Please pass the word regarding our summer internship program for both historic preservation and museum studies tracks!

 

2004

Historic Preservation

& Museum Studies

Internship Program

 

The Jekyll Island Club was founded in 1886 as a winter retreat for America’s wealthiest families.  Among its members were such powerful men as J.P. Morgan, Joseph Pulitzer, William Rockefeller and William K. Vanderbilt.  In its heyday, the Club was referred to as the “richest, the most exclusive, and most inaccessible club in the world.”

 

The Jekyll Island Club National Historic Landmark District, operated by the Jekyll Island Authority, is a 240-acre site containing 33 historic structures.  The site is one of the largest restoration projects in the southeastern United States.

 

Jekyll Island Club National Historic Landmark District  Internship Program

The Jekyll Island State Park Authority, Museum and Historic Preservation Divisions and the Friends of Historic Jekyll Island Incorporated (FOHJI) are accepting applications for the 2004 Jekyll Island Club National Historic Landmark Internship Program.

Objective

The internship’s objective is to expose a limited number of students to the process of site administration and historic preservation within a National Historic Landmark District.  Multi-disciplinary approaches will be emphasized and hands-on learning will be given highest priority.  Interns will be supervised by nationally recognized preservation and museum professionals.

Education and Training

Following a national, competitive-based application process, four participants in historic preservation and two in museum studies will be accepted into a ten-week internship program.  Participants will be admitted based on academic background and achievement, and a genuine interest in museum and restoration processes.

Museum Studies Track

The program’s focus will consist of exposing interns to museum related tasks and duties.  Interns will be trained and supervised in areas including primary document research, proper registration and cataloging practices, interpretive planning, and archival organization.  One special project will be assigned to each intern to be completed over the duration of the internship.

Historic Preservation Track

The program’s focus will be directed toward exposing interns to the process of planning and implementing a museum-quality restoration project.  The interns will be trained in areas including historic preservation carpentry, building evaluation and investigation, structural documentation, interpretive planning, archival research, emergency building stabilization, and theory and practice of museum-quality restoration. 

Program Requirements

The interns will provide a final project report and a presentation for Museum Staff and the FOHJI membership.

Dates

10-week duration over Summer Season

Stipend

$3,200 plus housing

Credit

Pre-arranged course credit is the responsibility of any student and his or her institution of learning.

To Apply

Mail cover letter stating track choice, career goals and qualifications for consideration, resume, and two letters of recommendation.

                                        Mail To                              Deadline

                                Internship Program                                                       All materials must be received by

                                Jekyll Island Museum                                                            March 17, 2004

                                381 Riverview Dr.

                                Jekyll Island, GA  31527

Questions? Contact:

Brian Scott Robinson

Superintendent of Historic
 Preservation

Jekyll Island Museum

381 Riverview Drive

Jekyll Island, Georgia 31527

(912) 635 4107 (office)

(912) 635 4420 (fax)

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