Summer Study–Had Me A Blast

Part One of a Two-Part Series Hope College History students spent the summer of 2024 doing research on a wide variety of topics.  They worked in museums, archives, and libraries, and they created Web sites, papers, and exhibitions.  Here’s an overview of our summer interns and research assistants, and the work they did in the …

Summer Research Highlight: Autumn Balamucki (’21)

History major Autumn Balamucki (’21) began research with the Joint Archives this summer with Geoffrey Reynolds under abnormal circumstances. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, she had to do almost all of her work remotely. With some creative solutions and a lot of hard work, Autumn managed to transcribe decades’ worth of meeting minutes of the …