{"id":867,"date":"2011-02-11T15:12:15","date_gmt":"2011-02-11T19:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bard.edu\/arthistory\/?p=867"},"modified":"2011-02-11T15:24:01","modified_gmt":"2011-02-11T19:24:01","slug":"eleanor-roosevelt-2011-summer-intern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bard.edu\/arthistory\/?p=867","title":{"rendered":"Eleanor Roosevelt 2011 Summer Intern"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_870\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-870\" style=\"width: 189px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bard.edu\/arthistory\/files\/2011\/02\/images.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-870\" title=\"images\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.bard.edu\/arthistory\/files\/2011\/02\/images.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"189\" height=\"267\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-870\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eleanor Roosevelt at Val Kill Cottage<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site announces the 2011 Internship Program for students interested in the history and management of historic house museums.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This ten-week internship will be awarded to a college student with an outstanding academic record pursuing a museum related career.\u00a0 Candidates should possess a broad background in history, American studies, history of decorative\u00a0 arts, women&#8217;s studies, or museum studies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The Summer Intern&#8217;s duties will include researching and documenting the collection following standard museum practices, working with\u00b7the archives, and assisting park staff in a variety of preservation projects. The Intern is expected to report to work as a full-time professional member of the museum staff.\u00a0 A $2,000 stipend is available and made possible by a generous grant from the Honoring Eleanor Roosevelt: Preserving Her Val-Kill Home, an official project of the Save America&#8217;s Treasures Program. The stipend is awarded upon completion of the internship.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Application Procedure<\/strong>:<br \/>\nThere are no application forms. A Candidate&#8217;s typed<br \/>\napplication should include the following:<br \/>\n1. Name, home and school addresses, and telephone<br \/>\nnumbers.<br \/>\n2. One confidential academic letter recommendation sent<br \/>\ndirectly to the Curator.<br \/>\n3. A copy of\u00a0 your transcripts (official copies not needed).<br \/>\n4. An essay of not more than 250 words describing the<br \/>\napplicant&#8217;s career goals, interest in museum work, and<br \/>\nreasons for applying to the Internship Program.<br \/>\nSend to:<br \/>\nCurator<br \/>\nSummer Internship Program<br \/>\nRoosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Sites<br \/>\n4097 Albany Post Road<br \/>\nHyde Park, NY 12538<br \/>\nNotifications will be mailed April 29, 2011.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site announces the 2011 Internship Program for students interested in the history and management of historic house museums. This ten-week internship will be awarded to a college student with an outstanding academic record pursuing a museum related career.\u00a0 Candidates should possess a broad background in history, American studies, history of decorative\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-student-opportunities"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bard.edu\/arthistory\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bard.edu\/arthistory\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bard.edu\/arthistory\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bard.edu\/arthistory\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/144"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bard.edu\/arthistory\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=867"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bard.edu\/arthistory\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/867\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":879,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bard.edu\/arthistory\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/867\/revisions\/879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bard.edu\/arthistory\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bard.edu\/arthistory\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bard.edu\/arthistory\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}