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Students and Volunteers
Dreaming of Returning to France
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<html><body><p>Five years ago, I took my first and only trip out of the United States, spending 10 days in France on a trip with my AP French class.
SCRC's Civil War Transcription Project: The Diary of Asa John Wyatt, 1861-1862
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Sealed in Wax and Wrapped in Vellum
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<html><body><p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">One of the intriguing features of working at the Special Collections Research Center i
Applying Organization and Discovering Significance
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<html><body><p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">Following my work on the <a href="
Treasure Hunter and Path Maker
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<html><body><p>In the fall of 2009, I began volunteering three to four hours per week in the <a href="https://lib
Processing a Collection
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<html><body><p>One of the neat things about working at the SCRC is the sheer variety of projects we oversee.
"Why can't everything just be online?!?!"
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<html><body><p><a href="https://scrc.blogs.wm.edu/2011/01/24/w
The Challenge of Designing Exhibits
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<html><body><p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">Do you ever stop to ogle the contents of the numerous display cases spread throughout
I am a self-proclaimed craft nerd
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<html><body><p>I freely admit: I am a self-proclaimed craft nerd.
My time in Special Collections
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<html><body><p>Throughout the past month, as a part of my graduate apprenticeship I have been working with the <a href="
From Copy Machines to Tobacco Farmers
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<html><body><p>How often have you stopped to think about the wonder that is the copy machine?
Scrapbook project
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<html><body><p>Often when I tell people that I'm working on making a database of all the scrapbooks in the <a href="
Cataloging Blueprints
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<html><body><p>I'm a junior at William & Mary, and I started cataloging blueprints in the <a href="h
You never know what you may find
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<html><body><p>I came to the <a href="https://libraries.wm.edu/scrc/">Special Collections Research Ce
I am not an archivist
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<html><body><p>I am not an archivist. Old and fragile documents have scared me for as long as I can remember.
Fall 2009 Semester in Review
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<html><body><p>Greetings from Swem Library at William & Mary! My name is Michael Lusby and I am currently an intern in the <a href="
Diary of a Graduate Student Apprentice
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<html><body><p>Hello, world. My name is Kaitlyn Gardy and I am the SCRC's Apprentice in Computing Humanities for 2009-2010.