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PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARLY EDITING INTERN, YALE INDIAN PAPERS PROJECT, YALE UNIVERSITY The Yale Indian Papers Project is pleased to welcome applications for a short-term scholarly editing internship focused on the editorial preparation and publication of the papers of Ezra Stiles that relate to New England Native peoples. Application Deadline: February 15, 2013 Title: Mohegan Scholarly Editing Internship Schedule: Short-term, Part-time (20 days total, March July, 2013) Project Context: Although the work of Yale College in the eighteenth century included the training of missionaries to preach to the Indians of southern New England, when the ever-inquisitive Reverend Ezra Stiles (17271795) became its president in 1778, Yale chose someone deeply interested in the regions Native Americans. For much of his life, Stiles gathered information on New Englands Indians. He recorded the memories of the oldest residents, surveyed found artifacts, drew up censuses, and interviewed Indians themselves on their history, customs, myths, and political affairs. Much of this research survives in the Ezra Stiles Collection at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. A significant portion of the Stiles Papers has been already published and indexed but, as many researchers have discovered, edited imperfectly. Some documents are only partially transcribed within the printed works. Maps of Indian communities are frequently omitted, and the names of the Indians are seldom found within the index. All these oversights have presented problems for researchers over the years, especially those in New England Indian communities who may have felt marginalized from the materials. The Yale Indian Papers Project at the Lewis Walpole Library is a collaborative scholarly editing endeavor designed to provide greater access to primary source materials by, on, or about New England Native Americans by gathering a dispersed and fragmentary documentary record into one readily available online research tool. By offering researchers digital images and two forms of transcriptions, diplomatic facsimiles and text-regularized/annotated versions, the Project presents not only visual access but intellectual access as well. The resulting virtual collection represents a shared history between Americans, Native Americans, and Britons, and the greater Atlantic World that promotes an understanding of the historical and cultural forces that have shaped New England Indian life for several hundred years. Yales Ezra Stiles material represents one of the Projects core collections, not only for its content but for its connections to other items in the Projects archives. Position Description: In collaboration with Project editors, the Mohegan scholarly editing intern (MSEI) will devote one month (20 working days) to the editorial preparation of a designated set of Stiles materials. Principal responsibilities include the following:

identifying a relevant selection of Stiles Indian materials within the relevant specifications, preparing transcriptions for annotations, identifying people, places, dates, events and conduct research on them, identifying related materials within the New England Indian Papers Series Archives as complementary annotation items, when and if possible, working with tribal elders, tribal mentors, or other tribal members to discover the tribal historical and cultural significance of the particular set of materials under consideration, writing annotation for the set of materials

Materials will be published in the New England Indian Papers Seriesonline archives. Editors and MSEI will present findings to tribal representatives and to the Yale University Library community. In the course of work, the internship requires some travel to the Lewis Walpole Library in Farmington, CT and to the Yale libraries in New Haven, CT. Required Membership, Education, and Experience: Enrolled member of The Mohegan Tribe. Minimum academic qualifications, B.A. Considering the short-term, focused nature of the internship, the candidate should have experience with advanced academic research, New England Indian history, and with digital media. Required Skills: Demonstrated ability for critical thinking, analytical abilities, and clear writing. Ability to work with minimal supervision. Basic computer skills (Microsoft Word, Excel). Yale University Library policy requires that all employees, including temporary workers and interns, pass a background/security check. For additional information on the background check requirements and process, visit www.yale.edu/hronline/careers/screening/faqs.html.

Candidates should submit a cover letter, resume or CV, and names and addresses of three references to be contacted. All materials should be mailed to: Scholarly Editing Internship Initiative, Yale Indian Papers Project, The Lewis Walpole Library, P.O. Box 1408, Farmington, CT 06034 or sent to indianpapersproject@yale.edu. Questions regarding the position may be referred to indianpapersproject@yale.edu.