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Fort Davis National Historic Site
Volunteer
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INTERPRETATION & VISITOR SERVICES
- Interpretation: Duties include helping at the Visitor Center desk and/or being a living history interpreter/docent wearing reproduction 19th-century attire provided by the park. Required reading is mandatory for all visitor service positions.
- Library: Assisting with research projects, indexing microfilmed historical records, and cataloging books, photos, or maps.
- Resource Management: Duties include hiking nature trails, litter removal, and looking for signs of safety hazards or vandalism.
ADMINISTRATION
- Clerical assistance: Typing, filing, copying, collating, stamping/stuffing envelopes, performing computer-related tasks.
CULTURAL RESOURCES
- Curatorial Assistants: Activities involve working with park museum collection and assisting the curator.
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Did You Know?
Scurvy swept the garrison at Fort Davis in the spring of 1868, and the post surgeon, Daniel Weisel, stressed the necessity of including plenty of fresh vegetables in the diet. In 1869 he persuaded Colonel Merritt, the fort’s commander, to start a post garden.
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Last Updated: August 31, 2006 at 15:27 EST |
