Department: Gilder Lehrman Collection
Internship Term: June 3–August 9, 2024
Hours per Week: 35
Student Type: Undergraduate or Graduate Student
Work Location: Remote
Internship Description
The Gilder Lehrman Collection is an archive of more than 85,000 items that cover 500 years of American history, from Columbus’s 1493 letter describing the New World to the modern era.
Inside the Vault is a monthly online program that highlights unique primary sources in the Gilder Lehrman Collection, from the Declaration of Independence and the Emancipation Proclamation to personal letters written by ordinary Americans. In each session, curators and guests investigate primary sources and discuss their background, impact, and potential use in the classroom.
In support of Inside the Vault, the Curatorial intern will perform the following:
- Collaborate with curators and historians to create slide decks for the programs using Canva
- Moderate Zoom chats and assist in technical troubleshooting as needed during program live sessions
- Update the GLI website with program information and inspect existing content for broken web links
- Update GLI’s Collection Management System (Argus) with program information
- Gather attendance statistics and prepare program reports
- Create professional development certificates for attendees
GLI has created a wide variety of physical traveling exhibitions that are rented or purchased by schools and libraries across the United States. These informative, colorful exhibitions cover major topics in American history, from leading figures like Alexander Hamilton to important moments like World War I. All the exhibitions feature primary source documents, many from the Gilder Lehrman Collection, that reveal the public and private words of people living at the time.
In support of the Collection’s exhibitions program, the Curatorial Intern will perform the following duties:
- Assist with research and writing of exhibition content
- Locate images to use in exhibitions
- Create records in GLI’s Collection Management System (Argus) for current and prior exhibitions
Desired Skills:
- Required: Availability on June 6, July 11, and August 1 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. ET for the live Inside the Vault program
- Strong written and verbal communication
- Attention to detail
- Ability to work on multiple projects
Skills to be Developed
- Exhibition creation
- How to run virtual programs, including preparation, marketing, troubleshooting, follow-up, and maintenance of program pages
- Drupal, Zoom webinar, Salesforce, and Argus
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