This Episode in our online series The Research Group Speaks”<\/a> offers Anniversary Reflections<\/strong> for the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence, as we draw on highlights of our history, reflect on memories and people, and bring forth observations from living memory.<\/p>\n Florence, Italy, Ponte Vecchio from Ponte alle Grazie. Photo: Ingo Mehling, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons<\/p><\/div>\n In keeping with the Theme of our Anniversary Year, Bridges<\/a>, this Episode gives the opportunity to share recollections, with series of comments in a roundtable conversation.<\/p>\n Subjects include recollections of people, events, and landmarks in the history and legacy of the RGME as we celebrate our heritage and achievements during the 2024 Anniversary Year<\/strong> and beyond.\u00a0 For example, we wish to bring forth the memories preserved in Oral Tradition<\/strong>, with their stories to tell and people’s memories to preserve and share.<\/p>\n James Marrow and Giles Constable at the Meeting of the Honorary Trustees of the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence, 13 December 2013 Photography by Mildred Budny<\/p><\/div>\n People to remember include<\/p>\n Would you like to suggest more names as memorials?<\/p>\n In preparation, we would circulate a survey asking people if they would like<\/p>\n Also, might you have some souvenirs or photographs from RGME events that you would like to share with the audience of the Episode and\/or with the RGME Library & Archives?\u00a0 We would be glad to see them.<\/p>\n We encourage you to join the conversation and celebrations.<\/p>\n Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n Would you like to propose someone for an Award for contributions to the RGME?\u00a0 Please let us know your nominations, with a description of the reasons for them.<\/p>\n A delightful pair of Awards, both earnest and lighthearted, with an Award Ceremony, can be seen in the Certificates or ‘Diplomas’ which our late Associate, James P. Heidere, displayed by turns on the walls of his dental office and his kitchen at home.<\/p>\n James Heidere with his RGME Associate’s ‘Diploma’<\/p><\/div>\n See Heidere: Diplomas and Investiture<\/a> (2002).<\/p>\n Information<\/strong> about our Episode 17:<\/p>\n For this event, we celebrate RGME history, impact, and potential.<\/p>\n Register<\/strong> for the Episode:<\/p>\n *****<\/p>\n Please Contact Us<\/a> or visit<\/p>\n Donations and contributions , in funds or in kind, are welcome and easy to give.<\/p>\n![\"Florence,](\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Ponte_Vecchio_from_Ponte_alle_Grazie-1024x570.jpg\")
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\nElizabeth (“Peggy”) A.E. Brown<\/a><\/li>\nSurvey Questions as Recollections, Souvenirs, and Records<\/h3>\n
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