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#MeettheArchivistMonday Say hello to Samantha Brigher, Congregation Archivist for the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace! Samantha has served as a lay employee with the Congregation for a little over a year and a half. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐭?
I love working with tangible history and working with people who share an appreciation for the enduring value of archival materials. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐫?
I am currently working on an oral history project, interviewing sisters in the Congregation. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐟𝐮𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟?
I am really into building Lego models as a way to relax. 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐦𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐭?
Cotton gloves are always worn when handling all archival materials. In my experience, I have been told that cotton gloves can make it easier to damage the paper when handling documents. I use those gloves mainly for handling photographs or artifacts in the collection. 𝐃𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐭?
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