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Jan. 9 | Call for papers: Identities and Technocultures
A 2-day conference about American culture and technologies that examines how new technologies dominate and define Americaness in the US and abroad. Co-sponsored by the University of Iowa Center for Ethnic Studies and the Arts (CESA) and the Mid-America American Studies Association (MAASA).
About: Header Images
Mike Evans, a Welder
Mike Evans, a welder, at the rip tracks at Proviso yard of the C & NW RR, Chicago, Ill.
Jack Delano, photographer,
1943.
Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
The Children’s Object Book
The Children’s Object Book,
pp. 25-26,
London; New York: F. Warne & Co., [188-?].
Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress
Elaine Cerri in Kitchen of Main Residence
Elaine Cerri in Kitchen of Main Residence,
Howard W. Marshall, photographer,
1979.
American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
“Labor, Work, Action”
“Labor, Work, Action,“
Hannah Arendt,
typescript lecture, 1967.
The Hannah Arendt Papers at the Library of Congress,
Series: Speeches and Writings File, 1923-1975.
Manuscript Division, Library of Congress
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