Hello all! This has been a great week, and a very fun one with regards to my internship with History Colorado! Last week, I told you about the beginnings of my oral history project, and how I had compiled a list of possible people to interview. This week involved the painstaking (and often rather heartbreaking) process of narrowing down my choices. Of my list of a dozen possible candidates, only three remain. I’m going to make sure that everyone who’s reading stays tuned by not informing you of what I’ve eliminated yet, but I can discuss the process. I spent quite a bit of time coming up with my initial list which, if I do say so myself, included a large number of good ideas. Taking many good ideas and trimming them down to only the 3 best is difficult. It’s even more difficult because I do not yet have real names attached to my options. Using only titles like “doctor” (with plenty more modifiers like the type of doctor, the age/experience of a doctor, and the reasons for choosing a doctor) is difficult, as I’m not yet sure which options will be the most promising. But, I did my job nonetheless, and I will inform you all next week about my progress with contributing an oral history to the History Colorado archives!
Last week, I was in South Dakota, visiting the Crazy Horse and Mount Rushmore monuments. This week, I took the long trip home accompanied by my wonderful mother and sister. I can inform everyone with honesty that after a whole week together all day, every day with my family, I was quite glad to have some alone time; and I spent a good deal of that alone time reading. I recently purchased a copy of former Harvard and London School of Economics professor Deirdre Mask’s book The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal About Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power. The book is fascinating, exploring unusual but enlightening stories from all around the world. I would highly recommend it as a way to have more appreciation for an often-overlooked piece of every day life. Until next time!
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