Internship in Public History: Veterans History Project UCF 2022

 Week 7: Introduction to Storyboarding This week on the Veteran's History Project I was able to begin my storyboarding journey! Storyboarding, for those who are not familiar, is a artistic outlet used to present the story of a Veteran. It provides a visual guide to help readers and researchers understand the story of the veteran in hand. this week, I wasn't able to fully work on a veteran, but I can give a few examples of how they work. I'll be interviewing a World War II veteran in the coming weeks, so I'll be sure to work on a storyboard for him. Firstly, The storyboard is much more website editing than it is implementing the interview. Storyboards are website based with moving maps and interactive clips. That means there's plenty of imbedding and coding for these websites.  The work is definitely required for a quality storyboard, but with the pairing of graphics, photos, headlines, and other organizational tools, you can  create a very accurate and easy to follo...

 Week 6: Processing, Processing, Processing This week on the Veterans History Project I was able to continue down my processing list and work on documenting veterans and preparing their files so that they can be properly archived. I had hoped this week to start working on storyboards as I had mentioned before, but our lead person on that job was out of the office this week and I won't be able to gain access to the program I need until next week. Example of an AV Log. Veteran's name redacted. This week, I figured the best thing I can do is to give some insight on our processing and how we do it. there's three separate steps that go into processing a veteran. Firstly, because each interview is recorded, a closed captioning service is provided to offer accessibility to those who need it. The program we use records our speech and creates text to base it on, but oftentimes it can be messed up and we have to go through and correct it. Secondly, each veteran is given an abstract r...

 Week 5: Processing a Veteran: The Story The Introduction Last week on the Veteran's History Project, I remarked about the story of a veteran we had interviewed last semester and the thoughts I had whilst reviewing his interview footage. As I mentioned last week, he is the youngest veteran that I have interviewed so far. During his service in the United States Coast Guard, Mr. John Doe rose to the rank of E-5 and served in a unit regarding Port Security in Iraqi Freedom. Here, I'll tell a short synopsis of his story and try to expand on my thoughts from last week. The Story Mr. John Doe held a thirty minute interview where a plethora of topics were discussed. We were able to learn about his childhood and his upbringing in a military family during the war on terror in the late 90s. During the end of his high school career, Mr. Doe enlisted into the United States Coast Guard where he was sent to Port Clinton, Ohio and trained in Port Security. He underwent multiple specialized tr...

 Week 4: Processing A Veteran This week on the Veterans History Project I began going through my list of  veterans to process And started with my last one before the break. Contrary to what you might believe, this project gets more older veterans than younger veterans. I'm not sure if it's the Orlando population or another unknown factor, but we are blessed to have an influx of Vietnam in Korea veterans to interview and capture their story. A Brief Summary This veteran that I began processing is different in the sense that he is the youngest that I have interviewed so far. During his service in the United States Coast Guard, Mr. John Doe rose to the rank of E-5 and served in a unit regarding Port Security in Iraqi Freedom. I was able to interview him and ask him a plethora of questions regarding his training and time in port security and how he was involved in Iraqi freedom. Our conversation was mostly based upon interactions he held with locals and even tourists in the area. ...

 Week 3:  Starting off Running This week on the Veteran's History Project we held our first meeting of the semester! It was great to see everyone and reconnect with the team. We had only been gone for a month, but it somehow felt so much longer than that. Even so, somehow there is still plenty of work to be done. Processing List I'm starting this week by working on my processing list for two veterans. Last semester we had multiple fantastic interviews with Veterans from all different walks of life. From Vietnam to the war on terror, we held multiple interviews focused on the stories of veterans and how their service made them who they are. With so many successful interviews, there is a lot of processing to be done. Each interview that is completed is required to have an AV Log discussing what took place in the interview and also an abstract as a summary of the interview. Since each interview is recorded, a closed captioning is required for transcripts. Each interviewer has bee...

 Week 2: The Calm Before the Storm This week on the Veterans History Project we decided on a date for our weekly meetings. Not much to report in terms of work or credit this week, but I'm sure in the coming weeks we'll have plenty to report on. Brainstorming This week I was brainstorming potential ideas from my involvement this semester. Compared to last semester, I will be taking a direct Hands-On approach in terms of planning and facilitating on campus and not just conducting and scheduling interviews. Hopefully this semester won't be as hectic and as crazy as last semester (read my blog about Veterans Day in the multiple hurricanes that  interrupted our plans to learn more about that). I believe ( I will correct myself if I am mistaken) That this, semester we will have direct involvement with the Olustee project once more. If you recall, I mentioned earlier that I had involvement with the 8th USCT  as a lead researcher  multiple semesters ago. If I had the opportu...

  Week One: Re-Introductions Hello! My name is Carson Maschmeier and I am a senior this year at the University Central Florida. I'm studying History with a minor in Anthropology and I will be continuing my time at UCF this fall in the Masters program under Public History. I dual enrolled in high school pushing me two years ahead in credits; After experiencing my first year in college I am now experiencing my last year of my bachelors! When I'm not studying or researching, I enjoy playing almost an instrument with strings and creating original compositions.  Public History and Veterans Affairs This semester I'll be continuing my time with the Veteran's History Project, diving deeper into more hands on work for interviews and scheduling. Last semester I served as the Lead Interviewer for the team and I'll be resuming my position there. Previously, I spent a semester working on the Olustee Project with Dr. Gannon as a head researcher for the 8th USCT and their regiment...