This program utilizes qualified non-profit youth- and veteran-serving organizations to carry out appropriate natural and cultural resource conservation, education, volunteer service and education…

This program utilizes qualified non-profit youth- and veteran-serving organizations to carry out appropriate natural and cultural resource conservation, education, volunteer service and education projects on department of the interior lands through authorized national park service programs.intern will work with the parks archivist to process and catalog records related to permitted archeological research projects as well as park operations and management. Duties include assisting with appraisal and arrangement of paper and digital archival records, cataloging using the interior collections management system according to professional and national park service standards, and creation of finding aids. Intern will work with the evolving digital preservation program. There is a backlog of accessioned archival materials that are currently inaccessible to the public and the intern will provide needed assistance to national park service staff. Without proper professional processing (identification, organization, preservation, and description) of the materials, park staff and the visiting public will not be able to access the important information contained in the collections. Park visitor experience is enhanced via the opportunity to engage with primary source content such as historic photographs and documents. Beneficiaries include private non-profit institutions and organizations public and private non-profit academic institutions state and local government agencies quasi-public non-profit institutions and organizations that support youth and young adult career training and development, and education in the areas of natural and or cultural resource conservation and management. Individuals families students and the general public will receive a benefitfrom the development and execution of these programs and projects.