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Searching for Nina Tarasova

Posted by: Stephanie Hall

This week the Library of Congress historic newspaper resource, Chronicling America, will pass a milestone of making ten million digitized pages of American newspapers available free online. These papers were selected by institutions in thirty-eight states and territories, with more expected to be added. When I was working on an article, “Russian American Song,” for …

Posted in: Folk Music, Folksong, Jewish American History, Jewish Americans, russian americans

A man playing a guitar and singing to a close crowd of a dozen or so men and women

What is it About May?

Posted by: Lisa Taylor

I confess. I always get a little giddy in May. Maybe it’s because the longer, warmer days of May mark the impending arrival of summer, my absolute favorite season. Yes, I am one of the rare lovers of brutally hot, humid DC summers. Or maybe May brings out the giddiness in me because I admire …

Posted in: Asian American History, Cultural Heritage, Jewish American History, Jewish Americans, Narratives, Oral History, Storytelling, Veterans History Project