Posted December 8, 2023
The Jewish Historical Society of Greater New Haven (JHSGNH) began in 1976 as a grassroots effort. It documents the Greater New Haven Jewish community’s past, publicizes its history, and preserves its heritage for future generations. It is part of the Ethnic Heritage Center on the campus of Southern Connecticut State University. The collection includes synagogue,…
Posted December 4, 2023
ABOUT THIS POSITION The Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth is seeking candidates for the position of Processing Archivist at the Massachusetts Archives in Boston, Massachusetts. The Massachusetts Archives is responsible for securing, preserving, and managing the state’s permanent public records, and for making those historical records accessible. The Archives’ collections, consisting of approximately…
Posted November 30, 2023
Overview: The City Clerk Archives and Records Management Division oversees and manages the inactive non-permanent and permanent records of the City of Boston. Reporting to the Archivist, the Archivist for Records Management oversees the records management program by establishing priorities for activities and maintaining workflow to provide a program ensuring comprehensive and systematic management of all Boston’s…
Posted November 30, 2023
Overview: The City Clerk Archives and Records Management Division oversees and manages the inactive non-permanent and permanent records of the City of Boston. Reporting to the Archivist, the Archivist for Reference and Outreach manages the City Archives research services and outreach program. Responsibilities include administering research activities, policies, and procedures and planning, coordinating, and tracking all archival outreach…
Posted November 30, 2023
The Massachusetts Historical Society (MHS), located in Boston, Mass., seeks a full-time ProjectArchivist to process 20th and 21st century collections of personal papers and organizationalrecords. This is a two-year position that is not a permanently-budgeted role.The MHS is an independent, scholarly research library founded in 1791 for the threefold purposeof collecting, preserving, and disseminating sources…
Posted November 28, 2023
About the Position: Under the direction of the project manager and Lead Archivist, the Project Archivist is responsible as part of a team of 1 Lead Archivist, 3 Project Archivists, and 1 Digital Archivist that will arrange, describe, and making ready for use by researchers the archive of a leading politician representing California in the federal executive…
Posted November 15, 2023
Description: American Conservation Experience (ACE), a nonprofit Conservation Corps, in partnership with the National Park Service and the Northeast Museum Services Center (NMSC), is seeking an Archives Fellow to digitize documents and to create associated metadata. The collections belong to Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site, and the scans and descriptions will be mounted on the NPGallery…
Posted October 30, 2023
Job Summary As part of a three-year Mellon grant-funded project to expose underutilized and underdescribed materials, the Archivist for Enhanced Description will survey, analyze, and create new or enhance existing description for single-item objects currently held in artificial topical collections. Topics are broad and include women’s rights, slavery and anti-slavery, suffrage, education, music, and abortion….
Posted October 12, 2023
Description: Under the direction of the Museum’s Archivist, the Assistant Archivist uses establishedarchival standards and local best practices to enhance access to the collection. Theposition will be responsible for: Additionally, the Assistant Archivist may also assist in the mentoring and instruction of student interns/volunteers and write articles for the museum’s blog and social media outlets….
Posted October 12, 2023
Description: Library, Information and Technology Services (LITS) at Mount Holyoke College seeks a diverse pool of applicants for the full-time position of Reference and Instruction Archivist. Reporting to the Head of Archives and Special Collections, this position offers the opportunity to join a department that is committed to developing user-centered and transformative approaches to archival…
