Archive: September 2021 (2 Posts)

Refined by: (Author) Natalie Burclaff; (Year) 2021; (Month) September

Honoring Hispanic Americans: Celebrating Mexican American Contributions

September 24, 2021

Explore Mexican American contributions to the U.S. economy using collections from the Occupational Folklife Project (OFP), the related individual worker reflections celebrated in the new America Works podcast, and the StoryCorps project, which has its archive at the Library of Congress.

Posted in: Heritage Months, Holidays, and Today in History, Hispanic American History

Prospector with a 5 o'clock shadow, mustache and pipe, who has dropped his pickaxe for a geiger counter.

Prospecting for Uranium

September 16, 2021

Posted by: Natalie Burclaff

The United States Atomic Energy Commission started an effort in 1947 to identify and develop domestic sources of uranium for purposes of national security, putting out advertisements and offering financial incentives, which created a uranium rush of those hoping to strike it rich.

Posted in: Business, Technical Reports and Standards

Refined by: (Author) Natalie Burclaff; (Year) 2021; (Month) September