Archivist, Canton, MA

Posted July 21, 2016

A freight-forwarding company headquartered in Canton, MA, with a history dating to 1919, is looking for an experienced archivist to manage the creation of a corporate archive. The terms of the position are negotiable, ideally as a full-time temporary posting lasting until the archive is completed, estimated at something like 100 hours. There is a manageable amount of material (around 13 file boxes) but we are looking for someone with a keen understanding of how an archive could be built from the ground up using documents dating from 1919 to 2016. The archivist will need to be largely self-directed, reporting intermittently to an employee at the company who has a museums background, but otherwise working independently. Extreme preference will be given to someone with experience in corporate/company archives or with familiarity of how other local mid-sized businesses handle similar programs. Pay is $20/hr. If interested, please email résumé to [email protected]