Last night I attended a presentation given by Rebecca Crowther who is a photo archivist at the Center for Sacramento History. Rebecca attended Sac State and graduated about 5 years ago with a Special Major Masters in the History of Photography with an emphasis in Archival Studies.  She has been at the history center for about 5 years, starting there as a student worker.  She gave us an overview of what the center is like.  They have photo archives that were donated by the Sacramento Bee that date back quite a ways.  The center started taking in photos in 1968.  They also have a KCRA television archive of film which was used prior to video tape.  The center possesses around 6 million images in the archives.

Rebecca spoke directly to students and what one needs to do in order to get a job like hers.  Basically, her response is, "do anything necessary."  She not only works with photographs but she curates shows, is a guest speaker, assists with and initiates shows and exhibitions, she is the writer, graphic artist, installer, in charge of social media  and fork lift driver... yes just about everything. 

The center does take on student interns, here are the deadlines for application:
August 20 for the Fall sememster
December 20 for the Spring semester
May 20 for the Summer

The center is located at:
551 Sequoia Pacific Blvd, Sacramento, CA 95811
Telephone: 916-808-7072
They are under "Sacramento History" on Facebook, FLICKR, and You Tube

www.centerforsacramentohistory.org