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Archives Summer Internship


The San Jacinto Museum of History invites applications for two summer internship positions in 2001.  Located in La Porte, Texas, 22 miles from Downtown Houston,  the Museum is currently engaged in a three year project to inventory and catalog its artifact, rare book, and archival collections.  The archival collections chronicle over four centuries of Texas history, beginning with European activity in the New World through Texas as a state. Emphasis is on colonial Texas as a part of Mexico, the Republic of Texas, and early days of statehood.

Responsibilities: Inventory, arrange, conduct conservation assessments, and describe a finite collection in the Historic Manuscript Collection.  Opportunities are also available to work with photographs, blueprints, posters, and organization records.

Qualifications:  Applicants must be currently enrolled in a graduate program in Archives, Library Science or Public History, have completed an introductory processing course, be able to work independently and efficiently, and have excellent oral and written communications skills.

Preferred:  Graduate or undergraduate course work in American and Texas history.

Stipend:  $4000 for 12 / 40 hr.  weeks (does not include benefits, travel, or moving expenses).
 
To Apply:  Send letter of application, resume including graduate course work, and the names and contact information of three references to:

Sarah Canby Jackson
Project Archivist / Records Manager
San Jacinto Museum of History
One Monument Circle
La Porte, Texas 77571-9744

Application Deadline:  March 15, 2001

For more information:  Contact Sarah Canby Jackson at 281-479-2421 or archivist@sanjacinto-museum.org.
 
 
 

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