Archive Treasures: Stamps

Archive Treasures: Stamps

Archive Treasures Kimberly Beals – Lead Archivist, Secretary to the Board of FREA Stamps: Not Just for Snail-Mail Anymore Stamp collecting, or philately, is both FASINATING & FUN! Exploring a collection that was not yours and digging deep to determine why it was...
Bells of Note

Bells of Note

Bells of Note The Symbologist Michelle Snyder When you were a kid, did you ride a bike with a bell on it that you rang with your thumb? Is there a church near you with bells that peal on days of worship? Many expressions are about bells: saved by the bell, clear as a...
Kabbalah, Cabala, Qabalah

Kabbalah, Cabala, Qabalah

Kabbalah, Cabala, Qabalah The Symbologist Michelle Snyder Long before there were religious concepts of good and evil there was magic. In this magic pool arose an occult philosophy called the cabala. The name is from Hebrew qibbel, which means to receive, and signifies...
Rocks In My Head

Rocks In My Head

Rocks in My Head Peyton Beals: Geologic Consultant to FREA The Strange Case of the ‘Bright and Shiny Things’ The first Ph.D. degree that Dr. Robert Duncan Enzmann earned was in geology.  As I also possess a degree in geology, I understand the allure of fascinating...
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