Sarah Boye
Greenwood Cemetery Internship Part Deux: Week 15
This is a rather bittersweet entry as it will be the last of my internships! Though I'll be continuing my work with Greenwood Cemetery,...
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Sarah Boye
Nov 14, 20232 min read
Greenwood Cemetery Internship Part Deux: Week 13
What an exciting week it's been! And it's only Tuesday! Last week I finished up two of the tour entry drafts for my research subjects,...
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Sarah Boye
Nov 5, 20232 min read
Greenwood Cemetery Internship Part Deux: Week 12
I finally made it out to the West Oaks Genealogy Library to get my hands on a few specific books that are only available in person. Both...
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Sarah Boye
Oct 30, 20232 min read
Greenwood Cemetery Internship Part Deux: Week 11
This week started early for me. Last Friday, I went out to Greenwood and walked the path of the proposed "core" walking tour to time how...
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Sarah Boye
Oct 11, 20233 min read
Greenwood Cemetery Internship Part Deux: Week 8
This has been a slower week for me, but I’m sure it’s about to ramp up any day now. I met with my intern last week to talk about Libby...
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Sarah Boye
Oct 2, 20232 min read
Greenwood Cemetery Internship Part Deux: Week 7
This appears to be a somewhat restful week. I don't have any major tasks on the schedule, mostly just wrapping up some research and...
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Sarah Boye
Sep 26, 20232 min read
Greenwood Cemetery Internship Part Deux: Week 6
Well, hello there! I've been extra busy this past week between multiple on-site archives visits and also attempting to stop the...
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Sarah Boye
Jul 18, 20234 min read
Greenwood Cemetery Internship: Week 10
Well, this has been a productive week! Since my last post, I’ve written all six Clio entries for my “proof of concept” tour. However, I...
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Sarah Boye
Jul 13, 20233 min read
Greenwood Cemetery Internship: Week 9
While the official meeting for the grant has yet to be scheduled, I am proceeding full steam ahead with the creation of the “proof of...
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Sarah Boye
Jul 7, 20233 min read
Greenwood Cemetery Internship: Week 8
This week, I was able to meet with my supervisor and she filled me in a little about the grant and what that would mean for me. While I...
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Sarah Boye
May 26, 20233 min read
Greenwood Cemetery Internship: Week 2
My work this week for Greenwood has involved reviewing previous walking tours. This includes some wonderfully detailed notes provided by...
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Sarah Boye
May 15, 20233 min read
Greenwood Cemetery Internship: Week 1
There have been several points in my academic career that have led me to beautiful and historic Greenwood Cemetery in Orlando, Florida....
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Sarah Boye
Apr 7, 20232 min read
RMA Project Blog Entry 3: Portfolio Draft
After receiving feedback and affecting revisions on our portfolio introduction, my team received the go-ahead to begin our teaching...
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Sarah Boye
Apr 2, 20233 min read
History Museums
The overarching theme of responsible museum stewardship is present in this week’s readings. To begin, Cauvin explains that while the role...
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Sarah Boye
Mar 25, 20232 min read
Community-Based Preservation
Readings this week center around the historian’s role in community activism and preservation in urban environments. Thomas Cauvin says...
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Sarah Boye
Mar 18, 20233 min read
Alternative Histories of Public Space
The importance of “vernacular” space in public history can be explored in Delores Hayden's The Power of Place: Urban Landscapes as Public...
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Sarah Boye
Mar 5, 20232 min read
RMA Teaching Portfolio Introduction & Checklist
Our Rollins Museum of Art Teaching Portfolio project proposal was generally well received and was approved by David Matteson, Associate...
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Sarah Boye
Mar 3, 20233 min read
Heritage Tourism and the Commodification of the Past
We live, for better or worse, in a material world and the conditions of capitalism have transformed the idea of commodities from products...
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Sarah Boye
Feb 25, 20233 min read
Preserving the Built Environment
Public historians must be mindful of the manifold challenges of preserving the spaces and places of the past. According to Thomas Cauvin,...
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Sarah Boye
Feb 18, 20232 min read
Erasures, Public Memory, and the Singular Building
Interpreting difficult history is a challenge faced by many historic public sites who must consider many factors in presenting stories...
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