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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).

Woman @ Desk,
Harry Mellon Rhoads, photographer,
[between 1920 and 1930?].
Western History/Genealogy Department, Denver Public Library / Library of Congress

A young Man’s Opportunity for Work, Play, Study & Health
Albert M. Bender, artist,
Chicago: Illinois WPA Art Project, [1941]
Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress

The Children’s Object Book,
pp. 25-26,
London; New York: F. Warne & Co., [188-?].
Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress

Meeting of the Mechanics and Others of the City of Washington,
broadside,
Washington, D.C., 1852.
Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress
American Quarterly [official journal site]
American Quarterly [editorial site]