Historical Center of York County
Location Description
The Historical Center of York County was originally opened in 1989 to serve as the County’s archival repository, and now collects, preserve, interpret, and maintain information of historical importance to the Piedmont areas of the Carolinas under the Culture & Heritage Museums.
Practicum Work Mode
On site
Semesters or Time Period Available
Ongoing, not limited to a specific semester
Location
210 East Jefferson Street
York, South Carolina 29745
https://chmuseums.org/historical-center-mc
Contact
Carleigh Isbell
Archives Specialist
cisbell@chmuseums.org
803-818-6769
Student Tasks
The purpose of this position is to assist Historical Center staff in protecting and preserving historical records and making them accessible for walk-in visitors and staff.The student will be mainly be assisting with processing archival collections. This includes preserving documents in acid free folders and archival boxes, organizing archival collections such as family papers, maps, books, photos, etc., creating finding aids for archival collections along with researching and transcribing historical documents for scholarly articles.
Type of Mentoring Provided to the Student
Daily and long term operations of an Archiving institution, how to deal with the working environment and various departments. Close communications for certain projects will be implemented, but there are plenty of options for independent projects as well.
Student Interaction With Others at the Location
The Historical Center of York County houses the Archives department, the Collections department, along with the Historian of the Southern Revolutionary War Institute. The staff is small and there is constant overlap and assisting others with various tasks. Consistently the student will interact with the Archives staff, but will have daily interactions with the Collections and Southern Revolutionary War Institute staff.