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    Papers of Union staff officers, 1861-1865 Reproduces letters, orders, telegrams and other papers which chronicle military campaigns, tactics and maneuvers, treatment of prisoners of war, and internal workings of the Union military organization from the viewpoint of Union staff officers.
    • Contributor: University Publications of America (Firm) - Beckwith, Adam L. - United States. Army - Lester, Robert - Farmer, Faith
    • Date: 2004
  • Collection
    StoryCorps collection,
    StoryCorps collection | StoryCorps archive
    Collection of sound recordings of more than 56,000 interviews recorded in StoryBooths in New York City and in mobile sound booths at various locations around the United States from 2003-2015. Each interview is approximately 40 minutes long and conducted with the help of a trained facilitator. Most interviews are conducted by family members and friends of the interviewees. Many interviews are accompanied by color...
    • Contributor: American Folklife Center - National Public Radio (U.S.) - Sound Portraits Productions - Storycorps (Project) - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 2003
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    Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston,
    Documenting Katrina and Rita in Houston | Benjamin Botkin folklife lecture | American Folklife Center lecture, 2009-08-13
    Video recording and photographs of a lecture delivered by Carl Lindahl and Pat Jasper in the Mary Pickford Theater, Library of Congress, on August 13, 2009, as part of the Benjamin Botkin Folklife Lecture series sponsored by the American Folklife Center. Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston was the first large-scale project in which the survivors of a major disaster have taken the lead...
    • Contributor: Lindahl, Carl - Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston (Project) - Jasper, Pat - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - American Folklife Center
    • Date: 2009
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    Memorialization and justice as an ancestral imperative : two ...
    American Folklife Center lecture, 2015-06-25
    Ken Bilby, Smithsonian Research Associate, discussed the role of orally transmitted ancestral memory in ongoing struggles to overcome past injustices, which is proving critical in the struggle for human rights, civil rights, and justice. In this context, he reflected on two pathbreaking cases of recent public memorialization: the Moiwana Massacre, which took place in the Republic of Suriname, South America in 1986 and the...
    • Contributor: Bilby, Kenneth M. - American Folklife Center - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 2015
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    Benjamin Luft collection of 9-11 first responders' oral histo...
    Benjamin Luft collection of September 11th first responders' oral histories
    Collection of 328 oral history interviews of individuals impacted by the September 11, 2001 World Trade Center disaster, and interviewee's photographs and manuscript materials documenting their experiences at the site. The collection primarily contains first-person narratives told by World Trade Center site disaster workers: police officers, firefighters, construction workers, demolition specialists, ironworkers, veterinarians, paramedics, and other volunteers at the site.
    • Contributor: Luft, Benjamin J.
    • Date: 2010
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    "We're Not Leaving": responders' oral histories redefine 9/11
    Benjamin Botkin folklife lecture | American Folklife Center lecture, 2011-09-10
    Documentation of a presentation in the Benjamin Botkin Folklife Lecture series sponsored by the American Folklife Center. Dr. Benjamin Luft, Professor of Medicine at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, and founder of the Long Island World Trade Center Medical Monitoring and Treatment Center, which follows approximately 6,000 responders to the 9/11 disaster, discussed the oral histories he has collected as...
    • Contributor: Luft, Benjamin J. - American Folklife Center - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 2011
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    National Book Festival 2002 : American Folklife Center Storyt...
    Second annual National Book Festival : American Folklife Center Storytelling Pavilion, 2002 October 12 | National Book Festival 2002, Storytelling Pavilion | American Folklife Center concert, 2002-10-12
    Collection of planning documents and videorecordings from the American Folklife Center sponsored Storytelling Pavilion at the 2nd annual National Book Festival, held on the West Lawn of the Capitol and the National Mall in Washington, D.C. on October 12, 2002. The AFC Storytelling Pavilion hosted a series of performances from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. The collection includes programs, correspondence, contracts, site maps, performer...
    • Contributor: National Book Festival (U.S.) - American Folklife Center - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 2002
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    Mu Kyong Dickerson interview notes and photographs by Laura M... There is no recording for this interview, only field notes and fieldwork photographs. The interviewer visited the Four Seasons Hat & Wigs shop on two occasions. During the first visit, on the Saturday before Palm Sunday, Laura Marcus Green introduced herself and explained the Baton Rouge Folklife Survey to the proprietor, her employee, and several customers. Both staff and customers shared information about hat...
    • Contributor: Occupational Folklife Project - Dickerson, Mu Kyong - Green, Laura Marcus
    • Date: 2015
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    Nocturnists : Stories from a Pandemic collection, The collection comprises personal narratives from medical professionals and medical students about the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on their professional and personal lives. These audio diaries were self-recorded by the diarists and submitted to The Nocturnists, a podcast and medical storytelling community. Some of the audio diaries were used to produce "The Nocturnists: Stories from a Pandemic," a ten episode series which aired...
    • Contributor: Nocturnists (Organization)
    • Date: 2020