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First Week at Maurice Berger Archive!

July 26, 2024 by kjmooney

I started my internship at the Maurice Berger Archive on June 10th! The first week of my internship was great! I worked with Dr. Bucher on getting acquainted with the collection and how the archives were organized and how objects are archived in the collection. My first task of the internship was to organize vernacular photos that were donated to the archive by Dr. Gibbs. I started to familiarize myself with terms that archivists often use. For example, I didn’t know that vernacular photos were just what non-archivists would call ‘candids,’ so that was a fun fact from my first week! During this week, I learned that it is important to set boundaries for yourself when working with objects that are in collections like the Maurice Berger Archive. There are often materials/objects that can be jarring due to their racist history, so I learned that its important to know when to take breaks from looking at objects. At the end of my first week, I found myself looking forward to the following week and what was to come!

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