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Internships, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC

Posted March 19, 2025

Internship Descriptions:

Paid Positions

LINC Records Description Intern

The purpose of this internship is to process, thus providing physical and intellectual access to a large and important state agency collection, the Learning Institute of North Carolina Record Group. The intern will arrange and describe this collection, a collection that has sat unprocessed since the late 1970s, in collaboration with the Records Description Unit processing archivists. This project is a large undertaking, but essential for increasing access to these vast records that will be frequently utilized by patrons and have high research value for historians.

Conservation Intern

The Conservation Unit is seeking a Summer 2025 Conservation Intern to assist with the Vault Housing Project. Conservation has assessed the Archives’ book and paper Vault holdings and proposed a variety of enclosures for these Vault materials. Our Summer 2025 Intern’s primary project will be to participate in our Vault Collections housing workflow. The Intern will learn from the Archives Conservator how to build the following structures: archival folders, archival 4-flap wrappers, telescoping corrugated board boxes, and cloth clamshells, etc., to the specifications of collection material. In addition to working on the Vault Housing Project, the Conservation intern will also learn basic conservation techniques with the opportunity to work on one or more treatments (time permitting) through the Lab and under the direct supervision of the Archives Conservator. Our Summer intern will have the opportunity to shadow the Archives Conservator as they engage in preservation and conservation practices, such as collection examination, condition documentation, and treatment, integrated pest management, environmental monitoring of the Archives and State Record Center stacks, and exhibition preparation.

Outreach Section, Traveling Archivist Program Intern

The program intern will work with several past TAP recipient organizations to implement recommendations provided by previous traveling archivists. Tasks may include creating basic collections inventories, arranging and rehousing records, and drafting finding aids. The intern will work 320 hours during the summer months, May – August. Hours can be full-time for eight weeks or a more flexible schedule over a longer period. The State Archives outreach unit will supervise the internship with support from colleagues who will provide specific training for the intern’s archival processing activities. In addition to a $15 per hour wage for up to 320 hours of work, the intern will receive a travel stipend of up to $1,000 to include mileage and up to five nights of lodging to work at more remote organizations. The intern will track activities and produce a final slide show to present the summer’s work to State Archives staff and peer interns.

Unpaid Positions

Oral History Intern

The Oral History Unit’s first collection, the She Changed the World Oral History Project, is undergoing a renewal. The intern will assist in the description and arrangement of the project. This includes metadata clean up, file renaming, and ensuring each interview has a proper transcription. The intern will also have the option to work in a similar capacity with other oral history collections at the State Archives to increase overall interview accessibility and support digital uploading.

Colonial Court Records Crosswalk Intern

The Colonial Court Records group, SR.401, was reprocessed in late 2019 by an outside agency. During this reprocessing, boxes labeled CCR 188, 190-192, and 198 were refiled into other boxes. A new finding aid was created, but no crosswalk. As the old record IDs exist in various published material, a functional crosswalk would facilitate better access for patrons who wish to use this material. The purpose of this internship would be to transcribe the outdated CCR card catalog and create a crosswalk for this collection.

Podcast Intern

Connecting the Docs is currently in its fifth season. In this internship, the intern will help the Podcast Team conduct research in collections for the planned episodes of Season 6 as well as assist with writing and recording at least two episodes for the season. If the intern has an interest in audio editing, they will have the opportunity to edit audio for season 6, as well.

How to Apply:

Interested candidates should apply before April 1, 2025.

Please see here to apply: https://archives.ncdcr.gov/support/volunteer-and-internship-opportunities

  • Once you have submitted the online application form, email us your current resumé and cover letter. 
  • In your cover letter, address the following:
    • Your career goals
    • How this experience will help you achieve those goals
    • Skills, activities, prior experience, and/or coursework relevant to archives.

Candidates selected for interviews will be contacted by phone or email approximately four weeks after the application deadline.

For volunteer and internship inquiries, contact us at [email protected].