Category: Internships (Page 3 of 14)

Dear Colleagues,

Please share the following internship opportunities available at StoryCorps with your students and professional networks. The deadline for applications is November 1st, 2010. Interested applicants may apply by sending a resume, cover letter, and intern application form to internship@storycorps.org. A more detailed desc-ription of each internship is available at http://storycorps.org/about/employment-opportunities/internships/.

I’m happy to answer any questions about the internship program or application process; please email me at kparvenski@storycorps.org or call 646-723-7020 ext 25.

Thank you,
Kate Parvenski

StoryCorps is an independent nonprofit project whose mission is to provide Americans of all backgrounds and beliefs with the opportunity to record, share, and preserve the stories of our lives. Our interns are intelligent, curious, motivated, and resourceful individuals devoted to inspiring and assisting everyday Americans in recording their stories in sound. Internships are available in both the Program and the Operations side of our Peabody Award-winning nonprofit organization.

StoryCorps offers two sessions of intern opportunities: Winter/Spring (from January to June) and Summer/Fall (from June to December). Fall, Spring, and Summer-only internships are available on a case-by-case basis, but preference will be given to candidates able to commit to one of the two full length internship sessions.

Unless otherwise noted, StoryCorps interns work in the morning (9:30 am–1:30 pm) or in the afternoons (1:30–5:30 pm) Monday through Friday for a total of 20 hours per week. StoryCorps provides a weekly stipend of $55 to help cover lunch and transportation expenses. Our interns take part in a fast-paced, supportive, and creative work environment at our offices in Brooklyn, New York.

We are now accepting applications for available Winter/Spring internships which runs from January 10, 2011, through May 27, 2011. The application deadline is November 1, 2010. Please apply early.

Administration Intern
Business Development Intern
Communications Intern
Development Intern, Individual Giving
Development Intern, Institutional Giving
Information Technology Intern
Information Technology Intern, Web Based Systems
Institutional Archive Intern
Legacy Initiative Intern
Marketing & Graphic Design Intern
MobileBooth Intern
Participant Relations Intern
Print Intern
Production Intern
Recording & Archive Intern
StoryBooth Intern
StoryKit Intern
To apply
1. Download and fill out the StoryCorps Internship Application.
2. Email your completed application, cover letter, and resume to internship@storycorps.org.

In the subject line, include your last name and indicate the session to which you are applying (ex. “Winter/Spring 2011″). Include all required documents as attachments entitled “YourNameLetter,” “YourNameResume,” and “YourNameApplication.” No calls please.

—
Kate Parvenski
Senior Coordinator, Human Resources
StoryCorps
80 Hanson Pl, 2nd Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11217
Phone: 646.723.7020 x25

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Peter J. Wosh
Director, Archives/Public History Program
History Department
New York University
53 Washington Square South
Room 503
New York NY 10012
Phone: (212) 998-8601
Fax: (212) 995-4017
http://aphdigital.org
http://history.fas.nyu.edu/object/history.gradprog.archivespublichistory.html

French Azilum http://www.frenchazilum.com/ is a distinctive historic site located in Towanda, Pennsylvania. It was established in 1793 by and for refugees from the French Revolution. When Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte granted repatriation rights to the French who had fled their country, most of the settlers here either went home to France, or settled in other parts of the United States where French people gathered, e.g. New Orleans and Savannah.

Five major families remained in and near the French settlement – the LaPortes, Homets, Le Fevres, Prevosts and Deutremonts. Louise Shipman Welles who was born at Athens, Pennsylvania, on January 2, 1854, was a descendant of Thomas Welles, first Governor of Connecticut, and also of Bartholomew Laporte, a French emigre at Azilum, Pennsylvania. She became quite the scholar, author and historian about French Azilum, as did her daughters.

We have boxes and boxes of Miss Welles’ materials that have never been inventoried, indexed or cataloged, much less the information assimilated and published. There are materials from other sources that also need to be processed. Further, the full and real story of French Azilum has not been told. Most of the pieces are around, but there are also some elements missing.

I am writing to offer a graduate student/s in your program the opportunity to work with the materials at French Azilum as h/er thesis, dissertation or special study project. As I hold my MLIS (San Jose State University 2007) and have worked with historical libraries since 1992, and we have a board member with a PhD in public history, your student/s would be in good and kindred hands. We offer no remuneration, but the right to co-publish with us, and we would like work to begin within the next six months. It is probable that housing can be arranged. We believe this project will be ideal for a student who wants a defined archival subject of interest and value, and we can certainly assist that student/s.

Please contact me in the matter that is most convenient for you to discuss this matter further. Thank you.

Very truly yours,

Margo

Margo Fox Picou, Manager

French Azilum Historic Site

570-265-3376

frenchazilum@epix.net

Peter J. Wosh
Director, Archives/Public History Program
History Department
New York University
53 Washington Square South
Room 503
New York NY 10012
Phone: (212) 998-8601
Fax: (212) 995-4017
http://aphdigital.org
http://history.fas.nyu.edu/object/history.gradprog.archivespublichistory.html