by Convivial | Jan 22, 2014 | Letters
Amazing research day with Rick and Megan Prelinger at The Prelinger Library. The stacks of books, periodicals, printed ephemera and government documents are an incredible resource for our personal, popular culture approach to our stories. The library is located in San...
by Convivial | Nov 3, 2013 | Hess Family
In LETTER FROM CLOUDCROFT, a daughter uncovers the alliance between American and German rocket scientists in 1940’s New Mexico through her Jewish Father’s letters, discovered after his death. One still unopened 1946 letter from the Lodge at Cloudcroft...
by Convivial | Nov 10, 2012 | Documentary, Hess Family, Letters
Opening The Letter From Cloudcroft Symposium Speakers The unopened 1946 letter and associated intact letter collection provided a unique, personal touchstone for this unprecedented gathering of scholars and lay professionals addressing the complex issues surrounding...
by Convivial | Apr 25, 2012 | Hess Family
I have a cookie jar story to share that connects the present with the past. On a bitter cold day in December I revisited my grandparent’s old neighborhood in Washington Heights- a formerly German Jewish neighborhood in NYC. I hadn’t been there in over 30 years- not...
by Convivial | Apr 11, 2012 | Behind the Scenes
Last weekend, a triad of historic, scientific and spiritually significant events occurred within three days. The religious holidays of Passover and Easter flanked the solemn occasion of the one day public opening in April of Trinity site, the “ground zero” for the...
