Summer 2006
Pro Football Hall of Fame
History Collections Internship

The Pro Football Hall of Fame is seeking a student for its Summer of 2006
Collections Internship in the museum’s Archives and Information Center.
The museum is seeking a student who is interested in pursuing a career
with an historical organization and has an interest in collections
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
continuous 12-week period between May 15 and September 1, 2006.   The
Collections Intern is required to have completed or working to complete a
bachelor’s 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 Jason Aikens, Collections Curator, Pro
Football Hall of Fame, 2121 George Halas Dr. NW, Canton, OH 44708 (330)
456-8207.  The deadline to apply is May 8, 2006 but application materials
will be reviewed immediately.

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