{"id":4270,"date":"2009-09-04T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-04T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conservators-converse.org\/2009\/09\/conservation-internship\/"},"modified":"2009-09-04T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-09-04T15:00:00","slug":"conservation-internship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/2009\/09\/04\/conservation-internship\/","title":{"rendered":"CONSERVATION INTERNSHIP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: black\"><span><span style=\"font-family:Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\">The Peter J. Sharp  Internship in the Library Conservation Department at The New-York Historical  Society is designed to provide an opportunity for practical hands-on training in  book and paper conservation at an intermediate level.<span>  <\/span>This internship is for individuals who have  at least a bachelor\u2019s degree and who have 1-2 years of practical experience  working in book and paper conservation, or for students currently enrolled in a  formal conservation training program.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: black\"><span><span style=\"font-family:Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: black\"><span><span style=\"font-family:Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\">Interns will  undertake and complete a project based on their interests and skills and the  needs and capabilities of the Conservation Department. At the end of the  internship period, the intern will be required to produce a written report and  possibly deliver a presentation of their work.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: black\"><span><span style=\"font-family:Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span><span style=\"font-family:Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\">To apply for this  internship, please submit the following:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in\" type=\"disc\"><span><\/p>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family:Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\">A detailed letter  of interest that indicates the specific department(s) with which you would like  to be placed;<\/span>  <\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family:Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\">A current  resume;<\/span>  <\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family:Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\">Three professional  recommendations;<\/span>  <\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family:Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\">A five to ten page  academic writing sample;<\/span><\/li>\n<p><\/span><\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: black\"><span><span style=\"font-family:Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><strong>Please  note:<\/strong> An interview with the Senior Conservator is required (preferably  on-site) and candidates should present a portfolio of completed treatments at  that time.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span><span style=\"font-family:Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span><span style=\"font-family:Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\">All applications  must be submitted electronically only.<span>   <\/span>Please email completed application package to <\/span><a title=\"mailto:internships@nyhistory.org\" href=\"mailto:internships@nyhistory.org\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span title=\"mailto:internships@nyhistory.org\" style=\"font-family:Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\">internships@nyhistory.org<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family:Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"> with your name in  the subject line.<span>  <\/span>The cover letter,  resume, and writing sample should be submitted together in one email.<span>  <\/span>Recommendations must be emailed directly from  the reference to <\/span><a title=\"mailto:internships@nyhistory.org\" href=\"mailto:internships@nyhistory.org\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span title=\"mailto:internships@nyhistory.org\" style=\"font-family:Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\">internships@nyhistory.org<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family:Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"> and should have  \u201cRecommendation for <i>Applicant\u2019s Name<\/i>\u201d  as the subject.<span>  <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span><span style=\"font-family:Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span><span style=\"font-family:Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><span><strong><em>Applications are due by 5:00 PM on Monday,  September 14<sup>th<\/sup>, 2009.<span>   <\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span><span style=\"font-family:Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span><span style=\"font-family:Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\">If you have any  questions about this program, please contact Betsy Gibbons by email at <\/span><a title=\"mailto:internships@nyhistory.org\" href=\"mailto:internships@nyhistory.org\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span title=\"mailto:internships@nyhistory.org\" style=\"font-family:Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\">internships@nyhistory.org<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family:Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"> or by phone at  212-485-9281.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Peter J. Sharp Internship in the Library Conservation Department at The New-York Historical Society is designed to provide an opportunity for practical hands-on training in book and paper conservation at an intermediate level. This internship is for individuals who have at least a bachelor\u2019s degree and who have 1-2 years of practical experience working &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/2009\/09\/04\/conservation-internship\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;CONSERVATION INTERNSHIP&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":52,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ecpn"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/52"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4270\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}