Victoria's Blog – April 2009 Archive (4)

In the fall of 1999, I took Historiography and Historical Methods, which is essentially a writing for history class. This was a required class for getting a Bachelor's of Arts degree in History. We were required to write a paper on a topic of history of our choosing. I decided on the Korean War (won't go into all the details, but suffice it to say, I chose this because of how little I knew and in the process, I learned why I knew so little). One of my classmates gave me a more specific focus… Continue

On May 8th of this year, I will be graduating with my Master's of Library and Information Science. I still have much work left to do some of which is on hold until I receive feed back. I covet prayers for the completion of my work and for finding a job.



I am looking for a job either in a museum (which is my first choice) or an archives, but will also accept on in a library or really any area if it comes to it. I have my updated resume online if anyone is interested in seeing this. It… Continue

Recently, I completed my comps exam and in this exam there were couple of questions which required students to compare and contrast two different things. I thought I would try the same here.



Disclaimer: While I have a BA in history I do not claim to be an expert and much of this will be coming from memory. Consider this series as a challenge to you to dig out the history books and find out for yourself. After all, that is exactly what we need to be doing as United States… Continue

The following is a message I received in November of last year and posted to my FaceBook account. I thought I would post it here as it seems to be coming true.



The following is something I received as an email not too long ago and I felt it is important enough to share here.



Hymn to Hitler

by

Lori Kalner



In Germany, when Hitler came to power, it was a time of terrible financial depression. Money was worth nothing. In Germany people lost homes and jobs,… Continue