PLHC JOB OPENINGS
SUMMER 2016
The Public Lands History Center has the following open positions for the summer of 2016. Current CSU graduate students, including incoming first-year students, as well as graduates of CSU’s MA History program are eligible to apply. If you applied for job openings in the past, please resubmit your updated materials for this round of openings.
Deadline: February 8, 2016
The principal investigators (PIs) for each project will evaluate all applications and begin making final selections starting in mid-February until all positions are filled. Interested applicants may indicate interest in any or all projects and will be given equal consideration for each position.
Application Instructions:
Please reply via email to PLHC Program Assistant Hannah Braun at hannah.braun@colostate.edu. Your application materials must include:
1) Letter of interest and statement of availability. Please indicate which position(s) you are applying for (you may express interest in more than one). If you have other work or school commitments in this time frame, please explain in your letter. Please note that these job postings are for on-site work in Wyoming and Montana, and will require working with the PLHC and NPS to find housing near or at the work site.
2) Current resume.
3) List of three references. If you are a second-year grad student or a recent graduate, at least one of your references must be a CSU faculty member.
Qualifications: Current students and graduates of Colorado State University are eligible to apply. Student applicants must be in good standing and making sufficient progress towards degree completion, as determined by your adviser or committee. Previous experience working for the PLHC is beneficial but not required. All applicants will be given equal consideration based on academic qualifications, work experience, public history experience, interest areas, professional goals, and references who can vouch for capability, maturity, and reliability.
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Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site Museum Internship
Principal Investigator(s): Dr. Janet Ore
Work term: Summer 2016 (start mid/late May; full-time (40 hours/week), 13 weeks/520 hours)
Open positions: 2
Job Category: Hourly ($13.50/hour)
Location: Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site, Deer Lodge, Montana
Background and Duties: Two interns will work with museum staff at Grant-Kohrs ranch on a variety of museum collections management and preservation tasks. Interns will assist in preservation and maintenance for collections, including cleaning, storage, and environmental monitoring. Interns will take the lead on a project to increase public access to collections on web. Other specific tasks for the summer include assisting with updating museum documents and plans; updating the Oral History Finding Aid, transcripts, and hard copies; moving objects from substandard storage areas into a storage facility for cleaning and updating of museum records; and creating appropriate and safe storage for cellulose nitrate objects. Depending on the interests of interns, park staff may assign students to projects with the park’s historic preservation team. Work will be conducted throughout Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site.
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Yellowstone National Park Cataloging and Preserving Museum Collections Internship
Principal Investigator(s): Dr. Janet Ore
Work term: Summer 2016 (start mid/late May; full-time (40 hours/week), 10 weeks/400 hours)
Open positions: 2
Job Category: Hourly ($15/hour)
Location: Yellowstone Heritage and Research Center (HRC), Gardiner, Montana
Background and Duties: Two interns will assist museum staff in a project to catalog and preserve collections from Yellowstone National Park’s backlog in order to make them accessible to researchers. The backlog includes 17,000 history objects (furniture, souvenirs, clothing, architectural elements) and 2,100 natural history specimens. These collections document the cultural and natural history of the world’s first national park and are housed in the Yellowstone Heritage and Research Center (HRC) in Gardiner, Montana. Interns will catalog the objects into the park’s collections database, photo-document objects, and rehouse objects using archival materials in order to preserve the collections and make them accessible to researchers. Work will be conducted at the Yellowstone Heritage and Research Center.
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Yellowstone National Park Historic Structures Management Project
Principal Investigator(s): Dr. Sarah Payne
Work term: Summer 2016 (start mid/late May; full-time (40 hours/week), 10 weeks/400 hours)
Open positions: 2
Job Category: Hourly ($15/hour)
Location: Yellowstone Center for Resources, Mammoth Hot Springs
Background and Duties: Two researchers will assist Yellowstone National Park with processing paper and electronic records, photographs, plans, and documents for over 800 historic structures. These records are located in a cultural resources file room of the Yellowstone Center for Resources at Mammoth Hot Springs, and include historic structure and district development, List of Classified Structure updates, National Register status, historic preservation plans, and post-historic alterations. Many of these records are unorganized, poorly described, incomplete, and difficult to find. The researchers will assess the records for their long-term value, prepare record organization plans (file plans), and arrange records. Once identified, arranged, preserved, and made more accessible, these records will help YELL staff to preserve the park’s administrative record surrounding these historic properties, contribute to the effective management of the park’s historic structures, and be more available to non-NPS users, including researchers and members of the public. Most of the work will be conducted at the Yellowstone Center for Resources in Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park. Some work will be conducted at the YELL Archives at the Yellowstone Heritage and Research Center in Gardiner, Montana.