2016 – Page 9 – Graduate History Blog

Paid Summer Employment

This summer internship program will provide the opportunity to work with Educational Testing Service staff in developing assessments of writing skills. Summer interns will learn the fundamentals of test design, including principles of test validity and fairness, as well as how to develop the materials and questions used in these assessments. Candidates must have completed at least one year of graduate study in the humanities or social sciences. Exemplary writing skills and a thorough understanding of English grammar and usage are required. The eight-week program will begin on June 6, 2016. Summer interns will work eight-hour days, Monday to Friday, at the ETS campus in Princeton, NJ. Interested candidates should apply online no later than Friday, April 8, 2016 Full information is here:

https://ets.pereless.com/careers/index.cfm?fuseaction=83080.viewjobdetail&CID=83080&JID=216267&type=True&cfcend

Digital Cataloging and Review/History Internships

The Theodore Roosevelt Center at Dickinson State University is seeking interns to participate in the cataloging of historical documents in the Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. The goal of the Center is to serve scholars, tourists, teachers, curious citizens, and students of all ages as they explore the life and achievement of the 26th President of the United States. Launched to the public in late 2011, the Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library is the primary portal the Center uses to convey that goal to a national audience. More than 35,000 items from 18 different collections are already available at www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org. The Center has over 150,000 digitized documents from the Theodore Roosevelt Papers at the Library of Congress, including letters to and from Roosevelt, newspaper clippings, speeches and executive orders, photographs, maps, and personal diaries. Around 10,000 items have been digitized from other collections, such as the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress, sites within the National Park system, and Harvard College Library. In order to make the digital files available to the public online, the Center is seeking interns to help with creation and review of metadata for these documents in our online database. Interns will work a minimum of 240 hours (approximately six weeks), participating in all facets of the development of the digital library. These will include cataloging (viewing documents on a computer screen and typing and reviewing information in a Web-based form), reviewing the work of other catalogers to make sure all standards are being met, and copyright review of collections in order to clear them for publication.

Since the work is web-based, the internships will be conducted remotely. Interns do not need to relocate to Dickinson, North Dakota, to complete their work. Training will be provided through an online classroom environment throughout the internship. A moderate hourly stipend will be provided. Internships are to be completed between May 15 and August 31, 2016.

For more information go to: https://networks.h-net.org/node/20317/discussions/114040/call-digital-cataloging-reviewhistory-internships-theodore

Job Opening

Cornell University Library’s Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives seeks qualified candidates for an 18-month, temporary professional position as Railroad Collections Project Archivist. The successful candidate will improve description of 65 archival collections documenting railroad history in the United States, coordinate digitization of roughly 1,600 photographs, and assist with outreach efforts related to the project.

For full information about the position: https://cornellu.taleo.net/careersection/10164/jobdetail.ftl?job=31039

What Have Our Graduate Students Been Up To?

The vibrant variety of history activity in the South Jersey / Philadelphia region is the subject of the Public History Year in Review website, which grows each year with new stories by history graduate students at Rutgers-Camden and other invited partners. Students who participate receive professional editing to sharpen their writing skills and training in creating a WordPress website. During Fall 2015, graduate students produced new stories covering historic preservation and community development projects; the exhibit at the National Constitution Center to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Reminder Days demonstrations for LGBT rights; the creation of the new First State National Historical Park; the 100th anniversary of the Justice Bell used to campaign for women’s suffrage; the progress of the Museum of the American Revolution soon to open in Philadelphia; living history programs at the Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation; and the discovery of a Revolution-era cannon through archaeology at the Red Bank Battlefield.

Phi Alpha Theta Applications

We are now accepting applications for membership in Phi Alpha Theta (PAT), the National History Honor Society.The society has over 350,000 members, with about 9,500 new members joining each year through 860 local chapters.”

To qualify for membership, undergrads must have a 3.5 GPA in at least four graduate courses.

Induction of new members will take place at a soon-to-be-scheduled date in March or early April 2016, and iwill feature a keynote speech by award-winning historian Kathleen Brown, of the University of Pennsylvania. Following the talk, the Department of History will have the honor of officially inducting eligible students into Phi Alpha Theta and celebrating with excellent food and beverages. The family and friends of new inductees are invited.

If you are interested in and qualify for Phi Alpha Theta membership, please hand in the three following things to Ms. Sharon Smith, the secretary of the History Department, no later than Monday, February 15, 2016:

1) A check made out to Phi Alpha Theta in the amount of $40 (for lifetime membership). 2) A copy (unofficial is fine) of your Rutgers-Camden transcript 3) A sheet of paper with your current home and email address.