Project Archivist 

(July, 1, 2025)

Position Title - Project Archivist - 97 Orchard Street Construction Archives

Supervisor Title (All entry and mid-level position supervisors should be qualified, professional archivists.)- Collections Manager

Position Type - Part-time, term

Benefits - No

Hourly wage range - $25 - $30

The Tenement Museum seeks a contract project archivist to survey the records related to a recently completed construction project at 97 Orchard Street. This construction project—which aimed to maintain the building’s structural integrity and historic fabric while increasing visitor access—broke ground in August 2022. The project’s affiliated records include research from the early 2000s that informed the development of the Museum’s 2015 “Preservation Action Plan”, as well as construction documentation including professional correspondence, invoices and receipts, construction drawings, conditions assessments and conservation reports, photographs, fundraising records, meeting minutes, contracts, regulatory agency approvals, and more.

The expected outcome of this project will be a completed survey of the construction archives in preparation for future item-level processing, and integration into the Museum’s Permanent Collection Archives. The Tenement Museum’s project goals are to: (1) gain intellectual control over the 97 Orchard Street preservation project collection, (2) make the collection accessible to Tenement Museum staff and visiting researchers, and (3) improve the long-term preservation of the collection’s content. The project will be supervised by the Tenement Museum’s Collections Manager, under the direction of the Senior Director of Curatorial Affairs.

Qualifications:

• Hold an ALA-accredited MLS or MA degree focused on archives and records management
• Knowledge of archival theory and practice with 1-3 years of processing, arrangement, and description experience
• Knowledge of best practices in handling and preservation of archival material.
• Experience working with institutional archives and collections preferred
• Ability to work well independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
• Ability to lift and move 40lb boxes on and off shelves.

To Apply, please send single page resume and brief cover letter to ldubin@tenement.org