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         GRADUATE INTERNSHIPS IN ARCHIVES AND SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
         THE CENTER FOR WESTERN STUDIES
                                                                                        2006-2007

THE CENTER FOR WESTERN STUDIES:  An outreach program of Augustana 
College, the Center is committed to the preservation and 
interpretation of the history and cultures of the Dakotas and 
Northern Plains.  Holdings include over 4,000 linear feet of 
archives, a library of 35,000 books and bound periodicals, and art 
and museum collections.  Major interpretive programs are the Dakota 
Conference on Northern Plains History, Literature, Art, and 
Archaeology, the Artists of the Plains Art Show and Sale, the Boe 
Forum on Public Affairs, exhibits, and book publishing.  The Center 
is located in the new 22,000 s.f., $3.3 million Fantle Building on 
the campus of Augustana College, Sioux Falls, South Dakota.  With 
over 150,000 residents, Sioux Falls is the financial, retail, and 
medical center of a three-state region.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:
* Paid internship ($1,000 per month) with option of graduate credit
* Full-time schedule (Monday-Friday and some weekends and evenings)
* Assist professional staff with variety of educational programs 
related to the region
* Daily schedule will consist of processing archival collections, 
providing reference assistance with research collections, and 
assisting staff with public programs
* Occasional duties will include providing guided tours, speaking to 
visiting groups, installing exhibits, and supervising some student 
assistants and docents

INTERNSHIP PERIOD:  Preference given to candidate available full-time 
for 6-month period, beginning fall 2006, with possible extension to 
be determined at later date

REQUIREMENTS:  Intern candidate should be a graduate student in 
archives, special collections, or public history with significant 
experience in archival processing and automated collections 
management.  Experience with Web-based collections descriptions an 
asset.  Post-graduate internship possible.

APPLICATION:  Written letter of application and two letters of 
reference by faculty

FURTHER INFORMATION:  Available upon request or visit CWS 
home-page:  http://www.augie.edu/CWS/

INTERNSHIP 
DIRECTOR:
          Harry F. Thompson, Ph.D.
          Director of Research Collections and Publications
          The Center for Western Studies
          Box 727, Augustana College
          Sioux Falls, SD 57197
          605/274-4007 or [log in to unmask] 

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