Blog #3 Archives

Since today’s blog topic is on our experience in the archives I cannot write about the awesome day I had today celebrating my 19^th birthday; therefore, I will dedicate this week’s blog towards my journey on the archive project so far.  With Charles, Beth, and a bunch of other random classmates in tow, I walked over to the archives on Thursday after class.  After looking at all the entomology show cases up front, I hoped to enter behind the librarians’ gate in order to find an interesting topic to write about while wandering through the rows of history.  Unfortunately, I learned that I could not gain access to the thousands of interesting topics just waiting for me to dedicate my research paper to them without filling out a form saying exactly what I wanted to look at.  Clueless on where to start, I walked away dejected. 

At the moment I am still lost on what I wish to write about for the next three weeks.  I have tried searching through archon and the archives and special collections on the Purdue Library website with no luck.  With every hour that passes by I feel my anxiety level growing higher and higher.  My stress level seemed to skyrocket when I received a text message today, asking me to join a few other members of my learning community in the archives to research our topics.  If anyone has any awesome ideas that they do not wish to use and would like to let me know feel free to call, text, or chase me down the street.