Working at the Rutgers Oral History Archives put David D’Onofrio on a career path he had not considered before.
For two years he was involved in interviewing, transcribing and editing conversations. Listening to military veterans talk about their lives made D’Onofrio realize he wanted to play a role in preserving these stories.
D’Onofrio is one of dozens of Rutgers undergraduates who has interned at the Rutgers Oral History Archives and played a key role recording individual accounts of history. The students help preserve the stories of people who participated in wars and other major events that happened before they were born. Without the archives, these accounts would have been lost.
Today, as the special collections librarian at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, D’Onofrio preserves veterans’ stories for a living.
\”What I’m doing at the Academy is an extension of what I learned at Rutgers, and it’s the coolest job in the world,’’ D’Onofrio said.
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