General Description

The Archives Graduate Assistant performs a variety of tasks in Milner Archives and Special Collections. The primary functions are archival processing, scanning, and research assistance. Essential Job Duties

Perform archival processing including creating inventories, file-level finding aids, re-housing materials in archival friendly containers (file folders, boxes, photo sleeves, etc.) and insuring the container is recorded per the Records Group alphanumeric system.

Scan materials which contributes both to digitization for the web and also in fulfilling research requests.

Provide multifaceted research assistance by helping the archivist locate and gather information and to research topics at the request of researchers such as students, faculty and staff, campus offices (primarily the President’s Office, University Relations, and the UM Foundation), the town of Montevallo, alumni, and the general public. This also includes ass...