Job Opening Title:
Paid Oral History Internship
Name of Employer:
Holocaust Museum LA
Job Site Location (City AND State):
Los Angeles, California
Application Deadline:
May 10, 2026
Minimum Degree Requirement:
High School
Years of experience required:
Salary Range:
Job Opening URL:
https://www.holocaustmuseumla.org/volunteer#dataItem-kdroedac
Job Description (if URL to posting not available). Include instructions for how to apply:
Holocaust Museum LA invites qualified students or recent graduates to apply for the Oral History Summer Internship. The program provides a dynamic and unique learning opportunity to engage with Holocaust survivor testimonies while learning about the Holocaust. Participants will gain experience and exposure to legacy testimony materials, the oral history interview process, and the museum’s approach to audiovisual cataloging. The intern will assist with the ongoing project of cataloging the Museum’s audiovisual materials, including tasks such as reviewing and organizing oral history interviews, creating and editing transcripts, drafting interview abstracts, and producing rich descriptive metadata. This in-person internship provides hands-on experience for those interested in careers in history, public history, writing, library science, archives, or museum studies.
Duties:
– Collect and create metadata for digital interview files according to HMLA best practices, including standardization of naming conventions, implementation of HMLA approved subject terms, and the production of rich descriptive metadata for appropriate information fields.
– Review and create inventories for testimony and oral history interviews, including some physical organization of materials in preparation for cataloging.
– Produce and proofread transcripts for interviews.
– Conduct background research on narrators and subjects related to individual interviews.
– Review controlled vocabulary lists used by other institutions and continue the development of HMLA’s oral history and testimony subject term catalog.
Qualifications:
– Enrollment in or recent graduate from an undergraduate or graduate program, preferably with a focus in history, library studies or museum studies.
– Background knowledge on various digital and analog media formats.
– Strong interest in working within oral history, public history, museum collections management, and digital asset management.
– Strong written communication skills, including editing and composition skills.
– Ability to work independently in a detailed and organized manner.
This is a 10 week in-person internship, beginning June 2026, with a minimum of 6.5 hours, 4 days a week.
To apply for this internship, please email a cover letter, writing sample, and a copy of your resume to archive@hmla.org.