Thursday, September 3, 2009

Career Opportunities & Educational Web Site

A BIG THANK YOU to Terri Lynn Taylor who shared the following opportunity with us. In addition to the possible career opportunities, the web site seems to be an excellent inspirational and education tool. Please share with others to whom this may be of interest.

The HistoryMakers a national non-profit educational organization based in Chicago, Ill., has received a significant grant from the National Science Foundation. THM is seeking several dedicated, competent people to fill important positions.

The THM collection represents the largest single archival project of its kind in the world. We have taped over 2,000 stories of known and unknown African Americans, from John Hope Franklin to NASA administrator Julian Earls. Their goal is to complete 5,000 interviews nationwide by 2010.

The Web site is: (http://www.thehistorymakers.com/)

The positions are:
-- Video Oral History Archivist
-- National Science Foundation Project Director
-- Executive Administrative Assistant/Operations Manager
-- Web Designer
-- Science Researcher/Writer
-- Education and Programming Sales Coordinator
-- IT/Video Production Manager

Qualified applicants should send resume and writing samples to:

The HistoryMakers
1900 S. Michigan Ave.
Chicago, IL. 60616
(mail to:jlr@thehistorymakers.com)
(No calls, please.)

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