PROCESSING AND DIGITIZATION (1 POSITION)  https://www.chicagohistory.org/
Chicago History Museum – Chicago, Illinois
Chicago History Museum’s mission – to share Chicago’s stories, serving as a hub of scholarship and learning, inspiration, and civic engagement—is the foundation of the Museum’s programs and events, exhibitions, educational initiatives, publications, and collecting activities that touch the lives of all Chicagoans and help them make meaningful and personal connections to history.
Rev. Joseph H. Jackson was a Chicago-based pastor based at Olivet Baptist Church and the longest serving President of the National Baptist Convention (NBC). Jackson advocated for a more conservative approach to civil rights that relied on compliance with the law, in opposition to the civil disobedience methods employed by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. During his tenure, the NBC underwent a division based on disagreements over civil rights approaches, resulting in the formation of the Progressive National Baptist Convention. The visual materials collection consists of approximately 1,180 images depicting Rev. J. H. Jackson in relation to his time as Pastor of Olivet Baptist Church (1941-1990) and President of the National Baptist Convention (1953-1982), and other activities and organizations with which he was associated.
Position Description: This internship offers the opportunity to improve access to and visibility of a significant African American and civil rights history collection by processing the Joseph H. Jackson papers and creating a set of digital products related to the collection. The intern will work as an integral part of the archives team not just to process the collection, but also to learn about and be involved in how collections are acquired, processed, and documented by the Museum. In addition to archives staff, interns will collaborate with other Collections department staff as well as the Museum’s Research Center and Publications departments to process, provide access to, and publicize the collection. Through the processing and digital curation aspects of this project, the intern will to contribute to the Museum’s larger goal of telling Chicago’s stories through diverse and inclusive collections.
Sample of Intern Duties:
 Process visual materials collection
 Survey, assess, and create a processing plan for the collection
 Arrange and rehouse collection
 Finalize finding aids and catalog