Author: vmcfa001

I am a future historian working on my master's thesis on the role of militia service and memory on the identity and agency of free people of color in antebellum Louisiana. The structure and openness of archival records for researchers and lay persons is invaluable to informational equity and social justice. As a mother of young women, I strive to provide an example to my children and to teach them the value of history and its sources in all their forms. I am pursuing an MLIS in addition to my degrees in history to assist me in best understanding the world of archives and special collections as a consumer and as a provider.