This document is based on my experience in researching and applying for history-related summer internships.  Please send any additions, corrections, or suggestions to blrob@rice.edu.
 

Within Texas:

1. Harris County Heritage Society (HCHS) Museum Internship Program.

• Location: Houston, Texas.
• Web: http://www.artcom.com/museums/vs/gl/77002-25.htm/
• Contact: Registrar Eve Fleishman (713-665-1912).

2. George Bush Presidential Library and Museum.

• Location: College Station, Texas.
• Web: http://csdl.cs.tamu.edu/bushlib/

3. Lyndon Baines Johnson (LBJ) Presidential Library and Museum.

• Location: Austin, Texas.
• Web: http://www.lbjlib.utexas.edu

4. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH0 Undergraduate Summer Internship.

• Location: Houston, Texas.
• Web: http://www.mfah.org/edu/intern.html
• Contact: 713-639-7320.

5. Southwest Museum Services.

• Location: Houston, Texas.
• Web: http://www.swmuseum.com/employment.htm
• Contact: Dr. Bill Griggs (713-722-8293)

6. Texas Monthly.

• Location: Austin, Texas.
• Web: http://www.texasmonthly.com/mag/jobs.html
• Contact: Internship Coordinator Julie Norwood (512-320-6900).

7. Texas State Archives (TSA).

• Location: Austin, Texas.
• Web:  http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/
• Contact: Assistant Director of Information Services Diana Houston (dhouston@tsl.state.gov.us).

Outside Texas:


1. American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) Alderson Internship Program.

• Location: Nashville, Tennessee.
• Web: http://www.aaslh.org/
• Contact: 615-255-2971.

2. History Associates, Inc.

• Location: Rockville, Maryland.
• Web: http://www.historyassociates.com/
• Contact: Vice-President Ruth Dudgeon (301-770-1170).

3. Library of Congress (LOC) Junior Fellows Program.

• Location: Washington, D.C.
• Web: http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/jrfell/
• Contact: Junior Fellows Program Coordinator (202-707-5330).

4. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Internship Program.

• Location: College Park, MD.
• Web: http://www.nara.gov/professional/intern/intern.html
• Contact: Staff Development Officer Mary E. Rephlo (301-713-7390).

5. National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Summer Fellows Program.

• Location: Washington D.C.
• Web: http://206.161.132.1/grants/guidelines.html and http://www.neh.gov/pdf/guidelines/summerfellows2000.pdf
• Contact: 202-606-8623.

6. National History Day David DeBoe Internship.

• Location: College Park, MD.
• Web: http://www.thehistorynet.com/NationalHistoryDay/intern.htm

7. National Museum of American History (NMAH) at the Smithsonian Institution Internship Program.

• Location: Washington D.C.
• Web: http://www.si.edu/nmah/interns/index.htm
• Contact: Internship and Fellowship Coordinator Suzanne McLaughlin (202-357-1606).

8. National Trust for Historic Preservation (NTHP) Internship Program.

• Location: Washington D.C.
• Web: http://www.nthp.org/main/frontline/departments/internships.htm
• Contact: 202-588-6120.

9. Summer School in History at the University of Cambridge.

• Location: Cambridge, England.
• Web: http://www.cam.ac.uk/CambUniv/ContEd/IntSummer/History/

10. The Winthrop Group, Inc.

• Location: New York, New York.
• Web: http://www.winthropgroup.com/