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COVID Recollections: Now Available – First Collection of Frontline Worker Interviews from the COVID-19 American History Project

Posted by: Douglas D. Peach

The first interviews documented for the COVID-19 American History Project--an initiative of the American Folklife Center to create an archival collection of Americans' experiences with the COVID-19 pandemic--are now available in the online collections of the Library of Congress. In this post, learn more about the workers featured in the interviews, find out how to access their stories, and explore how you can have your pandemic story preserved as part of the COVID-19 American History Project.

Posted in: Acquisitions, African Americans, COVID-19 American History Project, COVID-19 pandemic, Fieldwork, Oral History, Tourism

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COVID Recollections: “People Make the World Move”- Pandemic Stories from New Orleans-Area Service and Hospitality Workers

Posted by: Douglas D. Peach

In this post, guest authors Sara T. Bernstein and Elise Chatelain, members of Dismantle Media and Culture Alliance, describe their experiences documenting the COVID-19 experiences of service and hospitality workers in New Orleans as part of the American Folklife Center's COVID-19 American History Project. This post is the first in a new Folklife Today blog series titled, "COVID Recollections." The series features stories, dispatches, and reflections from the COVID-19 American History Project, a Congressionally funded initiative to create an archive of Americans' experiences with the COVID-19 pandemic at the American Folklife Center.

Posted in: African Americans, Asian Americans, COVID-19 American History Project, COVID-19 pandemic, Cultural Heritage, Fieldwork, Louisiana, Narratives, Oral History, Storytelling, Tourism, Uncategorized