PAID INTERNSHIP - Marianne Moore Collections Intern [ROSENBACH MUSEUM & LIBRARY]
The Rosenbach’s literary collections include virtually all of the manuscripts and papers of Modernist poet Marianne Moore (1887-1972), as well as her personal library, thousands of photographs, and the contents of her Greenwich village living room, thus making the Rosenbach the undisputed center for the study of this important American writer. The Moore Collection is a unique literary repository, preserving intact a comprehensive record of a writer’s intellectual development. The Rosenbach has become a pilgrimage site for students and lovers of twentieth-century American art and literature, and the Moore papers are the heart of this collection.
In addition to the papers, Moore’s Greenwich Village living room is permanently installed on the third floor of the historic Rosenbach house and is always on view to visitors as part of the Rosenbach house tour. The over 2,500 personal objects from the Moore room, ranging from furniture to figurines to postage stamps have been cataloged and are also a fruitful source of inquiry for interested researchers.
Intern Responsibilities:
- The overall goals of this internship are reformatting the Moore Papers Collections Guide (finding aid) to incorporate new series information.
- Cross-references for additional correspondents and titles;
- Digitizing selected portions of the collection including notebooks and poetry manuscripts;
- Complete the numbering of Marianne Moore books (MML).
- Create basic Excel records for Moore Library books not in online catalog.
- Catalog the phonograph records related to Marianne Moore.
Qualifications:
- Attention to detail
- Ability to work with complex numbering systems
- A background and interest in poetry, Modernism, Library Science, digitization, English or history.
- Interest in Modernist poetry a plus.
- Ability to work independently after initial instruction.
- Collections care and handling.
- Ability to work in a spreadsheet (knowledge of formulas and advanced functions not required).