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(2011) Jaymes Crain interned at the Mansfield University Archives. He was involved in the preparation of Finding Aids for several collections, preservation of manuscripts and papers in several collections, and assembling displays (one on the renovation of North Hall, one of Mansfield University past and present). Among the collections Jaymes worked with were the Mansfield Nursing Exchange Program, Mansfield Student Army Training Corps, R.O.T.C., the history of Mansfield's theater program, and the renovation of North Hall.
(2011) Shannon Romatowski also interned at the Mansfield University Archives. Shannon was involved in preparing Finding Aids for several collections, preserving manuscripts and papers, and assembling a display using materials from one of the collections. Among the collections Shannon worked with were the George W. Maxey Collection, Will George Butler Love Letters Collection, and the Collection of Mansfield Borough pictures. Shannon also interned at the Tioga County Historical Society, where she helped with the inventory and compiled an index to a lodge book.
The above photo is of one of the displays Shannon assembled.
(2010) Marlie Manning interned at the Drake Well Museum near Titusville, PA. The Museum focuses on the oil industry. It is the site of the first commercial oil well in Pennsylvania. Marlie is holding a fishing tool, one of the artifacts in the museum's collection. While at the Drake Well Museum, she helped catalog artifacts, worked in the Visitor's Center, and presented public programs.
This summer (2011) Marlie is working for MEET-U, a traveling environmental educational exhibit, which is based at Drake Well.
(2010) Anya Rhode interned at French Azilum, along the Susquehanna River near Towanda, PA. French Azilum was established as a new home for Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette during the French Revolution. French Azilum includes Wells Cabin, an archaeological excavation site, and the LaPorte House which is the main site. Anya is holding an ophthalmoscope, one of the artifacts from their collection. Anya was involved with cataloguing artifacts, conducting guided tours of the buildings on the property, and presenting public programs.
Congratulations Wyatt T. McLaughlin! Wyatt was selected as the History department's Outstanding Senior for the 2010-11 academic year. He was honored at the Academic Honors Reception on April 18, 2011 and he also received recognition at the Graduation Celebration Brunch on May 2, 2011. Jessica L. Hurlburt was selected as the History department's At-Large Outstanding Senior candidate.
As an Outstanding Senior candidate, Wyatt chose to recognize Dr. Andrew Gaskievicz as his Outstanding Faculty Mentor. Dr. Gaskievicz was honored at a reception on April 21, 2011, along with eighteen other Outstanding Faculty Mentors, including Dr. Karen Guenther who was recognized by Tricia Dowling and Jessica Hurlburt..
On March 27, 2010, Dr. Gaskievicz and Dr. Guenther accompanied two history majors, Elizabeth Wright-Villa and Stephanie Crane, to the Eastern Pennsylvania Meeting of Phi Alpha Theta at Bloomsburg University. Elizabeth presented her paper, "Immigration, Anti-Semitism, and the Voyage of the S.S. St. Louis." Pictured in the photo from left to right are Dr. Gaskievicz, Elizabeth Wright-Villa, Stephanie Crane, and Dr. Guenther.
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