Veterans History Project Internship Spring '26

 Welcome back everyone.     Spring break has come to an end and we are back to our regularly scheduled program. Despite spring break being a well needed vacation for most, I used this spring break to continue working on the processing of veteran interviews. I was able to complete one full veteran folder. Hopefully once my editing process is complete we will be able to send this folder to the veteran. This way he will be able to see everything that he helped us do. I know that this has been highly anticipated by the veteran whose folder I completed. In regard to future work I will be moving on to another folder. After really getting into the nitty gritty of doing processing it didn't realize how long the process actually takes. So after experiencing this timeline, my hope it to get at least two folders completed for the entire semester. And with Story Day coming up I will be running the scanning station to ensure that all the interview documents get correctly stored and la...

 Welcome back everyone, This is the week before spring break, everyone has been working diligently and it is crazy to think that in just a few short weeks the semester will be over. I have reflected on my time in the program this semester as well as trying to do my best with that I have been given. I will always be grateful to what VHP has allowed me to experience and learn. VHP means so much to me and while this is going to be my final semester I hope to help someday even after i've graduated. What we do has impacted me so much, and has even inspired me to do more in our veteran community. With that let jump into work that has been happening. All Av Logs and Abstracts have been completed on the current veteran file I was working on. It feels like it took forever to complete  but now I get to move onto transcription which should go by quickly now that I have all the basic information. During my spring break I will be using my free time to work on another veteran file and get t...

 Welcome back everyone! This week was midterms week, I am still trudging on with transcription work, and I am constantly reminded that once you think you're done there is even more work to do. In my efforts to complete a transcript I realized that the AV Log is the most important thing without that you can't make the Abstract and therefore the transcript. The Av Log is almost done, and then the process will go that much faster. On another note we were very lucky to talk to another veteran on Friday. The veteran we spoke with was Brett Norton, we got an in depth talk about his life and time in the military and how young he was when he initially  enlisted. Listening to the stories of veterans is always a pleasure and great honor. I don't know how many more stories i will get to here before the semester is over but what I've gotten to hear and experience has been life changing. One thing i have been struggling with is time management. Working a full time job, school and an...