Greetings

Hello,

My name is Boafoa, and as you have previously read, I am the summer intern from Wellesley College. I arrived in Bucksport about two weeks ago, and I think I'm finally starting to settle into this small, close-knit community by the beautiful and scenic Penobscot.

I spent my first week at Northeast familiarizing my self with PBCore tools and elements. That went simply enough, and I then entered in the Joshua Curtis collection. I really enjoyed the collection. There was so much parade footage, and it was interesting to see the ingenuity that went behind each small and sometimes makeshift float. I also saw footage of Enfield, Massachusetts which is now a ghost town. The majority of the town is now underneath the Quabbin reservoir, as it was flooded during the construction of the reservoir. Its almost eerie how such a thriving town can no longer be in existence.

After this, Gemma and Katrina gave me the tedious task of typing up a logbook covering over 100 reels worth of footage, which came up to about 40 pages. It took me about two weeks to complete. But I'm done with that now, and I will begin to enter the item records into the PBCore webform. The life of an intern never slows.