Wilson | Young Archives & Special Collections

Written by Christine Ameduri

This past summer saw no shortage of projects to tackle in McDonogh School Archives & Special Collections. History Department Chair, 一Lintvedt, 和我, (with an occasional assist from the Summer Work Crew), worked on reorganizing the Archives’ physical space, as well as its many archival, manuscript 和 artifact collections. 志愿者, Butch Maisel ’72, spent several weeks sorting through hundreds of McDonogh uniforms, 和 volunteer intern, Peyton Barranco ’17, dove into the Archives’ school publications.

Maintenance of official school publications is a component of the Records Management Program. Publications produced by McDonogh School – journals, 时事通讯, 目录, 项目, 报纸, 年鉴, 和 various other materials such as brochures 和 reports, are archival records 和 are processed intellectually, according to their appropriate “RG”(Record Group) number. 然而, because the volume of such material is usually so great, it is housed separately from the other records for ease of access. To manage this large volume of material, procedures 和 workflows are needed to facilitate the various steps of collecting, 加入, 处理, 住房, 数字化, 微型拍摄, 和 binding to maintain tight physical 和 intellectual control.

Over the summer, Peyton processed roughly 100 cubic feet of McDonogh 年鉴. (From 1917 to 1934, the yearbook was called 龙. 它被重新命名了 遗留 in 1935.) She also processed 橙色的 & Black Varieties 项目 (1933-1943). These are only two of the many dozens of publications in the Archives that still need 处理. This labor-intensive project also requires large amounts of physical workspace, so Peyton spent the bulk of her time in the Naylor Room of the 上学校 图书馆, as it was the only available space on campus large enough to accommodate this project.

Thanks to Peyton’s efforts 和 attention to detail, these two publications are now easily physically retrievable 和 ready for patrons to use for research, as well as ready for 数字化 和 微型拍摄 at a later date. McDonogh School Archives & Special Collections continues to process additional publications as time 和 workspace permit. We look forward to adding these full publication listings to the Archives’ web pages this year.