Institutional hires welcome! The Wilkes University Archives has many projects that require students to hone their research, writing, and research skills which will culminate in digital exhibits that can be put on your resumes! Many of these positions and projects have flexibility for in-person and hybrid remote work schedules, allowing you to make extra money during the semester.
Looking for students interested in the following projects:
1) Polish Room project: There are Polish Room items from the Polish Room collection that require a student to go through and process the collection. Creating an inventory of Scrapbooks, photographs, pamphlets, objects, newspaper clippings, etc. and compiling them into a finding aid. Digitizing the materials will also be required. In-person work required for handling the materials.
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Stark Room project: Are you a World War II history buff? We have a lot of materials from the Stark Room that focus on Admiral Harold Stark and his WW2 service and life at Wilkes. The student in mind would be processing and digitizing additional materials that were found within the collection, creating an inventory and researching the materials, providing hyperlinks and other exhibit captions for the collection room. Hybrid in-person and remote work hours required.
Stark Room project: Are you a World War II history buff? We have a lot of materials from the Stark Room that focus on Admiral Harold Stark and his WW2 service and life at Wilkes. The student in mind would be processing and digitizing additional materials that were found within the collection, creating an inventory and researching the materials, providing hyperlinks and other exhibit captions for the collection room.
3) Eleanor Farley Room project: Our Eleanor Farley Room has materials relating to the wife of our first college president, Eugene Shedden Farley. The student would be researching the items in the room, providing historical exhibit captions and digitizing materials relating to the collection, all to be digitally explored by visitors. Hybrid in-person and remote hours required.
4) Audio-Visual Digitization projects: Digitizing VHS tapes and DVDs. The Archivist will train you on how to use the software and equipment, so no prior training or knowledge is necessary. This Project is IDEAL for anyone who wants to do extra school work and make money while keeping minimal supervision on the equipment and software while it digitizes the tapes. In-person hours required.
If interested in any of these projects, please submit the name of the project in the subject line with your resume and write a short paragraph explaining why the position interests you. Questions and email inquiries to Suzanna Calev (suzanna.calev@wilkes.edu).
