Scholarship Description
Established to encourage the study of garden history and design, and if possible, aid in the cataloguing of the GCA slides in the Archives of American Gardens at the Smithsonian Institution. Preference is given to an undergraduate or graduate student wishing to work and pursue independent research at the Archives, but is available to a student at any facility approved by the Scholarship Committee providing adequate supervision and structure. The award of $2000 may supplement any internship remuneration provided by the facility. Archives of American Gardens Applicants: The term of the internship is 10 to 16 weeks. The stipend of undergraduates is $360 per week, and for graduate students, $420 per week. Interns are allowed one half day each week to complete independent study projects. Interns may arrange for academic credit through their college or university. Students with courses in horticulture, ornamental horticulture, landscape design and related fields are best suited. Interns working in the Archives of American Gardens will gain experience in the following: collections registration, cataloging and description, research, development of finding aids, inventory, and basic preservation practices. Projects focus on organizing and processing photographic materials, keeping archival records, locating and verifying data for research or exhibition purposes, cataloging images and describing their content according to recognized standards, image digitization, computer automation of the records collection, and preparing reports. The images and history preserved in the AAG collection provide the researcher with a valuable source of information on American gardens not found anywhere else in the country. A variety of individual research projects can be developed from these rich resources. Themes represented include: historical garden styles, garden furniture, art and ornaments, cultural influences on garden design, and regional landscape practices. AAG staff work with applicants to develop individualized projects.
Year of Need: College Junior, College Senior, 1st Year Grad, 2nd Year Grad,
Type: Merit Based
Num Awards: 1
Min Award: 2000
Max Award: 2000
Deadline: 2024-12-31
Sponsoring Organization
The Garden Club of America
14 East 60th Street, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10022
Contact Person:
Phone: 212-753-8287
Fax: 212-753-0134
Web: http://www.gcamerica.org/scholarships
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