Description: The Forest History Society is seeking a highly organized and collaborative Oral/Public Historian (OPH) to our new multi-year initiative, Forests of the Last 50 Years. This 3-year initiative includes major efforts to secure oral histories and documents from key individuals from the last 50 years of forest history, significantly enhancing FHS’s collections, programming, and visibility to forest and environmental historians as well as the broader public. The OPH will conduct and help process oral histories, advise on the acquisition of documents, and engage in outreach to the public and professional historians to raise awareness of the project and FHS as a destination for historical research and scholarship.
Qualifications: The position is a two to three year position with possibility of renewal depending on available funding. Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree, training, or experience in public and oral history, environmental and/or forest history, folklore, anthropology, or a related field preferred. Demonstrated experience conducting oral history interviews, including planning, interviewing, processing, and documentation. Knowledge of forest history, environmental history, and natural resource issues, or related subject areas. Ability to work both independently and as part of a small collaborative team and travel 1-3 times per month throughout the US and Canada to conduct oral histories on site.
Salary: $52,000–$57,000