The Class When I first started this program, I thought that I would pursue becoming a Processing Archivist in a university setting so I have read a number of job descriptions related to the field and was very excited to take this class. Now, I understand those job descriptions and appreciate that I was able to practice some of the skills necessary for that role; I enjoyed the Ted Carlson papers project because we got a taste of doing the work. I have a much better un

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The Ted Carlson Papers, dated 1944 - 1947, consist of correspdence with family (Middleton, CT) and friends, an article that he edited as a member of the Dayton Association of Scientists (June 24, 1946) and administrative papers related to school and his military service, covering his life from earning his undergraduate degree at Wesleyan University (Middleton, Conneticut) until he was discharged from the military and accepted into Cornell Medical School (New York, NY). Most o

Ted Carlson worked in the gas lab for the top secret atomic energy project known as the Manhattan District, housed at the Chrysler Corporation, Detroit, Michigan from August 1944 - August 1945. The Ted Carlson Papers 1944 - 1947 include correspdence with family and friends and administrative papers related to school and his military service. Most of the correspondence includes letters home documenting his personal life. Ted Carlson Papers: Biographical Note Ted Carlson, from