In mid-June, the Collection Services Unit gained a lovely new employee–Sarah Rutley–who joined the unit in a full-time 6 month term to work with gifts-in-kind material, specifically the Hanson History Collection. The position was made possible by funding from the Edney Trust. With a B.A. in Russian Studies and an M.A. in European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, Sarah brings a wealth of knowledge ideal for handling this unique collection of mostly Russian language material. As Sarah investigates and processes the Hanson gifts-in-kind collection, she will be working closely with Anna Gersher, who also has Slavic languages expertise and has been responsible for copy-cataloguing any Slavic material.

Stay tuned for the second installment of this mini blog series on the Hanson GIK collection, as Sarah will be highlighting a very interesting item, 40 Portraits, from this collection.

Sarah and Anna investigating a unique item from the Hanson gifts-in-kind collection