October 29th, 2010 at 8pm

Speaker

Jennifer Bazar

Title

Akron Fever: Interning at the Archives for the History of American Psychology

Abstract

A report on two months spent at the Archives for the History of American Psychology in Akron, Ohio as an Archives Intern. The talk is based on questions received from students in the History & Theory of Psychology program at York University. I will begin with an introduction to the Archives, explain how I obtained an internship (and some of the difficulties associated with conducting an internship as a Canadian in the United States), and will then turn to what I did and learned as an intern. Focus will be laid particularly on the question of “what did you do?” using specific examples I was presented with while learning to process archival materials.

Directions

Laura Ball's

Address: 21 Vaughan Road, Apt #2303, Buzz 2333 (St. Clair and Bathurst).

TTC: Take the subway to St. Clair West station. Take the 512 Keele bus to the Vaughan Rd. stop. Cross to the south side of the St. Clair, and walk slightly west to Vaughan Rd. Turn right onto Vaughan Rd. The building is the big tower on the left-hand side of the street.

Driving: From York: South on Allen Road, exiting at Eglinton (left turn). East along Eglinton to Bathurst (right turn). South along Bathurst to St. Clair.

Parking: There is Green-P on Bathurst just south of St. Clair; also metered parking on street.

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