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Well today we are standing in front of the culmination of my history independent study research project

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that I worked on winter term and also this spring term. 

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It is the physical exhibit version of the Record Keeper which is a Google blogger website

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with research and some historic context and photos. 

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I was prompted to take on this practicum by Doctor Kimberly Jensen with the History program. 

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She had received an email from a woman named Marcie Moir  

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who had bought the record books from an estate sale in Klamath Falls. 

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And was looking for somebody to look into them, to research them, 

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to find out who the owner was and who all the people who were in the record books were. 

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These record books belonged to a nurse of the Red Cross

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and in preserving all these stories and collecting all of these narratives, jokes, pictures, all of these experiences, 

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this nurse has really preserved this for future generations. 

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And I'm really fascinated in learning how women were involved. 

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It's kind of a narrative we don't get to hear a lot. You know we usually hear about the male heroes storming into battle. 

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So I was really excited to expand on that. 

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The people who wrote in the record books were thoughtful enough to leave their name, their service number,

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sometimes even an address, their battalion. 

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They left a lot of information for me to work with which was really, really a good thing. 

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I was lucky enough to find an account of the 1914 Christmas Truce that had never been seen before. 

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So it was really an experience to be able to see these accounts of things that had never been studied by anyone. 

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This project was so inspiring and I was so passionate about it 

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that I would definitely recommend this to any student, any incoming history student. 

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If they have the ability do an independent study or practicum

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this is the way to improve your skills and really find out things that are just fascinating that you can research. 

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I wish I had a whole year to research this stuff. 

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