Princeton Undergraduate Students
Every academic year, Visual Resources seeks undergraduate students to assist in digitizing our collection of archaeological and archival collections. Tasks include photographing and/or scanning historical photographs and other archival material as well as data entry. Strong attention to detail, reliability, and the ability to work independently are required. An interest in photography, archaeology, or art history is preferred.
In the past undergraduate student workers have:
- transcribed archaeological documentation;
- compiled data related to various digitization projects;
- photographed film negatives on a light stand with a digital camera;
- edited photographed film negatives in Adobe Photoshop;
- … and more!
Please email [email protected] for more information or visit Student Employment to learn more about and apply for specific job openings.
Princeton Graduate Students
Visual Resources hires graduate students on a rolling basis to support the ongoing work of the division. These students may be members of the Department of Art and Archaeology but may also be from other departments across Princeton’s campus. Work can be undertaken remotely or in-person and may consist of: digital photography, cataloguing, georeferencing, transcribing historic documents, indexing, image editing, and more. We make every effort to match students to tasks that involve either a subject they are interested in (e.g.: ancient Greece, historic building techniques, medieval manuscripts, etc.) or a skill or methodology that they would like to cultivate (e.g.: image editing, digital project planning, text recognition software, etc.). Academic-year positions are usually posted in August, but remote work can be accomplished year-round.
In the past, graduate students have:
- catalogued negatives in the A. Sheldon Pennoyer Collection, a corpus produced by a member of the Monuments Men documenting the ruined remains of Italy following World War II;
- catalogued images of icons and manuscripts from Mount Sinai;
- identified and indexed the photographic collections of former Princeton faculty members;
- cataloged lantern slides of Greece monuments and landscapes;
- …and more!
Please email [email protected] for more information.
Researchers
Every year, Visual Resources hosts several visiting scholars to consult our collections; while we welcome visitors, we recognize that having the ability to travel to Princeton is an undertaking that many cannot afford. While we are taking steps to digitize and share these collections more widely, many collections remain accessible only through on-site visits. To assist scholars in using these collections, Visual Resources launched our Research Award in 2024.
Please visit the Visual Resources Research Award page for more information about upcoming application requirements and previous award winners.