April 15 through 21 is National Volunteer Week. The Library & Archives Center has some great and dedicated volunteers. This is the last in a series of posts about the volunteers here.
Meet Ms. Nita Evans
Nita Evans is not new to the Petroleum Museum as she helps in the Education Department and the Museum Store/Admissions Desk. With a background as a Veternarian Tecnician, she got to know the various animals in the Education Department, like Betty the Beared Dragon and Lola & Gypsy the Chinchillas. In September 2011, Nita decided to also spend some time in the Library & Archives Center as well!
She has taken over scanning our large photographic collection of historic images. Nita states she is interested in preserving the history of the petroleum industry for future generations. With her time and effort, she's already scanned hundreds, if not thousands, of images to digitally preserve those snapshots of the past.
Nita and her husband Jim are interested in motorsports and are both very involved in the Midland area Corvette Club. She also enjoys quilting, sewing and other crafts.
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Wednesday, April 18, 2012
National Volunteer Week: Katelyn Mulder
April 15 through 21 is National Volunteer Week. The Library & Archives Center has some great and dedicated volunteers. This is the second in a series of posts about the volunteers here.
Meet Ms. Katelyn Mulder
Katelyn Mulder started volunteering in the Library & Archives Center in October 2011. She came to the Museum with Masters' Degree in Library and Information Science from Dominican University. She has previously volunteered at Clinics of St. Viator archives and the Rush University Medical Center. With such a background, she dived right into processing the N. Ford Chapman Collection ... and finished it in record time! More recently, she has helped me with inventorying museum objects.
Katelyn lists digital preservation, photographs and artifacts as some of her interests within the archives world. When she came on board, she wanted to learn more about the oil and gas industry and to gain more experience in the archives field. Hopefully, she accomplished that goal here at the Petroleum Museum's Library & Archives Center!
Katelyn and her husband will soon be returning to Indiana, where they both come from. Good luck to you both!
Meet Ms. Katelyn Mulder
Katelyn Mulder started volunteering in the Library & Archives Center in October 2011. She came to the Museum with Masters' Degree in Library and Information Science from Dominican University. She has previously volunteered at Clinics of St. Viator archives and the Rush University Medical Center. With such a background, she dived right into processing the N. Ford Chapman Collection ... and finished it in record time! More recently, she has helped me with inventorying museum objects.
Katelyn lists digital preservation, photographs and artifacts as some of her interests within the archives world. When she came on board, she wanted to learn more about the oil and gas industry and to gain more experience in the archives field. Hopefully, she accomplished that goal here at the Petroleum Museum's Library & Archives Center! Katelyn and her husband will soon be returning to Indiana, where they both come from. Good luck to you both!
Monday, April 16, 2012
National Volunteer Week: Bob Angevine
April 15 through 21 is National Volunteer Week. The Library & Archives Center has some great and dedicated volunteers. This is the first in a series of posts about the volunteers here.
Meet Mr. Bob Angevine
Bob Angevine started working in the Library & Archives Center in October 2011 to catalogue a large collection of photographs, negatives and slides from T. B. O'Brien. He went through every image, numbered it and created a catalogue worksheet describing it. What a lot of work! But I never heard him complain. He recently finished up that project and is anxious to start up a new one!
Bob is a World War II veteran who was in the Air Force. After flight school, he soon found himself a bombadier in the Midland area. He comes from a family of telegraph operators, first for the railroads and then for the pipelines, from the Northeast and Ohio area.
Thank you Bob for all that you do!
Meet Mr. Bob Angevine
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| Bob Angevine |
Bob Angevine started working in the Library & Archives Center in October 2011 to catalogue a large collection of photographs, negatives and slides from T. B. O'Brien. He went through every image, numbered it and created a catalogue worksheet describing it. What a lot of work! But I never heard him complain. He recently finished up that project and is anxious to start up a new one!
Bob is a World War II veteran who was in the Air Force. After flight school, he soon found himself a bombadier in the Midland area. He comes from a family of telegraph operators, first for the railroads and then for the pipelines, from the Northeast and Ohio area.
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| Bob works on processing a collection. |
Thank you Bob for all that you do!
Monday, April 18, 2011
National Volunteer Week: Priscilla Jeffries
April 10 through 16 is National Volunteer Week. The Library & Archives Center has some great and dedicated volunteers. This is the third in a series of posts about the volunteers here.
Meet Ms. Priscilla Jeffries.
Priscilla Jeffries is the most recent addition to the Library & Archives Center's volunteers. Since starting here in March, she has been cataloguing the photograph collection, creating hard-copy worksheets for the files. Now we have two volunteers working on the same project, so hopefully they will meet in the middle!
Priscilla moved to Midland last May to be closer to family after working for over 25 years teaching World Social Studies in Andrews. Her background is diverse and interesting; she enjoys archeology, traveling, meeting new people, writing and teaching. (She's even broaden her volunteer efforts here at the Museum, being a docent for several school groups recently.) Priscilla is also a world traveler who has been to Spain, Egypt, and elsewhere.
