Document Type

Article

Domestic/International

Domestic

Location

Mystic Connecticut

Publication Date

2025

Abstract

This reflection was an overview of my experience being immersed in local history work with the Old Mystic History Center in Mystic Connecticut. This text provides an overview of the skills gained from the experience and the lessons and insights that I gained throughout the experience in the summer of 2025. The internship's main objective was to assist in managing physical and digital archives of the greater New London area dating back to the 17th century. I also was trained on interaction with visiting patrons visiting out of interest or research and helped historians aid the needs of the patrons. Writing this reflection gave much retrospective thought on the key and honest takeaways from this experience and what working in a field of local history is like, and learning from well-seasoned historians of their journeys in their respective careers. The internship was one that left me with mixed results and goals for my further career and the experience provided a wide variety of abilities that I did not have before I started.

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