Getting to know Virginia
My name is Cody Cole and I am a Digital Archivist at Historic Sandusky. Although my major is in political science, history has always been my passion. I came to work Sandusky at the beginning of 2017 through a Westover Honors class on the Civil War. The purpose of the class was to design a digital history site for Sandusky. I came to Sandusky three times a week and spent my time reading and summarizing letters from the Bell Collection, which was donated back in January of 201
The Best Parts of Archaeology
My name is Jennifer Williams. I am a 3rd year student at Lynchburg College. I study Chemistry and minor in creative writing and of course work as a Lab Tech at Historic Sandusky. I love my job. Yes, at times it can be a lot of work but there has yet to be a day that goes by that I do not learn something new. That’s the best part. From learning to identify 100-year-old nails to data entry for thousands of artifacts, it really does not get boring, even when I am alone. You know
A Year In The Archaeology Lab
During the 2016-2017 academic year at Lynchburg College, I’ve had the privilege to work as an Archaeology Laboratory Assistant at Historic Sandusky in the Archaeological Materials Laboratory. Directed by Archaeologist, Keith Adams, the laboratory is a collaborative partnership between Lynchburg College, Historic Sandusky and Hurt & Proffitt Cultural Resources. My responsibilities as a lab assistant have included washing, identifying, labeling, and recording data about artifac
The Digital History of Adeline Hutter
Over the course of this semester, I have been interning at Sandusky in conjunction with a Westover Honors Course at Lynchburg College. ...
Learning From The Past
My name is Timothy Elliott and I am one of the Historical Interpreters at The Historic Sandusky Museum. My job includes many things, such as giving tours of the historic house and running the gift shop, but it also entails doing research on the Hutter family, a distinguished family that lived at Sandusky for over one hundred years. For the last few months, I have been combing over hundreds of Hutter family letters and documents to get a clearer picture of their history and wh
