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LGBTQ+ Collections Internship

Internship Location: History Colorado Center, Denver, CO
 
Stipend: Intern will receive a stipend of $1,200. The stipend is not salary or compensation. The stipend is meant to support study and research during the tenure of the appointment and will be issued in (2) installments. Qualified candidates may receive academic credit through their college or university.

Apply By: 5pm Mountain Time 8/6/2021
 
History Colorado is committed to anti-racism practices across its institution and outlined in these grounding virtues. As such, we encourage members of Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) LGBTQ+ and persons with disabilities communities to apply for this internship.

Desired Schedule: Minimum 10 hours/week August – October 2021.

Broad Scope of Position: Join History Colorado’s Gill Foundation LGBTQ+ Collection Staff to support the collection and processing of items that have historical significance to the LGBTQ+ community. The intern will help with cataloging incoming collections in History Colorado’s database system, which will entail data entry about the artifact, taking photos of the artifacts, and archiving incoming documents. During the program, the intern will assist in reaching out to community members and collecting artifacts from those contacted. The acquisition aspect of this position will require research utilizing History Colorado and online sources. Contacting potential acquisitions will require reaching out to various people and organizations with an eye on building trusting, lasting, and respectful connections with potential donors. This will be done through email, phone, in person visits and community building events.

Outcomes: This internship will provide the student or recent graduate with hands on experience with museum procedure, collections acquisition, artifact handling, database entry, exhibit design, and relationship building between minority communities and state institutions. By the end of the internship, the intern will be comfortable with museum collections procedure, operation of our archival database, and will have gained skills in donor relations.

Desired Skills & Academic Field of Study:
• Undergraduate student, recent graduate, Master’s student or recent Master’s graduate with focus in History, Political Science, Gender and Women's studies, Library Science, Museum Studies, or other related field
• Demonstrable organizational and efficient data entry experience
• Detail-oriented with an ability to synthesize information
• Strong communication skills History Colorado, 1200 Broadway, Denver, CO 80203 HistoryColorado.org
• Self-starter comfortable being self-directed but must be willing to ask questions and seek direction when unsure

To Apply for this Position: Submit a cover letter, resume, and your answer to the question below to Director of Volunteer Engagement Emily Dobish, emily.dobish@state.co.us.

As a response to the recent national protests regarding systemic injustice, History Colorado staff came together during the months of July and August 2020 to discuss as an institutional community the ways in which History Colorado can advance the work of anti-racism. These Grounding Virtues are the result of our collective process.

Please click here: https://www.historycolorado.org/sites/default/files/media/document/2020/AntiRacism_Grounding_Virtues.pdf.

Answer this question: How have these guiding principles shown up in your previous work and /or how would you contribute to these virtues in your internship position at History Colorado?

**A condition of employment is the successful completion of a background check.