Internships

HSP has opportunities for internships in Archives, Conservation, and Digital Collections.  Our interns complete a broad range of tasks to help prepare them for positions after graduation.  Below are brief descriptions of our internships.  Please see the Historical Society’s website for availability, more detailed information, and instructions on how to apply for an internship.

Archival Internships:

The Historical Society of Pennsylvania seeks individuals who wish to learn more about archival work. Internships are developed on an individual basis and every effort is made to match the intern’s interests and expectations with the tasks assigned. Projects may include organizing and describing archival materials, assisting with the preservation of collection items, working on a larger collection with a staff member, or assisting with overall collections management and care.  If you’re interested in applying click here for more information.

Conservation Internships:

The Conservation Intern, based in the Library Division, works under the guidance of the Director of Preservation and Conservation Services, providing hands-on care to manuscripts and graphics. Specific responsibilities include: surface cleaning and repairing of collection items, creating custom enclosures and housings. The Conservation Intern is expected to keep a daily documentation of his/her activity. For further information click here.

Digital Collections Internships:

The Digital Collections Intern will play an important role in helping HSP move forward with its digitization program. The goal of the internship is to gain hands-on experience in an archives environment, with particular focus on the digitization of archival collection material and the documentation and dissemination of archival digital images. More specifically, the Digital Collections Intern’s responsibilities will include documenting and inventorying HSP’s digital collection holdings in preparation of adopting an official digital asset management system; assisting in metadata standardization; researching and pulling visual and manuscript materials from collections to be digitized;  and assisting with digitization preparation, digital imaging, and quality control of digital images. For more information on an internship in digital collections please see this page on HSP’s website.