Class Visits, Instruction & Internships
Class Visits & Instruction:
The director of the WLA is available to provide information about the collections, the basics of using primary research materials, and the task of historical research. The Director can also conduct historic tours of the building, with special emphasis on interpreting class, gender, and race in historic spaces. Prior class visits included undergraduate and graduate students from Theology, Women's Studies & Gender Studies, Sociology, Education, and History.
Each instruction visit or tour is specifically designed for the needs of each class. To set up a visit, please contact the Director at (773) 508-8837 or WLArchives@luc.edu.
The WLA staff can also provide individual assistance to students or independent researchers on how to plan or conduct original research in the archives. We especially welcome research inquiries from students at any level interested in archival work.
We can come to you!
Staff from the WLA is happy to visit your classroom to offer hands-on instruction in working with primary documents, how to "read" original resources, and work with instructors to develop classroom assignments focused on using WLA resources.
Student Internships:
The WLA welcomes the opportunity to work in structured internships with graduate or undergraduate students from Loyola or other area schools. The internships are based in the archives, typically working with original documents in small to moderate processing projects. However, we also have several ongoing special projects such as case exhibits and digitization of records/photographs for online exhibits. Each internship can be catered to meet the needs of the student's educational goals and skills. We especially encourage public history and library science students to apply. The length of each internship varies and is unpaid.
For more information, please contact: WLArchives@luc.edu.