Top of page

Category: Internship program

Mitch Friesenborg standing in front of a tree on the campus

Arkansas: Home to Good Sweet Tea, Southern Hospitality and Amazing Veterans

Posted by: Lisa Taylor

The following is a guest blog post by Mitch Friesenborg, a summer intern in the office of U.S. Senator John Boozman (AR). He attends Harding University, and is a member of the Arkansas National Guard. In the year 2021, the United States is in relative peace. No teenager today is anxious at the chance they …

A man playing a guitar and singing to a close crowd of a dozen or so men and women

Summer 2021 Paid (Virtual) Internships at the AFC!

Posted by: John Fenn

The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress is happy to open applications for paid summer internships for 2021! In summer 2018, we launched a paid internship opportunity as part of a program established through a generous gift from our late colleague and longtime AFC staff member, Peter Bartis (1949 – 2017). These positions introduce …

A man playing a guitar and singing to a close crowd of a dozen or so men and women

Intern reflection: Claire Denny

Posted by: John Fenn

This is a guest post by our Fall 2019 volunteer intern, Claire Denny. She is currently in her second term as a Master’s degree student in the Folklore Program at George Mason University. When I received a phone call this past summer from the Library of Congress’ American Folklife Center (AFC), I had to compose …

A man playing a guitar and singing to a close crowd of a dozen or so men and women

Summer 2020 paid internships at the AFC!

Posted by: John Fenn

In summer 2018, the AFC at the Library of Congress launched a paid internship opportunity as part of a program established through a generous gift from the late AFC staff member Peter Bartis (1949 – 2017). These positions introduced interns to the research collections at the AFC and the Library; helped develop critical skills related …

A man playing a guitar and singing to a close crowd of a dozen or so men and women

Summer 2019 Intern Reflection: Tali Gelenian

Posted by: Stephen Winick

This is a guest post from one of the 2019 Folklife Interns at the American Folklife Center, Tali Gelenian. This internship program was launched in the summer of 2018 through a generous gift from the late Peter Bartis, a long-time staff member at the AFC and a tireless proponent of folklife–as well as a fieldworker …

A man playing a guitar and singing to a close crowd of a dozen or so men and women

Summer 2019 Intern Reflection: Edward Wang

Posted by: John Fenn

This is a guest post from one of the 2019 Folklife Interns at the American Folklife Center, Edward Wang. This internship program was launched in the summer of 2018 through a generous gift from the late Peter Bartis, a long-time staff member at the AFC and a tireless proponent of folklife–as well as a fieldworker …

A man playing a guitar and singing to a close crowd of a dozen or so men and women

2019 Summer interns are here!

Posted by: John Fenn

Here at the AFC we are proud and excited to welcome a new round of summer interns! Two of them are supported through the American Folklife Center Internship Fund, made possible with a generous gift from the late Peter Bartis, while the third comes to us through a program at Utah State University. Our connection …

A man playing a guitar and singing to a close crowd of a dozen or so men and women

Intern reflection: Brittney Meadors

Posted by: John Fenn

This is a guest blog post from Spring 2019 intern Brittney Meadors working at the American Folklife Center. Brittney is a first year graduate student at Howard University pursuing a Masters degree in Classical Voice and certification in International Affairs. Her internship was initiated by Dr. Carla Hayden (Librarian of Congress) and Dr. Wayne A. …

A man playing a guitar and singing to a close crowd of a dozen or so men and women

First round of the Bartis Folklife Internships

Posted by: John Fenn

As the summer winds down, staff at the AFC are saying goodbyes to our inaugural Bartis Folklife interns: Trelani Duncan and Mackenzie Kwok. They’ve been with us since June, working primarily on the scriptwriting team for a podcast series that AFC will launch later this year, but also applying individual skills and interests to a …