This is a temporary, part-time position responsible for the arrangement and description of the O’Keefe Family Archive, 1913-19. The archive documents the family’s prominent role in the Gulf Coast political, business, and philanthropic spheres from Edward “Ned” O’Keefe’s immigration to Ocean Springs in the mid-1800s through successive generations. The archive is a hybrid collection consisting of 10 c ft and 9,524 digital surrogates of clippings, obituaries, scrapbooks, interviews, biographies and photographs of businesses, family members and events created and donated by the family. The archive will serve as a prototype for processing hybrid collections that will be documented in a manual, proposed as the subject of professional presentations, and presented in an online exhibition. This position is funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. This is an 18 hour/week, 4-month position.

Job Duties

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  Responsible for arranging the analog and digital materials, creating an EAD-compliant finding aid, and linking digital surrogates to the analog record.
• Responsible for documenting the steps involved in processing the hybrid collection and for creating an online exhibition.
• Other duties as assigned

• Good organizational skills.
• Ability to conduct basic research.
  

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The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) is a comprehensive public research institution delivering transformative programs on campuses in Hattiesburg and Long Beach, at teaching and research sites across the Mississippi Gulf Coast, as well as online. Founded in 1910, USM is one of only 131 universities in the nation to earn the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education's "R1: Doctoral Universities - Very high research activity" designation, and its robust research enterprise includes experts in ocean science and engineering, polymer science and engineering, and large event venue safety and security, among others. USM is also one of only 37 institutions in the nation accredited in theatre, art and design, dance and music. As an economic driver, USM generates an annual economic impact of more than $600 million across the state. USM welcomes a diverse student body of more than 14,000, representing 71 countries, all 50 states, and every county in Mississippi. USM students have collected four Truman Scholarships and 37 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships, while also leading Mississippi with 27 Goldwater Scholarships, an honor that recognizes the next generation of great research scientists. Home to the Golden Eagles, USM competes in 17 Division I sports sponsored by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). For more information, visit www.usm.edu.

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