3/25/24: What Else Goes On in the Archives Room?
All file piles have now been organized neatly into folders in boxes!
Exciting update: David Rubin, curator of the controversial Old Glory exhibit, has emailed my site advisor Aspen back and has agreed to be interviewed! Aspen and I will read/listen to more of his interviews this week to make sure we don’t ask him questions he’s already answered. Let me know if you have any ideas!
Last week I also learned about mold contamination, which I had never really considered as part of an archivist’s job. When the humidity in the archive room fluctuates, like on a rainy day, older files may grow mold. When this happens, Aspen places the files in a freezer for a few hours, then takes the files outside where she uses a mask, gloves, and brush to remove the mold to the best of her ability. There’s a special section of the archives room dedicated to files that have had mold removed from them that Aspen periodically checks on to ensure none of it grows back.
Speaking of the archives room, here are some photos of it,
Along with the rest of the upper basement!
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