Photographer / Curatorial Assistant
A new, temporary twelve month position is being created to assist with the
relocation, recataloguing, and photodocumentation of museum collections being
moved to a new storage/exhibit facility.

Responsibilities include photography of objects in color and B/W, developing
and printing B/W film, labeling/filing slides, and record-keeping.  There
will be occasional work photographing architecture, people and events.  There
is object examination and cleaning, the handling and packing of museum
objects (with lifting of heavy objects required, sometimes up and down narrow
stairways), and data entry in a collections database.

B.A.; M.A. from a museum studies or photography program preferred; computer
database familiarity; organizational skills and reliability; ability to work
independently as well as collaboratively; valid driver's license.

Appointment begins August, 1997.

$8.50/hour, 35 hour week, benefits.  Free housing; utilities except for
telephone included.

letter, resume, references (postmarked by July 31st) to:
Philip Zea, Deputy Director and Curator
Historic Deerfield, Inc.
PO Box 321
Deerfield MA  01342