NOTE: The Lemelson Center Archival
Internship Program will remain active during the Museum's
renovation. We will accept applications for Summer 2008.
For further information please contact Alison Oswald at
oswalda@si.edu.
Internships at the Archives Center, National Museum
of American History
The Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of
Invention and Innovation at the National Museum of American
History, Smithsonian Institution, offers full time, ten
week, archival internship opportunities for graduate students
each summer. The internship stipend is $4,000 plus a travel
allowance. Housing and benefits are not provided.
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Enable new professionals to understand, identify, and manage the historical records of American invention and innovation; |
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Expose interns to the Museum's rich historical collections in the history of technology and twentieth century material culture; |
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Provide hands-on experience with archival collections that document invention and innovation; |
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Create finding aids to collections documenting invention and innovation; |
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Engage interns in discussion of archival issues and practices and provide a wide range of professional experiences within the Museum. |
Internships are located in the Museum's Archives Center,
a manuscripts and special collections repository with more
than 12,000 feet of holdings in a wide range of subject
areas and a full time staff of nine. Interns must be enrolled
in a graduate degree program and have completed graduate
course work in archival, library, or information management,
and/or graduate course work in American history, American
Studies, Museum Studies, Public History, or another area
that relates to the history of invention and innovation
in American society. Recent graduates may also apply.
Applicants should submit one copy of the application
form, available from the Archives Center or online;
two letters of recommendation; official academic transcripts
(undergraduate and graduate); and an essay discussing their
interest in the archival profession and how this internship
will benefit them. Mail or email completed application form
and all materials requested to Alison L. Oswald. All
materials must be postmarked by 3 March 2008 for consideration.
Offers will be made by 7 April 2008. Internships begin on
or after 2 June 2008.
For further information, consult
the FAQ or contact:
Alison
L. Oswald, Archivist
National Museum of American History
Smithsonian Institution
Archives Center, Room 1100, MRC 601
P.O. Box 37012
Washington, DC 20013-7012
Phone (202) 633-3726
Fax (202) 786-2453
Email oswalda@si.edu
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