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I Found It In The Archives! Contest

The L. Tom Perry Special Collections is proud to recognize Brooke Smith as the winner of our institutional I Found It In The Archives! contest. The competition is the first step in a larger program sponsored by the Society of American Archivists, and is designed to show how items and information found in the nation’s archives touch peoples’ lives. The winning essay, as well as those of the runner-ups, are below.

First Place

Brooke Smith photograph Name: Brooke Smith
Topic: Family folklore project

Honorable Mentions

Jay Buckley photograph Name: Jay Buckley
Topic: Researching in the archives
Melanie Bush photograph Name: Melanie Bush
Topic: Love of old movies
Ashley Hasna photograph Name: Ashley Hasna
Topic: Lewis Carroll publication