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Summer Archives Internship-PHS, Montreat, NC



Presbyterian Historical Society
Montreat, North Carolina

Archives Internship Announcement

Summer 2001


The Presbyterian Historical Society's Montreat office invites applications for its 2001 Summer Archives Internship.

Background: The Presbyterian Historical Society is a regional archives, library, and museum. The Society's headquarters is located in Philadelphia, PA. The Montreat office, located in western North Carolina near Asheville, collects and makes accessible records pertaining to Presbyterianism in the South and serves as the official repository for the archives of the former Presbyterian Church in the United States.

Responsibilities: Supervised by the Collection Management Archivist under the direction of the Special Collections Archivist, the intern will focus primarily on the processing and re-housing of manuscript, archival and audio-visual collections. Some conservation work may be undertaken as time permits.

Requirements: B.A. in History. Preferred: Master's level training in archival theory and practice; experience in archival processing.

Application procedure: Applicants should submit a letter of application, resume, and references to:

    Bill Brock, Collection Management Archivist
    Presbyterian Historical Society
    P.O. Box 849
    Montreat, NC 28757

Work schedule: Four month position, available May 1. (Start and end dates are flexible.) Thirty- five hour work week. Hours are 8:30 am - 4:30 pm, M-F.

Salary: $10.00/hour before taxes for applicants with preferred qualifications; less if recent college graduate. (The internship does not include benefits, travel/moving expenses or housing.)

Deadline for application: April 6, 2001

For further information, please contact: Bill Brock, 828/669-7061 or wbrock@history.pcusa.org

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