Fall 2004
Morris County Park Commission, Historic Sites Division
Collections Internship

The Morris County Park Commission (MCPC) is seeking a student for its fall
of 2004 Collections Internship in the commission’s Historic Sites
Division.  The Morris County Park Commission oversees 3 historic sites and
several historic houses located within Morris County, NJ.  MCPC is seeking
a student who is interested in pursuing a career with a historical
organization and has an interest in libraries, archives or collections
management. The student intern will be given an introduction into the
history of each of the historic sites and/or houses and the internal
collections care practices of the MCPC.  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 a minimum of 200 hours
(approx. 2 days per week) during the course of the Fall Semester
(September – December).  The MCPC prefers a student who has experience
volunteering or working for a 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 Lynn
Laffey, Supervising Historic Preservation Specialist, Morris County Park
Commission, 73 Kahdena Road, Morristown, NJ 07960.  The deadline is
September 10th but application materials will be reviewed immediately.

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