Week 11, Part 1: The Beginning of The End

Today marks my last week at the Byrd Archives. Though I had a short shift today (2 hours), I managed to finish an entire box of 7 items.

Two important discoveries were found in Box 464. First, I found two more paintings that may be by David Paige. The first one, Snow Peaks seems like Paige's style and was on similar material (oil on board and same size as others). The second one, Mountains and Trees was a little more difficult. It had the same material (oil on board) and it was the same size as the others (20" x 16"), but it was completely different artistically, both in content and in texture/style. Under Laura's advice, I chose to add a question mark to his name, just to be on the safe side.

The second discovery was another plate from the Flights, Unforgettable Exploits of the Air book. The painting is titled "The conqueror of one pole attempts the other. Commander Byrd, The Antarctic, 1929." Not only was this very exciting because I found another plate to the book, but because it finally made the connection as to why these pieces are in the Byrd collection.

Though it was only 2 hours long, I felt very accomplished today. I am hoping to still be able to finish this week, despite having a shorter than anticipated shift. Time will tell.

In: 2 p.m.
Out: 4 p.m.
On-site hours completed today: 2
On-site hours completed total: 86.25
On-site hours left: 13.75