Friday, January 13, 2006

2006 Summer Employment Opportunities

2006 SUMMER EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
ARCHITECTS · LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS · HISTORIANS · ENGINEERS
The Heritage Documentation Programs (Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey), a division of the National Park Service, seeks applications from qualified individuals for summer employment documenting historic sites and structures of architectural, landscape and technological significance throughout the country. Duties involve on-site field work and preparation of measured and interpretive drawings and written historical reports for the HABS/HAER/HALS Collection at the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress. Projects last twelve weeks, beginning in May/June. Salaries range from approximately $5,800 to approximately $10,700 for the summer, depending on job responsibility, locality of the project, and level of experience.
Applications Due: February 13, 2006 (postmark date)
Application forms and detailed information can be found on our web site:
http://www.cr.nps.gov/hdp/jobs
View examples of HDP documentation on the Library of Congress web site: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/hhhtml/hhhome.html

SALLY KRESS TOMPKINS FELLOWSHIP
The SKT Fellowship, a joint program of the Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) and the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), permits an architectural historian to conduct research on a 12-week HABS project during the summer of 2006. The award consists of a $10,000 stipend.
Applications due: February 1, 2006 (postmark date).
For details, visit:
http://www.cr.nps.gov/habshaer/joco/sktf.htm or contact James A. Jacobs at or (202) 354-2184.

SALLY KRESS TOMPKINS MARITIME DOCUMENTATION INTERNSHIP
The SKT Maritime Documentation Internship is sponsored by the Council of American Maritime Museums and permits a student of architecture or history, interested in maritime preservation, to work as a summer intern on a HAER maritime documentation project. The award consists of a $5,400 stipend.
Applications due: February 1, 2006 (postmark date).
For details, visit:
http://www.cr.nps.gov/habshaer/joco/kress.htm or contact Todd Croteau at or (202) 354-2167.

For more information:


Judy Davis
Summer Program Administrator
Heritage Documentation Programs Division
National Park Service (2270)
1201 Eye Street, NW, 7th Floor
Washington, DC 20005
Tel: (202) 354-2135
Fax: (202) 371-6473
Email:
judy_davis@nps.gov

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