Internships
Internships are made available to college students at SUNY Brockport through the Anthropology and History Departments.
If you are interested in an internship at the Morgan-Manning House,
please contact Dr. Rozenn Bailleul-LeSuer at
Current Interns
Fall 2022
Cassidy M Wiesmore
Communications Specialist
Thea Grube
Victorian Fashion &
Domestic Life Researcher
Spring, Summer, & Fall 2021
Tyler Angora
Exhibit Designer &
Victorian Fashion Aficionado
Cassidy M Wiesmore
"Hello, my name is Cassidy M. Wiesmore. I am a double major in Anthropology & Communication, and this is my fifth year at SUNY Brockport and my last semester. My focus for this internship has been on the communication between the Morgan-Manning House and our Brockport community. I have been updating and posting on the Instagram account regularly and have looked into learning basic website design through WIX so that I can update the website as well.
I chose this internship because I loved the idea of being able to apply skills and knowledge from both of my majors in the same internship, and therefore getting more experience in both fields as well. I enjoy working with Dr. Rozenn, museum curator, as she has been amazing in helping me decide what to do both within the internship and beyond it and encourages me in whatever I choose.
For my final project, I planned and hosted a Murder Mystery Party for SUNY Brockport students, professors, and friends. The theme of the game was chosen to match the Morgan-Manning House, so we could use its beauty and history as a part of the story, making the game more immersive. It was a great success, with positive reviews given to me by all attendees."
Thea Grube
Hello, my name is Thea, and over the Fall '22 semester, I have been researching Victorian fashion and social etiquette here at the Morgan-Manning House under the supervision of Dr. Rozenn Bailleul-LeSuer. I plan to continue this research into the Spring '23 semester, where I hope to contribute to the current signage for the ladies' ward of the house. My goal is to explain the world these Victorian women acted within and help to correct some of the common misconceptions about their lives and what they wore.
My research into Victorian domestic life has related, in part, to my internships with the Frost Town Archaeology Project Directed by Dr. Alexander Smith, the first of which was at the Frost Town Archaeology Field School over the summer of '22 and my second in the SUNY Brockport Anthropology Lab this semester. I hope that what I learn at the Morgan-Manning House helps me better interpret some of what we excavate of domestic life at Frost Town, an abandoned 19th-century logging settlement.
Past Interns
Summer 2022
Kristin Strong
Exhibit Designer for
the Summer Kitchen
Spring, Summer, & Fall 2021
Tyler Angora
Exhibit Designer &
Victorian Fashion Aficionado
Fall 2020
Jeffery Crane
Artifact Cataloguer
Summer 2020
Emily Russell
House Helper
Spring 2020
Megan Provost
Transcriber of
Morgan Family Letters
Sydney Salisburg
Transcriber of
Morgan Family Letters
Christopher Purpell
Creator of Collection
Management System
Tyler Angora
“Hi, my name is Tyler Angora. I am a student at SUNY Brockport, pursuing a major in history, and a minor in Museum Studies & Public History."
Spring 2021, Tyler Angora focused on the history and lives of women in the Victorian Era. He worked with student Megan Marshall to create an exhibit called the Ladies Ward. This exhibit is based on the lifecycle – Childhood & Education, Courtship & Marriage, Caring for children and handling servants, and Mourning - of a middle or upper-class woman in the Victorian Era. "Throughout the room, we have included amazing artifacts from our collection (clothing & accessories, books, furnishings, art) and various items from the Morgan-Manning House family archives, such as photos, certificates, and letters, as a reminder that the Morgan family women—Susan, Sara, Susanne, and Gladys—experienced such a life."
Summer 2021, Tyler started another exhibit on the fashion and society of Victorian women called Unfolding Fashion. This exhibit was a continuation of The Ladies Ward. The goal was to "highlight how shapes, designs, and textures used in fashion changed between 1850 and 1925, using textiles and accessories to show how fashion trends also reflected societal changes."
Fall 2021, Tyler returned to the Morgan-Manning House with a new project in mind."...my project will be quite different from the others that you have either seen or read about at the House. This time, I am diving deep into the world of conservation and preservation. I will be researching the many aspects of conservation, how we can improve the preservation of our artifacts, and most importantly how we can prevent the deterioration of the objects in our collection." Tyler created his third exhibit, The Decaying of the Past. This exhibit included damaged and shattered artifacts found in the house's storage rooms. "I want to show that, without museums and conservation, the past would no longer exist."
Fall 2022, we are happy to report that Tyler is now doing an internship at the Genesee Country Village and Museum with curator Brandon Brooks, and is involved with the upcoming exhibit that will be on display in the John L. Wehle Gallery
Unfolding Fashion
Exhibit by Intern Tyler Angora
& Curator Dr. Rozenn Bailleul-LeSuer