Oral History Intern
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Job Location:
Wake County, NC - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Agency
Dept of AdministrationDivision
Youth Advocacy Involvement OfficeJob Classification Title
S-Education & Training (S)Position Number
Grade
TSAbout Us
The NC Department of Administration is the business manager for North Carolina state government. The department oversees Government Operations such as building construction purchasing and contracting for goods and services maintaining facilities managing state vehicles acquiring and disposing of real property and operating auxiliary services such as courier mail delivery and the sale of state and federal surplus property. Additionally the department manages many of the states advocacy programs that provide assistance and services to diverse segments of the states population that have been traditionally underserved.
Description of Work
Knowledge Skills and Abilities/Management Preferences
Agency:Natural and Cultural Resources
Division: Archives and Records
Job Duties: The intern will focus on processing and describing individual interviews and collections for the School Integration and Desegregation Oral History Project and Conversations in Black (Greensboro Oral History Project). The intern will assist in digital access transcription metadata work and in the creation of a finding aid all enhancing accessibility for these interviews and collections.
Major Task to be Performed:
The intern will work to add the interviews from both collections to the Internet Archives and make them accessible on North Carolina Digital Collections. This work includes uploading the interview files to the online platform and creating descriptive metadata using institutional guidelinesand local standards. The intern will be providing summary information on the individual interview level as well as the project level.
The intern will assist in finding aid creation for the two previously mentioned oral history projects.
The intern will assist in logging indexing and transcribing oral histories.
Social media work will be expected: The intern will be asked to help create podcast episode ideas to highlight the oral history collection for Connecting the Docs the State Archives podcast. The intern will also be expected to write blog posts for the Archives blog History For All the People and accompanying content for Twitter and Facebook.
Final Product or Outcome Anticipated: The creation of two finding aids one for each project. At least three completed transcriptions. One podcast episode. The facilitation of oral history uploads into the digital collection.
Academic Majors Desired: Bachelors degree in history public history communications or similar minimum; Masters in public history library science or similar preferred.
2026 State of North Carolina Internship Period: Monday May 18 Friday July 24 2026
The successful candidate will have strong written and verbal communication skills to effectively describe collections to facilitate accessibility. Knowledge of North Carolina history a plus. The intern will gain the knowledge of conducting and processing oral history collections in all phases from working with donors and creating project ideas to conducting interviews to processing transcribing and accessioning collections. The intern will also be exposed to working with community members to accession their interviews into the Archives as well as help with oral history trainings. Furthermore the intern will learn how to accurately describe and make interviews accessible for researchers and interested addition to working with oral history collections the oral history intern will interact with other units within Special Collections and the Division of Archives and Records generally in the creation of oral histories and for the podcast and other outreach opportunities. This opportunity uniquely sits at the intersection of the creativity of making history and the scientific work of archiving materials and the intern will be exposed to both facets of the job.
- An applicant must be a permanent North Carolina resident attending a college university law school community college or technical institute in North Carolina or a North Carolina resident attending an equivalent institution out of state.
- Applicants must carry a 2.5 or greater overall grade point average on a 4.0 scale.
- Applicant must be a high school graduate and at least 18 years old by January 1 2026.
- Applicants must be continuing their education in the fall following their participation in the program.
- To qualify for a law internship applicants must have completed at least one year of law school before the beginning of the internship unless other majors are listed.
- Students having previously held paid internships with this program are not eligible to apply.
- Applicants must be willing and able to work full-time for the entire 10-week internship. Applicants must be able to provide legal proof of identity and work authorization within three working days of employment.
This position will close at 11:59 p.m. the night before the end date.
Minimum Education and Experience
Some state job postings say you can qualify by an equivalent combination of education and experience. If that language appears below then you may qualify through EITHER years of education OR years of directly related experience OR a combination of both. See the Education and Experience Equivalency Guide for details.
EEO Statement
The State of North Carolina is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and dedicated to providing employees with a work environment free from all forms of unlawful employment discrimination harassment or retaliation. The state provides reasonable accommodation to employees and applicants with disabilities; known limitations related to pregnancy childbirth or related medical conditions; and for religious beliefs observances and practices.
Recruiter:
Jeanene McBrideRecruiter Email:
Required Experience:
Intern
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