{"id":4279,"date":"2010-02-17T15:22:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-17T20:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conservators-converse.org\/2010\/02\/new-york-historical-society-internships\/"},"modified":"2010-02-17T15:22:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-17T20:22:00","slug":"new-york-historical-society-internships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/2010\/02\/17\/new-york-historical-society-internships\/","title":{"rendered":"New-York Historical Society Internships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/91\/246991436_55343c34a1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px;float: right;cursor: pointer;width: 200px;height: 300px\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/91\/246991436_55343c34a1.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div><span>The Conservation department at the New-York Historical Society is again  looking for interns. It is for this summer and it is a paid internship. Please  pass on this information to anyone who might be interested.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> <\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>The summer internship is a full-time program for graduate and undergraduate  students and interns work Monday through Friday from June 14th through August  6th.  During the workweek, interns also take part in regularly scheduled  cultural excursions and luncheon lectures.  Students may receive a stipend of  $2000 for the completion of the program or they may complete the program for  credit. Applications are due by 5PM on Monday, March 8, 2010.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"content_body\"><span>Interns<strong> <\/strong>in the conservation department  receive 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 in book  and paper conservation, or for students currently enrolled in a formal  conservation training program.  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.  An interview with the Senior Conservator is required (preferably  on-site) and candidates should present a portfolio of completed treatments at  that time.<strong><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"content_body\"><span>To apply for an internship, please submit the  following:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"content_body\">\n<ul type=\"disc\"><span><\/p>\n<li>\n<p>A cover letter that indicates the specific department(s) with which you would  like to be placed;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>A resume;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Two recommendations (at least one from a professor);<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Some applicants may be required to provide a portfolio or other information,  but they will be notified of this when they are called for an  interview.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<p><\/span><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>All applications must be submitted electronically only.  Please email  completed application package to <a title=\"mailto:internships@nyhistory.org\" href=\"mailto:internships@nyhistory.org\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">internships@nyhistory.org<\/a> with your name in the subject line.   The cover letter, resume, and writing sample should be submitted together in one  email.  Recommendations must be emailed directly from the reference to <a title=\"mailto:internships@nyhistory.org\" href=\"mailto:internships@nyhistory.org\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">internships@nyhistory.org<\/a> and should have \u201cRecommendation for  <em>Applicant\u2019s Name<\/em>\u201d as the subject.  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>If you have any questions about this program, please contact Betsy Gibbons by  email at <a title=\"mailto:internships@nyhistory.org\" href=\"mailto:internships@nyhistory.org\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">internships@nyhistory.org<\/a> or by phone at 212-485-9281.<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span>Thanks,<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>Betsy<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div><span>Betsy Gibbons<br \/>Manager of High School and College Programs<br \/>New-York Historical Society<br \/>170 Central Park West<br \/>New York, NY 10024<br \/>212-485-9281<br \/><a title=\"mailto:bgibbons@nyhistory.org\" href=\"mailto:bgibbons@nyhistory.org\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bgibbons@nyhistory.org<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Conservation department at the New-York Historical Society is again looking for interns. It is for this summer and it is a paid internship. Please pass on this information to anyone who might be interested. The summer internship is a full-time program for graduate and undergraduate students and interns work Monday through Friday from June &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/2010\/02\/17\/new-york-historical-society-internships\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;New-York Historical Society Internships&#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-4279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ecpn"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4279","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=4279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4279\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}