I read this story after the Monday evening Intro to Archives I class discussion about the Larry River photos. I think it raises interesting questions about how these women’s old report cards differ from Rivers’ photos re privacy, public history.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/14/nyregion/14bigcity.html?scp=1&sq=report%20cards&st=cse
What:
Veterans History Project Open House & Mixer – SAA 2010
The nation’s largest oral history project, the Veterans History Project holds 70,000 first-hand accounts of veterans from World War I through Iraq and Afghanistan. Created by Congress in 2000, VHP resides within the Library’s American Folklife Center, and works with folklorists, community organizations, Members of Congress and volunteers across the country to collect the oral histories, letters, photographs, artwork, and home movie footage of veterans. Hundreds of collections arrive each month.
As part of our tenth anniversary, VHP invites SAA attendees to join us for an Open House at our Information Center in the Library of Congress Madison Building. View collections, learn about our project, meet members of our processing and collections development teams, and watch excerpts of oral history.
Following the Open House, join VHP and the SAA Oral History Section for a happy hour mixer at Capitol Lounge, a Capitol Hill fixture.
Interested participants are also encouraged to register for a tour of the American Folklife Center at either 3 or 4 p.m. in the Library’s Jefferson building.
Where:
Library of Congress
James Madison Memorial Building
Room 109
101 Independence Ave. SE
Washington, D.C. 20540-4615
When:
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
3:30 – 5:00 p.m., Open House (Library of Congress Madison Building #109)
5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m., Mixer (Capitol Lounge, on Capitol Hill)
Contact:
(202) 707-4916 or (888) 371-5848
Directions:
http://www.loc.gov/visit/directions.html
http://www.capitolloungedc.com/location
Update 11/3/09: Be sure to check out Andrea’s Culper Spy Ring website, which she built as part of an independent study for the program.
Congratulations to Andrea Meyer, who recently co-authored a fascinating article on the Culper Spy Ring that has been published in the New York State Archives magazine. The article is an outgrowth of research that Andrea has been conducting for the past several years on Long Island and Westchester County spies during the American Revolution. Follow the link below and enjoy the article. Go Andrea!
http://www.archives.nysed.gov/apt/magazine/archivesmag_fall09_000.pdf
Peter J. Wosh
Director, Archives/Public History Program
History Department
New York University
53 Washington Square South
New York NY 10012
Phone: (212) 998-8601
Fax: (212) 995-4017
http://history.fas.nyu.edu/object/history.gradprog.archivespublichistory.html
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