Job Opening Title:
Archives Intern–Katharine Brush Collection, Loomis Chaffee School Archives
Name of Employer:
Loomis Chaffee School
Job Site Location (City AND State):
Windsor, CT
Application Deadline:
November 30, 2026
Minimum Degree Requirement:
Current MLIS graduate student
Years of experience required:
Salary Range:
unpaid but possible course credit and professional experience
Job Opening URL:
Job Description (if URL to posting not available). Include instructions for how to apply:
The Loomis Chaffee School Archives seeks candidates for an onsite, 50-hour unpaid archives internship at the school’s campus in Windsor, CT. The intern will organize, inventory, and complete a finding aid for the Katharine Brush Collection, the papers of early twentieth-century writer and namesake of Loomis Chaffee’s library, Katharine Brush (1902-1952). The collection, approximately 6 linear feet, comprises drafts of Brush’s fiction and nonfiction; her research material and author’s notebooks; correspondence; legal documents; photographs; and printed materials.
This internship is particularly appropriate for an MLIS student interested in archives, special collections, museums, cultural heritage institutions, or working in an academic setting. The internship may be available for course credit.
For more information, please visit http://www.LoomisChaffee.org and http://www.loomischaffee.org/archives
About the Position
Reports to The Archivist and Curator
Essential Functions and Responsibilities
Organize and group collection items
Create a finding aid for the collection
Engage in targeted research
Other tasks assigned as necessary as they pertain to the goals and objectives of the project
Experience and Abilities
Demonstrated knowledge of or experience working in an archives collection and creating a finding aid.
Organized, manages time well, efficient at managing projects and content
Ability to work with old, fragile, and high-allergen materials
Positive attitude, strong attention to detail, and an ability to work independently as well as in a team
Schedule
Flexible scheduling is essential as is willingness to work within the academic day and school year calendar.
The internship would begin not before January 2027.
Physical Requirements
The Archives Internship duties will require the individual to bend and potentially carry and lift up to 35 pounds. This position may require the individual to sit for long periods of time and work at a computer.
How to Apply
By November 30, 2026, email to karen_parsons@loomis.org
• A cover letter explaining relevant coursework and specific skills the applicant would bring to the
internship
• a brief resume
• contact information for three references
• your availability January-May 2027
The Loomis Chaffee School is an independent, coeducational boarding/day school of 750 students and 170 faculty members, located in the historic town of Windsor, Connecticut. Chartered in 1874, the school provides an academically challenging curriculum within a supportive community that affirms individual beliefs and differences. Need-based financial aid is currently awarded to 33 percent of the student body. Loomis Chaffee does not discriminate against employees on the basis of race, color, religious creed, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, or disability. This policy applies to, but is not limited to, admission, financial aid, employment, use of school facilities, and participation in school activities.