Working on a Thesis, Need Advice from Archivists!
Hello! I am an undergraduate English major who will be moving into my senior year this upcoming semester. After I graduate I want to go into the archival field and so am trying to gather as much experience as possible in order to make myself a good candidate for graduate schools. As a requirement for the honors program I am a part of, I have to write a thesis.
I am currently working on a finding aid project (making an artificial collection) for my university's library and am going to put together an exhibit based on the research that I have done. Originally, I was going to do my thesis project about the creation of the exhibit, but after more thought, and seeing as that is more so curatorial than archival I want to adjust my project to focus more on the archival elements of the project.
The problem is, I have absolutely no idea where to start or how to approach this project. My advisor is an English professor and so she is used to helping with thesis' about literature analysis and the like. Could anyone who has done an archival based thesis give me some advice?
What would an archival thesis even look like? Are there any resources that can assist me? How should I focus my project to make it more archives focused instead of curatorial. Any advice is welcome, and I can make clarifications in more detail if that will help people be able to give more advice. Thanks so much!