Intrepid journey through the archives

I can't believe it, but looking at the calendar, it seems I've been working here at FarmFolkCityFolk for about a month now.

Nevertheless, the learning curve just keeps getting steeper! It's great, because I'm always working on, or learning about, something. Not only am I involved in what might be considered fairly run-of-the-mill office projects, (familiarizing myself with spreadsheets, and work plans, and communication skills, and research, and filing procedures, oh my!), but I've also been given the opportunity to attempt some jobs that only a non-profit office like FarmFolkCityFolk could provide.


My first assignment, The Archive Project, is my favourite so far. Recently we emptied many of our outdated materials into the recycling and did away with the archaic filing cabinet once and for all, in favour of our equally extensive and sprawling digital files. The only thing that saved countless papers, photographs, and pamphlets from the eternal obscurity of the recycling bin was their historical merit.


And thus was I, the lowly EYA intern, given a great and wonderful task: the organization of said materials into a reference library for future researchers. I'm taking the archives home, piece by piece, and cataloguing them in a single massive document. Sometimes, when I'm leafing through old newspaper articles mentioning the organization, perusing the dog-eared minutes of Annual General Meetings long since past, or peering at grainy film negatives from the dusty ages long before digital photography, I feel like Indiana Jones on an archaeological quest.


But enough of these National Geographic-flavoured daydreams! I should probably be getting back to work now and this spreadsheet isn't going to update itself. Thanks for reading, and be sure to check out the FarmFolkCityFolk Facebook page for news, optimism, and upcoming events... all posted by yours truly.

-Chak