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For summer 2019, the C.M. Russell Museum is pleased to present internship opportunities in the fields of Research and Design of Educational Materials; Editing and Publication; Documentary Video Creation; and Library/Information Management.

Experience firsthand the life and times of one of the most well-known Western artists, Charles Marion Russell, while gaining valuable experience towards your future career. With diverse projects across an array of departments within the museum, the C.M. Russell Museum offers the opportunity to experience the variety of career paths available within the field of museums and educational institutions. Through access to art collections that document the history of a disappearing culture, celebrate the traditions of native peoples, and depict the topography and landscape of the west, interns will also gain a new understanding and appreciation for Russell’s West.

In addition to the abundant opportunities at the museum, the community of Great Falls and the surrounding areas offer a wealth of resources.  By extending research and learning to the campus of Montana, interns have the opportunity to explore the Northern Plains Indian culture and the life of early explorers such as Lewis & Clark; to witness the impacts of settlers, industrialization, and agriculture on the Western Frontier; to experience the landscape that inspired Russell to move to the West, and to learn about the valuable role art, culture, and history play in small communities.

About the C.M. Russell Museum

The C.M. Russell Museum is an accredited museum of Western art and culture that first opened to the public in 1953.  Its mission is to collect, preserve, research, interpret, and educate on the life and art of Charles M. Russell; the art and lives of his contemporaries; and the art of preceding and ensuing generations that depicts and focuses on the culture, life, and country of Russell’s West. Located where Charlie lived and worked during most of his professional career, the museum campus also includes Russell’s studio and home, both of which are National Historic Landmarks.

Supported by patronage, memberships, admissions, and sales from its store, the museum measures its success by its ability to nurture and enrich the creative and intellectual lives of those who share in Charlie’s West.

Dufresne Scholar Award

As part of the museum’s greater educational mission, the purpose of the Dufresne Scholar Award Internship is to expand the museum’s role as a national learning institution and center of inquiry.  We seek to foster a widespread community of individuals and institutions that look to the arts as not only a means of personal enjoyment, but also as an invaluable tool for understanding cultural traditions, history, the environment, and the human experience.  Through our internship program, we hope to empower aspiring professionals that are dedicated to the lives and stories that have shaped our world today, thereby ensuring the viability and integrity of our nation’s cultural, historical, and educational institutions.

Internship Program

Interns will work under the supervision of a member of the museum’s staff and will perform tasks that accommodate their interests, skills, and experience, as well as the museum’s needs at the time of application. In addition to carrying out the museum responsibilities associated with their job description, interns will acquire skills in time management, project planning, interpersonal communication, and public speaking.

The C.M. Russell Museum strongly believes that an internship must be a mutually beneficial educational experience for the intern and the museum. Also, we recognize the importance of exploring how the museum fits into a greater community context and encourage the intern to explore the variety of cultural opportunities that Great Falls and the state of Montana have to offer. Therefore, additional learning opportunities will be made available to the intern and will include such activities as:

•   Opportunities to design and implement projects
•   Public presentations on Museum collections
•   Family programs and exhibition openings
•   Staff luncheons&nbsp

Internship Opportunities

Each year the museum offers a 10-week internship for up to two individuals in one or both of the following two areas: Museum Management or Research/Project Design. Applicants are matched to internships based on qualifications, interests, and departmental needs.

Museum Management Area
Each year, the staff of the C.M. Russell Museum identifies diverse opportunities for projects across the museum’s departments. Applicants are asked to specify the project(s) that interest them and best match their skills and education during the application and interview process and will be matched to a department and project accordingly.

Departments offering Museum Management Internship projects for summer 2019 include:

EDUCATION
The Education Department is responsible for creating educational opportunities and programs for the public. The department also develops and creates hard-copy educational resources in the form of teaching units for educators and gallery guides for visitors to the museum.

In 2008, the exhibition The Bison: American Icon, Heart of Plains Indian Culture was installed – 9 years later in 2017 it was reinterpreted and reinstalled. The initial installation featured two gallery guides that visitors could take throughout their self-guided tours; since the reinstallation, the guides have been mostly used up and are now outdated. The intern will research, develop and design a new gallery guide to use in the reinterpreted exhibition.

Preferred Qualifications: Current enrollment in or recent graduation from a degree program in Art, Art History, and/or Native American studies. Experience or interest in museum work desired, as well as an interest in the creative combination of research, design, and education.

MUSEUM STORE AND GUEST RELATIONS
The primary function of the Museum Store and Guest Relations is to provide excellent customer service to all visitors in the museum. We accomplish this by supplying information about Charles M. Russell and the museum to visitors, as well as performing retail duties that include museum admission, membership, store sales, product shipping, and inventory control.

