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Breaking the ice

Hi, I'm Burkely Hermann. You may remember me from such places as your Twitter (as history_hermann) or LinkedIn feed.

As a researcher/writer, genealogist, and archivist-in-training (as I’m currently working on my MLIS degree at UMD, with a specialization in Archives & Digital Curation), my published works very widely. I’ve not only written about military history, starting when I worked at the Maryland State Archives three years ago, but also social history and genealogy, more generally and of my family, specifically focusing on my mother’s side. More recently I have dipped my toe into the world of libraries and archives, not only with posts focusing on why the difference between the two matters, but also focusing on archivists in popular culture, specifically in the Star Wars series, in the movies and animated series, where they bungle the important distinction between libraries and archives. In the future, I plan to put out a guide to archivists on the silver screen, but that’s still in development. Currently, I am part of a research cohort at the Digital Curation and Innovation Center in College Park, working with the Maryland State Archives on the Legacy of Slavery Project.

Some of my academic writings, on historical, social, and political topics can be found on my academia.edu page, while genealogical ones can be found on my two blogs, Packed with Packards and Milling ‘round Ireland. I also have a personal WordPress blog, some of which has been re-packaged in my new (and first) e-book, which is titled Tales of the Maryland Extra Regiment. It is pay-as-you-choose, meaning that you set the price you’d like to pay, with a recommended price of $2.00. I see this e-book, and others that will follow it, as a little project I created to fund my research.

If you can think of anyone else whom is interested in this newsletter then that's great. I can add the email manually or they can subscribe. Conversely if you don't want to be a subscriber you can easily unsubscribe or I can remove from the list of subscribers. No hard feelings there. Additionally, I know some emails included were probably the wrong ones, so if you wish to stay subscribed, I can easily fix those as well.

Thanks,

Burkely

P.S. If you are nerdy enough, you may know what TV shows I am referring to here. If not, that’s ok, too.