Abstract:
As a public history undergraduate major, an internship is part of the degree requirement. I completed my internship at The History Center, a part of the Allen County/Fort Wayne Ind. Historical Society. Working under Walter Font, Curator, and Todd Pelfrey, Education Director, I learned aspects of registration, cataloging, conservation, and exhibition with most of my time devoted to museum education and curatorial responsibilities. The full-time unpaid internship commenced on January 4, 2005 and concluded on April 28, 2005. I kept a Work-Log and a daily Reflective Journal to document the experience for myself and future public history interns. The work-log and journal were combined with reports and documents generated during the internship to create this portfolio.
