Greetings!
My name is Jasmine Smith and I am very excited to be
working as an intern for the Delaware State University Archives and Special
Collection. In December of 2013, I graduated from North Carolina Agricultural
and Technical State University in Greensboro, North Carolina with a bachelor’s
of arts in history. I am currently working on my masters in library and
information science with a concentration in museum studies through an online
program at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio.
As an undergrad, I realized I did not want to follow
the traditional route and teach history, but instead work at a museum. What
exactly I want to do in the museum field I do not know. What I do know is that
I want to be in a profession where I am able to provide the public with a
better understanding of not only United States history but world history as
well. I want to be able to teach the public about what went wrong in the past
so that history will not repeat itself for future generations. I want to be
able to help others learn more about where they came from through text and
visuals.
I live in Magnolia, DE where there are not many
large history museums within traveling distance. So I had to think outside the
box to come up with a way to get my foot inside the door of a historical research
environment. I initially decided to volunteer at the Delaware Public Archives which,
since then, has opened up other doors. I
am now employed at the Delaware Public Archives, and I’m happy to be the newest
intern at the DSU archives. I have realized that an archive can be very similar
to a history museum.
If you are like me, and did not know what an archive
is, you should definitely come check us out! We house a lot of interesting documents
about the history of Delaware State University. Who knows, you might learning
something new.
Written by Jasmine Smith
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