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Archival Internship Opportunity



The Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation at the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, offers full time, ten week, archival internship opportunities for graduate students each summer.  The internship stipend is $3,000 plus a travel allowance.  The stipend is not taxed and housing and benefits are not provided.  The internship will:

Enable new professionals to understand, identify, and manage the historical records of American invention and innovation.
	
Expose interns to the Museum's rich historical collections in the history of technology and twentieth century material culture.

Provide hands-on experience with archival collections that document invention and innovation.

Create finding aids to collections documenting invention and innovation.

Engage interns in discussion of archival issues and practices and provide a wide range of professional experiences within the Museum.

Internships are located in the Museum's Archives Center, a manuscripts and special collections repository with more than 10,000 feet of holdings in a wide range of subject areas and a full time staff of fourteen.  Interns must be enrolled in a graduate degree program and have completed  graduate course work in archival administration and/or graduate course work in American History or an other area that relates to the history of invention and innovation in American society.  Recent graduates may also apply. 	

Applicants should submit an application, two letters of recommendation, official academic transcripts, and an essay discussing why you are interested in this internship.  Mail completed application form and all materials requested to Suzanne McLaughlin in the Office of Internships & Fellowships.  All materials must be postmarked by March 1, 2000 for consideration.  Offers will be made by April 3, 2000.  Internships begin on or after June 5, 2000.

Requests for information:                                                                       	

Alison L. Oswald, Archivist                                     	
National Museum of American History             	
Smithsonian Institution                                                 	
Archives Center                                                                                 	
Room C340/MRC 601                                               	
Washington, DC 20560                    	
phone: 202-357-3780                             	
fax: 202-786-2453                               	
e-mail: OSWALDA@NMAH.SI.EDU     	

Requests for applications:                                      	

Suzanne McLaughlin, Internship Coordinator              	
National Museum of American History                     	
Smithsonian Institution                                         	
Office of Internships & Fellowships                                                     	
Room A1040/MRC 605                      	
Washington, DC 20560                    	
phone: 202-357-1606
fax: 202-786-2851
e-mail: INTERN@NMAH.SI.EDU

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