Collections Cataloguing Project Internship Chesterwood
Collections Cataloguing Project Internship Chesterwood
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PROJECT SUMMARY
In the spring and summer of 2025 Chesterwood will continue with a major relocation of its sculpture collection from the basement of a nineteenth century barn to a new stateoftheart facility within the recently renovated historic residence. This project is scheduled for completion by August 2025 with plans to open the collection to the public for research before the end of the season in late October. As part of the relocation process the works will continue to be examined cleaned catalogued and photographed. Approximately 100 works have already been moved to the new storage facility and approximately 100150 more objects await examination and transfer.
Concurrent with the move of the sculpture collection a new Study and Resource Center adjacent to the storage area has been created that will include Chesterwoods extensive archival and resource materials relating to the life and work of Daniel Chester French his family friends colleagues and contemporaries as well as the more general categories of painting sculpture garden design and interior decoration. These materials include books periodicals museum catalogues exhibition brochures photographs and extensive research files. This resource collection must be reviewed arranged shelved and described in a cataloguing system thus creating both virtual and physical access to the collection for Chesterwood staff researchers scholars and the general public. This resource collection will be open to the public for regular Reading Room hours tours and special programs. The Collections Cataloguing Project Intern will be engaged in assisting staff in the aforementioned site initiatives over the course of the summer.
National Trust internships are temporary experiential learning opportunities with no expectation of employment at the conclusion of the internship.
For this internship the National Trust is offering a stipend of $4000 to help offset expenses. The period of the internship will be from June 2 Julyweeks) for approximately 28 hours per week.
DUTIES
- Support staff in transferring and arranging the sculpture collection.
- Support with installation photography and cataloguing.
- Complete cataloguing Chesterwoods historical book collection into the NTHP Collections Database ReDiscovery.
- Review the contemporary print resource materials collection and propose a plan to arrange and describe.
- Catalogue reference materials into Libib database following best practices in library science and archival management.
- Create a Finding Aid to the reference collection; and create a Resource Collections Use and Policies document.
- Create a loan system for books and other resources for use by Chesterwood staff.
EDUCATIONAL VALUE TO THE INTERN
The intern will gain experience under the mentorship of respected preservation and museum professionals in an educational setting at one of the nations premier historic house museums. The intern will also have the opportunity to participate in educational programming offered via the National Trust for Historic Preservations organizationwide internship program. Students may also be eligible for college or graduate school academic credit at the discretion of their institution.
Specifically the intern will gain knowledge in the following areas:
Considerations in moving a sculpture collection and its shelf arrangement.
Best practices in cataloguing and collections storage.
Best practices in arrangement and description of print resource materials.
Create a Finding Aid develop policies and a resource material loan system.
Master two database systems for collections management.
At the end of the project the intern will have completed the digital catalogue of the resource collection as well as created a Finding Aid a Collections Use and Policies document and a loan system document which can be added to their professional portfolio in support of their future career pursuits.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Current (or recently graduated) student in Library Science Museum Studies or Curatorial Studies programs.
- Must have own transportation and lodging and work on site at least 4 days a week.
- Basic analytical and problem solving skills including issue identification and prioritization. Basic projectorganization skills.
- Excellent attention to detail.
- Ability to collaborate and achieve results with supervision including ability to interact professionally with key internal and external stakeholders as needed. Ability to work successfully in close proximity to others required.
- Strong organizational skills required with ability to prioritize multitask efficiently and meet deadlines in a timely fashion.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Familiarity with collections database systems software a plus.
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Required Experience:
Intern
Employment Type
Contract
