Humm's HIS5067 Blog

 The final stretch is here, the second to last week. This week was the week that I wore multiple hats. When I arrived at Maitland A&H, Katty directed me to help the other interns working on making a permanent exhibit. From this, I had to take off my Archivist hat and put on my curator hat, and the difference was night and day. Instead of just working on protecting the artifacts, I was now in charge of trying to use them to use the artifacts and make an exhibit for guests to see them view them. I was excited because my focus in building the permanent exhibition was to focus on the cold war.   While this is technically a secret, and the public is not supposed to know right now, Maitland's plan for their cold war exhibit is to make the room an underground bunker theme. The group of interns and I were tasked to figure out what the room would look like and what would be in the room. When we visited the room, the room was a perfect fit for a space that is supposed to feel c...

 Another week and another example of why we should be Semper Gumby. This week Katie was out for being sick, so nothing was able to be scanned. Katie being is such a letdown as I wanted to get a great start on the second Waterhouse box. I have already looked in the box. I noticed that it was mostly photos of the family. Hopefully, this will not take as long as the methods that /I use can make it go quickly. The speed of the equipment mainly hinders me as, after a heavy load of scanning, the computer and the scanner will slow down dramatically for those who pursue museum work and have to digitalize pieces. Either try and ask the museum director for the best equipment. If not, a team of people with proper equipment would also work. If not, and the director is stubborn and wishes to go cheap, then show them these posts so they see the challenges I had to go through. What I found interesting while going through a whole box of family memories is that when comparing our lives with theirs,...

 This week has been my first time back to Maitland since my devastating time dealing with Covid. It has been an honor to be back, as it means I finally have finished scanning the first Waterhouse box. It was the same box I had been working on since my first time at Maitland A&H. It has been a journey working at Maitland. I had learned so much from one box alone about one of Maitland's founding families. I also learned a decent about the town of Maitland as the family kept outstanding records about Maitland. I learned that Maitland was a booming town in Central Florida during the late 19th century. Many of the residents who came to Maitland were not originally from Florida. The Waterhouses came from New York and New Jersey. With them coming from the North, they brought Northern traditions to Maitland. One of the essential beliefs they brought was respecting the newly freed Black community. The Black community in Maitland was one of the first to set up their community, thanks to ...

  This week was sadly another let down on my end. Due to having Covid-19, I was still not able to attend to complete my internship. The good news is that as I’m writing about my blog post     I have now tested negative. As mentioned before Covid is no joke and we should all do our part to stay safe even if that means not attending events. One person sacrifice by staying home and being bored is much better then spreading a disease that could potentially harm others. It took me 10 days to recover. However, I will be reaching out to Katie to see if there are days in which I can make up over the next few weeks.

 At this point, everyone who reads this should know the great saying of Semper Gumby, as once again, I could not attend my internship at Maitland. Ironically this time, it was on my end of why I could not participate as I had finally caught Covid-19. Since the start of the pandemic, I was cautious and thought I would not get sick, but someone who was inconsiderate was fortunate enough to pass it on to me. Since having covid, I have been lucky not to have bad symptoms for most of it and should be back to normal soon. Even though my sick time has not been as bad, I still hope that no one gets Covid.  Next week I will be able to attend my internship and finish the first Waterhouse box.