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The Historical Society of Pennsylvania seeks a Project Cataloger for the Library, reporting to the Director of Cataloging. The primary responsibility is cataloging the Society's Slavery, Abolition, and Freedom Collection. A secondary responsibility is re-housing the Pennsylvania Abolition Society Records. This is a full-time, limited-term (12-month) position [Monday-Friday, 40 hours/week], funded in part by the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom.
Specific Responsibilities: Perform original and copy cataloging of pamphlets (primarily), monographs and serials on OCLC; Classify material according to the Library of Congress classification system; Re-house the records of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society; perform other duties as assigned.
Skills and Requirements: Master's degree in library science; Specific training with LCSH, LCC, AACR2, and USMARC formats; library and OCLC; Strong organization, communication and writing skills; Experience handling archival material preferred; Familiarity with a variety of computer applications preferred; Must be able to lift 40 pounds.
To apply, send a cover letter and resume, along with contact information for three references, by August 3, 2005, to: Project Cataloger Position, The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1300 Locust Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107. Please no phone calls or faxes about this position.
Salary: Minimum of $33,280. This is an exempt position. HSP is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
TOWN MEETINGS ON UNDERGROUND RAILROAD IN NORTH-EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA, JULY 25, 27 AND JULY 29, 2005
The Center for Anti-Slavery Studies and Keystone College invite the public to a series of Town Meetings to discuss the local history project, "The Place I Call Home: Northeastern Pennsylvania's Underground Railroad History." The multi-county project will spend the next few years researching and interpreting the under-told role that Northeastern Pennsylvania played in the national Anti-Slavery movement.
This is the second of three Town Meetings which invite public discussion and participation in the research process. Admission is free to the Town Meetings.
Due to the large geographic area of Northeastern PA, the project team will offer the same session on three different nights - once in each of three regions. See below for the date and location of the session in your region.
At Wilkes-Barre, for the Valley Region, Monday, July 25, 2005; at Honesdale, for the Pocono Mountain Region, Wednesday, July 27; and at Tunkhannock, for the Endless Mountains Region, on Friday, July 29, 2005.
All programs run 7:00 to 8:30. For directions and registration information, see their website.
http://www.antislaverystudies.org/events/townmeetings3.htm
CONFERENCE IN GREENWICH, NEW YORK, JULY 29-31, 2005
Full details and registration information for the Steal Away to Freedom Conference may be found on the following website:
http://www.stealawaytofreedom.com/
The program begins on Friday afternoon with a walking tour of the Greenwich cemetery and an evening concert by Magpie. Presenters on Saturday include Scott Christianson on Charles Nalle; Don and Vivian Papson, Rev. Fred Shaw on T.B. Watson, Henry Highland Garnet and Sarah Parker Remond; Fergus Bordewich on John Brown; Mary Ellen Urtz on Abbey Kelley Foster, and Tom Calarco with a travelogue on the Underground Railroad. The day's sessions also includes portrayals of Frederick Douglass by Cliff Oliver, Mary Brown by Kathleen Thomas, and Bessie May by Terri Gittens, and a session on the URR for Elementary Teachers and Students by Debbi Craig and Claudia Blackler. On Sunday there will be guided tour of URR sites led by Tom Calarco.
FREE PERSONS OF COLOR READINGS, FREDERICKSBURG, VIRGINIA, AUGUST 11 AND 12, 2005
Author, Anita Wills will present her book, Notes and Documents of Free Persons of Color, at the Central Rappahannock Library in Fredericksburg, Virginia. This is an historic event for Ms. Wills and her family. It is a return to the place their ancestors fled in 1853, and the first time the family has gathered in generations. The gathering will take place on August 11 - 12, 2005. The two day event will take place at the Central Rappahannock Library and at the Wounded Bookshop in Fredericksburg Virginia. Ms. Wills, her family and friends will gather in Fredericksburg, the place where their ancestors lived in the 1700's-1800's, as Free Persons of Color. Much of the setting for
Notes and Documents of Free Persons of Color is in colonial Virginia. The event is sponsored by The Historic Fredericksburg Foundation.
Event times: August 11, 2005, 5 pm to 8 pm at the Central Rappahannock Library, 1201 Caroline Street, Fredericksburg Virginia and August 12 at the Wounded Bookstore, Fredericksburg Athenaeum, 109 Amelia Street, Fredericksburg, VA. The time for the reading on August 12th has not been set.
Notes and Documents of Free Persons of Color is a chronicle of Ms. Wills'
ancestors. The book chronicles the lives of several families of Free Persons of Color who resided throughout
colonial Virginia. Anita Wills' contact information is:
2041 Miramonte Avenue, 12, San Leandro, CA 94578; telephone 510-481-1804.
Christopher Densmore
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
July 18, 2005
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