User:Nora Lockshin

Hello there, I'm Nora Lockshin. I was encouraged to become a Wikipedian (albeit very occasional) through my work at the Smithsonian Institution Archives, where we hosted Wikipedian in Residence Sarah Stierch during the winter and spring of 2012. By profession, I am a conservator of rare books, manuscripts, archives, and works on paper used to tweet reflections on same under the handle norasnoodlings. Occasional informal articles for the SIA may be found via this blogroll. Professional Associate & occasional wiki editor of the American Institute for Conservation, member & occasional officer of the Guild of Bookworkers. Further street cred, aka LinkedIn profile.[1]

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In my Copious Spare Time, I literally draw on my past as an illustrator and exercise my creative daemons by being a non-stop knitter (Urbanitter on Ravelry), crafter, and general maker of things. I served on the board of a non-profit organization called HairFlair for Hope which makes and provides (through volunteer workshops and donation programs) handcrafted fantasy wigs to people with medically-related hair loss (such as chemotherapy).

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Association of Sewing and Design Professionals - See more at: http://www.sewingprofessionals.org/#sthash.xBbSTTke.dpuf
Betty Reid Soskin
Lilly Rona (-Ehrenhaft) Sculptress https://history.aip.org/ead/20070151.html Lilly Rona papers, Folder VII, Dibner 39088003312154
Dr. Agathe Magnus, Patent matters, Folder VIII, Dibner 39088003312154 - filed for patent in Switzerland "at the time of filing Application 575126 [1944] Professor Magnus was stated to be a 'citizen of German origin now stateless'. Unfortunately , a stateless individual is not able to obtain the benefits of the Boykin Act....[goes on about petitioning Congress to pass a law for consideration of the stateless and if she were to gain Swiss or other citizenry that reciprocates Boykin..) - ltr from Haseltine, Lake & Co, NY to Edmond Lauber, Esq, Geneva SW, Feb 3 1948, (exchangeale by Boykin act if she were to gain Swiss citizenship)
The Club Bindery