Interested in History?
Internship
The First Federal Congress Project, co-sponsored by the National Archives
and The George Washington University, announces the availability of unpaid internships:
- fall or spring semesters
- 3 credit hours
- 8-10 hours per week
- some hours could be worked nights/weekends
The intern will assist with document searching, research, transcription, annotation,
proofreading, and indexing for volumes 15-16 of the Documentary History of the First
Federal Congress, 1789-1791.
The Documentary History of the First Federal Congress, 1789-1791 is
a book edition of the official and unofficial records relating to the most important and
most productive Congress in American history. As the first Congress under the Constitution,
it set important precedents with nearly every action that it took, besides establishing the
structure of the executive and judicial branches, adopting the Bill of Rights, implementing
the first federal revenue system, funding the Revolutionary War debt, locating the permanent
seat of government, and enacting the first census, naturalization, copyright, and patents
legislation.
Volumes 15-16 inaugurate the five volume series of unofficial documents,
primarily letters and newspaper clippings relating to the business of Congress. History majors
with special interest in the history of the early American republic, Constitutional history/law,
or political theory are encouraged to apply.
CONTACT: Charlene Bickford, Project Director
202-676-6777, bickford@gwu.edu
2120 L St., N.W. #255, Washington, DC 20052
First Federal Congress Project
The George Washington University
Washington, DC 20052
Phone: 202-676-6777
Comments or questions should be sent to: ffcp@www.gwu.edu
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