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 🔗Archival Digitization Intern – 800 hours

  • Internship
  • NCPE Internship
  • Harpers Ferry, WV
  • $18.50 USD / Hour
  • Applications have closed
  • Department: Harpers Ferry National Historical Park - Museum Management Program
  • Job Summary: Digitizing paper, photographs, and transparencies to improve museum records. Assist with general museum operations including, but not limited to, housekeeping, integrated pest management, and environmental data collection.
  • Job Qualifications:

    Strong organizational skills, the ability to work independently, and attention to detail is a must.
    Substantial museum-related coursework is preferred, e.g. public history, museum studies, archival management, or equivalent.
    Recent graduates also preferred but not required.

  • How to Apply:

    Click on the application button at this listing and follow the instructions to apply online.

  • Job benefits: Paid Time Off (PTO), Housing Allowance
  • Physical Demands / Work Environment: A combination of sitting and standing while scanning; occasional lifting of up to 40-lb boxes.
  • Application Email: waso_cr-intern@nps.gov

National Park Service/NCPE Internship Program

Harpers Ferry National Historical Park is a large park at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers based in Harpers Ferry, WV. The collections are spread over 3 onsite storage spaces, 8 exhibits, and the Museum Resource Center (MRCE) in Landover, Maryland. The park is approximately 1.5 hours from downtown Washington D. C. and 1 hour from the northern entrance to Shenandoah National Park.

Harpers Ferry National Historical Park is a 3,500-acre park with a storied Civil War history located at the confluence of the Shenandoah and Potomac rivers in West Virginia. The collection consists of approximately 1.1 million objects, most of which are archeological, but also contain historical, archival, and natural history items.

The internship will focus on digitizing accession records, slides, and conservation files to integrate with the new museum management database. A secondary project is digitizing images that are part of other collections, such as the archeology field notes and park slide collection. The intern will work with the collections staff in other aspects of managing and operating a robust museum program such as assisting with rehousing archives, developing social media posts, performing basic housekeeping, integrated pest management, and environmental data collection.

This position is part of the Internship Program administered by the National Council for Preservation Education (NCPE). The program is a partnership between the National Park Service and NCPE. The successful applicants must be 30 years of age or younger (or 35 years or younger if a Veteran) when they begin the internship. Other eligibility requirements apply; visit https://preservenet.org/ncpe-internships/ for details and instructions on how to apply.

Qualified NCPE interns who complete their internships may count their position towards earning a Public Land Corps (PLC) Non-Competitive Hiring Authority certificate.  Once earned, the PLC hiring authority certificate may be used to apply for eligible Federal temporary, term, or permanent positions. Visit the website listed above for details about this benefit. Successful completion of the internship does not guarantee Federal employment.