Posts Tagged ‘archives’
Intern Spotlight: Sadie Koller
Intern Spotlight Meet Sadie Koller. Hello, my name is Sadie, and I am a senior at Millersville University. I’m studying anthropology with a minor in History as well as Geospatial Applications. I’m currently juggling this internship as well as a retail job. However, with any free time I have, I enjoy reading a good book…
Read MoreIntern Spotlight: Ellie Young
Intern Spotlight My name is Ellie Young, and I am an intern at Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County this semester. I am a senior at Lampeter-Strasburg High School and am planning to pursue a major in Architecture and/or Communications in college. My other passions include dancing competitively on LEDC at Willow Street Dance Steps,…
Read MoreRediscovered Thaddeus Stevens Artifacts Donated to the Thaddeus Stevens & Lydia Hamilton Smith Center
The Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County has made an exciting discovery—several personal artifacts belonging to Thaddeus Stevens, one of Lancaster’s most influential historical figures. During the archival inventory phase of our ongoing digitization efforts, Trust members uncovered a wallet, a Bible, and a law book once owned by Stevens. These items, long preserved within…
Read MoreIntern Spotlight: Odette Wakefield
Intern Spotlight Meet Odette Wakefield. Wakefield is finishing her last summer at Millersville University. She majored in English with a concentration in Linguistics and minored in History. Wakefield loves traveling. Her goal for the next two years is to travel to Africa and Asia. She also loves working out, exploring any and everywhere, and trying…
Read MoreProject Archivist Spotlight: Liz McIlhenney Gemmell
Project Archivist Elizabeth (“Liz”) McIlhenney Gemmell will be in charge of overseeing the Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County’s (HPTLC) digitization project and the establishment of an archives program. Liz is currently a graduate student at Simmons University and is in the process of earning her Master’s in Library & Information Sciences (MLIS) in Archives…
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