The Georgia Trust for Preservation: American Cities Program – Atlanta November 21, 2007
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The Georgia Trust for Preservation
American Cities Program – Atlanta
From The Georgia Trust’s Web site:
The Mission of the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation is to promote an appreciation of Georgia’s diverse historic resources and provide for their protection and use to preserve, enhance and revitalize Georgia’s communities.The Vision of the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation is for Georgians to understand and appreciate the irreplaceable value of historic buildings and places and their relevance to modern life. We envision Georgians who promote careful stewardship and active use of these diverse resources and recognize the economic and social benefits of preservation. We envision communities where new development complements and reinforces thriving downtowns and historic neighborhoods, contributing to a healthy and enriched humane environment.
Internship Description:
Preservation
Position: Historic Preservation Research and Administration
Responsibilities: Assist in 1) developing new procedures for historic house museums such as furnishings plans; or 2) assisting with research and training heritage tourism product.
Position: Preservation Awards
Responsibilities: The Georgia Trust awards exemplary preservation projects and practitioners on an annual basis. Awards are presented at State Preservation Conference and Georgia Trust Annual Meeting. Intern will assist in awards committee recommendation process and awards ceremony preparation and execution.
Development
Position: The Georgia Trust Special Events Intern
Responsibilities: Assist with various special event duties, including preparing and mailing information packets and letters, entering data into Raiser’s Edge software and processing event revenue.
House Museum
Position: Grant-funded field trips, Rhodes Hall
Responsibilities: Coordinate and facilitate field trips for Atlanta Public Schools. Includes some public speaking and program development. Position: Special Events, Rhodes Hall
Responsbilities: Assist in planning, scheduling, monitoring and evaluating one of the annual special events or a new one that relates to the mission of the house and organization
Position: Volunteer Program, Rhodes Hall
Responsibilities: Help recruit, coordinate, train, and schedule volunteers to serve as docents at Rhodes Hall.
Position: Landscape Interpretive Exhibition, Hay House
Responsibilities: Hay House has gardens that were initially established in 1859 with revisions up through 1977. The gardens have been researched by Jager and Company and their research is documented in the Landscape Report filed in 1987. One core document on the plan is the 1927 plan by Hoffman & Company of Atlanta which shows plans for the existing formal garden behind the house. The intern on this project will review the existing research and make recommendations for a 6 panel exhibition of text and illustrations that will allow visitors to discover how the building and grounds evolved from 1859 through the present day.
Position: Large Collections Storage, Hay House
Responsibilities: Through an IMLS grant, the house has established a design forcollections storage in one of their period rooms on the third floor of the house.The intern will review literature, pick out shelving and assist/coordinate the assembly of the storage system.
Education Position: Heritage Education
Responsibilities: Organizing documents and materials for local resource kits for classroom teachers. Help with teacher training workshops.
Ideal Internship Qualification:
| Logistical:
Current Juniors Depending on the positions mentioned above: |
Personality: Be comfortable with children and adults and have a love for education Detail oriented Organized, detail-oriented, bright, cheerful, flexible, self-motivated, dependable Good communication and people skills |
