2023 ARCHIE MOTLEY ARCHIVAL INTERNS

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JORDAN VAUGHN is a 2023 graduate of Northwestern University, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Classics (Concentration in Greek and Latin) and Anthropology (Biological Concentration)
BMRC Host Institution: University of Chicago Library, Collections & Access, Preservation-Conservation Unit
PROJECT: Treatment of Selected Items from the Eva Overton and Julian Herman Lewis, PhD. Collection

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KINEYSHI FILS-ESPERANT is a rising junior, majoring in African American Studies & Chemistry at Northwestern University
BMRC Host Institution:Newberry Library
PROJECT: Processing of Harold L. Lucas papers, the activist and organizer of Bronzeville

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LIANA JEFFRIES is a rising junior at the University of Illinois Chicago, majoring in Black Studies and anthropology.
BMRC Host Institution: Northwestern University Libraries
PROJECT: Document Black student experiences at Northwestern University in the 1960s-70s through oral history

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SAMANTHA AFFRAM is a history graduate student at Chicago State University. She earned a Master of Arts in Teaching Special Education and is a Diverse Learners Teacher (Special Education) in the Chicago Public School System.
BMRC Host Institution: Northwestern University Libraries
PROJECT: Documenting NU Black student experiences in the 1960s-70s through oral history

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YUJAY MASAH is a graduate student in the MA Public History and MLIS dual degree program offered by Loyola University Chicago and Dominican University. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in history with a minor in art history from the University of Missouri Kansas City
BMRC Host Institution: Chicago History Museum
PROJECT: Metadata for Rayburn Fleurlage Photograph Collection