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\"\"Aly Caviness is a lifelong film obsessive, co-owner\/administrator of the Midwest Film Journal, and member of the Indiana Film Journalist’s Association. Through Lynch, her grandmother taught her how to spot “The Girl,” and through Frankenstein, her grandfather taught her how to love in spite of fear. She blames Jack Sparrow for her MA in colonial Atlantic history and Guy Pearce for her marriage. <\/em>\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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What does a typical day at work look like for you?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
As an administrative assistant in the Archives and Library of the Indiana Historical Society, my days typically encompass several disparate duties. I do everything from administrative work (such as taking minutes at meetings and ordering supplies for the department) to more specialized work (such as shifts at the library reference desk and processing small collections). Because of this, my days are always different.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

What got you into history?<\/h2>\n
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Books and movies. Historical settings in fiction have fascinated me since I was very young, and I usually tell people it\u2019s\u00a0Pirates of the Caribbean<\/em>\u2019s fault that my master\u2019s thesis was about English and Spanish responses to piracy in the colonial Atlantic period (roughly 1500-1750).<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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What class are you glad you took while at Ball State or helped the most with your career?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

I loved all of Abel Alves\u2019s class, particularly his Colonial Latin America and History of Magic, Science, and Witchcraft classes. Especially as an undergrad, his classes helped to change my concept of history as something to be interpreted rather than something to be memorized. That change in perspective laid the foundation for the rest of my studies and my career. Dr. Seefeldt\u2019s Digital History seminars, along with the graduate assistant work I did for him, also played a huge part in showing my future employer that I had the skills needed to interpret history using new methods and technology.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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What class do you wish you had taken? This could be an existing class or one you wish had been offered?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
I wish a class about working with and\/or processing archival collections was a part of the curriculum for regular history<\/a> majors. While I feel like I was adequately prepared for interpreting and writing about history in both my bachelor\u2019s and master\u2019s programs at Ball State, I spent the first year or so of my job with IHS wishing I was a little more knowledgeable about physically working with and preserving historical documents. I\u2019ve had some on-the-job training, of course, but I still don\u2019t feel quite as confident about it as I could be.<\/div>\n

What advice would you give history majors who are about to graduate?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Don\u2019t underestimate your ability to write clearly and research well. No matter what your eventual career, those skills are valuable because many people in the workforce have not cultivated them the same way history majors do.<\/div>\n

What\u2019s your favorite thing about your job?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
I grew up thinking Indiana’s history was boring, but every day at my job I learn something new that proves the opposite. There are so many details all throughout Indiana\u2019s history that I never would\u2019ve known had I not gotten this job. And that\u2019s really the thing about history — the more you dig, the more rewarding it is, and there\u2019s no better place to dig than an archive.<\/div>\n

What did the path from graduation to your current job look like? Did you get a job immediately?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
After I graduated from my master\u2019s program, I got two part-time jobs — one at my local library, and another at a Barnes & Noble. I basically worked full-time hours with a single day off every two weeks for six months while I looked for a job that was at least history-adjacent. Several applications didn\u2019t go anywhere, and all told, it was a pretty demoralizing period. Then, out of nowhere, I stumbled on the job opening for administrative assistant in the Archives & Library at IHS. I applied, interviewed, and got the job. I\u2019ve always felt like I had the most amazing luck to get this job that\u2019s within my field, and that I didn\u2019t have to move away from my hometown to find it. Most history majors don\u2019t have that kind of luck, and I feel grateful every day for this wonderful job I found at the Indiana Historical Society.<\/div>\n
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You can follow Aly on Twitter<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/i><\/div>\n
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