This blog post was written by Lynn Eaton, Director of the Special Collections Research Center. Another school year begins, and the Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) team of archivists and records managers is excited to welcome students and faculty back to campus! A lot has happened over the past couple of months, and I’d like […]
This post was written by SCRC Student Assistant Vilma Chicas Garcia. This past Society of American Archivists (SAA) conference was my first ever. I wasn’t sure what I was expecting going in. However, I came out with much more than I ever thought I would. Initially, I thought perhaps speakers would discuss ways to make […]
This post is one in a series about the Lavinia Scott papers processing being completed by Assistant Processing Archivist Meghan Glasbrenner. There are two main pieces to any major processing project: physical preservation and intellectual arrangement. While each involves different challenges and approaches, they are both vitally important for short and long-term access of materials, […]
This blog post was written by Jack Moore, SCRC Research Services Student Assistant. Jack has a double major in Political Science and Philosophy from Christopher Newport University. He is currently working on his Master’s in Biodefense at George Mason University. Welcome to Cookbook Corner, a series where I will be taking recipes from the old […]
This post was written by Processing Student Assistants for the NEH Buchanan Papers Processing Project, Vilma Chicas Garcia and Colin McDonald. Both students have contributed invaluable time and effort to the project – thank you Vilma and Colin! The Life of an Economist by Colin McDonald When I first came to work at the Special […]
