# Volunteers-in-Parks

## **Morristown National Historical Park**

Looking for a rewarding way to show your support for the National Park
Service? Thousands of people are helping NPS staff maintain nearly 400
national parks.

In 1933, the National Park Service was entrusted with preserving the
significant role Morristown, New Jersey played during the American
Revolutionary War. Many volunteers help us maintain the four different
units, which consist of Washington's Headquarters, Fort Nonsense, Jockey
Hollow and the New Jersey Brigade.

**How My I Help?**

**[Administration]{.underline}:**

1.  Assist with filing reports.

**[Cross Estate Garden]{.underline}** \-- located in the New Jersey
Brigade Area

(The gardens are a project of the New Jersey Historical Garden
Foundation, which also produces a newsletter and conducts educational
symposia)

1.  Propagating and maintaining the formal gardens.

2.  Guidance and instruction provided by volunteer Director of
    Horticulture.

3.  Workdays are held Wednesday mornings from March to November.

**[Curatorial]{.underline}:**

(Qualifications may be necessary depending on the type of work
available)

1.  Catalogue, minor preservation and research of artifacts.

2.  Transcribe historical documents.

3.  Supervised work in the museum, archival, or library collection.

4.  Historic house cleaning.

5.  Assist in establishing finding aids

# Volunteers-in-Parks

## **Morristown National Historical Park**

**[Interpretative Guides:]{.underline}**

1.  Lead guided tours of the Ford Mansion, which requires standing/
    walking for periods up to 45 minutes, plus ascending and descending
    steep stairways.

2.  Participate in living history demonstrations and wear period
    clothing at the Wick House in Jockey Hollow.

3.  Assist at information desks at the Jockey Hollow Visitor Center and
    at the Washington's Headquarters Museum.

**[Maintenance/ General Handyman:]{.underline}**

1.  Provide know-how and skill for small projects, such as garden walls,
    installing trail signs, assist with exterior painting.

2.  Assist with mowing, leaf/ snow removal (manual skills and knowledge
    of small power tools would be helpful).

3.  Assist with cleaning of the museum, includes dusting and vacuuming.

**[Outdoor Information Specialist]{.underline}:**

1.  Maintain bulletins boards, wayside exhibits and other outdoor
    displays.

2.  Lay out, arrange and/or fabricate materials for display in outdoor
    bulletin boards.

3.  Overall, improve the appearance of these facilities and quality/
    timeliness of the information contained therein.

**[Protection]{.underline}:**

1.  Assist with traffic, crowd control and parking during special
    events.

**[Natural Resource Management]{.underline}:**

1.  Historic orchard maintenance, e.g. pruning.

2.  Help monitor wildlife and invasive plants studies.

# Volunteers-in-Parks

## **Morristown National Historical Park**

**[Trail Worker:]{.underline}**

(Volunteers must be in good physical condition and follow recommended
safety procedures in use of tools)

1.  Clear, maintain and repair hiking/ equestrian trails in Jockey
    Hollow and New Jersey Brigade areas.

2.  Use a variety of hand tools (park provided) to install water bars,
    bridge repair.

3.  Clear brush and/ or limbs.

4.  Pick up litter along hiking trails and roadways.

**[Wick House Garden]{.underline}** -- located in the Jockey Hollow Unit

(The garden is a project of the Northern New Jersey Unit of the Herb
Society of America. Work activities are planned and directed by
experienced members of the Herb Society)

1.  Propagating, maintaining an 18^th^ century kitchen garden.

2.  Interpret 18^th^ century colonial life and techniques of food
    production of the era.

3.  Participate in living history interpretation on favorable summer
    weekends and during special events.

4.  Learn a wealth of information about the uses of herbs, spices and
    other heirloom plant varieties.

5.  Workdays are held on Tuesday mornings from May to November.

### Thank you for your interest in volunteering

at Morristown NHP.

Please send or drop off your completed form to:

Morristown National Historical Park

Attn: Volunteer Coordinator, Pamela Dobben

30 Washington Place

Morristown, NJ 07960

Questions, please call 973-539-2016 ext 230