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“The Sun’s Gonna Shine In My Back Door Someday”: Songs Of Hope In A Time Of Fear
Fabrizio Cammarata took the Archive Challenge in 2019. Publicity photo courtesy of the artist. This guest post by Jennifer Cutting is part of a series of blog posts highlighting performances by...
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On Remote Fieldwork and “Shifting Gears”
Professor Nicole King discussing a consent form with Lonnie Combs in his shop on W. Baltimore St., Baltimore, with students Dawn Baskin and DeAndre Bright. 2019. Photo by William Shewbridge. I find...
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Finding Solace in California Gold
Sidney Robertson Cowell, copying California Folk Music Project recordings for the Library of Congress. Photo taken in the project office on Shattuck Ave., Berkeley, California in early 1939. Find the...
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Inspiration for an Archivist: John Cohen, Tommy Jarrell, and the Blue Ridge.
John Cohen plays traditional American music learned directly from the collections at the American Folklife Center during the “Treasures from the Archives Roadshow,” which he played with the Down Hill...
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Remote fieldwork: tech considerations
Man who, by remote control, operates cable cars which carry materials to construction work at Shasta Dam. Shasta County, California. Russel Lee, 1941. fsa 8c23336 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8c23336 My...
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Folksong Collector and Singer Margaret MacArthur
Margaret MacArthur with her Senator, James Jeffords of Vermont, who came to see her concert at the Library of Congress in 2005. The instrument she holds is a harp-zither, known in New England as the...
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Working Together Apart: Time on My Side
The following is a guest blog post by Tamika Brown, a processing technician for the Library of Congress Veterans History Project (VHP). It is the first in a series of posts from VHP staff. Be careful...
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Keeping Busy in Chicago
Blues singer Mary Lane performing at Theresa’s Lounge, July 11, 1977. Photo by Jonas Dovydenas. AFC 1981/004: b53460 This post is part of a series called Staff Finds During Difficult Times, in which...
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Getting Inspired from Home on the Folklife Today Podcast!
Episode eighteen of the Folklife Today Podcast (or Season 2, Episode 6) is ready for listening! Find it at this page on the Library’s website, or on Stitcher, iTunes, or your usual podcatcher. Get your...
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AVIATORS WANTED: Training Those Willing to Fly to Fill the Sky
This is the second blog in a series marking the 75th Anniversary of the End of World War II and will feature an “Aviator Flight Log Book” which will be available during the Arsenal of Democracy Flyover...
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