Attendence to monthly service meetings, September through May is strongly encouraged. One three-hour shift per week is required for archives and manuscript processor. One three-hour shift per week is preferred for other duties. Dedicate one year of service. Reference archivist is the volunteer coordinator for archival assistants.
All jobs also have a job supervisor.
All Historical Society staff and volunteers are required to be fingerprinted and to wear name tags while working. Currently there are seven service areas for Archival Assistants. Process government, state and local, records for use by patrons. Cleaning documents, removing staples, flat filing, reboxing, and creating finding aids. Some computer indexing projects, such as census, are available.