Category: Jobs

Job Announcement: Assistant Editor at the Papers of Clarence Mitchell, Jr.

Katy Gehred October 11, 2021

Assistant Editor The Papers of Clarence Mitchell, Jr., and the NAACP Washington Bureau, SUNY College at Old Westbury   Project Description: The Papers of Clarence Mitchell Jr. Project, a nine-volume historical documentary edition, is seeking an assistant editor to continue work on completing in print and digitally the final three volumes. […]

Job Announcement: Postdoctoral Associate, Thomas A. Edison Papers

Paul B. Israel September 24, 2021

The Thomas A. Edison Papers at Rutgers University is seeking a Post-Doctoral Associate, with an annual salary of $50,000, with experience in Digital Humanities to identify, select, and help implement digital tools that can enhance the usability of the project’s digital book and image editions, make its metadata more accessible, […]

Job Announcement: Assistant Editor, The John Dickinson Writings Project

Katy Gehred September 22, 2021

The John Dickinson Writings Project (JDP), under the auspices of the Morris Library at the University of Delaware (UD), seeks an Assistant Editor to be in residence (health conditions permitting) at UD. The JDP is producing letterpress and digital editions of the writings and selected correspondence of John Dickinson. The […]

Job Announcement: Assistant Editor, The Adams Papers

Kathryn Blizzard September 1, 2021

The Adams Papers editorial project at the Massachusetts Historical Society in Boston seeks a full-time assistant editor to begin work in fall 2021. Since its establishment in 1954, the Adams Papers has published 55 volumes of the diaries, letters, and other writings of the Adams family of Massachusetts; currently, we […]

Job Announcement: Assistant Editor, The Papers of Abraham Lincoln

Kathryn Blizzard August 17, 2021

The Papers of Abraham Lincoln seeks two assistant editors to begin work in October 2021.  The Papers of Abraham Lincoln is a documentary editing project dedicated to identifying, imaging, transcribing, annotating, and publishing online all documents written by or to Abraham Lincoln during his lifetime (1809-1865).  This born-digital project is […]

Job Announcement: Assistant Editor, Papers of Roger Brooke Taney

Kathryn Blizzard July 30, 2021

The Papers of Roger Brooke Taney seeks a full-time assistant editor to begin work in September 2021. This is a new, born-digital project, currently approaching completion of its first volume, The Bank War. The project is one of four selected for inclusion in the launch of the Primary Source Cooperative […]

The Papers of Martin Van Buren Seeks an Assistant Editor

Katy Gehred June 3, 2021
The logo for the Papers of Martin Van Buren. On the right side of the image a portrait of Martin Van Buren's face appears in front of an example of his handwriting, with his signature superimposed at the top of the image. On the left side of the image, in front of the manuscript image, text reads "Eight President of the United States, The Papers of Martin Van Buren, 1782-1862"

The Papers of Martin Van Buren seeks an assistant editor for a twelve-month appointment (July 2021-June 2022), with the possibility of extended employment dependent on continued grant funding. The position will require the assistant editor to catalog, transcribe, annotate, and/or proofread documents for the project, which is producing digital and […]

Internship Opportunity with the Theodore Roosevelt Center

Katy Gehred March 8, 2021

Remote 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 […]