Summer Opportunites for Undergrads: Local History, Material Culture, and Digital Collections

Go behind the scenes at area museums, gain hands-on experience with artifacts and archives, and support the local community. Become a Material Culture Summer Service Learner! This summer, the Material Culture Program is partnering with local historical societies in the Madison area to sponsor two summer service-learning opportunities for UW-Madison undergraduate students studying anthropology, art, art history, design studies, folklore, history, landscape architecture, and related fields.

Position 1
Middleton Area Historical Society
Work with the Middleton Area Historical Society to research and write descriptions for a digital collection of historic photographs and inventory and catalog museum collections.

Position 2
McFarland Historical Society
Partner with the McFarland Historical Society to select, photograph, research and catalog items from the Society’s collection of Norwegian and Norwegian-American folk art and household objects.

Requirements:

200 hours of work are required between June and August 2012.

Must be available to attend a half-day introductory training session in Madison in late May or early June.(date TBD).

Must be able to provide own transportation to and from local sites.

Preference will be given to candidates who are currently working toward a Material Culture Certificate at UW-Madison.

Thanks to a generous grant from the Caxambas Foundation, the Material Culture Program will offer an honorarium of $2000 for each position.

To apply for either position, submit a cover letter and resume to Material Culture Program Director Ann Smart Martin (asmartin@wisc.edu) or Wisconsin Heritage Online Outreach Specialist Emily Pfotenhauer (epfotenhauer@wils.wisc.edu).

Application deadline: Friday May 11, 2012