Decorah (and Luther) grad featured on CBS's "60 Minutes"

A 1996 Decorah High School graduate and 2000 Luther College graduate has ties to a manuscript library which will be featured Sunday night on CBS's "60 Minutes."

Elizabeth Kephart Reisinger is the Communications & Marketing Manager for the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library at Saint John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota.  The organization is partnering with displaced Iraqi Christians to digitize thousands of manuscripts that document the region's culture and history. These collections are at risk of disappearing because of war, looting, disasters and neglect.  HMML is currently digitizing both Christian and Islamic manuscript collections at 16 fieldwork sites in 11 countries.

"60 Minutes" news correspondent Lesley Stahl interviewed HMML Executive Director the Rev. Columba Stewart in Iraq.  A preview of the program is available at: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/saving-history-from-isis-destruction/