My name is Michaela White, and I am an English and History student at the University of Lynchburg. During the fall semester of 2024, I undertook an internship at Historic Sandusky, which is owned by the University of Lynchburg. As part of this internship, my director, Greg Starbuck, advised me to create a collection of letters from the records of Charles M. Blackford (1833-1903), a lawyer and Captain in the Confederate Army. The collection comprises 378 letters sent to or rec

Historic Sandusky has been extremely great experience for me. When I first learned about Sandusky and found out it belonged to the University of Lynchburg and was here for education purposes. I really felt that I had to take advantage of all that Sandusky had to offer. I spoke with Greg Starbuck and asked for a work study position, but I was not entirely in need of money. I only wanted the experience and the education. My plan after graduation is to work for the National Park

My name is Lilly Smith and I had the pleasure of serving as the Graduate Assistant for Historic Sandusky for two years. It is sad yet exciting as this chapter closes and the next one begins. I am thankful that Dr. Perault connected Greg Starbuck and I with an aim of continuing Sandusky’s community outreach by hosting and attending events. We discussed how we could go about making Sandusky’s presence in Lynchburg more prominent and there is no doubt we did just that! Throughou

My name is Taylor Akers and I am currently a senior here at the University of Lynchburg. I am a History major and Museum Studies minor and have been working at Historic Sandusky since I transferred to U of L in 2021. When I first started working here I was working with transcribing letters from the Hutter family that used to live at Sandusky. Eventually I graduated to working with artifacts but quickly realized that I much preferred working with historic documents rather tha

Isaac Otey was the second principal owner of Sandusky. His son John purchased Sandusky in 1823 but did not live here. Isaac moved to...