Internship at Harvard University

Summer Conservation Internship at Harvard University

The Baker Library in the Harvard Business School is offering a
12-week internship in paper conservation beginning in Summer 1997.
The program will be administered by the Harvard University Library
Preservation Center under the supervision of the senior paper
conservator.  The intern will survey, rehouse, and treat a variety
of materials, including manuscripts, pamphlets, broadsides, maps,
and prints drawn from several special collections.  Baker Library
holds one of the world's pre-eminent collections of historical
materials on business history and economic theory and history.  The
intern will be working alongside other technicians and interns in a
busy university environment.

Required education, experience, skills:  bachelor's degree, previous
conservation experience, excellent hand skills.  Experience with
word processing and database management software desired.

A stipend of $1,500 is offered, a free dormitory room on the Harvard
Business School campus (a 10-minute walk from the Preservation
Center), and travel expenses to Harvard and return (up to $1,000).
The application deadline is May 30th.  Please send a letter of
application, resume, and three references to:

    Malcolm Hamilton
    University Personnel Librarian
    Wadsworth House
    Cambridge, MA 02138

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