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Film, VideoBringing in the May Jennifer Cutting describes and displays some of the folk traditions surrounding May Day (May 1) in Britain and the United States.
- Contributor: Library of Congress - American Folklife Center
- Date: 2005
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Film, VideoThe History of Household Technology The head of the Library's Science Reference Division describes the evolution in the technology of washing machines, irons and stoves and its effect on the work of women in the home.
- Contributor: Library of Congress
- Date: 2005
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Film, VideoPlant Hunters Connie Carter describes the work of the intrepid group of scientists from the U.S. and beyond who traveled the world collecting plants to enrich botanical knowledge and their nations' gardens.
- Contributor: Library of Congress
- Date: 2014
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Film, VideoRosie 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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Film, VideoLangston Hughes and His Poetry David Kresh discusses Langston Hughes and his poetry.
- Contributor: Library of Congress
- Date: 2003
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Film, VideoQuestionPoint: Reference in a Digital World Diane Kresh discusses QuestionPoint, a collaborative initiative and online service to create a vision of what reference can be in the twenty-first century.
- Contributor: Library of Congress
- Date: 2004
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Film, VideoInside the Library A senior cataloger and longtime docent at the Library of Congress, shares a personal perspective on the Library's historic buildings and collections.
- Contributor: Library of Congress
- Date: 2004
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Film, VideoManuscripts Behind the Scenes The stacks of the Library of Congress's Manuscript Division are the greatest repository of personal papers documenting the nation's political and cultural development--but because their holdings are unique and irreplaceable, the stacks are also closed to visitors and even to scholars. In this Webcast, Marvin Kranz, guides gives a personal tour of the manuscript stacks, highlighting some of their most remarkable holdings and offering...
- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
- Date: 2006
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Film, VideoSchool Gardens Constance Carter, head of the Science Reference Section at the Library of Congress, describes the history of the school garden in America and offers reasons why school gardens are making a comeback.
- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Science, Technology, and Business Division
- Date: 2007
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Film, VideoJournals of a Pioneer Argonaut, Daniel Jenks Sara W. Duke, curator of popular and applied graphic art in the Prints & Photographs Division, uses unique drawings in the Library of Congress and other archival materials to tell the story of a pioneer who went west to search for gold in the mid-19th century.
- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Prints and Photographs Division
- Date: 2008
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Film, VideoCatch the Suffragists' Spirit: The Millers' Suffrage Scrapbooks Rosemary Fry Plakas discusses the seven suffrage scrapbooks compiled between 1897 and 1911 by Elizabeth Smith Miller and her daughter, Anne Fitzhugh Miller of Geneva, New York. The scrapbooks document the activities of the Geneva Political Equality Club, which the Millers founded in 1897, and the persistent efforts of women and men working for women's suffrage at the state, national, and international levels.
- Contributor: Library of Congress
- Date: 2010
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Film, VideoFood Thrift: Scraps from the Past Constance Carter describes the resourceful ways American housewives found to feed their families during hard times of the past.
- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Science, Technology, and Business Division
- Date: 2011
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Film, VideoAbout the FSA Collection Description of the Farm Security Administration-Office of War Information (FSA-OWI) Photograph Collection at the Library of Congress. History of the New Deal photographic unit and its creation of documentary images from 1935 to 1943, which portray scenes of the Great Depression, farms and small town life, and the buildup of American industry for World War II.
- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Prints and Photographs Division
- Date: 2011
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Film, VideoLearning from the FSA Collection Suggestions for using the Farm Security Administration-Office of War Information (FSA-OWI) Photograph Collection at the Library of Congress to support research. Includes case studies of the photographic documentation of the tenant farm community of Gee's Bend in Alabama by Arthur Rothstein in 1937 and of the New Mexico Hispanic community of Las Trampas by John Collier in 1943.
- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Prints and Photographs Division
- Date: 2011