Please excuse the cross-postings and the short notice. We just had our
funding confirmed last week.
Summer Archives Internship
The Navarro College Archives and the Pearce Collections Museum announce
one graduate internship position for summer 2003. Established in 1946,
Navarro College is a two-year college located in Corsicana, Texas
approximately sixty miles southeast of Dallas and one hundred fifty
miles northeast of Austin. The archival collections are divided into
four main areas—Community Archives, College Archives, Special
Collections, and Rare Books—which facilitate research on the United
States Civil War, the historical development of Navarro College and its
service area, and Navarro County. Of particular interest is the Pearce
Civil War Collection, a significant research collection of letters,
diaries, journals, photographs, and artifacts from the Civil War era.
The collection includes material from most of the major political and
military leaders from both sides of the conflict, and an ever-increasing
number of soldier’s letters from both the Union and Confederate armies.
In October 2003, the Pearce Collections Museum will open on the campus
of Navarro College. The museum will feature a 4000 square foot Western
art gallery, a 6000 square foot Civil War museum, and an archives and
reference area.
Responsibilities: Under the supervision of the College Archivist, the
intern will be exposed to a variety of routine archival activities
including acquisition, appraisal, arrangement and description of
archival collections; reference services; and development of exhibits.
The intern will work primarily with the Pearce Civil War Collection and
will select one major collection to process. The intern will also work
with volunteers from the Pearce Civil War Service Project Elderhostel
Program and the Navarro College Archives Volunteer Program. Depending
on the successful candidate's skills and interests, the intern may also
help develop educational programming for the museum.
Qualifications: Applicants must be currently enrolled in a graduate
program in Archives, Library Science or Public History, have completed
an introductory archival processing course, be able to work
independently and efficiently, and have excellent oral and written
communication skills.
Preferred: Graduate or undergraduate coursework in American history,
particularly the Civil War era. Graduate or undergraduate coursework in
museum education, or museum experience.
Work schedule: Ten-week position (40 hours per week), May 27 through
July 31, 2003. (Some flexibility in scheduling.)
Stipend: $3000 (does not include travel or moving expenses) payable in
three monthly installments; room and board in college housing available
at no charge.
To apply send a letter of application, resume, list of graduate
coursework, and three references to:
Julie Holcomb
College and Special Collections Archivist
Navarro College
3200 W. 7th Ave.
Corsicana, Texas 75110
Deadline for application: April 15, 2003.
For additional information write to: [log in to unmask] or
visit our website http://www.navarrocollege.edu/archives/index.html/.
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Julie Holcomb, MLIS, CA
College and Special Collections Archivist
Pearce Civil War Collection
Pearce Western Art Collection
Navarro College, 3200 W. 7th Ave., Corsicana, Texas 75110
Phone: 903-875-7438
Fax: 903-875-7449
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Internet:
http://www.navarrocollege.edu/archives/index.html
http://www.navarrocollege.edu/civilwar/index.html
http://www.navarrocollege.edu/westernart/index.html
"History does not refer merely, or even principally, to the past. On
the contrary, the great
force of history comes from the fact that we carry it within us, are
unconsciously
controlled by it in many ways, and history is literally present in all
that we do." James
Baldwin
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