Wordsworth Trust

The Wordsworth Trust, one of the premiere literary heritage sites and archives in the UK, offers 14-week unpaid internships to four BYU undergraduates per year (one in Winter and Fall and two in Spring/Summer). Situated in the picturesque Lake District village of Grasmere, the Trust encompasses several properties, including Dove Cottage (the house where William and Dorothy Wordsworth wrote many of their most famous works), the Jerwood Centre (a research library with an unrivaled collection of manuscripts, rare books, and landscape art pertaining to the Wordsworths and British Romanticism), a newly renovated museum, and a gift shop and cafe. Interns rotate between working in the library’s archives, completing assigned research and outreach projects, and serving as a docent at Dove Cottage and the Wordsworth Museum. In their free time, students socialize with their housemates (generally recent college graduates from the UK with positions at the Trust), attend the LDS branch in Kendal, explore the region’s world-famous landscapes, and complete coursework for their BYU classes. Former participants consistently rank this experience among the highlights of their undergraduate years, as interns emerge with a deeper appreciation of British literature and culture, 12 hours of academic credit (6 of which can count toward the English major), and transferable skills for careers in museums, libraries and archives, secondary and higher education, and non-profit management.

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