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Erin Gardner

Erin Gardner

Office Service Coordinator

WITNESS

SEE IT. FILM IT. CHANGE IT.

80 Hanson Place 5th Floor

Brooklyn, NY 11217

Tel: 718.783.2000 x301 Fax: 718.783.1593

erin@witness.org

Media Archive Internship
WITNESS
Spring 2010 Internship (unpaid)

WITNESS uses video and online technologies to open the eyes of the world to human rights violations. We empower people to transform personal stories of abuse into powerful tools for justice, promoting public engagement and policy change. www.witness.org

Description

WITNESS is offering unpaid internships in our Media Archive. Interns work under the supervision of an archivist to provide general assistance and perform a range of tasks while acquiring skills in a fast-paced advocacy-oriented production and human rights archive.

This is a good internship for students interested in hands-on, in-depth cataloging experience; working with unedited, unpublished footage; working in a dynamic production environment; and working with documentary or nonfiction materials.

All interns are expected to spend between 20-30% of their time engaged in administrative support. Other tasks may include screening/logging/transcribing footage, cataloging archival media in an in-house database, researching the collection for clients and staff, digitization projects, and post-production support

Potential interns should be undergraduates or graduate students. We especially look for a focus in studies of moving image archives, library science, archival studies, human rights, international relations, and media production.

Candidates should have:

Familiarity with foreign affairs and international politics;
Strong written English skills;
Experience or strong interest in working in an archival setting;
Experience with or strong interest in working with visual media.

Other desirable qualifications include:

Experience or skills in video production or digital media;
Fluency in Spanish, French or other foreign language;
Knowledge of Filemaker databases;
Knowledge of metadata or cataloging standards or protocols.

The WITNESS Media Archive is the repository for over 3000 hours of original raw footage from human rights NGOs around the world, as well as over 50 original documentary productions.

To Apply

No phone inquiries please. We prefer applications by email to internship@witness.org, including a resume and cover letter.

We require a minimum three month commitment, 15 hours per week. Positions are based in our Fort Greene, Brooklyn office. Internships are unpaid.

Peter J. Wosh
Director, Archives/Public History Program
History Department
New York University
53 Washington Square South
New York NY 10012
Phone: (212) 998-8601
Fax: (212) 995-4017
http://history.fas.nyu.edu/object/history.gradprog.archivespublichistory.html

The Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation at the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, offers a full time, ten week, archival internship opportunity for graduate students each summer. The internship stipend is $5,000. Housing and benefits are not provided.

The internship will:

•Enable new professionals to understand, identify, and manage the historical records of American invention and innovation;

•Expose interns to the Museum’s rich historical collections in the history of technology and twentieth century material culture;

•Provide hands-on experience with archival collections that document invention and innovation;

•Create finding aids to collections documenting invention and innovation;

•Engage interns in discussion of archival issues and practices and provide a wide range of professional experiences within the Museum.

Internships are located in the Museum’s Archives Center, a manuscripts and special collections repository with more than 14,000 feet of holdings in a wide range of subject areas and a full time staff of nine. Interns must be enrolled in a graduate degree program and have completed graduate course work in archival, library, or information management, and/or graduate course work in American history, American Studies, Museum Studies, Public History, or another area that relates to the history of invention and innovation in American society. Recent graduates may also apply.

Applicants must apply through the Smithsonian online application system at: https://solaa.si.edu/solaa/SOLAAHome.html

Complete applications must include the following:

* Internship Program application form

* Undergraduate and graduate transcripts

(unofficial transcripts are acceptable)

* Essay

* Two letters of reference

Applicants are strongly encouraged to consult the FAQ when completing this application at: http://invention.smithsonian.org/resources/research_intern_faq.aspx

All materials must be submitted to the online application system by 1 March 2010 for consideration. Offers will be made by 5 April 2010. Internships begin on or after 1 June 2010.

Contact:

Alison L. Oswald, Archivist
National Museum of American History
Smithsonian Institution
Archives Center, Room 1100, MRC 601
P.O. Box 37012
Washington, DC 20013-7012
Phone (202) 633-3726
Fax (202) 786-2453
Email oswalda@si.edu

Peter J. Wosh
Director, Archives/Public History Program
History Department
New York University
53 Washington Square South
New York NY 10012
Phone: (212) 998-8601
Fax: (212) 995-4017
http://history.fas.nyu.edu/object/history.gradprog.archivespublichistory.html

Internship Opportunity at the International Center of Photography, Roman Vishniac Collection

We are seeking interns to work on the Roman Vishniac Collection at the International Center of Photography. We are currently building a comprehensive archive of the famed photographer’s entire body of work, which includes negatives, contact sheets, and thousands of unpublished prints, as well as personal correspondences and ephemera. The second stage of this project is a large-scale, traveling retrospective, including a catalogue, symposia, and educational programming, scheduled to open at ICP in 2012. This project affords a unique opportunity to participate on various levels in the nascent stages of building an archive. Tasks include: research projects, assisting in the creation of a comprehensive database, audio digitizing, translation of letters and documents from German, Russian, Yiddish, and Hebrew into English, and various other tasks as required for the creation and management of the archive.

We are seeking students in Art History and/or Jewish Studies departments. Students currently enrolled in BA or MA programs or recent graduates are eligible. We are particularly interested in interns with a working knowledge of German, Yiddish, or Russian who could assist in translating documents and correspondences. Photo handling or archive experience is helpful but not required, as we will be training interns to work with photographic materials and Jewish visual culture.

We are happy to work with academic departments to provide school credit for internships. Interns are also invited to attend ICP seminars and special events and are eligible for tuition discounts for ICP courses and workshops. We ask for at least a one semester commitment and 1-2 full days a week. Applications are rolling and dates of internships are flexible. Please email a resume and letter of interest to Rachel Travis at rtravis@icp.org.

Rachel Travis
Curatorial Assistant
International Center of Photography
1133 Avenue of the Americas, 14th Fl.
New York, NY 10036
rtravis@icp.org
212.857.9768

Peter J. Wosh
Director, Archives/Public History Program
History Department
New York University
53 Washington Square South
New York NY 10012
Phone: (212) 998-8601
Fax: (212) 995-4017
http://history.fas.nyu.edu/object/history.gradprog.archivespublichistory.html