Call for Applications: Huerta Center Graduate Scholar
Deadline: Monday November 4, 2024 at 11:59pm.
Apply here for the Huerta Center Graduate 2024-2025 CART Alternative Spring Break
The University Library’s Center for Archival Research and Training (CART) and the Dolores Huerta Research Center for the Americas invite applications for two graduate scholars to participate in an alternative spring break processing the Dolores Huerta personal papers and Dolores Huerta Foundation records in March 2025.
In 2024, UC Santa Cruz received a $1 million grant from the Mellon Foundation to help establish new public archives documenting the legacy of social justice activist Dolores Huerta. As part of this grant, a professional archivist, postdoctoral scholars, and graduate student scholars will be hired and work together to preserve the legacy of Dolores Huerta and the work she has done through the Dolores Huerta Foundation, and create new research and education materials. The grant forms a partnership between the Dolores Huerta Center for the Americas, the Latin American and Latino Studies Department, Special Collections & Archives, and the Dolores Huerta Foundation. Learn more about the Dolores Huerta Foundation archives partnership with UC Santa Cruz.
The two Huerta Center Graduate Scholars will work with professional archivists in 2025 to help make the Dolores Huerta Papers and Dolores Huerta Foundation Records available for scholarly research and public use. Working with the CART Archivist and other staff at the University Library Special Collections & Archives, the Huerta Scholars will be trained in archival theory and practice during Winter Quarter 2025. Then, during Spring Break, the Scholars will travel to Bakersfield and work with the Dolores Huerta Archivist to assist in organizing, describing, and preserving the collections of Huerta’s personal papers and Foundation records.
The Scholars will be expected to devote up to 20 hours to archival training in early March 2025 at McHenry Library, and 32 hours to archival processing at the Huerta Foundation in Bakersfield, California from March 24-28, 2025. Travel funding and accommodations in Bakersfield will be provided as part of this program thanks to the generous sponsorship of The Humanities Institute of UC Santa Cruz.
Application Information
Submit your application by completing this Google Form.
(Preview application questions in this PDF)
Application deadline: Monday, November 4, 2024, 11:59pm
Amount: $1750 stipend ($31.52/hour for approximately 55 hours). Transportation to Bakersfield, lodging, and per diem are also included.
Number of positions: 2
Eligibility: Currently enrolled in a graduate program at UCSC at least through June 2025. (at least five credits, not on leave or filing fee, in good academic standing, within normative time). Priority will go to graduate students in the Humanities Division and the Latin American and Latino Studies department.
Want to learn more? Attend our virtual information session on Tuesday, October 15th at 3pm. Register via Zoom at this link.
Training for the Huerta Center Scholars
The Huerta Center Graduate Scholars will receive up to 20 hours of paid training in archival processing through the Center for Archival Research and Training (CART). The training will occur during Winter Quarter 2025 and will include the following components:
Welcome
Via a short Zoom meeting, the Scholars will meet one another and Special Collections & Archives staff, be introduced to the project and training assignments, and ask any initial questions.
Readings and written reflection
The Scholars will read introductory articles on archival theory and practice, the work of Dolores Huerta and the Huerta Foundation, and contemporary issues in the profession of archives and libraries. They will also learn about archival processing, which will guide their work on-site with the Huerta Archivist. After spending time with the readings, Scholars will write a 1-2 page reflection describing what they’ve learned, and listing questions that remain.
In-person meeting at Special Collections & Archives, UC Santa Cruz
The Scholars will meet at Special Collections & Archives with the Huerta Archivist and other staff to 1) discuss the readings, 2) have a tour of the UCSC library collections space, and 3) get hands-on time with archival collections and interact with collection guides.
Processing work with Huerta Archivist on-site at DHF
After the 20 hours of paid training with CART, the Scholars will continue to be trained on-site at the Huerta Foundation in Bakersfield with the Huerta Archivist as they conduct their processing work during spring break (March 24-28).
If you have questions about the application, please contact Alix Norton at alix.norton@ucsc.edu. Learn more about the University Library’s Center for Archival Research and Training (CART) here.