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In preparation for a talk he recently gave at an undisclosed location, Colin talks about his career as an archivist, which began in 2007 at the Virginia Historical Society and has continued on to Smith College, the University of Arkansas Little Rock, and Stratford Hall. What’s it like being an archivist, and how does a historian make the transition from graduate school to the archives world? Listen and find out!

Listen here: http://americanrambler.libsyn.com/episode-125-the-accidental-archivist

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Colin Woodward is a writer, historian, archivist, and recovering podcaster. His latest book is Country Boy: the Roots of Johnny Cash, winner of the Ragsdale Award for best book on Arkansas history, 2022. He has also written for the Civil War Times, Civil War Monitor, Arkansas Times, Style Weekly (Richmond, Va.), and other publications. He is a frequent contributor to the Encyclopedia of Arkansas. He lives in Richmond.

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