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The Accidental Archivist

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Abstract

A year and a half ago, I found myself in the precarious situation many graduate students find themselves in just prior to graduation: frantically trying to complete my thesis, working hard at that essential internship that would round out my resume, and job-hunting like mad. I had bookmarks and job alerts coming out of my ears. My search was very specific; I wanted a job that would combine my newly earned MA degree in oral history from Columbia University with the passion for public history that I cultivated through internships at the Chicago History Museum, the Chicago Cultural Alliance, and the Lower East Side Tenement Museum. When I saw a posting on the American Alliance of Museums job board for an oral historian at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum (WVM), I was beyond thrilled. Cover letter, resume, references, phone interview, in-person interview, and several anxious weeks later, I had the job and I was on my way to Madison, Wisconsin.

How to Cite:

Brooks, E., (2015) “The Accidental Archivist”, MAC Newsletter 42(4), 25-27.