Bicentennial Exhibit Development Internship Week 11

Hello! Here is this week’s update on my internship with the Bicentennial Exhibit Development project:

This week is the same as the past two weeks (including spring break): working on our narrative text for the gallery cases! The other two undergraduate interns and I have been researching and writing our selected narrative themes/sections, and everything is looking great!

We each chose five themes/narratives to work on, and I chose the three main introductory panels for the exhibit's overall purpose and background, and the first two themed panels for the Bicentennial in Florida in 1976. I have had a lot of fun going the research for these sections, especially the panel for Disney World's "America on Parade" that went on from 1975-1976 in honor of the 200th anniversary of the United States' adoption of the Declaration of Independence. The parade featured distinct "American" characters, such as pilgrims and suffragettes, to showcase the "people who built the nation." This theme is centered around many items that the collection has from this parade, including a VIP invitation for the preview of the parade that a history department faculty member received that year. I have a good background in historical research from my classes and independent research, so I am very comfortable doing the background research on the historical events that we have items related to. For the "America on Parade" items, I was able to find old newspaper articles that spoke about the creation of the parade and details about its performances. This has been my favorite narrative to write. My other narratives center around "historical junk," UCF in 1976, and Dr. Crepeau's collection and its creation in 1975-1976. These have also been enjoyable to research, and I have learned so much about this grand Bicentennial year!

As for the other undergraduate interns, I have been looking through their narratives and giving slight suggestions to change the phrasing of certain aspects of their writing to make sure we have a cohesive "voice" throughout our exhibit. Because the exhibit is speaking to a general audience of students (or anyone that comes upon the gallery space while visiting the UCF library), it is important that we keep the tone of the narratives light and engaging. Other than that, the interns have done a wonderful job at researching and writing about their selected themes, and I am excited to share this work with the graduate supervisor tomorrow when it is due (3/27 at 12pm). 

For next week, I am working with the graduate supervisor to find a time and day for the interns to meet up in the University Archives to work on our exhibit item labels, so I will talk more on this in my next post. 

See you next week! 


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