summer so far...

so I've been at the MOC for a couple weeks now and have thoroughly enjoyed my experience. I've worked on numerous projects like catalouging thier library with the Library of Congress call numbers, catalouging prints and sketches, research requests, and helping collections reorganize thier photo collection.

On the days I'm not at the MOC I'm back at Williamsburg Christian Retreat Center working with thier summer camp for the sixth summer. I'm a part time Assistant Program Director. I am working with camper registration, cabin assignments, and helping counselors with what they need. I'm glad I'm back and I'm glad I'm only there a couple of days a week.

quick update

so i've found a paying job! I'm the part-time assistant program director at WCRC this summer! haha Awesome 200 a week for 3 1/2 days really! I'm excited. Working as the program assistant sunday afternoons and teusday/thursday and the office on SAturdays. Yes...

Day 1

So I've just finished my first day at the Museum of Confederacy. I traveled back 200 years as a student sitting in a little classroom somewhere in Dixie. I got to look through the children books of Varina Davis and some textbooks from the Confederacy on arithmetic, geography, and grammar. It was pretty neat. That was really about all I did. That and meet a ton of people. There are six intern with the library alone this summer so there are always people around which is nice. I'm sure I will have more to report later on as I continue working...

Boston

So I've just returned from Boston, MA and it was an awesome time. My parents and I went to the JFK Library, USS Constitution, the Freedom Trial (with lots of stops) and Concord and Lexington. Following is a list of 5 things I learned while in Boston:

1. There are still superheroes roaming the United States
2. There is only one pub where you can drink Sam Adams while looking at him.
3. Bostonians are obsessed with Dunkin' Donuts (I think they keep them in business)
4. Boston has tons of smokers
5. They also love to run.


Well next Wednesday I start my internship at the Museum of Confederacy and I am really looking forward to it. But right now i have to find a job that will pay me I contacted Food for Thought, a restaurant I used to work at in high school and hopefully i will hear back soon.

Winding down just to start it back up again...

So I have five days left of my sophomore year at Hampden-Sydney. Tuesday I am done with exams and my sophomore school year. Just as school winding down my summer is packed full of activity. My parents and I are going to Boston for vacation before I start my internship at the Museum of Confederacy! I am really excited about working there this summer. I am in the library so I get to look at 19th century documents and either transcribe them or simply help patrons with researching their projects or possibly their family.

So I think this blog might become a retelling of my adventures at the Museum of Confederacy and what I do this summer. This will not only keep a record of everything I am doing it will inform y'all as well.

Cleaning the Past

So it might be the historian in me but I loved digging through my grandmothers files today. Not in a stalk-ish sketch way, but she passed away a few weeks ago and today started the process of cleaning up her possessions in her house.

Just my mumma, dad and I were there today I had the task of starting on her filing cabinet. I think I looked through thousands of receipts from 1980, but it was really interesting to see the elderly keep as important information. But what the real find was, was letters from the 1940s between my grandmother and her boss about her leaving the telephone company for another one around 1943. This is history, and it's my family history. I wish I could keep everything we have been finding but unfortunately we don't have any room for it all.

I'm getting the bookcases, which will be nice since I think I have an addiciton. The first step is always addmitting the problem so here it goes: My name is Nathan Ryalls and I am a book-a-holic. There that's doen now. So hopefully one day they will be filled with all my books in my Hampden-Sydney themed office!


well I'm writing to procrastinate my Roman History homework so I guess I should go ahead and start that.

By His Wounds

So another week has gone by and I continually gain more assignments and work to complete before this semester will end.

Today is Good Friday, the celebration and remembrance of Christ's death upon the cross for our sins. I want to share a video of "By His Wounds" written and sung by Mac Powell. I think it simply says it all.



Remember Christ came to save and died upon the cross for us. My friend Megan, speaking at Encounter, ended her talk with asking "He made salvation possible for you; what have you done for Him lately?"


Well what have you?