Archive's

The story of my journey of archival discovery begins with my decision to research Lillian Gilbreth. For some strange reason out of all the women I read about in the Butler collection her's stood out most in my mind. I began to read though the descriptions of the hundreds of boxes she had.  The most interesting to me were the ones from her travels  love letters from her husband when they were dating and finally a scrapbook of their engagement (I know its super chessy but what can I say I am a hopeless romantic who swoons every time Flynn and Rapunzel almost kiss on the lake surrounded by the lanterns. And at just about every other romantic couple Disney and pixar create). My dream is to travel the world so I was very interested in the boxes from her travels  In these boxes I found a quirky letter where she ask's to be re-invited to a party because she refuses to be a guest of honor. In the letters from her husband I found one absolutely heartfelt letter where he could barely contain his excitement because he had finally received her latest letter. Finally in the scrap book I found this funny little note referring to Mothers five Commandments that had me cracking up. Other than that there has not been a lot of news about the archives. I have actually become really comfortable in the research room of whatever it is called. I am surprised at how friendly everyone is even as you are looking at remarkable yet priceless documents. Especially since I am a freshman and they usually are reserved for the graduate students.