now it is my distinct pleasure to introduce this book and its editors. tom and lynn. the walters family letters are here at the national postal museum, and they are really at the heart of this book. and one of the wonderful things about the way that they have organized this book is that the letters really pull you in to a period 160 years ago and help you understand the centrality of the written word, particularly at a time when families are frequently separated for the first time and they have provided the information that you need to not only understand the family networks, but the community networks and the postal network and what s happening geopolitically in the united states during the civil war. so really looking forward to this talk. lynn heidelberg is a curator here at the smithsonian national postal museum. she s specializes in the history of u.s. postal service and has published essays and created several exhibits, specifically in this case on military mail, includ
to introduce this book and its editors. tom and lynn. the walters family letters are here at the national postal museum, and they are really at the heart of this book. and one of the wonderful things about the way that they have organized this book is that the letters really pull you in to a period 160 years ago and help you understand the centrality of the written word, particularly at a time when families are frequently separated for the first time and they have provided the information that you need to not only understand the family networks, but the community networks and the postal network and what s happening geopolitically in the united states during the civil war. so really looking forward to this talk. lynn heidelberg is a curator here at the smithsonian national postal museum. she s specializes in the history of u.s. postal service and has published essays and created several exhibits, specifically in this case on military mail, including mail call, which you can vi
now it is my distinct pleasure to introduce this book and it s editors, thomas ling, the walter s family letters are here at the national post museum and they are really the heart of this book and one of the wonderful things about the way that they have organized this book is that the letters really pull you into a period 160 years ago, and help me understand the sensuality of the written word, particularly at a time when families were frequently separated for. first-time they have provided the information you need to not win the understand the family networks by community networks, postal network, what is happening geopolitically in the united states during the civil war. really looking forward to this talk. lynn is a curator at the smithsonian national postal museum. she specializes in the use of the u.s. history postal service. as well as my fellow soldiers, letters from world war i from which you can see at the smithsonian secretaries research prize in 28 1918. thomas
now it is my distinct pleasure to introduce this book and its editors. tom and lynn. the walters family letters are here at the national postal museum, and they are really at the heart of this book. and one of the wonderful things about the way that they have organized this book is that the letters really pull you in to a period 160 years ago and help you understand the centrality of the written word, particularly at a time when families are frequently separated for the first time and they have provided the information that you need to not only understand the family networks, but the community networks and the postal network and what s happening geopolitically in the united states during the civil war. so really looking forward to this talk. lynn heidelberg is a curator here at the smithsonian national postal museum. she s specializes in the history of u.s. postal service and has published essays and created several exhibits, specifically in this case on military mail, includ
now it is my distinct pleasure to introduce this book and its editors. tom and lynn. the walters family letters are here at the national postal museum, and they are really at the heart of this book. and one of the wonderful things about the way that they have organized this book is that the letters really pull you in to a period 160 years ago and help you understand the centrality of the written word, particularly at a time when families are frequently separated for the first time and they have provided the information that you need to not only understand the family networks, but the community networks and the postal network and what s happening geopolitically in the united states during the civil war. so really looking forward to this talk. lynn heidelberg is a curator here at the smithsonian national postal museum. she s specializes in the history of u.s. postal service and has published essays and created several exhibits, specifically in this case on military mail, includ