The Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive at Texas Tech University seeks a three-year Project Archivist to process the records of the New Jersey State Council, Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc. Collection.  This collection contains 986 linear feet of records pulled in defense of Dow Chemical, et al., for the 1984 landmark Agent Orange Product Liability Litigation class action suit, and includes numerous academic, government, and military studies on the chemical’s effects on the environment, animals, and people. Additionally, there are numerous legal documents from the trial including depositions of both plaintiffs and the defendants’ employees, experts in a variety of fields including public health and toxicology, witnesses, and veterans; exhibits and medical studies of dioxin; trial exhibits and their supporting documentation; motions filed pursuant to legal discovery and court rulings on those motions; and correspondence between counsel, the defendants, and plaintiffs.

Salary:  $38,000 + benefits

Responsibilities for this position include surveying the collection and developing a processing plan, acquiring necessary archival supplies, implementing necessary preservation procedures, sorting and arranging records into series and sub-series, developing a collection inventory, re-housing the collection in acid-free folders and boxes, writing comprehensive finding aid including scope and content and administrative history statements, and entering finding aid into existing online collection database (ArchivesSpace).  This position is a full-time staff position, reporting to the Associate Director of the Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive.   

The Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive collects and preserves the documentary record of the Vietnam War, and supports and encourages research and education regarding all aspects of the American Vietnam experience.   We are located on the Texas Tech University campus in Lubbock, Texas, and are the largest private repository of Vietnam War related materials in the country.

Preferred qualifications are a master’s degree in Library Science or a related field, and one-year experience processing archives and creating finding aids.  We offer a competitive salary and excellent benefits package.  To apply, please submit your cover letter, CV, and the names and phone numbers of three professional references via our website at: https://www.depts.ttu.edu/hr/workattexastech/ requisition #25089BR (staff position)

As an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer, Texas Tech University is dedicated to the goal of building a culturally diverse work force committed to teaching and working in a multicultural environment. We actively encourage applications from all those who can contribute, through their research, teaching, and/or service, to the diversity and excellence of the academic community at Texas Tech University. The university will not discriminate in our employment practices based on an applicant’s race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information or status as a protected veteran.