In its decades of operation, the C.M. Russell Museum has produced many publications on Charlie Russell and related topics that are now out of print. The intern will be responsible for reviewing and updating the text of one or more such publications, collecting image use permissions, drafting a digital proof, documenting changes from the previous edition, and communicating with senior staff as well as the printer to prepare a final proof for re-publication.

Preferred Qualifications: Current enrollment in or recent graduation from a degree program in English, Journalism, or a related field.

EXTERNAL RELATIONS
The External Relations Department oversees outward facing activities of the CM Russell Museum, including Marketing, Events, and Development.

A quality video library is desired for use by the marketing, development, and curatorial departments. The intern will create a five- to ten-minute mini-documentary introducing Charlie Russell and the museum, and will also develop a series of short videos covering various related topics. Work will include scriptwriting, conducting interviews, historical research, and all aspects of video production and editing.

Preferred Qualifications: Training or experience in video production and editing; knowledge of editing software (Adobe Premiere and After Effects or similar programs); experience in storyboarding and script development.

Frederic G. and Ginger K. RESEARCH CENTER
The Renner Research Center primarily serves the research needs of the staff of the C.M. Russell Museum; the reading room is also open to members of the public by appointment. The research collections include more than 3,000 books on the art, culture, and history of the American West, as well as archival collections, photographs, periodicals, and ephemera.

The Renner Research Center possesses approximately 55 linear feet of general reference files, which consist of clippings, publications, notes, and other ephemeral materials organized according to the subject matter. In many cases, the reference files are poorly organized or out of date. The intern will reduce duplication within the files to make better use of storage, identify knowledge gaps and generate new files on commonly researched topics, reorganize the files as needed, and create an index of reference files to increase ease of use.

Preferred Qualifications: Strong organizational skills and attention to detail required. Degree work in Archives/Library/Information Science, History, or Art History preferred.

Research and Project Design Intern
The Research and Project Design Intern will provide research skills and expertise in the research and development of educational programming, special exhibitions, or published materials.   Graduate students are encouraged to apply this opportunity toward ongoing graduate research or thesis topics.   We encourage graduate students from the following disciplines to apply: Education, Art Education, Museum Studies, Curatorial, Anthropology, History, Art History, and Native American Studies.

Who should apply?
We encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds and academic disciplines to apply. The Museum Management Internship is open to undergraduate juniors and seniors, recent graduates, and graduate students. The Research and Project Design Internship is open to graduate or doctoral students.

Stipend – $3300

Application Process

All applicants are asked to submit a cover letter/statement of intent, resume, and two letters of recommendation from current or past academic references. Your statement of interest should be one page or less and should identify which of the internship opportunities interest you, highlight relevant coursework and experience, and outline what you hope to contribute to the museum and what you would like to gain in return. If you are applying for the Research/Project Development Position, please include an extra page highlighting your research or project interests and how they fit into your current academic/career goals.

Please send applications to Kathryn Kramer at the following address:

Kathryn Kramer
Renner Research Center Manager
C.M. Russell Museum
400 13th Street North
Great Falls, MT 59401

or Email:  kkramer@cmrussell.org

All application materials, including letters of recommendation, must be emailed or postmarked no later than March 29, 2019. Selected applicants will be contacted for interviews within a few weeks after the application deadline.  Interns are responsible for making their housing arrangements in Great Falls, Montana; museum staff can provide housing suggestions.

Thank you for your interest in our program.  We look forward to hearing from you soon!

2019 MONTANA SHRAB Student Archivist Program

Student Application

The Montana State Historical Records Advisory Board (SHRAB) is pleased to announce the continuation of an on-site assistance program for cultural heritage institutions in Montana.  A graduate level student archivist will be chosen to provide up to 400 hours of archival project assistance to one Montana heritage institution over the summer of 2019 (June to September). The student will provide assistance based on specific goals set by the institution and may include archival surveying, processing, cataloging, basic conservation, archival basics training, creation of finding aids and creation of online inventory/content access options. This is a paid internship ($5,000) consisting of 400 hours, completed over the summer of 2019 (June to September). 

The work will be based on a project selected by the host institution (not yet selected).  Based on the project, MHS staff will provide training for both the institution and the student.  Past projects have required instruction on state records management laws, PastPerfect cataloging, preservation work (cleaning, repairing and encapsulation).  The student is also mentored each week by a member of our SHRAB who helps with that weeks issues and provides information about the profession and their own areas of expertise. 

This program is made possible through a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).

Please see the application for additional details.

The Oregon State University Libraries Special Collections and Archives Research Center (SCARC) is pleased to announce that applications are once again being solicited for its Resident Scholar Program.

