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Santa Cruz Seeks Deadhead Archivist

UC offers $70K for job made in hippie heaven

By Mary Papenfuss,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 11, 2009 3:03 AM CST
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(Newser) – Far out. The University of Santa Cruz is seeking an archivist to help handle its horde of Grateful Dead material—for a very un-hippie-like $70,000 salary, plus benefits. The school is seeking a "creative" professional with a master's degree, and preferably "expert knowledge" of the "history and influence of the Grateful Dead."

The archivest in this "career status job" will help digitalize and promote a mammoth collection of historical memorabilia donated by the surviving band members. No word yet if bennies include tie-dye Fridays, notes the San Francisco Chronicle.

Eileen Law, Grateful Dead archivist, poses under a poster in San Francisco last year before the band's surviving members turned over their archives to the University of California at Santa Cruz.
Eileen Law, Grateful Dead archivist, poses under a poster in San Francisco last year before the band's surviving members turned over their archives to the University of California at Santa Cruz.   (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
Jerry.
Jerry.   (?sanbeiji)
A Grateful Dead poster.
A Grateful Dead poster.   (?ClevelandSGS)
Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia is joined by Delaney Bramlett in Calgary, Canada, in 1970 during the legendary Transcontinental Pop Festival.
Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia is joined by Delaney Bramlett in Calgary, Canada, in 1970 during the legendary Transcontinental Pop Festival.   (AP Photo/Ron "Sunshine" Mastrion, File)
The famous Grateful Dead skull and roses poster.
The famous Grateful Dead "skull and roses" poster.   (AP Photo/Evolutionary Media Group, Mouse Kelley)
European Grateful Dead poster, auctioned last year.
European Grateful Dead poster, auctioned last year.   (AP Photo/Bonhams)
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mehrheit
Nov 12, 2009 1:54 AM CST
They should check with some of the Grateful Dead archivists who have their work featured on archive.org. Those ppl are amazing - restoring damaged live recordings by splicing together from multiple audio sources and removing noise. So good you usually can't even tell it's spliced. They know their Dead.
yellowjeep
Nov 11, 2009 9:32 AM CST
Very sweet gig.
riffran
Nov 11, 2009 9:09 AM CST
"Looks like the silver lining has a........touch of grey"....Sure miss ole Jerry...nice music

 
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