Week 6 - 02/16/2026 to 02/20/2026

Welcome to the sixth week of my internship under the New Smyrna Museum of History (NS MOH) at the University of Central Florida (UCF). In-between Friday and Monday, I participated in an Intramural Men's Floor Hockey game on Sunday (February 15), with the team I was on losing in a 6-1 blowout. Valentine's Day was very boring as well, but I got a small bag of candy from the Phase 1 Clubhouse at Knights Circle.

Monday (February 16) was the twenty-sixth day of my internship, and I did metadata work after Jack Johnston managed to make good progress on that front. In fact, he reached the beginning of Volume V, which seemed to be only one volume behind from what the scan work has gotten to so far. One interesting ad I noticed was on page two of the 7/21/1955 edition of 'The Pelican' that advertised groceries, 'Ellison Acres Grocery' being the advertiser, as it reminded me of the food selection at Mercier Orchards in Blue Ridge, Georgia, a place I have been to many times in the past.

Tuesday (February 17) was the twenty-seventh day of my internship, and a People, Religion, Information Networks, and Travel – Migration in the Early Modern World (PRINT) meeting took place at the beginning of my shift. I messaged the other team members on how many pages had been scanned so far, and the answer was zero. I also messaged them that starting next week, I would be adjusting my hours from Mondays through Thursdays from 3:00PM-7:00PM to 3:00PM-6:00PM in order to account for more difficult work from my other courses. Once my shift on Thursday (February 19) ends, I will have 12 hours each for Weeks 1 & 2, and 16 hours each for Weeks 3, 4, 5, & 6, with 88 hours in total. One team member was pleased that I told everyone ahead of time. I ultimately ended up doing scan work once the meeting ended.

Wednesday (February 18) was the twenty-eighth day of my internship, and I did more metadata work since Dylan Gilberg and Nathan Gregg were doing scan work when I started my shift. Another interesting add I noticed was on page nine of the 9/15/1955 edition of 'The Pelican' that advertised two homes for sale, 'Wright & Hester Inc.' being the advertiser, as the prices seemed to be very expensive by 1950s standards from what I have seen from those newspaper pages.

Thursday (February 19) was the twenty-ninth day of my internship, and I did metadata work until the scanner was available. It was also the last day that I worked until 7:00PM.

Friday (February 20) was the thirtieth day of my internship, and I was not in the office due to my schedule. My fourth lab was online as a way to decompress from the results of the exam, and I will tell you whether I did good or not next week. For now though, I would like to reflect on what to me is a less useful History (B.A.) course for public history, that being AMH4130-0W60 (The Age of the American Revolution) for Section 1 (16 Weeks) of the Fall 2024 Semester because from my memory, it was more focused on the revolution's events and culture without anything such as laser-scanning or going to a historical site included. When I switched majors, I was just trying to "get by" and thought it would be a fun and easy course to take with no waitlist.

Have a good day and thank you for reading this blog.