Position Available, New York State Museum Military Historian The New York State Museum, Albany, NY seeks applicants for a permanent curatorial and research position in military history. Location: Albany, NY. Duties: (1) curatorial responsibility for the Museum's military history collection. Responsibility for other areas of the Museum's history collection (e.g., numismatics, stamps, medicine) may also be assigned; (2) initiates and conducts and publishes the results of independent collections- based research in the military history of New York State, with a primary focus on the pre-Civil War period. Modest in-house funding is available, but funding for the program will be sought by the incumbent through competitive grants and other outside sources; (3) responsible for coordinating the annual Conference on New York State History. The incumbent will work with the current coordinator for the 2001 conference and thereafter will have sole responsibility; (4) contributes to the Museum's exhibit development and public programs. Requirements: M.A. (Ph.D. preferred) in history with a focus on American military history; demonstrated experience in the care and management of military history collections; record of collections-based military history research and peer- reviewed publications; record of participating in regional historical conferences including presentation of research papers and organization of symposia. Starting salary: $35,945. Position requires a Civil Service training and experience examination. Closing Date: September 6, 2000. Send resume and the names, addresses, telephone numbers, and e-mail addresses of three professional references to: Director of Personnel, Room 528EB, Box 25F, Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12234. Electronic submissions may be made to [log in to unmask] AA/EOE. ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).