Internship – Wake Forest Historical Museum

Meet Intern John Corey

October 5, 2022October 5, 2022 WF Museum

This fall, Wake Forest University junior John Corey is helping the museum build a database that pulls together the people, places, and events associated with the Wake Forest Plantation from 1820 to 1832. To learn more about John, we asked him to complete a short questionnaire.

Meet Intern William Valtos

October 5, 2022October 5, 2022 WF Museum

This fall, Wake Forest University senior William Valtos is helping the museum build a database that pulls together the people, places, and events associated with the Wake Forest Plantation from 1820 to 1832. To learn more about William, we asked him to complete a short questionnaire.

Arms holding violin — Lin examines a violin in the Calvin Jones House.

Meet Intern Lin Baumeister

June 16, 2021March 7, 2022 WF Museum

This summer Methodist University senior Lin Baumeister will help museum staff catalog artifacts in the Calvin Jones House. Her work will help strengthen tours of the Calvin Jones House. To learn more about Lin, we asked her to complete a short questionnaire.

Intern Reflections: “The rich legacy of Black education across generations.”

May 27, 2021January 26, 2022 WF Museum

As an intern with the Wake Forest Historical Museum, I’ve been pouring through census data, finding traces of children as young as six, adult musicians, religious leaders, and school teachers who contributed to a project of Black learning prior to and in the aftermath of emancipation in Wake Forest.

Meet Intern Kate Pearson

March 9, 2021March 9, 2021 WF Museum

With support from WFU’s Slavery, Race, and Memory Project, this spring Wake Forest junior Kate Pearson will work with museum staff remotely to identify and learn more about African Americans connected to the original campus between 1820 and 1930.

African American History and Genealogy Remote Internship

December 2, 2020January 21, 2021 WF Museum

The Wake Forest Historical Museum is hiring a Wake Forest University student intern to assist museum staff with research related to the Slavery, Race, and Memory Project during the spring 2021 semester. Under the mentorship of museum professionals, the intern will conduct research to identify and learn more about African Americans connected to Wake Forest University’s original campus between 1820 and 1930.

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