Director of Library and Archives.

The Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE) Archives Intern will work closely with the LACE Archives Fellow to make LACE’s archival holdings useful and available for research and integrate materials from LACE’s archive into exhibition and publication initiatives.

This is a recruitment for Term Archives Technician, GS-1421-07. Multiple positions to be filled at both Golden Gate National Recreation Area and San Francisco Maritime National Historic Park. Both park headquarters are located in San Francisco, California.

As an initiative to bring more people in to use the Research Library, Milwaukee County Historical Society (MCHS) Library staff will be working to make its Finding Aids accessible on the MCHS website.

The United Auburn Indian Community is comprised of both Miwok and Maidu Indians. The Historic Auburn Rancheria is located in the picturesque Sierra Nevada foothills near Auburn, California.

The Archives of American Art at the Smithsonian Institution seeks a graduate level intern to work with their retrospective oral history collection. The Archives of American Art (AAA) recently received a prestigious Save America's Treasures matching grant of $250,000

The Office of the Clerk, Office of History and Preservation, is seeking a responsible candidate to support management and care of the House Collection of Fine Art and Historical Artifacts, focusing on registration.

This position will complete and oversee a portion of the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, “The State and National Archives Partnership” grant. Position will be the main contact with lead cataloger and grant partners.

The Historical Society of Pennsylvania seeks a part-time Archival Processor to work with its cased photographs. HSP holds several hundred daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, and tintypes from the 19th century, including the oldest known photograph shot in North America.

This position serves in the Chaco Culture National Historical Park's museum collection program, which is housed on the University of New Mexico campus, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The museum program manages a major body of archival and record collections.

In this position, you will serve as an Archives Technician for the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, Hyde Park, NY.

The primary task of this position is to create a searchable database of Lowcountry foodways primary sources derived from research conducted in special collections and archives in the Lowcountry region, which is the coastal region that extends from Wilmington, North

The African American Library at the Gregory School is the third major research library and special collection to be established and operated by the Houston Public Library. The Library is located in historic Freedman’s Town and housed in the

Position exists in Archives and Records Section, Government Records Branch (Raleigh, North Carolina). Position serves as Supervisor of the Local Records Unit & is responsible for overseeing and administering the records mgmt. & the archival programs for all local

This is a full-time contract position in Suitland, Maryland. The work will include:

• Scanning a variety of historic archival documents using digital equipment to obtain high quality digital images.

The HistoryMakers seeks applications for a projector director for an IMLS Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program Grant (Chicago, Illinois). The HistoryMakers is a 501 (c) (3) not-for-profit corporation dedicated to the creation of a video archive of first

***Temporary-Full-Time***The North Carolina Archives and Records Section seeks an innovative and forward-thinking archivist to provide assistance in development of standards and best practices for preservation and access to Geospatial Information data sets (GIS) and implementing a Digital Archives.

The University of Arkansas Libraries Special Collections Department seeks an Architectural Records Archivist to manage and oversee its architectural collections. Included in this is facilitating the acquisition of architectural records, overseeing the processing of those collections,

The Oklahoma Historical Society seeks an Archivist/Records Management Specialist II. Positions in this job family are responsible for performing and/or supervising professional level records management or archival services for the Oklahoma Department of Libraries, or the archival function at

The Brooklyn Historical Society Othmer Library in Brooklyn, New York is seeking an energetic, team-oriented candidate for a three-year appointment, grant-funded Digitization Archivist and Education Project Coordinator position, funded by the IMLS Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program. The

The Chemical Heritage Foundation (CHF) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is currently digitizing the papers of Gordon E. Moore, co-founder of the Intel Corporation. The papers represent one of the finest archival collections on the history of semiconductor technology and the

The New Hampshire Historical Society (Concord) seeks a part-time temporary archivist/scanner to catalog and digitize a collection of 1,000 early 20th-century photographs from our Ralph C. Larrabee Collection. Computer proficiency required, archival experience preferred.

The Project Archivist is a temporary 2-year position funded through a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC). The Autry National Center explores the experiences and perceptions of the diverse peoples of the American West, connecting

The Student Conservation Association seeks an Archival Intern for Yosemite National Park in California (September -December 2010). The intern will preserve and catalog Yosemite's historic archival collections; process and re-house documents, maps/plans/drawings, and photographic negatives and prints;

The Donald C. & Elizabeth M. Dickinson Research Center at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City seeks a Processing Archivist to process textual, photographic and digital collections; create descriptions, EAD encoded finding aids, and

Stanford University Libraries and Academic Information Resources (SULAIR) seeks a digital photographer to digitize historic and antiquarian maps in its collections. The successful candidate's primary function will be the digital capture of historic maps and atlases using sophisticated color

Oregon Historical Society (OHS) in Portland is currently recruiting for a Project Cataloger. This position will work independently and on self-initiated bases, the Project Cataloger will convert 4000 manual card catalog records and 500 accessions database records into MARC

Positions in this job family are responsible for performing and/or supervising professional level records management or archival services for the Oklahoma Historical Society.

The Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington DC seeks a Catalog Specialist. The incumbent will work directly with the Cold War International History Project (CWIHP) Digital Archive and the CWIHP collection of archival documents to create, test, modify and/or implement

The Rockefeller Archive Center invites applications for a two-year post-graduate research position. We expect to appoint two fellows for work that will begin in autumn, 2010. With funding from the Rockefeller Foundation, the Archive Center is preparing a multi-media,

The Archives and Records Professional works with the Reference Unit in the Public Services Branch of the North Carolina State Archives in Raleigh. Duties include providing assistance to the public in the use of original and microfilmed records in

The Minnesota Historical Society’s Library, Publications & Collections division seeks applicants for a Collections Assistant to extend access to the collections of the Minnesota Historical Society by creating and editing Collection Management System (CMS) records for presentation online, as

Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia seeks an Associate Archivist. Working under the direction of the Director, Archives and Records, assists with performing records management functions on the Foundation's active and inactive paper and electronic records, including records inventorying, analysis,