She wants to volunteer at the Library & Archives Center "because of my interest in people, the past, sharing information with others ... and learning from [them]. For me, learning is a pleasure."
Meet Ms. Priscilla Jeffries.Priscilla Jeffries is the most recent addition to the Library & Archives Center's volunteers. Since starting here in March, she has been cataloguing the photograph collection, creating hard-copy worksheets for the files. Now we have two volunteers working on the same project, so hopefully they will meet in the middle!
Priscilla moved to Midland last May to be closer to family after working for over 25 years teaching World Social Studies in Andrews. Her background is diverse and interesting; she enjoys archeology, traveling, meeting new people, writing and teaching. (She's even broaden her volunteer efforts here at the Museum, being a docent for several school groups recently.) Priscilla is also a world traveler who has been to Spain, Egypt, and elsewhere.
She wants to volunteer at the Library & Archives Center "because of my interest in people, the past, sharing information with others ... and learning from [them]. For me, learning is a pleasure."
Thursday, April 14, 2011
National Volunteer Week: Karen Shephard
April 10 through 16 is National Volunteer Week. The Library & Archives Center has some great and dedicated volunteers. This is the second in a series of posts about the volunteers here.
Meet Mrs. Karen Shephard.
(Photo to follow. Karen is out of town so I am not able to get a photo of her!)
Karen Shephard is a new addition to the Libray & Archives Center, starting last November after being recruited by Karen Lowder, a dedicated Santa Rita Club member (and future SRC President). Karen S. has been processing the more difficult back-log archival collections and has been doing a fabulous job! She is currently working on a medium-sized collection of records related to the Permian Basin Petroleum Association from Ed Thompson.
Karen grew up in upstate New York but moved around the United States as part of the Air Force. She has a background in accounting, having worked for several oil & gas business in the Permian Basin, including Exxon, ARCO, Duke Energy and Pure Resources. Her husband Rick and she enjoy going to the theater (I often see them at Midland Community Theater). Karen also enjoys reading, crochet, puzzles and music. We've become fast colleagues and friends!
Meet Mrs. Karen Shephard.
(Photo to follow. Karen is out of town so I am not able to get a photo of her!)
Karen Shephard is a new addition to the Libray & Archives Center, starting last November after being recruited by Karen Lowder, a dedicated Santa Rita Club member (and future SRC President). Karen S. has been processing the more difficult back-log archival collections and has been doing a fabulous job! She is currently working on a medium-sized collection of records related to the Permian Basin Petroleum Association from Ed Thompson.
Karen grew up in upstate New York but moved around the United States as part of the Air Force. She has a background in accounting, having worked for several oil & gas business in the Permian Basin, including Exxon, ARCO, Duke Energy and Pure Resources. Her husband Rick and she enjoy going to the theater (I often see them at Midland Community Theater). Karen also enjoys reading, crochet, puzzles and music. We've become fast colleagues and friends!
Monday, April 11, 2011
National Volunteer Week: Morris Bassham
April 10 through 16 is National Volunteer Week. The Library & Archives Center has some great and dedicated volunteers. This is the first in a series of posts about the volunteers here.
Meet Mr. Morris Bassham.
Mr. Bassham has been a dedicated volunteer in the Archives Center since October 2008. He has been cataloguing our large photograph collection; he reviews the card catalogue and completes worksheets for each image. (This process creates a hard copy of the catalogue information to include with the object file.) Periodically, I review his work and add it to the growing collection management database.
Personally, Mr. Bassham has an interesting background. Having grown up in Midland, attending Midland High School, Morris became a petroleum engineer with Sinclair Oil & Gas from which he retired when they merged with ARCO. Not only did he attend Texas Tech University, Mr. Bassham also attended art school in Minneapolis and Sul Ross University. He also spent twenty-one months in the military and became active with the Confederate Air Force for twenty-five years, although he is no longer a pilot. His interest in the military does not end there: he is interested in aviation history, from the Wright Brothers to the Enola Gay, as well as the history of the Alamo and the State of Texas.
Morris is also an active volunteer within the community, having devoted time to the research library at the Commemorative Air Force.
Meet Mr. Morris Bassham.Mr. Bassham has been a dedicated volunteer in the Archives Center since October 2008. He has been cataloguing our large photograph collection; he reviews the card catalogue and completes worksheets for each image. (This process creates a hard copy of the catalogue information to include with the object file.) Periodically, I review his work and add it to the growing collection management database.
Personally, Mr. Bassham has an interesting background. Having grown up in Midland, attending Midland High School, Morris became a petroleum engineer with Sinclair Oil & Gas from which he retired when they merged with ARCO. Not only did he attend Texas Tech University, Mr. Bassham also attended art school in Minneapolis and Sul Ross University. He also spent twenty-one months in the military and became active with the Confederate Air Force for twenty-five years, although he is no longer a pilot. His interest in the military does not end there: he is interested in aviation history, from the Wright Brothers to the Enola Gay, as well as the history of the Alamo and the State of Texas.
Morris is also an active volunteer within the community, having devoted time to the research library at the Commemorative Air Force.
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