From HISTPRES:

Project Intern, Historical Society of PA
September 1st, 2010 | Author: admin

The Historical Society of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) seeks a Project Intern to work on a pilot digital historical documentary editing project. This 15-hour per week, two-year, grant-funded position reports to the Project Manager.

Responsibilities include:
Serve as project intern for the Greenfield digital project. This interpretive project, based on HSP’s Albert M. Greenfield Papers, one of HSP’s largest and most significant collections documenting Philadelphia’s 20th-century history, will focus on the early years of the Great Depression in Pennsylvania. Project intern will:

    * Transcribe and XML encode documents and images from the Greenfield Papers and related collections
    * Work with HSP digitization staff to digitize documents and images
    * Research and write annotation and contextual essays
    * Contribute to development of related educational resources
    * Work with Project Manager and Director of Information Technology to develop user-friendly, engaging public interface on HSP’s Web site
    * Assist on HSP print publications (Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography and Pennsylvania Legacies) as needed

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