Internships at Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Marshall Steel, Sr. Postgraduate Internships in Conservation
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation is offering two one-year
post-graduate internships in conservation, supported by the Marshall
Steel, Sr. Conservation Internship Endowment. The interns will work
with important collections of 17th-19th century British and American
material culture under the supervision of Foundation conservators,
with positions available in the specialties of archaeology,
instruments, paper and preventive conservation. The interns will
devote time to an independent research project, preferably leading
to a presentation or publishable paper.

Candidates should be graduates of a recognized program in
conservation with experience working with 17th-early 19th-century
objects. Experience in research, conservation documentation, and
microscopy is necessary, and candidates should have good
communication skills.

The internship will begin no sooner than September, 2001 and
continue for one year. The salary is $23,000 plus benefits and
$1,500 travel allowance.

Must be legally eligible (work visa) to work in the United States.
Send completed Colonial Williamsburg Foundation employment
application (reference position #237908-EJ-001) to

    Ed Joyner
    PO Box 1776
    Williamsburg, VA 23187-1776

Include cover letter and contact information on three references.
Download and print employment application at
<URL:http://www.colonialwilliamsburg.org/jobs>  EEO/AA.
Applications must be received by 4:30 p.m. July 17, 2001.

For further information contact

    F. Carey Howlett
    Director of Conservation
    The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
    P.O. Box 1776
    Williamsburg VA 23187-1776
    757-565-8465
    chowlett [at] cwf__org


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