Contributor:
Whitworth, Vester, Mrs - Todd, Charles L. - Ward, Zelmer - Sonkin, Robert
Date:1940-08-01
Audio Recording
Missa de Beata Virgine ; Motets
The Brabant Ensemble continues its exploration of hidden gems of the Renaissance with an album of music by Antoine Brumel, famous for his 'Earthquake' Mass but otherwise barely known today.
Contributor:
Brumel, Antoine - Rice, Stephen James - Brabant Ensemble
Contributor:
Baca, Jimmy Santiago - Dorn, Georgette M. - Palabra Archive (Library of Congress) - Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape (Library of Congress)
Date:2004
Audio Recording
Oral history interview of Tsering Lhazom
The interviewee was born in Tsöna to a düjung household where she worked as an ula. She tells of the earthquake that claimed the lives of many of her family members. Later,…
Contributor:
Goldstein, Melvyn C. - Tibet Oral History and Archive Project
Deep silence
Terrorists-for-hire have created a weapon that can induce earthquakes and cause dormant volcanoes to erupt. One terrifying side effect of the weapon is that prior to the devastation, the vibrations drive ordinary…
Contributor:
Maberry, Jonathan - Porter, Ray
Date:2018
Audio Recording
Innercity griots
Inner city griots
Inner City Griots is a progressive hip-hop masterpiece and an incredible display of lyrical elevation that expands rap music's boundaries. Songs like Inner City Boundaries, Park Bench People, and Bullies of the…
War doctor : surgery on the front line
Surgery on the front line
For more than twenty-five years, David Nott has taken unpaid leave from his job as a general and vascular surgeon with the NHS to volunteer in some of the world's most dangerous…
Harold Arthur Tomb Collection
Corporal, Army Air Forces/Corps, World War, 1939-1945 - Selfridge Field, Michigan; Bombay, India; China-Burma-India (CBI) Theater.
Contributor:
Tomb, Harold Arthur - Paw Paw District Library, Michigan - Dluge, Donna - Berry-Griffioen, Hillary
Ring Around the Rosie: Metafolklore, Rhyme and Reason
This post looks at the origin of "Ring Around the Rosie" and its history. It asks whether there is any reason to believe the story that the rhyme is about the plague.…
Audio RecordingSanta Barbara Earthquake
Audio RecordingWalter Sargent interview conducted by Josh Wisniewski and Marissa Wilson, 2022-01-22 Walter Sargent was born in Kodiak in 1937 to a family of Indigenous Alaskans and early U.S. settlers, and has worked his entire life as a Kodiak Island commercial fisherman. In this…
Audio RecordingAlfred Quijance interview conducted by Josh Wisniewski and Marissa Wilson, 2022-02-09 Alfred Quijance (b. 1950), a fisherman and subsistence harvester, grew up in the remote Alutiiq/Sugpiaq-speaking community of Old Harbor on Kodiak Island. He learned traditional Native American seining and harvesting before working…
personal narrativeJesse Motsinger Collection Staff Sergeant, Army, Korean War, 1950-1953 - Washington; Korea; Japan.
personal narrativeHarold Arthur Tomb Collection Corporal, Army Air Forces/Corps, World War, 1939-1945 - Selfridge Field, Michigan; Bombay, India; China-Burma-India (CBI) Theater.
Audio RecordingDave Kubiak interview conducted by Marissa Wilson and Josh Wisniewski, 2022-05-01 Dave Kubiak (b. 1948) moved to Kodiak in 1964 with his parents and found work in various sectors of the fishing industry. He also taught school in Kodiak for 20 years. In…
Audio RecordingLenore Gusten interview conducted by Katy Clune and Julia Gartrell, 2021-06-11 Lenore and Joe Gusten established Gusten's Restoration Studio after Joe responded to an advertisement for a ceramics repair class. Lenore discusses their experience in antiques, with collectors, the research and development of…
Audio RecordingJessica Machmueller interview conducted by Charitie V. Hyman, 2019-05-22 Jessica Machmueller, from Manitowoc, Wisconsin, describes growing up on a dairy farm. She says nursing appealed to her because she was good with people. She explains working as a CNA for several…
BlogRing Around the Rosie: Metafolklore, Rhyme and Reason This post looks at the origin of "Ring Around the Rosie" and its history. It asks whether there is any reason to believe the story that the rhyme is about the plague.…