Hello, everyone! My name is Lynn Waller, and I am the Archivist for the Sylvia Gaither Garrison Library (SGGL) at the Banneker-Douglass Museum (BDM). I received my BS degree in Psychology from Howard University, and a Master’s of Library Science degree from the University of Maryland.This summer the SGGL at the BDM provided an opportunity for two IMPART interns. Kristin Wisor and Nicole Hill served as the SGGL at the BDM’s IMPART interns for this past summer. IMPART consists of an assortment of private and public organizations that provide training opportunities for young professionals with the hope that they will seek employment within Maryland’s tourism industry. BDM is a proud partner of IMPART.
Kristin attends Salisbury University, where she majors in Education and minors in Math. This semester she plans to intern, as a student teacher, at Berlin Intermediate School and Wicomico Middle School. Once she graduates from college, she desires to teach Math to middle school students. Kristin loves the hit comedy, The Office, and hopes to watch every episode this season. Additionally, Kristin sings, writes, and records her own pop and country music.
During the summer, Kristin served as the Paper Archives Assistant. In that capacity, she created the finding aids for the BDM Archives, the BDM Photo Archives, the Wayne Clark Collection, and the Dr. Herbert M. Frisby Collection. She also assisted me with the organization of the Steven C. Newsome Collection. She helped Dr. Jones and I further organi
ze the Maryland Repository of African American Heritage, discovering an issue of the Maryland Journal--which was published on August 20, 1773--in the process. She also aided me in processing some of the vertical files, including the research regarding the Banneker-Douglass Museum’s 25th Anniversary documentary: From Cause to Reality: The Story of the Banneker-Douglass Museum.
Nicole Hill attends the University of Maryland at Eastern Shore (UMES), where she studies Criminal Justice. As for her future plans, she is contemplating attending law school. At UMES, she plays three positions on the softball team for the Lady Hawks: catcher, third baseman, and shortstop. In her spare time, she enjoys playing softball and reading romance and teen novels.
Throughout this past summer, she served us as the Photo Archives Assistant. In that position, she organized all of the photographs within the BDM Photo Archives, by putting them in the proper binders. In addition, she also created an inventory, where she entered all of the metadata of the photographs: the name of the people within the photograph, the name of the photographer, and the size of the picture.
In addition to their duties as IMPART interns, Kristin and Nicole also volunteered to assist Genevieve Kaplan, BDM’s Education & Public Programs Manager, with the Underground Railroad Conductor, a summer program hosted by the museum. While attending the program, participants received the opportunity to learn about the lives of Marylanders of African descent. At the beginning of the program, Genevieve taught the participants some of the language and secret messages conductors and passengers used to communicate along the Underground Railroad. Then, she asked the participants to form groups. Once they formed groups, she assigned each group the task of developing a message, using the language of the Underground Railroad. After each group created a message, one after another, they sought to convey it to the other groups. After every group attempted to convey their message to the other groups, they wrote about the experience on a worksheet. When the participants came across difficulty in expressing their thoughts regarding their experience, Kristin and Nicole assisted them, using their college training in Grammar and Literature.
As you can see, it was a productive summer for the IMPART interns at BDM. Kristin and Nicole are both wonderful young women. We wish them great success in their future endeavors!
Kristin attends Salisbury University, where she majors in Education and minors in Math. This semester she plans to intern, as a student teacher, at Berlin Intermediate School and Wicomico Middle School. Once she graduates from college, she desires to teach Math to middle school students. Kristin loves the hit comedy, The Office, and hopes to watch every episode this season. Additionally, Kristin sings, writes, and records her own pop and country music.
During the summer, Kristin served as the Paper Archives Assistant. In that capacity, she created the finding aids for the BDM Archives, the BDM Photo Archives, the Wayne Clark Collection, and the Dr. Herbert M. Frisby Collection. She also assisted me with the organization of the Steven C. Newsome Collection. She helped Dr. Jones and I further organi
ze the Maryland Repository of African American Heritage, discovering an issue of the Maryland Journal--which was published on August 20, 1773--in the process. She also aided me in processing some of the vertical files, including the research regarding the Banneker-Douglass Museum’s 25th Anniversary documentary: From Cause to Reality: The Story of the Banneker-Douglass Museum.Nicole Hill attends the University of Maryland at Eastern Shore (UMES), where she studies Criminal Justice. As for her future plans, she is contemplating attending law school. At UMES, she plays three positions on the softball team for the Lady Hawks: catcher, third baseman, and shortstop. In her spare time, she enjoys playing softball and reading romance and teen novels.
Throughout this past summer, she served us as the Photo Archives Assistant. In that position, she organized all of the photographs within the BDM Photo Archives, by putting them in the proper binders. In addition, she also created an inventory, where she entered all of the metadata of the photographs: the name of the people within the photograph, the name of the photographer, and the size of the picture.
In addition to their duties as IMPART interns, Kristin and Nicole also volunteered to assist Genevieve Kaplan, BDM’s Education & Public Programs Manager, with the Underground Railroad Conductor, a summer program hosted by the museum. While attending the program, participants received the opportunity to learn about the lives of Marylanders of African descent. At the beginning of the program, Genevieve taught the participants some of the language and secret messages conductors and passengers used to communicate along the Underground Railroad. Then, she asked the participants to form groups. Once they formed groups, she assigned each group the task of developing a message, using the language of the Underground Railroad. After each group created a message, one after another, they sought to convey it to the other groups. After every group attempted to convey their message to the other groups, they wrote about the experience on a worksheet. When the participants came across difficulty in expressing their thoughts regarding their experience, Kristin and Nicole assisted them, using their college training in Grammar and Literature.
As you can see, it was a productive summer for the IMPART interns at BDM. Kristin and Nicole are both wonderful young women. We wish them great success in their future endeavors!
