history – Nicole Welk-Joerger

Animal Obituaries

I wrote about Gigi in March last year. Gigi was the highest producing milk cow in the world before she was surpassed by Ever-Green-View My Gold-ET in 2017. As I wrote about Gigi, I wondered about exceptional animals and everyday animals;…

Animals in the Archives Symposium

I encountered two animals in the archive my first day conducting research this summer. The first was a mouse. As I opened my very first box from a collection in Pennsylvania, pulled by the archivists for my viewing pleasure, I happened upon some torn paper. A loose scroll was shredded. As I lifted it forContinue reading “Animals in the Archives Symposium”