Rebecca Rector

Rebecca Rector of Troy, N.Y., is a history and genealogy researcher, and retired librarian from Siena College. She has been transcribing letters and diaries for Newberry Library and National Archives for the past three years.

Some of my story ideas come from items that I transcribe, or something that I see on Facebook

which catches my interest, and I then do some research to determine if there is a good story to be told.”\

Winged Skulls and Poetic Epitaphs: The Art and Soul of New England’s Gravestone Carvers

Early Gravestone Carvers of New England

The Petroglyphs of Bellows Falls and Brattleboro

New England Lyceums of Learning, 1820’s-1870’s

Henry Ingersoll, Printer’s Apprentice, Joins the Fight for Venezuelan Freedom, Lands in Prison

Henry Sleeper, Radical, Romantic Antiquarian Designer

George Robert Twelves Hewes, A Last Survivor of the Boston Tea Party

David Wyman, Holocaust Scholar

Rebecca Rector of Troy, N.Y., is a history and genealogy researcher, and retired librarian from Siena College. She has been transcribing letters and diaries for Newberry Library and National Archives for the past three years.

Winged Skulls and Poetic Epitaphs: The Art and Soul of New England’s Gravestone Carvers

Early Gravestone Carvers of New England

The Petroglyphs of Bellows Falls and Brattleboro

New England Lyceums of Learning, 1820’s-1870’s

Henry Ingersoll, Printer’s Apprentice, Joins the Fight for Venezuelan Freedom, Lands in Prison

Henry Sleeper, Radical, Romantic Antiquarian Designer

George Robert Twelves Hewes, A Last Survivor of the Boston Tea Party

David Wyman, Holocaust Scholar

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