Occasional musings from an academic historian. June 22, 2015 by vivdunstan. My husband and I are both graduates of Computer Science at St Andrews. Because of this we received invitations to go to a day celebrating Internet founding father Dr Vint Cerf who is to get an honorary degree this week from the university. The day had a large number of talks. Then on to the evening session.

Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing. I went to high school. My hair was long and sort of blonde, but mostly brown. Once I was a blonde and it was hard to let this go. I mean, my hair was part of my identity and I had always been a long blonde haired girl. I played a mentally disab.

Alison Clemens is an Archivist at The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Prior to her time at the Beinecke, Alison built her special collections experience by contributing to achieving the goals of institutions including The University of Houston. The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.