The Unlocking History Team
Unlocking History is the name for our group of conservators, paleographers, literary scholars, historians, publishers, book-artists, imaging experts, engineers, and scientists who are interested in the historical practice of letterlocking. We want to make sure letters are conserved properly so that they can be studied for the verifiable secrets they reveal. The material features of letters can speak to us about the past, but in order to hear them we have to learn their language.
UH Team
Dr Athanasios Velios | Orcid Bibliography
Years active: 2017–Present
linked data Consultant for the Dictionary of Letterlocking. Reader in Documentation, University of the Arts London
Teresa Leone
Years active: 2015–Present
Copy editor of the Dictionary of Letterlocking. Ohio
MICA CAine’26
Years Active: 2026
Unlocking History REsearch Group Archive Processing team, MIT, instructional Video Collaborator
Linda Evans and Walter Evans, MD
Years active: 2021–present
Laura Bergemann | Orcid bibliography
Years active: 2017–2021; 2024–2025
Graduate Student, New York University, Institute of Fine Arts, New York
Holly Jackson | Orcid Bibliography
Years active: 2015–2021
Algorithm Engineer, MIT Class of 2022. NASA Ames Research Center, Coded Structures Lab
Dr David Mills | Orcid bibliography
Years active: 2015–2021
Queen Mary, University of London, Institute of Dentistry
Sheree Watson, MD.
Years active: 2019–2024
Copy editor. and Researcher, New York
Years active: 2015–Present
Senior Lecturer & Associate Director, Department of Material Science and Engineering, MIT
Yasmeen Alfaqeeh. LeAd Illustrator and Designer. California
Years active: 20122–2023
Dorian Aguilar Copy Editor. California
Years active: 2022–2023
Dr Ruben Verwaal | orcid bibliography
Years active: 2017–2021
Curator, Erasmus University Medical Centre
Dennis Flynn
Years active: 2015–2021
Editor
Katheryn Scott
Years active: 2016–2017
MIT Class of 2018. Department of Material Science and Engineering, MIT
Ayako Letizia | Orcid ID
Years active: 2014–2021
2016–2020 Rare Book and Manuscript Conservator, Team member and Research Assistant.
Jordi Rocha
Years active: 2019–2021
2020–2021 Social Media Outreach Lead and Research Assistant, Finland
Rufeida alhatimy
Years active: 2018
2020 King’s Undergraduate research fellow (KURF), King’s College London, UK
Camille Dekeyser
Years active: 2016
Rare Book and Manuscript Conservator. England
Tomas Brown
Years active: 2018
2018 King's Undergraduate Research Fellow (KURF), King's College London, UK
simon Kim
Years active: 2018
2018 Wunsch Conservation Lab Student Worker, MIT
Caitlin Jenkins
Years active: 2016
2017 King's Undergraduate Research Fellow (KURF), King's College London, UK
Michael Christiansen, PH.D
Years active: 2017
Graduate Student, 2017, Department of Material Science and Engineering, MIT
Zimin Cheng
Years active: 2021
2017 King's Undergraduate Research Fellow (KURF), King's College London, UK
Udit Mahalingam
Years active: 2021
2021 King's Undergraduate Research Fellow (KURF), King's College London, UK
Millie Sidebottom
Years active: 2021
2021 King's Undergraduate Research Fellow (KURF), King's College London, UK
Alison Wiggins, PhD, Years active: 2021
Am Chunnananda, Years active: 2026
Amanda Gittens, Years active: 2023–2024
Andrea Clarke, Years active: 2021
Ariana Rutledge, Years active: 2024
Brian Chan, Years active: 2014
Caroline Chea, Years active: 2024
Cindy Zang, Years active: 2026
Dagmar Freist, Years active: 2017–2019
Diana Henderson, Years active: 2016–2018
Emilie Hardman, Years active: 2018–2021
Emily Berkemeyer, Years active: 2026
Hanna Agwunobi, Years active: 2026
Heidi Kyle, Years active: 2023
Jacky Martin, Years active: 2018
Jessica Spring, Years active: 2021
Jonas Kantola, Years active: 2022
Justyna Wubs-Mrozewicz, Years active: 2022
Kate Cherian, Years active: 2016
Leslie Morris, Years active: 2024
Linnea Vegh, Years active: 2018
Lorraine Bigrigg, Years active: 2022
Lucas Haasis | Orcid bib | Years active: 2017–2025
Marc Hammonds, Years active: 2018
Mark Mudge, Years active: 2015–2019
Marlin Lum, Years active: 2015
Matthew Li, Years active: 2017–2018
Mica Caine: Years active: 2026
Nicholas Sikellis, Years active: 2023
Oliver Khan, Years active: 2026
Patricia Merrikin, Years active: 2022
Reb Leu, Years active: 2026
Stephen Skuce, Years active: 2016–2017
Ulla Warchol, Years active: 2023
Vincent Thuet, Years active: 2016
Our team of letterlockers
Our Partners
Early Modern Letters Online (EMLO)
Cultures of Knowledge, a collaboration between the Bodleian Library and the Humanities Division of the University of Oxford. EMLO is the first online platform to adopt our letterlocking format and category assignments for letters found in the Brienne Collection catalogue.