Guest Speaker LuAnn Mims

Please join us as we welcome LuAnn Mims as our featured guest speaker – Lakeland History and Culture Center, with a focus on the Wolfson Collection.

Bio for LuAnn Mims

Education – BA history, secondary education certification – UNC Wilmington

MA -public history – UNC-Wilmington

MLS – library science – North Carolina Central University

Work – Special Collections/ museums and academic facilities for majority of 20 plus year career

Multiple locations in North Carolina, Illinois and Florida

2009-2014 Came to Lakeland to work for Florida Southern College @ McKay Archives

2014-2015 librarian at Bok tower Gardens

2015-2016 Polk County History Center – Historical Genealogical Library

2017 City of Lakeland Public Library Special Collections- current supervisor of the Lakeland History and Culture Center