Parent Institution Name
Address
46 Bridge Street Northampton, Massachusetts 01060
Supervisor Email
Project Details
Pro-Brush Company records - process the Financial series.
This project is to create a processing plan, then to process one series within the Pro-Brush Company [1] records. The whole collection has previously been rough-sorted into series with a box list The Financial series consists of 5 cartons plus bound financial ledgers (approximately 7 linear feet). The intern will be given background material on the history of the company and the collection, and training in Historic Northampton’s processing guidelines.
The intern will be asked to conduct an initial assessment of the series, and create a processing plan including a proposed arrangement, recommendations for preservation, if needed, and recommendations for weeding duplicate and unnecessary material. They will be given guidelines and examples of types of materials that may be weeded out. Once the plan is approved by the supervising archivist, the intern will process the series– weeding, arranging, flagging materials for conservation, re-foldering, labeling, and re-boxing. Finally, they will create a series description and folder list.
[1] For more information about the Pro-Brush Company, see: http://www.historic-northampton.org/virtual_exhibits/pro_brush_ads.html
This project is to create a processing plan, then to process one series within the Pro-Brush Company [1] records. The whole collection has previously been rough-sorted into series with a box list The Financial series consists of 5 cartons plus bound financial ledgers (approximately 7 linear feet). The intern will be given background material on the history of the company and the collection, and training in Historic Northampton’s processing guidelines.
The intern will be asked to conduct an initial assessment of the series, and create a processing plan including a proposed arrangement, recommendations for preservation, if needed, and recommendations for weeding duplicate and unnecessary material. They will be given guidelines and examples of types of materials that may be weeded out. Once the plan is approved by the supervising archivist, the intern will process the series– weeding, arranging, flagging materials for conservation, re-foldering, labeling, and re-boxing. Finally, they will create a series description and folder list.
[1] For more information about the Pro-Brush Company, see: http://www.historic-northampton.org/virtual_exhibits/pro_brush_ads.html
Are you willing to complete two evaluations of your students progress through out the course of the semester?
Yes
Requirements
Some experience in archival arrangement and description is required
Supervisor Phone
413-584-6011
How many positions do you have available?
1
Supervisor Name
Margaret Jessup