Job Opening Title: Manuscript Processing Intern
Institution/Organization Name: Peabody Essex Museum
Job Location (City, State, Province, Country): Rowley, MA
Application Deadline: none
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Years of experience required: 0
Job Description (if URL to posting not available). Please include instructions for how to apply.: For a beginning archives student
Project Description: Under the supervision of the Manuscript Librarian, intern will arrange, describe, and create a finding aid for unprocessed collections of personal papers or organizational records in our collection. Intern will choose appropriate subject headings for the catalog record.
For an advanced archives student
Project Description: Under the supervision of the Manuscript Librarian, intern will arrange, describe, and create a finding aid for a larger or more complex collection of personal papers or organizational records in our collection. In addition, he/she could encode the EAD file for the collection or digitize a smaller collection and upload it into CONTENTdm.
Applicant must pass a background check before beginning the internship. This is an unpaid internship. To apply, send resume and cover letter to Tamara Gaydos, Manuscript Librarian, at tamara_gaydos@pem.org.
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