Summer 2003
Pro Football Hall of Fame
History Collections Internship

The Pro Football Hall of Fame is starting a Collections Internship program in its Archives and Information Center beginning the summer of 2003. The Pro Football Hall of Fame has the preeminent public or private historical collection of American Football in the world. The museum is seeking a student who is interested in pursuing a career in an historical organization and has an interest in cultural resource management. The student intern will be given an introduction into the history of professional football and the internal collections care practices of the museum. The student intern will assist staff in research projects and collections care of both artifacts and archival materials. He or she will have the opportunity to complete a registration project(s) in the collection by the end of the internship.

The successful candidate will be required to work 20-40 hours a week for a continuous 12-week period between May 15 and September 1. The Collections Intern is required to have completed or working to complete an undergraduate degree in one of the following fields: history, anthropology, American Studies, sports management or equivalent. The museum prefers a student who has experience volunteering or working for an historical organization and is in a graduate program in one of the following fields of study: museum studies, archival studies, public history or equivalent. The Collections Internship is a volunteer internship. Please send a letter of interest and resume to the address below. Application deadline is April 30.