Now in its twelfth year, the Resident Scholar Program provides research grants to scholars interested in conducting work in SCARC. Stipends of $2,500 per month, renewable for up to three months (for a total maximum grant award of $7,500), will be awarded to researchers whose proposals detail a compelling potential use of the materials held in the Center. Grant monies can be used for any purpose.

Researchers will be expected to conduct their scholarly activities while in residence at Oregon State University. Historians, librarians, graduate, doctoral or post-doctoral students and independent scholars are welcome to apply. The deadline for submitting proposals is April 30, 2019.

Please visit the program information page at http://bit.ly/scarcresidentscholar for more information about the program and our collecting areas.

Contact Chris Petersen, Senior Faculty Research Assistant, at chris.petersen@oregonstate.edu with questions.

Oscar Mueller Collection Project:  This internship opportunity involves continuing processing work on the Mueller Family Papers, including photographic collection processing, and digitization/digital curation of paper records.  Oscar Mueller, an attorney by trade, was also an amateur archaeologist and local historian in the Lewistown area of Montana.  The collection includes correspondence, financial records, legal documents, and subject files focusing on regional history related to industries such as mining, ranching, law, forest management, medicine, regional history. The collection also includes extensive collection of photographs dating back to the 1860s. 

The Mueller internship will include training as required by MHS photograph archivist’s staff:

• Care and handling of historic photos
• Identification and description of photographic processes and formats
• Creation of MARC records (internal standards) and EAD format inventories/finding aid
• Upload of photographs into ContentDM based catalog (per consortium guidelines)
• Digitization of archival documents (per internal standard) and upload to ContentDM system

This is a paid internship ($5,000) consisting of 400 hours, completed over the summer of 2019 (June to September).  The intern will serve as mentor and supervisor of an Montana undergraduate history student.  Deadline is February 21, 2019.  Please see the application for additional details.

The application period for SAA's 2019 Josephine Forman Scholarship is now open!

The purpose of the Josephine Forman Scholarship is to provide financial support to minority students pursuing graduate education in archival science, to encourage students to pursue a career as an archivist, and to promote the diversification of the American archives profession. The scholarship is given to applicants who demonstrate excellent potential for scholastic and personal achievement and who manifest a commitment both to the archives profession and to advancing diversity concerns within it.

The recipient of the award will receive a scholarship of $10,000. Awardees also may be invited to attend the annual meeting of the General Commission on Archives and History and/or the Quadrennial Historical Convocation, with funding provided by GCAH. Also included is complimentary registration to the SAA Annual Meeting in the year in which the scholarship is received.

Eligibility:

·  The applicant must be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States.

·  The applicant must be of American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian, Black/African American, Hispanic/Latino, or Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander descent.

·  The applicant must be currently enrolled in a graduate program or a multi-course program in archival administration, or have applied to such a program for the next academic year.

·  The applicant shall have completed no more than half of the credit requirements toward her/his graduate degree at the time of the award (i.e., June 1).

·  The applicant must be enrolled in a graduate program and begin school no later than September 1 or the fall semester/quarter immediately following the award. 

·  Applicants may have full-time or part-time status.

 

For more details and application information please visit: http://www2.archivists.org/governance/handbook/section12-forman

 

The deadline to apply is February 28, 2019.

The Position: 

The Archival Assistant assists with processing university and manuscript collections, including accessioning, arrangement and description, and preservation of materials in all formats. Expands access to archival collections by encoding finding aids using Encoded Archival Description (EAD) for contribution to the Archives West consortium and. Provides outreach and exhibits support by designing, installing, and planning for library and community displays and events, and assists in patron reference service, including assisting with orders and inquiries May train and supervise student processing assistants. Performs other related duties as assigned.

The Archival Assistant is responsible for working with the Head of Special Collections and Archives and the Archivist with accessioning materials; processing archives and manuscripts in all formats within the repository; using arrangement and description plans to achieve physical and contextual control over the materials; noting collections or parts of a collection to be digitized; contributing to the Archives and Manuscripts Processing Manual; assisting with training and supervising student assistants in archival processing, filing, and shelving; and keeping shelves and storage areas clean and orderly.

For More information and to apply: https://uidaho.peopleadmin.com/postings/25079

Willamette University Processing Archivist & Records Manager - view and apply here.

Review of applications will begin February 1, 2019.

• Attention Current Willamette University Employees: In order to apply for posted positions, please close this window and log into your Workday account and apply through the Career worklet.

  Instructions for Applicants:

  Please read the following carefully before beginning the online application process.

  To be considered for employment at Willamette University, please complete our online employment application. Your application and all required attachments -- listed at the bottom of the page -- must be submitted for each individual job post that you are interested in applying for. If there is an application deadline, please ensure that your application is submitted by the deadline. Once you submit your application you will not be able to edit your application.

