Internship Opportunity
Spring 2014 at The Gilder Lehrman Institute (Corrected)
The Gilder Lehrman Institute for American History is looking for
two interns for the collection for the Spring 2014 semester. These interns will
gain hands on experience with historic documents, as well as the internal
workings of an archive/special collection.
About the Gilder Lehrman
Collection:
The collection is comprised of documents that cover the breadth of American History.
While two of the main focuses of the institute are the Civil War era, and the
American Revolution, the collection as a whole focuses on the evolution of
freedom throughout American history. The collection supports the non-profit
institute, whose goal is K-12 education using primary source material. As a
result the collection gets used as a teaching aid as well as a traditional
archive.
Archival Intern:
The Gilder Lehrman Collection seeks two Archival Interns to work
with at least two of our collections by creating item level records and
coordinating with publications, education and exhibitions departments. Primary
responsibilities include organizing collections, creating database records
using the PastPerfect database system, metadata tagging, making condition
assessments, and selecting items for photography and transcription.
The main two
collections:
1.
GLC04099: Collection of 84 printed treaties between the U.S. & Indian
Nations. This collection contains treaties with the Apache, Comanche, Kiowa,
Rogue River, Nisqually, Ottoe, Cow Creek, Kickapoo, Choctaw, Chickasaw, the
various Sioux bands, and Delaware, among others. Only a handful of copies are
known of most of these treaties. The first treaty between an Indian nation and
the United States government was concluded on Sept. 17, 1778 with the Delaware
Nation at Fort Pitt. The Indian tribes, bands, and nations would be treated as
sovereign nations, each signing numerous treaties of peace with the U.S.
government. This process continued until March 3, 1871, when "executive
agreements" took the place of treaties.
2.
GLC03902.01 Archive of correspondence re: Nova Scotia politics and mercantile
affairs. This collection is the papers of Joshua Mauger, which spans the years
1758-1788 and is comprised of 343 items. The collection is primarily letters
dealing with Mauger’s mercantile business. The goal of the internship is to
process and itemize the collection to get it ready for a digitization project.
Applicants must be
enrolled in an Archives, Library, or Museum Studies program. Please submit a
resume, a cover letter, a reference letter from at least one instructor, and a
list of classes already taken.
Deadline for
applications December 2nd, 2013
