Dear all
This is just a reminder that the closing date for application for the Oliver Messel Archivist is Sunday 9th October. This is a two year post with a salary range of £28,143 - £31,656 pa. Further details are as follows:
Following the award of a Heritage Lottery Fund grant, the University of Bristol Theatre Collection is recruiting for a Project Archivist to catalogue the personal archive of Oliver Messel (1904-1978), one of the foremost stage designers of the twentieth century. Messel was at the forefront of theatre design from the late 1920s to the 1950s. His design work also embraced screen, interiors and architecture and continued until his death in 1978. His work as an architect and interior designer in Barbados and Mustique is particularly well documented in his archive.
The archive comprises Messel’s personal correspondence, articles and writing, scrapbooks, photographs and photograph albums, press cuttings books and a rich range of ephemera. It documents his life in rich detail and offers a significant overview of his professional work. Although it includes some original artwork and designs, it is distinct from the Oliver Messel Collection which is owned by the V&A and which comprises his design archive.
This is a fixed term post for two years (start date provisionally 1 December 2016). The postholder will appraise, arrange, repackage and catalogue the archive to international standards of archival description using Calm, working closely with a team of volunteers who will assist with repackaging and carrying out biographical research.
The successful candidate will have a recognised postgraduate qualification in archives and records management along with a sound understanding and professional experience of archival appraisal, arrangement and cataloguing of large, complex archives.
For further information see http://www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/details.html?nPostingID=5031&nPostingTargetID=18860&option=28&sort=DESC&respnr=1&ID=Q50FK026203F3VBQBV7V77V83&keywords=archivist&Resultsperpage=10&lg=UK&mask=uobext
For an informal discussion, please contact Jo Elsworth at [log in to unmask] or 0117 331 5086.
Interviews will be held on 26 October 2016.
Best wishes
Jo
Jo Elsworth
Director: Theatre Collection
University of Bristol
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