Internship Descriptions
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All internships and fellowships are paid and for current Gettysburg College students.
Musselman Library Internships
Semester
Dunlap Internship
Semester-long internship in the Collections & Technical Services department for a student in any major. This internship provides an opportunity to learn about technical services librarianship, including how the library purchases materials and organizes information. 6-8 hours per week.
Robert ’44 and Esther Kenyon Fortenbaugh ’46 Internship
Semester-long internship in Research and Instruction Department. 6-8 hours per week.
Holley Internship
Semester-long internship rotating through all departments in Musselman Library. This internship provides an opportunity to learn about the field of library and information science. 6-8 hours per week.
Special Collections and College Archives Internships
Semester
Susan '77 and Joseph Biernat '75 Internship
Semester-long internship shared by Schmucker Art Gallery and Special Collections for curatorial studies, art/image collections, and public history. 6-8 hours per week.
Charles H. Glatfelter Internship
Semester-long research internship in Special Collections and College Archives. 6-8 hours per week.
Major General James Milner Roberts and Priscilla Roberts Internship
Semester-long internship in Special Collections and College Archives for American history research. 6-8 hours per week.
Tricia Smelter '71 Internship
Semester-long internship in Special Collections and College Archives for conservation, museum studies, and exhibitions. 6-8 hours per week.
Phillip Warman Internship
Semester-long internship in Special Collections and College Archives devoted to Civil War era research. 6-8 hours per week.
Summer
Robert ’44 and Esther Kenyon Fortenbaugh ’46 Summer Internship
Summer internship in Special Collections and College Archives. 35 hours per week. Housing provided.
Diane Werley Smith ’73 Special Collections Summer Internship
Summer internship in Special Collections and College Archives. 35 hours per week. Housing provided.
Digital Humanities Summer Fellowship
Summer fellowship for rising sophomores, juniors, and seniors at Gettysburg College to learn Digital Humanities skills and apply them to a public-facing, academic, digital project that uses materials from Special Collections and College Archives, or focuses on Gettysburg College history. Housing provided.