College and Post-Graduate Level Internship Program

A multi-disciplinary intern program provides an opportunity for students to experience firsthand work in a major historical repository with an institutional focus on training students towards careers in history-related fields. Interns will research primary and secondary source materials from the collections of the Army Heritage and Education Center’s Military History Institute (MHI) and Army Heritage Museum (AHM) for use in the development of teaching tools for teachers in grades K-12, as they relate to American history. For more information about internships the AHCF offers, please visit our internship page.

The Robert L. Ruth and Robert C. Ruth Fellowship

The internship is offered to graduate students enrolled in Commonwealth of Pennsylvania graduate schools and is presented annually for a concentrated 3 week period during the summer with the Army Heritage Center Foundation. Funding for the award is graciously provided by AHCF Board Member, Christopher Gleason, in memory and to honor the service of two members of his family.

Applications are due to the Foundation by February 28th for review. Notification is provided to the recipient by April 1st. For more information:

The Professor Russell F. Weigley Award

The James A. Barnes Club, a graduate student history association, was created in 1966 in honor of long-time Temple University History Department faculty member, James A. Barnes. The Club fosters a sense of community among graduate students in Temple University’s History Department. The annual conference, begun in 1996, sponsored by the James A. Barnes Club is open to all graduate students across the United States and overseas to foster intellectual, methodological and professional interaction. Graduate students submit proposals for individual papers and/or panel presentations on any topic, time period, or approach in history.

The Army Heritage Center Foundation honors Russell F. Weigley, a Temple University History Department faculty member from 1930 to 1966, with a financial award for the best paper with a military history focus that is presented at the annual Barnes Club Conference in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Weigley was considered among the elite of our nation's military historians.

The 2009 conference was held on March 21 at Temple University’s Center City Campus.1515 Market Street, Philadelphia. The first place Weigley award was presented to Temple University’s Earl J. Catagnus, Jr. for his paper Innovation and Adaptation in the U.S. Army Infantry, 1930-1941. Honorable Mention was given to Christopher Golding, also a student at Temple University. His paper was entitled British Combined Operations of the Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Copenhagen and the Walcheren Expedition.

Other papers considered for the award were prepared by students enrolled at Central Michigan University, Texas A & M, Ohio State, Kansas State University and SUNY-Stony Brook. Papers submitted are reviewed by a panel of five historians with a specialty in military history.

Previous Weigley Awardees:

2008
First Place: John Castaldo, Temple University. Our Mohammedan Moros: American Perceptions of the Moro People during the Military Occupation of Southern Philippines, 1902-1913

Honorable Mention: Martin J. Clemis, Temple University. An Unprecedented Collaboration: Academic Participation in Counterinsurgency Doctrine during the Cold War and Today

2007
First Place: Erik Mathisen, University of Pennsylvania. Schools of Citizenship: Allegiance & Statecraft in the Confederate Army, 1861-65

Honorable Mention: Jason Smith, Temple University. Instrument of Imperialism: The United States Navy’s Hydrographic Office, 1890-1904

2006
First Place: Richard Grippaldi, Temple University. The Best Possible Appointments Should Be Made: The Officers of the U.S. Regiment of Dragoons and Military Professionalism

Honorable Mention: Eric Klinek, Temple University. The Army’s Orphans: The United States Replacement System during World War II and Its Impact on Combat Effectiveness