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    Home Alone in a Simulated Mars NASA astronaut and scientist Kate Greene discusses her forthcoming book, "Once Upon a Time I Lived on Mars: Space, Exploration and Life on Earth," with the Library's Marie Arana. Greene lived in a simulated Martian environment located on the slopes of Mauna Loa in Hawai'i and spent several months in isolation, doing research. She has a lot to say about the stress, loneliness and...
    • Contributor: Greene, Kate - Arana, Marie
    • Date: 2020-05-14
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    Bradley Carroll Palmer Collection Army, Persian Gulf War, 1991 - Fort Irwin, California; Berlin, Germany; Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Fort Benning, Georgia; Southwest Asia. Sergeant Major, Army, Iraq War, 2003-2011 - Iraq. Sergeant Major, Army, Afghan War, 2001-.
    • Contributor: Palmer, Bradley Carroll - Thomas, Cooper - Boy Scouts of America
    • Date: 1990
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    Richard Alan Knight Collection Specialist, Army, Afghan War, 2001- - Fort AP Hill, Virginia; Germany; Missouri; Ohio.
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    Jeff McDonald Collection Lieutenant, Navy, Afghan War, 2001- - Groton, Connecticut; Italy; Guam (Mariana Islands).
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    Fieldwork in the Post-Pandemic World: Adaptation, Innovation and the Future Sponsored by the American Folklife Center, this two-part webinar series will feature recent and current Archie Green Fellows discussing the impact of the pandemic on their fieldwork experiences while documenting occupational folklife for the American Folklife Center.
    • Contributor: Groce, Nancy - Millar, Ed - Filkins, Sarah
    • Date: 2021-07-13
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    Fault Lines in the Constitution: The Framers, Their Fights & the Flaws Cynthia and Sanford Levinson, authors of the children's book "Fault Lines in the Constitution," visited the Library's Young Readers Center to talk to local students about the Constitution.
    • Contributor: Levinson, Sanford - Levinson, Cynthia
    • Date: 2018-09-17
  • personal narrative
    Tracy Weddle Collection Lieutenant Commander, Navy, Persian Gulf War, 1991 - Barber's Point, Hawaii; Whidbey Island, Washington; Okinawa, Japan; Fort Worth, Texas.
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    Anxieties of Authorship & Ownership: Intellectual Property, Indigenous Collections & Decolonial Futures Jane Anderson discussed the philosophical and practical problems for intellectual property law and the protection of Indigenous/traditional knowledge resources and cultural heritage.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - American Folklife Center
    • Date: 2013
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    2017 Junior Fellows Summer Intern Program Junior Fellows from the 2017 summer intern program share their cumulative experiences and discoveries during the final display day at the Library of Congress. The Junior Fellows Program is a paid, 10-week internship.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress
    • Date: 2017
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    Foundations: Analyzing Complex Images In this webinar, participants will learn and apply foundational strategies for analyzing primary sources that are particularly rich and complex in detail. When working with such images, how can we help students notice and examine details that may otherwise go unnoticed? And how can we help them relate these details to one another, in order to arrive at a fuller understanding of the whole?...
    • Contributor: Lederle, Cheryl - Apfeldorf, Michael
    • Date: 2021-06-29
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    Rosie the Riveter: Real Women Workers in World War II Sheridan Harvey explores the evolution of "Rosie the Riveter"and discusses the lives of real women workers in World War II.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress
    • Date: 2003
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    World Avoided: How Science & Policy Solved a Global Ozone Crisis Imagine a world where a five-minute walk could give you a sunburn. This could have happened if not for the Montreal Protocol, signed in 1987. Scientist Paul Newman spoke about the current status of the ozone layer and prospects for the future.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Science, Technology, and Business Division
    • Date: 2015
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    Public Domain: Celebrating the Lifecycle of Copyright Several creators spoke about works in the public domain and provided an overview of their creative process. They discussed what the public domain is and how it has changed since the internet, and answered questions from the audience.
    • Contributor: Temple, Karyn A. - Lanier, Douglas - Levandusky, Whitney - West, Ben - Rowland, Catherine Zaller - Seavey, Nina Gilden
    • Date: 2019-01-16
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    Homegrown Plus: Reggie Harris We're continuing the Homegrown Plus series with Reggie Harris, who is a singer, songwriter, and storyteller on a mission to educate, entertain, and inspire. Many of us here at AFC have admired Reggie for years. In particular, his tours and recordings educating people about the Underground Railroad through song and story have made an important contribution to countless Americans' understanding of African American history....
