Job Opening Title:
Archives Internship 2025
Name of Employer:
US National Arboretum
Job Site Location (City, State) :
Washington, DC
Application Deadline:
January 13, 2025
Minimum Degree Requirement:
Applicants need to have either completed course work or have acquired practical experience in archives or a related field.
Years of experience required:
N/A
Salary Range:
$20/hr
Job Opening URL:
https://usna.usda.gov/about/jobs-and-internships/
Job Description (if URL to posting not available). Include instructions for how to apply.:
The U.S. National Arboretum (USNA) is located in Washington, DC, and is part of the United States Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service. The mission of the USNA is to enhance the economic, environmental, and aesthetic value of ornamental and landscape plants through long-term, multi-disciplinary research, conservation of genetic resources, and interpretative gardens and exhibits. The intern will help organize historical documents and images related to the Arboretum’s general history and research. An internship project, which is presented to staff, volunteers, and stakeholders at the end of the internship, is required. In addition, interns participate in professional development opportunities and educational field trips.
Description: Internship is paid $20/hour and is three months in length beginning in May/June. Housing is NOT provided. Intern is supervised by the National Arboretum’s museum specialist.
Duties & Working Conditions: This internship will include archival duties involving reference, arrangement, description, evaluation, and preservation, and rehabilitation of historical materials; then, preparation of finding aids, which identify and describe series within collections in terms of subject, chronology, volume, and internal arrangement. It will include training on the USNA’s image database and scanners so digital images can be uploaded. Work is primarily performed in an office setting and in materials storage areas at the National Arboretum’s Washington, DC, campus. Although mostly sedentary, it occasionally requires walking, reaching, and bending, as well as the lifting and carrying of light- to medium-weight items, up to 20 pounds.
To apply: Please send a cover letter, resume, names of three references, and transcripts (unofficial are acceptable) via email to USNA.Internships@usda.gov.
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