Job Posting: Cataloging Assistant
Where: Denver, CO
When: March 2023-June 30, 2023 (20 hrs/wk)
Rate: $20/hour
Terms: limited term, no benefits or PTO
History Colorado is hiring a temporary contractor for a Cataloging Assistant Project in Denver. The Cataloging Assistant will work with the Associate Curator of Latino History and Culture to catalog artifacts, digital images, oral histories, and archives. The Cataloging Assistant will add information about the items into the ARGUS database records and organize files. The Cataloging Assistant will work with Registration and the Curator to record and file the provenance for materials in Registration and departmental files, physically describing artifacts in the ARGUS database, documenting and recording provenance, and photographing artifacts.
History Colorado’s Latino History and Culture collection contains holdings from Hispano, Chicano, Latino, and Mexican American communities throughout the state. The collection of artifacts, archives, photographs, and historic structures captures a myriad of cultural influences, while reinforcing the role Latinos have played in shaping Colorado’s unique character.
Work will be held at the History Colorado Center in downtown Denver.
Qualifications:
● Bachelor’s degree in museum studies, history, art history, anthropology, or related field
● Demonstrated experience cataloging museum or archive collections
● Must be organized and detail-oriented and have experience handling museum collections
● Demonstrated experience in team-work and independent work
● Ability to work at a computer for 4-8 hours/day
● Must successfully pass a background check
To Apply:
Send letter of interest, resume, and 3 references to lucha.martinez@state.co.us. No calls please.
Deadline is 3/14/23.
Please answer the following question in your letter of interest:
1. History Colorado is striving to add more diversity to our hiring process by encouraging people from all nationalities and ethnicities to apply. The Latino collection focuses on the Hispano, Mexican-American, Chicano, and Latino experience and history in Colorado. What does Latino history mean to you and why is it important to talk about?
