This was a totally trippy experience for me because of the circumstances of my one previous visit to the Tamiment Library. In 8th grade I spent a year writing a 20-page research paper on the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire. For an eighth-grader, this was clearly a big deal that required a lot of extracurricular work and taught me the true basics of researching. I knew I’d never forget the hours I spent in the archives with my mom and a librarian looking at old maps of the Washington Square Park neighborhood, reading eyewitness reactions, and studying technical court testimonies and factory condition statements. But I never thought I’d be back there again.
My second visit to the Tamiment was surreal because of the memories it brought back and because it made me kind of (totally) proud of the work I had done as a thirteen-year-old. It was a trip down memory lane, one which reminded me of the first time I decided at 13 that I just had to go to NYU, and look where I am today….
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