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Chicago Summer Institute Interns Tackle the Papers of Charles F. Nims

This summer at ISAC, Noel Cormack (University of Chicago, BA ‘27) and Kameryn King (University of Chicago, BA ‘29), interns from the College Summer Institute, worked with archivist Allie Scholten and ISAC DRC Director Foy Scalf to complete the first comprehensive organization and cataloging of the Charles Francis Nims Papers housed in the ISAC archives.

Posted on August 24, 2026

Paintings and boxes in the ISAC Archives

ISAC launches Data Research Center

As reported by the University of Chicago News, the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures has launched a new initiative, which brings together data science, AI and the humanities to transform how…

Posted on July 20, 2026

Archival Assistant Megan Sands

Archival Assistant Megan Sands Transforms Photographs of Antoin Sevruguin

We are delighted to highlight the work of Archival Assistant Megan Sands (UChicago, MAPSS in Anthropology '25, MA in Middle Eastern Studies '27), whose careful and sustained efforts have transformed access to the Antoin Sevruguin photographic collection in the ISAC Archives.

Posted on January 30, 2026

Archival Intern Cora Miller.

Archival Intern Cora Miller Tackles the Papers of Klaus Baer

This summer at ISAC, we were thrilled to welcome archival intern Cora Miller (University of Chicago, BA ’28), who completed the first comprehensive organization and cataloging of the Klaus Baer Papers housed in the ISAC Archives.

Posted on November 30, 2025