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

Graduate students in good standing may apply for the annual Ruth Fellowship.  One student will be selected to receive a $1,500 research fellowship to engage in a concentrated 3 week summer research program with the Army Heritage Center Foundation at the US Army Heritage and Education Center in Carlisle, PA. 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 28, 2012 for review. Notification is provided to the recipient by April 15, 2012. For more information contact the Army Heritage Center Foundation Education Director at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . 

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 2011 conference was held inMarch at Temple University’s Center City Campus,1515 Market Street, Philadelphia. The first place Weigley award was presented to the Alec Lalonde from the Royal Military College of Canada for his paper “Why ‘Europe First’?: The Economic and Ideological Underpinnings of America’s Europe-First Strategy, 1940-1941”.  Honorable mention went to Ryan Johnson, Temple University, “Silent Casualty: Chemical Warfare and the Environment on the Western Front.”  Papers submitted are reviewed by a panel of five historians with a specialty in military history.

Previous Weigley Awardees:

2010

First Place:  Matthew Cheser, University of Maryland.  The Many Deaths of General Braddock:  Remembering Braddock, Washington, and Fawcett at the Battle of the Monogahela, 1755-1855. 

Honorable Mention:  Gerald F. Goodwin, Ohio University.  "'You're the same as us':  African-American Soldiers and the Vietnamese."

2009

First Place:  Earl J. Catagnus, Jr., Temple University.  Innovation and Adaptation in the U.S. Army Infantry, 1930-1941.

Honorable Mention:  Christopher Golding, Temple University.  British Combined Operations of the Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Copenhagen and the Walcheren Expedition.

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