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24 people are interested
Volunteer Docent & Visitor Services Aide
ORGANIZATION: Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum
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24 people are interested
The Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum seeks volunteers to greet visitors, provide interpretation of the museum and its collections, and assist with the daily operations of the museum.
Volunteers should be able to interact with diverse audiences, age groups and learning styles. They should possess strong interpersonal and communication skills and an interest in history. Some experience working in education, public service, or retail is helpful, but not required. Volunteers will need to be able to handle frequent walking, standing, and stair climbing.
Volunteers should be at least 18 years of age, be able to commit to one 4-hour shift a week, attend a pre-training interview, and complete required trainings . To complete an application, please visit http://www.clarabartonmuseum.org/support/volunteer/
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About Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum
Location:
437 7th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20004, US
Mission Statement
• Educate on the life and times of Clara Barton in the 1860s when she provided service during the Civil War and her post-Civil War operation of the Missing Soldiers Office • Encourage modern day historical discovery much the same way Richard Lyons did in 1996 • Inspire visitors to find ways to improve their own local communities much the same way Clara Barton did 150 years ago.
Description
Located on 7th Street, NW, the third floor contains the restored rooms and items related to when Clara Barton lived at this location during and immediately after the Civil War. She used this property not only as her residence, but also to store the supplies she received for her work on battlefields, and later as an office to handle correspondence concerning missing soldiers. In 1865, Barton hired a staff and opened the "Office of Correspondence with the Friends of the Missing Men of the United States Army" in this building. Barton took up the cause of grieving parents, family and friends whose husbands, sons, brothers, and neighbors were missing. She responded to over 63,000 letters, most of which required some kind of research that eventually lead to published lists of the names of the missing. Anyone with knowledge of their whereabouts or death could contact Barton. By the time the office closed in 1868, she and her staff had identified the fate of over 22,000 men. Clara Barton's Missing Soldiers Office went covered up for 130 years and was rediscovered by Richard Lyons of the General Services Administration in 1996, when the building was scheduled for demolition.
CAUSE AREAS
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WHERE
437 7th Street, NWWashington, DC 20004
DATE POSTED
February 27, 2020
SKILLS
- Public Speaking
- Customer Service
- History
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training
- 4 hours per week