Guy Rocha Internship 2026: Cynthia Pulido
The Nevada State Archives is pleased to share the successful outcome of the Guy Rocha Internship. This 10-week paid internship was created through the generosity of Guy Rocha’s family and friends. Guy Rocha, former Nevada State Archivist, had a passion for historical accuracy and tirelessly advocated for the preservation of our state’s historical materials.
The internship was awarded to Cynthia Pulido, a history student at Western Nevada College. Cynthia’s enthusiasm and dedication to her work in the Archives reflected the love of history that Guy embodied throughout his life. The State Archives is grateful to the Rocha family for honoring Guy’s legacy through this internship. The intern performed valuable work—surveying archival collections, refining collection descriptions, identifying conservation needs, and recording some items that were previously undescribed.
Cynthia Pulido described her experience as follows:
“I had the pleasure of working at the Nevada State Archives this summer and learned a lot from the Archives team. The Archives team guided me through conducting surveys, evaluating archival materials, and identifying preservation concerns. While conducting the surveys, I came across many documents, photos, and artifacts that held my attention, such as Nevada Children’s Home records from the late 19th and early 20th century, maps of mines and mills throughout Nevada, voter registration records, gaming records, and agency and committee meeting minutes. The wealth and scope of materials available at the Nevada State Archives is astounding! I feel that exposure to historic documents like the ones listed above has strengthened my connection to Nevada itself, because it has deepened my understanding of what makes Nevada the unique place that it is.
During the internship, I had the chance to learn about conservation work including paper repair with heat-set tissue, Japanese paper, and wheat starch paste. Learning the different techniques that can be used to repair and conserve historic documents and learning about the ideal environment for storage and preservation of materials, such as temperatures and humidity levels, helped me to grasp how important conservation is to the preservation of history for future generations.
As part of the internship, I also visited three other museums/archives’ repositories, all of which have different collecting scopes and missions. Witnessing the processes at other repositories demonstrated that archival work can be a dynamic and social practice that can influence how communities share power and shape history by deciding what gets saved and whose stories are told. Archivists make information accessible to the public and preserve historical and cultural patrimony, and I leave my internship inspired and with a deep respect for what they do.”
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