September 11, 2001 Collection
Today I started a difficult task.
I am taking a class called Intro to Archival Management and the final paper is one where I will basically process a currently unprocessed collection. My topic still hasn’t been approved, but I have gone ahead and started working on it even so.
I chose to work on my September 11, 2001 collection. I knew it was a fairly large cllection, but as I was going through the various newspapers (and yes, the Reflector is among them), I was surpised at just how large it really is.
As I went through them, I couldn’t help but actually read some of the print-outs from around that time. I also could not resist the commerative magazines I had purcahsed either. What this resulted in was an overflow of emotions and (I am not ashamed to say) tears. Part of it was due to remembering what happened that day and how I felt. Part of it was the realization of how quickly we, as a nation, forgot. I wanted to both laugh and cry everytime I read the words “We will never forget.” I have no doubt there are many who have not forgotten that day, but I also have evidence of many who apparently have.
Anyway, I felt like sharing this with all of you and wonder what you think about this.