  Position Summary:

  Assists in the operation of the Archives and Special Collections unit with emphasis on processing collections, overseeing Willamette's records management program, and working with archival technology tools. Provides research services for collections.

   

  • Responsible for processing archival collections. Arranges, preserves and creates original descriptions for collections; determines processing priorities in concert with University Archivist; supervises student workers and interns assisting in processing projects; creates accession records or inventories as needed.
  • Responsible for implementing and overseeing Willamette's records management program. Works with units across campus to organize and deposit their materials; assists units in the transfer, retention, or destruction of their records; coordinates and provides records management training for departmental liaisons. Manages the archiving of the University's website using Archive-It.
  • Participates with the University Archivist and with the Libraries' Systems unit in the planning, implementation, and use of technology for archival collections. Responsible for the creation of metadata, including supervision of archival assistant and student workers assisting on metadata projects; responsible for creation and maintenance of finding aids in ArchivesSpace adhering to DACS and best practices; assists in the development and maintenance of the archives' web presence (presentation and content).
  • Assists with archiving of born digital material in consultation with Libraries' Systems unit.
  • Provides reference and in-depth research consultation. Acts as back-up problem solver for complex questions for staff providing archives reference. May provide instruction in relation to archival research.
  • Responsible for the unit's Disaster Recovery Plan and Preparedness Kit.
  • Responsible for the operations of the unit in the absence of the University Archivist.
  • Participates in the Orbis Cascade Alliance initiatives and the broader archives community as appropriate.
  • Assists in the fabrication of departmental exhibits.
  • Facilitates a work environment that encourages knowledge of, respect for, and development of skills to engage with those of other cultures or backgrounds.

  • Other duties as assigned.

   

  • Master's degree from an ALA accredited library or information science program with a concentration in archival studies and/or records management or Master's degree in a related field with coursework in archives and/or records management.
  • Continuing professional development required.
  • Demonstrated experience appraising, arranging, describing, and preserving archival collections required. Familiarity with principles of records management required.
  • Familiarity with EAD required.
  • Microsoft desktop applications essential.
  • Thorough knowledge of archives theory, practice, and standards. 
  • Demonstrated knowledge of ethical practices and evidence of ability to appropriately handle confidential information.
  • Basic knowledge of records management practice. 
  • Evidence of ability to exercise good professional judgment.
  • Demonstrated attention to detail.   
  • Ability to interact and communicate effectively with colleagues, students, and researchers. 
  • Ability to represent the university professionally to on- and off-campus communities.

  PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Experience with archival management systems, such as ArchivesSpace, Archivematica, and Archive-It. 
  • Two years of professional experience.  
  • Familiarity with digital asset management systems and digital repository technologies.  

  TYPICAL WORK SCHEDULE:   

  Monday – Friday 8 am to 5 pm.

  PHYSICAL DEMANDS & WORKING CONDITIONS:

  Position occasionally requires reaching outward and above the shoulder and climbing, crawling, squatting, kneeling, and/or bending. Positional occasionally requires lifting and/or carrying up to 50 lbs. and pushing or pulling up to 50 lb.

  You will need to upload the following two documents as part of your application materials in the "My Experience" section:

  • Cover letter addressing the required/desired qualifications and presenting any other applicant characteristics which deserve emphasis
  • Current Resume

  ​Incomplete applications will not be considered.

Would anyone like to join a roundtable/panel discussion of how to resist burnout during a job search? If so, please contact:

Marissa Hiller

Archivist

Marissacantuhiller@gmail.com

Working Title : “Resisting Burnout: Or How Not to Go Insane During a Job Search.”

Searching for jobs can be stressful and as archivists we’re often encouraged to keep move forward to find the perfect match. Using the format of a panel discussion or round table participants will share their experience of self-care (or not!) during a job search. Afterwards we will break into a larger group discussion and come up with self-care methods to put in place. 

Join the Annual Meeting of the Polk County Historical Society in Rickreall on Saturday, January 19th at 1:30 pm. Highlights include a keynote address by Tom Branigar about his time working at the Eisenhower Library. January is the 100th anniversary of the death of President Theodore Roosevelt who helped set up the filing system that is currently used in the White House. 

For more information, see www.polkcountyhistoricalsociety.org

Craft + Brew with the Washington State Historical Society

December 6, 2018. 7-10PM.
Get your tickets online today!
 
Not only is this your last chance to see the exhibition Make/Do, it’s also your last chance to fit in a History After Hours event in 2018! Try your hand at many different maker projects as well as taste a variety of beers crafted by breweries throughout the state.  Learn about each style of craft beer along with its historical significance to the area while creating your own works of art. You can even make your own wrapping paper to share your works as holiday gifts! 

21+ program
$20 pre-registration, $25 at the door.