Paid Summer Archives Job in MA
Paid summer archives student opportunity at The Trustees of Reservations, in Stockbridge,
Massachusetts. (Berkshires) INCLUDES HOUSING.
For several years, The Trustees have offered the Jeannine Rioux Internship, for graduate
level students in various fields based at Naumkeag and the Mission House. These are two
of The Trustees' historic house museums, in Stockbridge, MA. Past projects have included
research into Naumkeag's historic gardens and farm, and a historic structures
report for the 18th century Mission House.
This summer, The Trustees are embarking on an ambitious project, state-wide, to move
archival collections into a new centralized storage facility. Before moving the
collections, they need to be better organized. This will include scanning some of the
material, and writing finding aids. Collections include Choate family material (they
owned Naumkeag); materials of William Cullen Bryant, The 19th century poet and editor;
materials concerning the 18th century mission to the Mohicans; and more. For more
information about The Trustees see http://www.thetrustees.org/index.cfm
Salary: $9.00 per hr. plus housing. 35-40 hours a week for 8-10 weeks over the summer.