Arrange and describe personal papers (MS156)

Arrange and describe an eighteenth-to-nineteenth-century collection of personal papers (1 linear foot unprocessed, 1.5 linear feet bound volumes processed but in need of review; 4 boxes total). Preliminary catalog record available, but papers have no original order. Student should determine an arrangement for the collection appropriate for research use and write a finding aid (scope and content note, subject headings, box and folder listing, etc.) to be added to PastPerfect. Deliverables may include a finding aid and weekly status reports.