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About The Position
The Peabody Essex Museum's institutional archives contain the official papers and records of PEM and its ancestor organizations, dating back to the institution's founding as the East India Marine Society in 1799. It comprises vast unknown and hidden assets surely filled with compelling stories and unrealized ideas, as PEM's history parallels and reflects the history of Salem, Essex County, New England, and the United States. The Phillips Library seeks an experienced Institutional Archivist (IA) to be responsible for surveying, scoping, organizing, describing, making accessible (as appropriate), preserving, and promoting the Peabody Essex Museum's physical and digital institutional archives. This is an exciting opportunity to build the official archive of the country's oldest continuously operating museum from the ground up. While based in the Phillips Library, the IA will collaborate with PEM staff in all departments (especially Registration, Curatorial, Collections Management, Finance, and Information Technology) to discover the extent and define the scope of the archives; develop policies and procedures grounded in best practices; manage transfers of institutional records to the archives; select materials to share via exhibitions and programs; and serve as an ambassador for the archives to PEM's communities and audiences. The IA will report to the Director of the Phillips Library. Their work will take place at PEM's Collection Center in Rowley, Massachusetts, with occasional responsibilities at the museum campus in Salem.
