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    Civil War Photographs: The Liljenquist Family Collection Close to 700 ambrotype and tintype photographs highlight both Union and Confederate soldiers during the American Civil War. The Liljenquist Family sought out high quality images to represent the impact of the war, especially the young enlisted men. The photographs often show hats, firearms, canteens, musical instruments, painted backdrops, and other details that enhance the research value of the collection. Among the rarest images...
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Prints and Photographs Division
    • Date: 2010
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    Irvin Brad McDougal interview conducted by Brent A. Bjorkman, 2014-06-23 Brad McDougal started in 1980 as a seasonal ticket seller and retired in 2013 as Mammoth Cave's Head Ranger. Recalling his early career, he explains how working as a ticket seller introduced him to working with the public; that working as an interpreter looked like fun; and also talks about "throwing torches" and learning to lead his own tours. Discussing the challenges he encountered,...
    • Contributor: Occupational Folklife Project - McDougal, Brad - Björkman, Brent
    • Date: 2014
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    Lisa Scottoline: Corrupted Lisa Scottoline discusses her book "Corrupted."
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Center for the Book
    • Date: 2015
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    Los Texmaniacs: Traditional Conjunto Dance Music from Texas Los Texmaniacs mix the simplest yet finest ingredients of Texas music to create a sound solidly rooted in tradition, exploding with contemporary vitality. Their versatility has led them to perform at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, the International Accordion Festival, the Kennedy Center, the Governor of Texas Ball, and many major festivals overseas in countries such as Germany, Holland and Spain.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - American Folklife Center
    • Date: 2013
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    Becoming Frum: How Newcomers Learn the Language & Culture of Orthodox Judaism In her book, "Becoming Frum: How Newcomers Learn the Language and Culture of Orthodox Judaism," Sarah Bunin Benor describes how newly orthodox Jews have to adopt not only the laws and customs, but also new speech patterns.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. African and Middle Eastern Division
    • Date: 2013
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    Stephen Houston on Maya Warfare Stephen Houston discussed ancient Maya warfare and the meanings of conflict and its aftermath. Drawing on recent explorations, Houston showcased the lidar technology now revolutionizing the study of Pre-Columbian civilizations.
    • Contributor: Houston, Stephen
    • Date: 2019-04-25
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    Havana Hardball: Spring Training, Jackie Robinson & the Cuban League César Brioso discussed his book which captures the excitement of the Cuban League's greatest pennant race and the anticipation of the looming challenge to Major League Baseball's color barrier.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress. Hispanic Division - Library of Congress
    • Date: 2016
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    Amie Parnes & Jonathan Allen: 2014 National Book Festival Journalists Amie Parnes and Jonathan Allen appear at the 2014 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - National Book Festival (U.S.)
    • Date: 2014
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    Bern Nadette Stanis on Alzheimer's Disease Remembered by her fans as Thelma on the TV series Good Times, Bern Nadette Stanis has written a book to raise awareness about Alzheimer's Disease.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress
    • Date: 2016
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    La Hoja de Mar: Efecto Archipiélago I. Juan Duchesne Winter of the University of Pittsburgh and Ruben Ríos Ávila of NYU presented the book "La hoja de Mar: Efecto Archipiélago I," followed by a conversation with the author, Puerto Rican poet and critic Juan Carlos Quintero-Herencia of the University of Maryland. In Spanish.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress. Hispanic Division - Library of Congress
    • Date: 2017
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    Francisco Goldman: 2014 National Book Festival Francisco Goldman appears at the 2014 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - National Book Festival (U.S.)
    • Date: 2014
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    Teaching & the Veterans History Project Hear from Monica Mohindra from the Veterans History Project on how your students can become involved in using and collecting stories from veterans in your community.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Veterans History Project (U.S.)
    • Date: 2015
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    Composing Civic Harmony Between Declaration & Inauguration Caroline Koons examined songs printed as broadsides from 1776 to 1783 she found in the Library and walked through what it meant to be American based on these early documents. Koons argued that during this formative period in American identity -- between the Declaration of Independence and the inauguration of George Washington -- songs were a uniquely entertaining and educational resource through which to...
    • Contributor: Koons, Caroline
    • Date: 2019-05-16
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    District of Literature Festival - Morning Session A day-long celebration reflecting DC's literary past, present, and future (morning session). Speakers included Dolores Kendrick, A.B. Spellman, Tony Medina and Shakeema Smalls.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Literary Initiatives Office
    • Date: 2013
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    A Conversation with Randy Newman Mark Horowitz talks with award-winning composer and performer Randy Newman about the creative process.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Music Division
    • Date: 2013
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    Samizdat - Civil Disobedience & the Helsinki Process Gabor Demszky discussed the meaning of the Russian word "samizdat," a description of the Helsinki process as historical background of the press and subculture of samizdat, and the development of Hungarian media law since 1986 including its current implications.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress
    • Date: 2013
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    Frederic Courtland Penfield: Last and Undervalued US Minister to Habsburg Vienna in Crisis Historian Kurt Bednar discussed the trying times of the last American ambassador to Austria-Hungary as that empire collapsed during the First World War.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress
    • Date: 2016
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    Stradivari Violas at the Library of Congress Jessica Bodner, Kikuei Ikeda, Carol Lynn Ward-Bamford and John Montgomery discuss the Library's two Stradivari violas, the 1690 "Tuscan-Medici" and the 1727 "Cassavetti."
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Music Division
    • Date: 2013
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    Exploring Invisible Traces in Historic Recordings Twentieth-century audio recordings and motion pictures are important primary source materials for both scholarly analysis and public history, but in many cases essential metadata about them have been lost. Kari Kraus will discuss a new collaborative project at the University of Maryland aimed at recovering the date and time on which a recording was made based on analysis of incidentally captured traces of small...
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Acquisitions and Bibliographic Access Directorate
    • Date: 2013
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    Dramatists Guild of America 100th Birthday The U.S. Copyright Office conducted a program with members of the Dramatists Guild of America on the occasion of its 100th birthday. The program included the Guild's president, Stephen Schwartz (Wicked, Godspell, Pippin), Marsha Norman ('night, Mother, The Secret Garden), Doug Wright (I Am My Own Wife, Grey Gardens), Gwydion Suilebhan (Anthem, Cracked), and the Guild's executive director of business affairs Ralph Sevush.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress
    • Date: 2014
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    Hervé Tullet: 2016 National Book Festival Hervé Tullet discusses "Let's Play" at the 2016 Library of Congress Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - National Book Festival (U.S.)
    • Date: 2016
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    Words, Images & Music: A Dialogue on Torquato Tasso & the Arts Laura Benedetti of Georgetown University and Peter Lukehart of the National Gallery of Art discuss 16th Century Italian poet Torquato Tasso in a program co-sponsored by the Embassy of Italy and the Italian Cultural Institute in Washington.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Music Division - John W. Kluge Center (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 2017
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    Dennis Speicher Collection Sergeant Major, Army, War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 - Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri; Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana; Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania.
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    The 78 Project: Documenting Historic Sound in the Contemporary World Since August 2011, Alex Steyermark and Lavinia Jones Wright have been traveling across the United States, recording contemporary musicians on a 1930s Presto disc recorder, and filming their journey for an ongoing web series and a recently completed feature film. During this event they screened the film, "The 78 Project Movie," answered questions about the project and their experiences, and demonstrated their process as...
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - American Folklife Center
    • Date: 2014
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    Gottschalk's Olde Souvenir Shoppe The Library's James Wintle discussed the music of Louis Moreau Gottschalk.
    • Contributor: Wintle, James
    • Date: 2019-03-23