Over the summer of 2021, I worked as the Special Collections and Archives Intern at the Duane G. Meyer Library, at Missouri State University in Springfield, Missouri. As a part of that internship, I designed two standing exhibits. The gallery below is of the first exhibit, “The Evolution of Printing,” which traced the development of printing from the earliest manuscripts to the mass produced paperback. The exhibit featured two cases with 15 high-definition facsimiles featured (since the exhibit was hosted outside of the Special Collections room, no originals were able to be used). Each of these facsimiles were printed, dry-mounted, and presented just for this exhibit. Additionally, four pieces were made into posters: two manuscripts over the first case to illustrate the beginnings of the printed word, and two printed works over the second case to illustrate the progression of printing available after the invention of the printing press.
Month: November 2021
Hey everyone. I’ve decided to add a section onto the website where I can post my research, papers, and other projects that I have done for different classes or other reasons. I think that this website is great for publishing my more personal ideas and my connection with my faith, but academia and research are also a huge part of my life that I want to showcase too. I plan on uploading some of the different research papers I have written that I am particularly proud of, but I also hope to do some work that can be shifted out of class papers and onto this website too! I hope that by participating in this engaged scholarship and discussing the historical research of the topics that I am interested in that I can interest others in the fields that I love. As such, many of my previous papers that I will publish come from a wide array of classes and topics, but hopefully future research can hone in my interest in interreligious interaction and persecution in Late Antiquity (generally marked as 200-900 CE). I look forward to sharing this side of my life with you all!
And the Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east; and there he put the man whom he had formed. Out of the ground the Lord God made to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food…
Genesis 2:8-9
At the beginning of Genesis 2, we’re told that the Lord plants a garden. It’s an interesting thing to do as a first action following the creation of the world. In fact, it’s really something that deserves to be thought about.