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Archive Intern

The Strong

Location: Rochester,NY, USA

Date: 2025-01-01T06:47:29Z

Job Description:

The Strong owns and cares for the world's most comprehensive collection of toys, dolls, board games, video games, books, documents, and other historical materials related to play, and offers programs for individuals of all ages to learn about the power and importance of play in their lives. The museum's internship program provides opportunities for participating in all aspects of museum work within dynamic teams and interacting with staff across the institution and the public. The program offers educational and operational experience, as well as the opportunity to build a network of professional contacts.

The Strong seeks a current graduate or undergraduate student intern to process, arrange, and describe the papers of George Rollie Adams, President and CEO Emeritus of The Strong. The intern will gain a better understanding of professional archival work, through hands-on experience in archival processing, preservation techniques, and familiarization with archival management software. There is a paid stipend associated with this internship, made possible through a donation by George Rollie Adams.

The archives intern will process 15 linear feet of archival materials that documents Adams almost 60-year career in the museum field. The intern will create a processing plan, physically re-house materials, write a finding aid, and select documents for digitization.

About the George Rollie Adams Papers:

The George Rollie Adams papers consist of 15.0 linear feet of archival materials documenting the career of George Rollie Adams in museums, as an educator, consultant, and administrator. The collection covers his time with the American Association of State and Local History, the Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society, the Louisiana State Museum, the Strong National Museum of Play, and many other institutions that Adams has provided with consulting services.

About the Brian Sutton-Smith Library and Archives of Play at The Strong:

The Strong's Brian Sutton Smith Library and Archives of Play is devoted to the intellectual, social, and cultural history of play. In addition to housing the personal library and papers of its preeminent namesake, the 235,000-volume research library and archives holds a full spectrum of primary and secondary sources, including scholarly works, professional journals, other periodicals, trade catalogs, children's books, comic books, manuscripts, personal papers, business records, and more.

All museum staff and interns are expected to cooperate with one another in furthering the museum's general objectives and in completing museum projects. Similarly, all staff and interns consistently maintain a positive and enthusiastic attitude, act with integrity and in accordance with the highest ethical standards and demonstrate loyalty to the museum in all public contacts. Guests and colleagues deserve our best efforts every day.

Essential Duties:

The specifications described here are representative of those that must be met by the intern to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

+ Learn the procedures for the use and maintenance of the museum's collection database system.

+ Under the guidance of the Archivist, learn and discuss key archival terminology and principles.

+ Processes three small paper-based archival collections by checking information in Argus, performing inventory, creating a processing plan, arranging materials, writing finding aids, and entering information into archives space.

+ Assists with inventorying the audiovisual and digital components of a larger archival collection.

+ Other related duties, as assigned.

Requirements:

+ Candidate must be enrolled in an accredited university graduate or undergraduate program and in an associated internship/practicum. This intern must fully adhere to all requirements for credit-bearing internships, including specific procedures which may be required the intern's college/university.

+ Candidate must work well in a team setting, be reliable, flexible, organized, and self-motivated.

+ Candidate must have strong written and verbal communication skills.

Recommended skills:

+ Familiarity with basic archival theory.

+ Demonstrated interest in archives, public history, or museum studies.

+ Comfortable using Microsoft Word, Excel, etc.

+ Social media marketing

Physical Demands:

While performing the duties of this job:

This position regularly requires full range of mobility in upper and lower body; the ability to reach overhead; the ability to work in various positions, including stooping, standing, walking, bending over, sitting, kneeling, and squatting for extended periods of time; the use or operation of objects, tools or controls; the ability to climb ladders and three flights of stairs; and the ability to talk, hear, and smell. This position frequently requires the ability to lift, pull, push, and carry weight up to 25 pounds to complete assigned job tasks.

This position requires frequent sitting in front of a computer and using repetitive typing motions.

Visual acuity to see object details at close range and operating computer equipment is required. Specific vision abilities including close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus are important for this role.

Pre-Employment Requirements:

Must consent to and pass a drug screen and criminal background check as conditions of employment.

Disclaimer:

The job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the intern. Within reason, duties, responsibilities and activities may change or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice. Interns are expected to accept reasonable assignments whether or not they are specifically included in this position description.

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