Class Opportunity: Ten Chimneys' Historic Preservation and Interior Design

Historic House Preservation

Instructor, Keith MacKay, Director of Historic Preservation, Ten Chimneys

Join the historic preservation movement by exploring the history of house museums such as Mount

Vernon, Fallingwater (Frank Lloyd Wright’s design with Edgar Kauffman) and Tenement buildings in

New York City.  Led by Keith MacKay, the director of historic preservation at Ten Chimneys, discover

and learn in one day about the earliest efforts to save places such as these, and the tasks needed

to preserve these historic houses.  Following this class step into the past with an option in-depth

preservation focused tour of Ten Chimneys. Class is held at the Lunt-Fontanne Program Center at Ten

Chimneys, S43

W31575 Depot Road

, Genesee Depot, WI 53127.  .2 CEU

Sat, March 10, 10:00am-12:00pm, $59   (optional tour immediately after class)

History of Interior Design:  The 20th Century

Instructor, Keith MacKay, Director of Historic Preservation, Ten Chimneys

Be in style! Delve into the historical development of American interior design from the late 19th

century until today.  Led by Keith MacKay, the director of historic preservation, we will explore and

focus on immigrant upholsterers, the legendary Lady Decorators who helped pioneered the field,

as well as professionally trained designers and reality television stars who’ve had a hand in interior

design.  Discover the individuals who defined stylish living, including Elsie de Wolf, Eero Saarinen,

and Billy Baldwin and join us for an option in-depth decorative arts-focused tour of Ten Chimneys. 

Class is held at Lunt-Fontanne Program Center at Ten Chimneys, S43 W31575 Depot Road, Genesee

Depot, WI 53127. .2 CEU

Sat, Apr 28, 10:00am-12:00pm, $59 optional tour to begin immediately after class)

Register through UW Waukesha Continuing Education 262-521-5460

Internship Opportunity: Historic Indian Agency House, Portage, WI

Historic Site Nature Trail Self-Guided Tour Internship

$1,800 for 400 work hours (or approximately 10 fulltime work weeks)—with half ($900) paid at the inception of the internship, and the remaining half paid upon satisfactory completion of the project.
Application Deadline: April 15, 2012

The Historic Indian Agency House (HIAH) is owned and operated by The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Wisconsin, one of 42 historical properties owned outright by the Colonial Dames of America, with an additional 28 affiliated with this genealogical association. The Historic Indian Agency House was built in 1832 by the United States government as a residence for John Kinzie, Indian Agent to the Ho-Chunk people, and still sits on its original foundation on a 226-acre expanse of land nearly untouched by modern encroachment. The site holds the story of the fur trade, the opening of the West, and the accompanying demise of the Native way of life. Our mission is to "preserve, interpret, and promote this historic site in order to educate the public about the cultural, political and natural history of Wisconsin, including the Ho-Chunk/Winnebago Nation, during the Commission of the United States Indian Agent John Harris Kinzie." The site was opened to the public in 1932, and since then has maintained a regular May 15 to October 15 open season. During this season, guided tours of the Agency House are offered for a nominal fee, with the permanent introductory exhibit and annual rotating exhibit available free of charge in the Visitors’ Center.

A generous grant from the Great Circle Foundation of East Northport, New York allows HIAH to seek a qualified intern for the 2012 summer season to carry out the Historic Site Nature Trail Self-Guided Tour Internship. The Historic Site Nature Trail Self-Guided Tour Internship will result in a cohesive and thought-provoking interpretive guide to accompany a 1.2 mile walking trail debuting in May 2012. The candidate will also manage a small-scale budget specifically intended for research materials and printing costs. This internship will begin the interpretive process related to what will eventually become a multi-faceted trail system. The selected intern will research and create an interpretive tour and accompanying guidebook/pamphlet for the first trail segment slated to debut this spring.

The position will require approximately 400 hours of work between June 01 and September 01, 2012. The selected candidate will preferably work a regular 40-hour work week for 10 consecutive weeks, but flexibility to accommodate specific needs is possible.

Graduate student (or advanced undergraduate, based on the recommendation of professors or other acceptable references) enrolled at an accredited college or university, preferably in History, Public History, Museum Studies, Anthropology, Environmental History or Education. Must be creative, have good communication skills, possess an attention to detail, and be both self-directed and able to work within a team. Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (including Publisher) preferred but not required. Background in Wisconsin history preferred but not required.

Applicants should submit a resume that details their relevant work and educational experience, including the contact information for THREE references (two professional/academic and one personal). Applicants should mail all materials, along with a cover page outlining your interest in the position, to:

Destinee K. Udelhoven, Executive Director
Historic Indian Agency House
P.O. Box 84
Portage, Wisconsin 53901
destineekae@hotmail.com

Internship Opportunity: New York Historical Society Curatorial Internship in American Art

The internships will take place from June 11 through August 3 and interns will be awarded a $2,000 stipend. Applications are invited for two different internships:

American Colonial Portraits

The American art intern will work with the curator of American art. The intern’s main duties will involve researching colonial portraits and miniatures in the collection, investigating attribution questions, and assisting in logistical tasks toward developing an upcoming traveling show of colonial portraits. The internship will offer the opportunity to develop connoisseurship, investigate archival and secondary resources in the New York area, and learn about the early stages of exhibition development. The intern will also assist with ongoing projects and other collection research as needed. A graduate student with strong research skills and a background in American art is preferred.

1913 Armory Show

The New-York Historical Society is organizing The Armory Show at 100: The New Art Spirit, a large-scale exhibition celebrating the centenary of the legendary 1913 Armory Show. The exhibition will take place from October 2013 through February 2014. The intern working on this project will report to the co-curators of the exhibition and will work on numerous tasks such as: assisting in researching and writing descriptions for the exhibition website (for example, researching key works that will appear on the website); researching prints and photographs to be included in the exhibition; providing support in acquiring images of key works, and other general exhibition support. The internship will offer the opportunity to develop research and writing skills and participate in preparations for a major loan exhibition. A graduate student with strong research skills and a background in American art is preferred.

Applications are due by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, March 16. To apply: Email a cover letter indicating the position you are applying for, a resume, a five to ten page writing sample from a research paper or a piece related to the position, and two letters of recommendation. Application materials should be emailed with “2011 Summer Internship Application: Applicant’s Name” in the subject line to kimberly.orcutt@nyhistory.org, marilyn.kushner@nyhistory.org  and copied to interns@nyhistory.org.

Upcoming Lecture: 'Is There Paper in Our Future? Early American Perspectives on Contemporary Media Shift'

A talk given by Jonathan Senchyne, PhD
Cornell University

School of Library and Information Studies and

the Center for the History of Print and Digital Culture

February 6, 2012 11.30-12.30

SLIS Commons (HCW 4207)

This talk reads reactions to the shifting contemporary landscape of paper and digital publication through 18th- and 19th-century American poems and narratives that track the rise of paper as a kind of social medium. Recovering how early Americans saw themselves and their communities archived within paper itself, Dr. Senchyne argues that what often seems like mere nostalgia for paper can be an index of important affective connections between readers and material texts.

Jonathan Senchyne received his PhD in English at Cornell University in December, 2011.  His dissertation is titled, "'Our Paper Allegories': Intimacy, Publicity, and Material Textuality in Colonial and Antebellum American Literature."  His article, “‘Bottles of ink, and reams of paper’: Clotel, Racialization, and the Material Culture of Print” will appear in Early African American Print Culture in Theory and Practice, edited by Lara Langer Cohen and Jordan Alexander Stein, from the University of Pennsylvania Press in April 2012.