Amanda Bowman, undergraduate history major, earned a competitive internship for the Summer of 2006 at George Washington’s Mount Vernon, where she worked as a costumed interpreter at the Pioneer Farm site and the Hands-On History tent and learned to use eighteenth-century
Rachel Reed interned at the archives of the George C. Marshall Foundation Library at Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia. In addition to fulfilling numerous small research requests, Rachel processed and scanned photographs from the collection and created an online exhibit of
For an internship at the National Museum of the American Indian, Michael Stratmoen received, researched, and catalogued artifacts and assisted with the de-installation of two gallery exhibitions.
Anna Klemm gained valuable historic preservation skills during an internship for the Virginia Department of Historic Resources in Richmond. She completed a Multiple Property as well as an Individual Property Nomination for listing into the Virginia Landmarks Register and the National Register
When Ashlyn Paul interned at the National Park Service’s Museum Resource Center in Landover, Maryland, her duties sent her all around the Washington, DC area. During her internship, she helped with the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, updated the database for Natural History, and
At the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society, Amy Cerminara worked on the museum’s temporary World War II exhibit, helped accession artifacts, helped develop a presentation on “Gone Houses” in Harrisonburg and Rockingham County, and visited and helped record an early Valley house for
Amanda Scheffer undertook archaeological laboratory and field work for the Lost Towns Archaeology Project in Ann Arundel County, Maryland. Her main project was transcribing the Quaker Meeting Minutes for the Maryland Yearly Meeting.
Graduate History student Zachary Zuro’s summer internship at the New York City Police Museum required him to work closely with the artifact collections. Zach catalogued, assessed, photographed, and re-housed artifacts, and was also responsible for moving them to off-site storage.
At Shirley Plantation in Charles City, Virginia, Angela Walthall worked on maintaining and inventorying collections and designing new exhibits. She also worked with visiting student groups as a historical interpreter, and prepared an exhibit on one of the plantation’s slaves.
Kate McFarland interned at Bartoli Cain & Matthews PLLC in Alexandria, where she participated in the workings of a major law firm. Kate helped prepare written documents and deposition summaries and corresponded with clients.
