I’ll be visiting The American Philosophical Society today at 2:30 P.M for my site visit today. I’m excited to be returning to APS and have prepared by printing out the questions to refer back to. I’m meeting with Bayard Miller, Associate Director for Research, Engagement, and Technology. He has an M.A. from Temple University in …
Monthly Archives: October 2023
Week 8: Archives and Manuscripts
The discussion we had around the Harding Affair Letters was something I continued reflecting on after class. I still don’t feel like I have a good answer, but this case study was thought provoking. I went home and told my wife the story to see what someone that isn’t in the history or archival field …
Week 7:
In class we discussed finding aids. I was amazed in how different they are across institutions. Two points I was fascinated by were the size of finding aids, and how accessible they are. Finding aids are helpful, and something I didn’t know about until graduate school, as they were something I never worked with before …
Week 6:
One of the topics we discussed in Archives and Manuscripts class yesterday was disaster preparations. We were asked how we would respond to an incident like a fire, if you could have someone in to save materials what would you save? My thoughts were to save the materials that bring people to the organization or …