Internship Announcement

Flagstaff Area National Monuments—a group of three national parks that
includes Walnut Canyon, Sunset Crater Volcano, and Wupatki National
Monuments—has two collection management internships available for Summer
2001.

Stipend:  $1,600 per month.

Period of Internship: June-August 2001 (exact start and end dates
negotiable).

Description of Museum/Parks:  The Flagstaff Area National Monuments is a
group of three parks administered through a common headquarters.  Although
separate and unique parks, established at different times and for different
purposes, the Flagstaff Areas are closely linked to each other and to the
surrounding region through their cultural and natural histories.

Wupatki preserves approximately 2700 archeological sites and is the only
known location in the Southwest where physical evidence from at least three
archeologically separate ancestral Puebloan cultures is found together in a
number of archeological sites.

Sunset Crater Volcano represents the Colorado Plateau’s most recent
volcanic eruption.  It is the youngest, least-eroded cinder cone in the San
Francisco Volcanic Field, and is one of the longest-lived cinder cone
volcanoes known in historic time.

Walnut Canyon and the area immediately surrounding the monument contains
hundreds of archeological sites dating mostly to the 11th, 12th, and early
13th centuries A.D.   These sites and associated artifacts are the tangible
remains of a prehistoric culture that flourished in the Flagstaff region
from about A.D. 600 until 1400.

The parks’ museum collections consist of approximately 400,000 objects
(30,000 objects stored on-site) including archeological artifacts,
ethnographic objects, natural history specimens (an extensive herbarium),
historic photographs and objects and archival documents. At each of the
monument visitor centers archeology, ethnography, and history objects are
displayed.

Description of Area:  Wupatki, Sunset Crater Volcano and Walnut Canyon
National Monuments are located 35 miles north, 15 miles north, and 5 miles
west (respectively) of Flagstaff in northern Arizona.  The headquarters
office for the monuments is located in Flagstaff.  Flagstaff is a community
with approximately 50,000 residents and is surrounded by National Forest.
Local resources include a university, a community college, local history
museums, a symphony orchestra, restaurants, fast-food chains, shops,
medical facilities, movie theatres, gyms and parks.


Internship Duties & Responsibilities:
· Accession and catalog museum objects to the National Park Service
standards using ANCS+ (Re:Discovery) collection management software.
Collections to be cataloged include preservation treatment documentation.
· Complete condition assessments of museum objects as part of the
cataloging process.
· Integrated Pest Management. Activities include monitoring for pests
and pest activities, completing forms and documenting IPM activities,
identifying pests, and housekeeping and other preventive measures.
· Housekeeping and preventive conservation activities in exhibit and
storage areas.
· Inventory of objects on exhibit and update catalog record locations
as appropriate.
· Inventory archival collections at an on-site repository (Museum of
Northern Arizona).
· Other duties as assigned.

Uniform:

A uniform is not required

Work Environment:

The intern will be working in areas without environmental controls.
Temperatures at the Wupatki visitor center are hot in the summer.
Temperatures at Sunset Crater Volcano and Walnut Canyon visitor centers are
mild.  Elevation at Sunset Crater Volcano and Walnut Canyon is 7,000 feet
(cool mornings with mild to warm afternoons).  Sitting, standing and/or
kneeling for long periods of time will be necessary. The intern must have a
valid driver’s license, and must be capable of lifting up to 50 pounds.

Housing:

Housing is available at Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument.  Because
the park is 15 miles from town a personal vehicle is recommended for off-
duty use.

Work Schedule:

Summer work schedule (may vary) is 7:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. with every other
Monday off.  Up to two 15-minute breaks per day are permitted and lunch
break is 30 minutes.



Performance Evaluation:

The interns will receive formal performance evaluations according to
standard National Park Service policies and schedules.  Written performance
standards will be created and discussed with interns at the start of
employment.


Submit resume and three references by March 15, 2001 to:

Jeri DeYoung
Curator
Flagstaff Area National Monuments
6400 N. Highway 89
Flagstaff, AZ 86004

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