Read through the papers on Howard Gest. Wow, this is quite the guy. Looks like he started his career in 1942 working on the Manhattan Project! From there he's spent over 60 years teaching, researching, writing, and... everything, it seems. The man literally wrote a book about his collaborations with "notable" scientists. That's not a book of the collaborations, but about them. There's just that many.
Gest started donating his work to the archives in 2005. There are 6-7 separate accessions over as many years, totaling about 32 boxes. My job is going to be to go through these, survey the contents, then condense them into a cohesive whole.
I'm also working the desk on Tuesdays from 1-3. I'm basically just keeping an eye on the reading room, as I route every call and walk-in to the archivist on duty.
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