FFSS Internship (Spring) Week 12

 Hello! Here is this week’s update on my internship with the Florida France Soldier Stories project:

Since my last update, I have made great progress on editing the biography I have been tasked with! This week, I worked on finishing up the sections I had left to edit, which included the section I discussed in last week's blog post regarding the sudden appearance of Melun, France in the narrative. I implemented the suggestions that Dr. Lyons spoke to me about in our last team meeting, and I think it flows nicely with the rest of that section's narrative. 

After finishing that section, I moved on to the "Legacy" portion of the biography, which usually discusses the soldier's unit after their death, any family legacy associated, and other larger historical themes or events related to the soldier. For this specific biography, there was a need to add in some more "bulk" to the "Legacy" section because of the soldier's identity as an African American who served in World War II. Unfortunately, African American soldiers usually have less published or accessible information about their service than white soldiers, but a good way to include a more robust narrative that supplements the lack of information is through secondary sources that can tie in broader historical themes. For this biography, similarly to how I worked it into my original biography from when I was in the HIS4150 course, we use historical narratives like the Civil Rights movement after World War II to supplement the information about the post-war efforts for equality as a result of the "Double-V campaign." This is important narrative to include, and it works well with understanding the perspective of Black soldiers during the war. 

The student that originally authored this biography did include this narrative, and I just helped "bulk" it up a bit so that it was robust and well-written to reflect what I have done previously. This was the majority of the editing in the "Legacy" section. I am preparing to send the biography to the project manager for review before Dr. Lyons gets the "final" version before reviewing and publishing. In the meantime, I received the biography I originally did in the HIS4150 course to finish editing after the project manager edited it. I am tasked with including updated information that we have received since I originally wrote it. 

We did not have a team meeting this week, as we were to focus on editing our biographies. Next week, we will be having a meeting to update on our progress and discuss any issues we are having.

See you next week! 


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