Susan Dawson transcribed a set of minute books kept by two Shenandoah Valley Ladies’ Aid Societies during the Civil War and researched the societies and their work. Her findings will be published in a handbook detailing their activities during the period.
For an “Oral History of School Desegregation in Western Virginia” internship supported by Washington and Lee University and the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, history graduate student Sarah Wilson scheduled and conducted oral history interviews with people who experienced school desegregation, either as
At Historic Staunton Foundation in Staunton, Virginia, Phoebe Harding researched and created a walking tour brochure of historic buildings for Staunton’s historic district.
Undergraduate history major Dalesha Criner and history graduate student Sarah Holland assisted in the Tax Credit Project and the Façade Improvement Project. Both students made use of research skills as well as architectural documentation and preservation skills to help Staunton
In Carrier Library’s Special Collections department, Andrea Hillebrenner began processing the records of the Houck Tannery of Harrisonburg. The collection documents the daily purchases and sales of the tannery, which was one of the largest in the Shenandoah Valley. Founded in 1871 as the
At James Madison University, four undergraduate students began a large project to nominate the JMU Historic Campus to the National Register of Historic Places. Marci Tingle, Kim Miles, Abbie Salyers, and Pete Swerdzewski produced building descriptions, assembled photographs, conducted architectural research,
Melissa Cole transcribed post-Civil War era requests of Shenandoah Valley residents for compensation due to war losses resulting from their loyalty to the Union for the Southern Claims Commission. She also conducted research at the National Archives on these claims, the
Ongoing Internship Opportunities for JMU students to apply for: Americans for Tax Reform in Washington DC offers a number of internships for applicants with strong interests in tax reform and economic policy. Belle Grove Plantation (shown below) located outside Winchester, Virginia, occasionally offers
JMU history students have also completed internships at the following locations: Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament Center for Strategic and International Studies CNN News Colonial Williamsburg George Washington National Forest Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation National Gallery of Art National Portrait Gallery U.S. Capitol
At the Woodrow Wilson Birthplace Museum in Staunton, Virginia, Kara Ryan helped develop a high school outreach program, researched specific areas for weekend focus tours, and worked with the curator in the collections department to prepare an exhibit on leisure activities in
