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American leaders speak recordings from World War I and the 1920 election The Nation's Forum Collection consists of fifty-nine sound recordings of speeches by American leaders from 1918-1920. The speeches focus on issues and events surrounding the First World War and the subsequent presidential election of 1920. Speakers include: Warren G. Harding, James Cox, Calvin Coolidge, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Samuel Gompers, Henry Cabot Lodge, and John J. Pershing. Speeches range from one to five minutes |
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Buckaroos in paradise ranching culture in northern Nevada, 1945-1982 The Buckaroos in Paradise collection presents documentation of a Nevada cattle-ranching community created by the Paradise Valley Folklife Project, with a focus on the family-run Ninety-Six Ranch. This collection includes 41 motion pictures and 28 sound recordings that document the work and life of the Ninety-Six Ranch and its cowboys, known in the region as buckaroos |
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Voices from the days of slavery former slaves tell their stories Provides the opportunity to listen to former slaves describe their lives. These interviews, conducted between 1932 and 1975, capture the recollections of twenty-three identifiable people born between 1823 and the early 1860s and known to have been former slaves. Part of American Memory |
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