    • Contributor: Winick, Stephen
    • Date: 2022-02-03
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    Steve Coll: 2018 National Book Festival Steve Coll discusses "Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan" at the 2018 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
    • Contributor: Coll, Steve
    • Date: 2018-09-01
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    The Connection Between the U.S.Independence and the Hispanic American Independence Movement Allan Brewer-Carías discussed the Connection between the U.S. Independence and the Hispanic American Independence Movement in the context of several key constitutional law books published in the United States at the beginning of the 19th century.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Law Library of Congress (U.S.)
    • Date: 2011
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    Brandon S. Kelly Collection Specialist, Army, Iraq War, 2003-2011 - Iraq; Kuwait.
    • Contributor: Trott, Wendy Carmen - Kelly, Brandon S. - Delaware Technical & Community College
    • Date: 2006
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    National Security and the Constitution The Law Library of Congress hosted a panel discussion on "National Security and the Constitution." Law Library specialist and constitutional scholar, Louis Fisher, chaired the panel comprised of Brian McKeon, deputy staff director and chief counsel for the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, and Michael O'Neill, minority chief counsel and staff director for the Senate Committee on the Judiciary. The three discussed the constitutional...
    • Contributor: McKeon, Brian - Fisher, Louis - O'Neill, Michael
    • Date: 2007-09-12
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    Stacey Ann Lena Gregoire Collection Lance Corporal, Marine Corps, Iraq War, 2003-2011 - New River, North Carolina; Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina; San Angelo, Texas; Kuwait; Qatar.
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    Conversation with Wynton Marsalis Kazem Abdullah leads a conversation with Jazz at Lincoln Center Artistic Director Wynton Marsalis. They discuss his work, "A Fiddler's Tale" and his collaboration and work with Stanley Crouch.
    • Contributor: Marsalis, Wynton - Abdullah, Kazem
    • Date: 2021-10-08
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    Literacy Awards 10-Year Anniversary The Library of Congress celebrates ten years of recognizing outstanding organizations that promote literacy and reading in the United States and abroad through the Literacy Awards Program. Since 2013 and through the generous support of philanthropist David M. Rubenstein, the Library of Congress Literacy Awards Program has emphasized the urgent need to achieve universal literacy. This short video highlights the impact of the Literacy...
    • Contributor: Hayden, Carla
    • Date: 2022-12-05
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    Remembering James Madison: Character, Vision & Experience At a symposium celebrating the 250th anniversary of the birth of James Madison, Drew McCoy discussed his many significant contributions to the nation's history, such as his defense of religious liberty, his role as architect and principal defender of the Constitution of the United States, his introduction of the legislation that produced the Bill of Rights, and his service as secretary of state (1801-1809)...
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
    • Date: 2001
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    150th Anniversary of the J&R Lamb Studios: Afternoon Session Art and architectural historians and design community insiders assembled at the Library of Congress for a symposium celebrating 150 years of J&R Lamb Studios, America's oldest continuously-run decorative arts firm, which preceded and influenced the studios of both John LaFarge and Louis C. Tiffany. The Library of Congress acquired the J&R Lamb Studios archives in 2003 to 2004. The collection contains company records and...
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Prints and Photographs Division
    • Date: 2007
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    John Farmer Dean, Jr. Collection Air Force, Cold War - Arkansas; Mississippi; Alabama; Germany; Japan. Lieutenant Colonel, Air Force, War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 - Alabama; United Arab Emirates; Saudi Arabia; Kuwait.
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    Once upon a time. The complete fourth season
    Once upon a time Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available
    Soon after Emma and Hook unwittingly bring Elsa of Arendelle to Storybrooke, they encounter the mysterious "Snow Queen," whose relentless obsession with both Emma and Elsa has chilling consequences. Meanwhile, it appears Regina has at last found true love with Robin Hood, but how will she react when her happy ending is thwarted yet again by a maddening, seemingly pre-ordained twist of fate?
    • Contributor: Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm) - Dallas, Joshua - Horowitz, Adam - De Ravin, Emilie - Gilmore, Jared S. - O'Donoghue, Colin - Abc Television Network - Abc Studios - Kitsis, Eddy - Goodwin, Ginnifer - Parrilla, Lana - Carlyle, Robert - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Morrison, Jennifer
    • Date: 2015