As this month is wrapping up, I
have to start preparing for the end of my internship as well. I cannot believe
how quickly this internship has gone by. It feels as if just yesterday I went
out on my first field visit!
Wednesday
included working on finishing touches on the histories of a few cemeteries I’ve
been working on and comparing inscription found by Daphne Brown in the early
seventies with more recent findings. I’m hoping I can have the few remaining
cemeteries I’m assigned to complete in the next two weeks or so.
Mother of Willie Eldridge |
Willie Eldridge-died 1877, moved to Oakdale in 1881 |
Willie's footstone |
After the
visit to the Oakdale Emporia Cemetery, we talked about our internship
presentation, which UCF history department has as a mandatory aspect of interning.
It has worked out that we will be presenting April 12th at the
DeBary Hall for a Lemonade Lecture. It’ll be about an hour or so with my boss,
my co-intern, and myself presenting about different aspects of preservation in
regards to cemeteries. Though I am a little nervous about it, I am glad that
this is more of an informal setting and by that point I will be comfortable
with presenting research due to the Showcase of Undergraduate Research
Excellence where my friends and I will be presenting research from another
project. April is going to be a crazy month and I am still trying to come to
terms to the fact that this semester and internship is almost over. It has been
a fascinating journey and I’m excited to see where this last month leads.
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