I can't believe how fast time is going! My internship is halfway over already. I have been able to get a great deal of processing experience. This is good because I’ve been able to get hands on experience with different kinds of collections. I have worked my way up to a larger collection which has given me more challenges, but has also reinforced the skills that I learned on the smaller two. I have also had the opportunity to answer more reference questions and learn different resources to go to find answers. I’ve had to do a great deal of research to find out more about my collections I’m processing, as well which I wasn’t expecting. Another unexpected learning experience has been what is considered private and what needs to be restricted. I now feel more comfortable about where to look for sensitive materials and what is to be considered sensitive. We decided that I wouldn’t work with EAD in my internship since I’m doing that in my job now. Instead I may have the opportunity to create a small exhibit out of my current collection.
This last week I spent a lot of time separating the sensitive personnel files from the those not sensitive. This required making new folders. In preparation for needing to add file to the beginning of my boxes I had left space. I went head and shifted things up after this, though, so that I was able to empty a whole box. The entire collection is now in 12 records boxes and 1 document box. This is down from 15 originally. I also typed up a scope and content note and began an administrative history. I'm feeling increasingly better about this collection and I think I can finish up a good administrative history on Monday. I just need to do a little more research and tweak things here and there.
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