Pro Football Hall of Fame
Collections Internship

The Pro Football Hall of Fame is seeking a student for its summer of 2005
Collections Internship in the museum’s Archives and Information Center.
The Pro Football Hall of Fame has the preeminent public or private
historical collection of American Football.  The museum is seeking a
student who is interested in pursuing a career with an historical
organization and has an interest in collections management.  The student
intern will be given an introduction into the history of professional
football and the internal collections care practices of the museum.  The
student intern will assist staff in research projects and collections care
of both artifacts and archival materials.  He or she will have the
opportunity to complete a registration project(s) in the collection by the
end of the internship.

The successful candidate will be required to work 30-40 hours a week for
continuous 12-week period between May 16 and September 2.   The
Collections Intern is required to have completed or working to complete a
bachelor’s degree in one of the following fields: history, anthropology,
American Studies, sports management or equivalent.  The museum prefers a
student who has experience volunteering or working for an historical
organization and is in a graduate program in one of the following fields
of study: museum studies, archival studies, public history or equivalent.
The Collections Internship is a volunteer internship.  Please send a
letter of interest and resume to Jason Aikens, Collections Coordinator,
Pro Football Hall of Fame, 2121 George Halas Dr. NW, Canton, OH 44708
(330) 456-8207.  The deadline is May 2 but application materials will be
reviewed immediately.

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