Internships
Welcome to the Carleton College History Department Internships Lists. If you have participated in an exciting internship program and would like to recommend it to your peers, or if one you want is not included, or if you notice any links that aren't working (original site-names change often), please e-mail History Department Career and Internship Adviser, Professor Bill North or me at Nikki Lamberty
Additional Job and Internship offerings, Carleton Career Center Tunnel
ALPHA LISTING OF INTERNSHIPS
ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) variety of internships available across the country.
American Antiquarian Society, E-Mail: Russell L. Martin III
American Craft Museum (Museum of Art and Design)
Bronx African American Oral History Project: Archival research, editing, transcribing of oral history interviews. Contact Prof. Brian Purnell. purnell@fordham.edu
Bronx Museum of the Arts
Cambia Health Internships Listing (new 1/17/12)
Carleton Career Center. CCC is committed to helping students find the right internship. Over 5,000 internships listed in a variety of fields. Find an internship for the summer or during the school year. Visit the web site and register as a student.
The Children’s Museum of the Arts
The Cloisters Metropolitan Museum Internships
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Internships
Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum
The Corwin House, aka The Witch House, 3-month internship, and offers a small number of $1000 stipends. Applications are accepted all year long. Please send a resume and cover letter. Applicants for stipended internships must schedule an interview or submit a 500-word personal statement describing why they wish to apply. Attn: Elizabeth Seater, telephone number 978-744-8815, fax number 978-741-0578, e-mail: witchhouse1642@yahoo.com. http://www.salemweb.com/witchhouse/ does not give information about the internship opportunities, but describes the site very nicely.
Department of State Internships
Delmas (Gladys Krieble) Foundation: Grants for Independent Research on Venetian History travel and residence to conduct historical research specifically on Venice and the former Venetian empire or to study contemporary Venetian society and culture.
Ellis Island Museum and Statue of Liberty
Environment America, Environment Minnesota Jobs and Internships. Contact: Michelle Hesterberg, Environment Minnesota
Federal Field Associate, (612) 331-3315.
European Government Internships. Educational Programs Abroad
Georgetown University's Investigative, Law, Criminal Justice Internships
Georgetown University: Live - Learn - Intern Summer Institutes, Washington, DC
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, has 15 History Scholarships that encompass a six-week residential research program in New York City in the summers.
Guggenheim, Solomon R. and Soho
Goodhue County Historical Society. Application deadline April 15. For more information contact: Sharon Schroeder Librarian/Archivist Goodhue County Historical Society 1166 Oak Street Red Wing MN 55066 (651) 388-6024 or Click here for more information:
Governing Magazine editorial assistant internships, Washington, D.C. Non-paid, but opportunity to work and write for a national magazine; and they will work with you and the Carleton History department chair to help you get college credit for your experience with them. Contact person is Anne Jordan, Managing Editor, phone: 202-862-8802 or fax: 202-862-0032.
History Associates. We have had interns work for us based on the available work we have at the time, we are sometimes restricted as to our needs for them. E-mail for more information: Doris Miles, Personnel Administrator.
History News Network, also, contact Rick Shenkman: editor@historynewsnetwork.org
Institute for Humane Studies (IHS) Journalism Internships, Institute for Humane Studies internships, full-time, paid, at daily newspapers. 9-week internship.
Institute for Humane Studies, (IHS) Charles G. Koch Summer Fellow Program, Paid internships at IHS public policy organization in Washington, D.C. Application deadline: February 15.
International Center of Photography
Internships for all Majors, in Washington, D.C.
John F. Kennedy Library and Museum Internships, Washington, D.C.
Kansas Historical Society Internships
NEW, 12/12/2011: Latino Justice League Internships, http://latinojustice.org/about/staff/internships/
Madison, Wisconsin: Public Administration Internships, Frank Lloyd Wright's Monona Terrace Internships
Maine Audubon Society Internships
Minneapolis Star and Tribune Summer Internships
University of Minnesota Internships
University of Michigan Internships Abroad
The Mount Vernon Hotel House and Garden
Museum of the City of New York
Metropolitan Museum of Art Fellowships and Internships
NASA History Division Internships for undergraduate and graduate students year-round, see also Minnesota Space Grants, or please check your home state’s grants.
National Council on Public History
National Museum of the American Indian
National Park Service Internships
National Park Service More Internships :)
New Museum of Contemporary Art
New England Museum Society Fellowships, Internships, and Volunteers
New York Historical Society Internships
New York Lawyers for the Public Interest INTERNSHIPS (added 11/14/11)
Peabody Essex Museum, contact Elizabeth Seater, Interpretive Programs, or call (978) 745-9500.
Project Vote-Smart Internships
Rose Center for Earth and Space
Smithsonian Internships for History majors
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Internships
Stans Museum, Scott County Historical Society, Intern Collectionship. Seeking energetic intern for the summer to assist in museum projects. If you are interested in museum curatorship, conservation, or history, they offer a number of great opportunities for an intern looking for a start in museum work. Unpaid position, 3 months, flexible hours. Hands on introduction to the field of local history and non-profit work, and help to build your own contacts and personal interests.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace and Other National Park Service Internships
United States Capitol Historical Society
Washington County Historical Society Summer Internship Program. The internships are not listed on the website, but these internships are paid and are available for the summer. For more information, please call or write to Washington County Historical Society, PO Box 167, Stillwater, MN 55082-0167, 651/439-5956. Information about these opportunities are on the History Department bulletin board.
SEE ALSO:
The Rutgers Public History Internships Site at http://history.rutgers.edu/?option=com_content&task=view&id=112&Itemid=157 which includes links to these sites, among others:
- American Labor Museum
- Battleship New Jersey Museum and Memorial. Camden. NJ
- Crossroads of the American Revolution. Morristown and Trenton.
- Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. Millbrook Village.
- Edison National Historic Site, West Orange.
- Educational Testing Service. Princeton.
- Gustav Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms. Parsippany
- Millville Army Air Field Museum. Millville.
- Museum of Early Trades and Crafts.Madison, NJ
- National Archives, Northeast Region. New York City. (NARA)
- National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of NJ. Westampton.
- New Jersey Naval Museum. Hackensack.
- New Jersey Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial and Vietnam Era Educational Center. Holmdel.
- Society of the War of 1812 in New Jersey. Marlton.
2011 TOP TEN INTERNSHIPS:
Top 10 Creative/Liberal Arts
Top 10 best Perks
Top 10 Most Unusual Experiences
Top 10 Non-Profit
- Advocates for Children of New York
- Camphill Soltane
- Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- Farm Sanctuary
- Food for the Hungry
- Hudson Institute
- Mother Jones
- National Women's Health Network
- Sierra Club
- Teen Voices
from http://www.vault.com/wps/portal/usa/topinternship?year=2011
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