Archive for February, 2008
Radio, what’s new?
With apologizes to Queen, not much. I spent my internship today digitizing old radio shows. The first one I did was the 1948 Dragnet Christmas episode, “A .22 Rifle for Christmas.” In it, 2 boys, one 8 one 9, play with a gun, with fatal consequences. The death of one of them was a complete [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )To Hiss or Not to Hiss
The second part of my internship is going to start this comming Thursday. I will be digitizing old radio shows from the 1930s-1940s, “Dragnet,” “Amos ‘n’ Andy,” “The Goldbergs,” and others. This past Thursday I saw the equipment I’m going to be using, and recieved a breif overview of how to use it. There are [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Breaks are Fun
I realized in my last post I neglected to mention what I do during breaks.
My first break involves old yearbooks. The archive has copies of old yearbooks, which I am allowed to look at. I consider it one of the perks my internship. I’ve been focusing on yearbooks from the 1950s-1970s, because that’s an [...]
My Internship
I’m working in the archives department of the university library. The archives are an interesting place to have an internship. They take care of the papers of past presidents, deans, and the records of the student government are part of the archives collection. There are boxes of clippings of when the university has been in [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Journal of an Intern
I’m currently a college student, doing an internship with my university’s library in the archives department. It’s not the most thrilling internship, but I’m enjoying it. At the same time I’m interning at the library, I’m also looking into summer internships.
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