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Archive: August 2016 (6 Posts)

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Five Questions with Jennifer Cutting, Folklife Specialist, American Folklife Center

Posted by: Danna Bell

Folklife - songs, stories, jokes, crafts, and dances which have been handed down from generation to generation - are the unwritten history of the American people, and they help us understand what it is like to belong to a group, whether that group is a family, an ethnic group, a regional group, or a group of workers in the same occupation.

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Five Questions with Ken Drexler, Digital Reference Specialist, Digital Reference Team

Posted by: Danna Bell

Recently I updated our guide to World War I materials, which contains links to online photographs, documents, newspapers, films, sheet music, and sound recordings from the war. With the centennial of the U.S. entry into WWI approaching, I expect that the WWI guide will be particularly useful for teachers and students.