Beyond the Pages of History

Bartow History Museum volunteer, Rebecca Melsheimer, will be discussing her work on transcribing the PMB Young Civil War letters in our collection. This lunch and learn will give a bit of background on the letters and the family that wrote them, and describe how archivists work to preserve and transcribe these paper artifacts. All of this will be interspersed with some of the stories the family shared with each other that will allow us to feel like part of the family.

This lecture is free for BHM members. $7 for not yet members.

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Get to Know the Speaker

Rebecca Melsheimer has worked at Tellus Science Museum in Cartersville, Georgia, since 2012 in various roles, and as the Curatorial Assistant since July of this year. After receiving a MS in Anthropology from the University of New Mexico in 2003, she has shared her love of science and history with audiences of all ages and backgrounds, having worked on exhibits including such diverse topics as motorcycles, materials science, science fiction, and cave minerals. She has volunteered in the Bartow History Museum Archives and Mulinix Research Center since 2011, working on the Young family letters most of that time.