Handling History:
An Intern's Reflection on the Archival Process – A Brown Bag Lunch Talk with Kat Kowlayck

In this hybrid brown bag program, Kat Kowlayck reflected on the three small collections she processed during her time with the CLA as an archives intern. She discussed her biggest takeaways from each step of the archival process and the unique challenges each collection brought to the table.

Attendees followed along as she explored how she preserved scrapbooks from the Hyde Park, MA Clarendon Congregational Church Records, found the history behind the WWI-era Congregationalist in the War Surveys, and sorted through the Greater Boston Federation of Churches Committee Records.

SPEAKER BIO

Katrina (Kat) Kowalczyk is a Master of Library Science (MLIS) student from Simmons University's School of Library & Information Science (SLIS). As the CLA’s fall 2024 intern, she has had the opportunity to work hands-on with archival materials which has been a great complement to her classroom learning.