Internships at Peebles Island Resource Center

Summer Internships in Objects and Textiles Conservation
Peebles Island Resource Center

Summer internship in Objects Conservation

    New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic
    Preservation's Peebles Island Resource Center is offering a
    summer internship in Objects Conservation. The stipend for this
    eight-week internship is $3000. Applicants must have completed
    at least one year of a conservation graduate program.

    This intern project is the conservation treatment of a pair of
    early 20th century, two-foot tall, pull-toy horses. These toys
    were used by the last children to be raised at Clermont,
    manorial home of the Livingstons, a prominent New York State
    family. The project will entail thorough documentation and
    research of the toy horses, as well as the execution of their
    treatment. The intern will develop his or her own treatment
    proposal and work plan. One goal of the treatment will be the
    replacement of the missing hide coverings. The intern will work
    under the guidance of the Objects conservator. However,
    self-motivation and the ability to work autonomously will be
    expected.

Summer internship in Textile Conservation

    New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic
    Preservation's Peebles Island Resource Center is offering a
    summer internship in Textile Conservation. The stipend for this
    eight-week internship is $3,000. Applicants must have completed
    at least one year of a conservation graduate program or have had
    at least one full-time year of apprenticeship training in a
    textile conservation lab.

    The intern will work with the Textile Conservator and Assistant
    Textile Conservator on the New York State Battle Flag
    Preservation Program. Projects will include documentation and
    stabilization treatments of Civil War flags from the collection
    of the New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs.

Peebles Island is located 15 miles north of Albany, NY.  To apply,
please send a resume and cover letter to:

    John Lovell
    Assistant Director
    NYSOPRHP/Bureau of Historic Sites
    Peebles Island Resource Center
    PO Box 219
    Waterford NY 12188

Deborah Lee Trupin
Textile Conservator
New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
Bureau of Historic Sites
Peebles Island
PO Box 219
Waterford, NY 12188   USA
518-237 8643 ext. 3241


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