FAIR Experience Assistantship in the Oregon Shakespeare Festival Archives
Founded in 1935, the Tony Award-winning Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF) is
among the oldest and largest professional non-profit theatres in the nation.
Each year OSF presents an eight-and-a-half-month season of eleven plays in
three theatres plus numerous ancillary activities, and undertakes an
extensive theatre education program. Operating on a budget exceeding $26
million, OSF presents more than 780 performances annually with attendance of
approximately 400,000.
Inspired by Shakespeare's work and the cultural richness of the United
States, we reveal our collective humanity through illuminating
interpretations of new and classic plays, deepened by the kaleidoscope of
rotating repertory.
Purpose: To provide an emerging archives or history professional experience
in a professional theater archives that is in the midst of intensive
collections processing as a result of a grant from the National Historical
Publications and Records Commission.
Assistantship:Responsibilities of the Assistantship may include: collections
processing, creation of inventories and finding aids, digitization, basic
preservation, metadata creation, and other tasks as assigned.
The apprentice will be mentored by Lead Archivist Maria DeWeerdt. The FAIR
Experience Manager will support the apprentice in achieving their objectives
at OSF by facilitating access to company members, meetings and events.
The apprentice will receive housing, travel expenses, a $1,000 monthly stipend.
Criteria: Candidates should be currently enrolled in a Bachelors/Masters
program in Library Science or History. Candidates of color are strongly
encouraged to apply.
Candidates will submit the following in one packet:
(a) A résumé.
(b) An essay expressing your interest in archival science and/or
primary-source research.
(c) Three letters of recommendation.
Incomplete applications will not be accepted. Electronic submissions will
be accepted. Letters of recommended may be emailed directly to OSF.
Please send completed applications to:
FAIR Experience Manager
Oregon Shakespeare Festival
15 South Pioneer Street
Ashland, OR 97520
Email: [log in to unmask]
Time frame: Applicants must commit to a six-month-tenure from January 2,
2012 through June 30, 2012. Applications should be postmarked by August 1, 2011.
Randall K. Lum
Interim FAIR Manager
541/482-2111 x203
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