Autobiography Essay

When I decided I wanted to be a historian I was in the 8th grade I didn’t know exactly what I wanted to do with history but I knew I loved it and wanted a career involving history. I chose history because I love to learn, I read everything sometimes too much, I pay very close attention to details, and I can store a lot of information on and off paper. Therefore, when I was placed in our school’s archives, it was amazing how much information was in that little room. I had no idea what an archive was exactly but I knew it involved history and kept documents. The archives in a sense made me realize that not only do I need to store information in my brain but I should document everything that I learn and not just with history but with my life also.

While down in the archives room I learned a lot about Hollis F Price while filing his records. I learned that he was the one who was president of LeMoyne-Owen when the library was built. He also was very efficient in getting LeMoyne-Owen College money and was big on funding for the college. Mr. Price was also a very important figure in the Memphis community, while filing his documents I learned how much people appreciated his contribution to LeMoyne-Owen College and other projects throughout the city of Memphis. When Mr. Price decided to leave LeMoyne-Owen he had many letter sent to him showing gratitude to his