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Jewish Museum and Archives of British Columbia
Job title: Digitization Archives Assistant
Duration: 30 hours per week, Monday - Thursday for 8 weeks
Start and end dates: May 5, 2014 - June 26, 2014
Hourly Wage: $16/hour

Job Description:
The Jewish Museum and Archives of BC is seeking a digitization archives assistant to digitize a selection of Fred Schiffer photographs. Fred Siegfried Schiffer was born in Vienna, Austria, April 1, 1917. A Law student at the University of Vienna until 1938, he reached England as a refugee shortly before war broke out. He was the sole survivor of his family of five, all of whom perished in the Holocaust. In England he met his wife Olive, whom he married in 1942, and began his distinguished career as a photographer. Olive and Fred had two children, Jennifer and Roger. 1948 he set off with his wife and two small children to Buenos Aires, Argentina. There he became a respected artistic and commercial photographer. In 1958, when political unrest in Argentina became unbearable, the Schiffer family moved to Vancouver. Schiffer opened his studio on Seymour Street where he quickly became Vancouver's top portrait photographer.

The Fred Schiffer fonds [ca. 1940s-1999] contains approximately 40,000 photographs and 4 metres of textual records and artifacts. The selection of photographs to be digitized will be from the Vancouver series (1958-1999) which includes a total of 6,536 clients, many with multiple negatives and photographic proofs, which documents family groups, weddings, news celebrities, judiciary, film, stage and music personalities, etcetera.

The ideal candidate will have a background and demonstrated interest in history, religious studies, photography, museum or archival studies.  The JMABC will consider hiring a student working towards a degree or certification in any of the above fields. Basic computer skills are required and any experience working with databases or digital imaging software such as Adobe Photoshop will be considered an asset.

Please submit a resume and cover letter by email by the application deadline 5pm, Friday April 18.
Attention: Jennifer Yuhasz, Archivist
Email: archives at jewishmuseum.ca<mailto:archives at jewishmuseum.ca>

The Jewish Museum and Archives of British Columbia advocates a barrier-free workplace and encourages all qualified candidates to apply.
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