Fellowship at NEDCC

NEA Advanced Internship
Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC)

The Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC), located in
Andover, Massachusetts, 25 miles north of Boston, is offering a
one-year advanced internship in its paper conservation laboratory.
The position will be supported by a grant from the Kress Foundation.
It offers an opportunity to spend a concentrated amount of time at
the bench in a spacious laboratory with highly skilled and friendly
colleagues. The successful candidate will treat a variety of paper
materials, including manuscripts, maps, printed materials,
architectural plans, photographs, and works of art on paper. He or
she may also participate in outreach activities such as workshops
and surveys. The position will begin in September 2008. In addition
to bench skills, good written and oral communication skills are
important.

Applicants must have a degree from a graduate level conservation
training program with a specialization in paper or equivalent
experience. Persons who are not U.S. citizens must have permanent
legal residency.

Compensation will include funding for travel and research to
supplement training at NEDCC. Send resume, letter of intent and the
names of three references by mail or electronic mail to:

    Walter Newman
    Director of Paper Conservation
    NEDCC
    100 Brickstone Square
    Andover, MA 01810
    waltern<-a t->nedcc< . >org


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