Through the Sam H. Jones Community Service Scholarship, I conducted a needs and SWOT assessment identifying potential intersections between the museum’s needs and the IUPUI Museum Studies curriculum. I focused on museum collections priorities of rehousing artifacts, organizing and describing contents of the archive, extensive handling of paper media, and establishing a database for the collection. I assisted in the installation of an exhibit in Fall 2018 and in Spring 2019, developed and designed an exhibit hosted at the Indiana State Library.
Finding some amazing documents while creating an inventory of a time capsule at the Indiana School for the Deaf
Creating inventories for a number of personal collections from alumni at the Indiana School for the Deaf at the Indiana Deaf History Museum
At the beginning of my internship, I worked on repairing graduation posters. Many of the photographs of students had fallen off, were loose, or the original adhesives were causing issues. During this time, I also cross-referenced the graduates with anonymous social photographs in the collection.