Do you ever listen to NPR? If so, chances are you've heard of StoryCorps. It's a very neat way to experience the everyday history of America. This website can connect you to over 10,000 oral history interviews from across America. Their archive is housed at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress.
StoryCorps has a trailer that they drive across the country to various locations to collect these interviews. In fact, they are just a short drive from us right now. Utah Public Radio is hosting Story Corps this month in Logan. The trailer has been in Logan since 2 August 2007 and will stay through the 25th. The StoryCorps Mobile Booth is located near the Logan Tabernacle on 100 North. If you or someone you know are interested in being interviewed check the Utah Public Radio website to find information about any open appointments. If you don't make the booth while it is in Logan, you can find out how to do one yourself so that you can submit to their collection.
If you'd rather just listen, you can also simply browse the interviews that are currently in their collection. These can be browsed by Category, searched by subject or keyword, or you can sign-up to receive podcasts. Here's one I just listened to about the family of Marie DeSantis of New York, NY. She tells about one Christmas during World War II. Visit their website and enjoy listening to some of the individual histories of America!
Elizabeth
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National Treasure to have sequel
‘National Treasure’ at the Library
Posted on: April 30th, 2007 by Matt Raymond
The Library of Congress has been known for its “American Treasures” and “World Treasures” exhibits, but more recently, we have been hosting “National Treasure.” Or, more precisely, “National Treasure: Book of Secrets,” the sequel to the hit 2004 Disney film.
I’m prohibited — at least for now — from talking much about the film. That’s what they have a publicist for. But as the Library of Congresses’s “project manager” (the production team probably got tired of hearing that the title meant I was the guy who OK’d their filming here), I hope to talk a lot more about our involvement in the months ahead.
In the meantime, it seems others haven’t been subject to quite the same prohibition. Such as Dan Zak, who wrote an article on the front page of yesterday’s “Sunday Source” section of the Washington Post. It was all about his stint as an extra during the portions that filmed at the Library — complete with a second article giving an hour-by-hour account of the “hurry up and wait” nature of the process.
I won’t comment much about the articles linked above, except to respond to what seems to be a fixation on Nicolas Cage’s height: I am a good 6-foot-2, and I don’t think he was but maybe a couple inches shy of me.In general, however, I think the Library’s role in the film has the potential to redefine the Library of Congress in the eye of movie-goers, much the same as the iconic shot from the dome of the Main Reading Room did for previous generations in “All the President’s Men.”
One small peek behind the scenes: The last night of shooting involved exteriors. It also coincided with the nasty Noreaster that recently pounded the Atlantic Seaboard with winter’s dying sting.
The crew were helping light the scene with what is known as a “china ball.” It was a very large helium-filled balloon with a megawatt lightbulb in the middle, and strapped down to a cherry-picker. I took a brief video clip to show the forces we were up against:
Link (750kb WMV file, 384kbps, 16 seconds)
Copied from the Library of Congress Blog by sue
Posted on: April 30th, 2007 by Matt Raymond
The Library of Congress has been known for its “American Treasures” and “World Treasures” exhibits, but more recently, we have been hosting “National Treasure.” Or, more precisely, “National Treasure: Book of Secrets,” the sequel to the hit 2004 Disney film.
I’m prohibited — at least for now — from talking much about the film. That’s what they have a publicist for. But as the Library of Congresses’s “project manager” (the production team probably got tired of hearing that the title meant I was the guy who OK’d their filming here), I hope to talk a lot more about our involvement in the months ahead.
In the meantime, it seems others haven’t been subject to quite the same prohibition. Such as Dan Zak, who wrote an article on the front page of yesterday’s “Sunday Source” section of the Washington Post. It was all about his stint as an extra during the portions that filmed at the Library — complete with a second article giving an hour-by-hour account of the “hurry up and wait” nature of the process.
I won’t comment much about the articles linked above, except to respond to what seems to be a fixation on Nicolas Cage’s height: I am a good 6-foot-2, and I don’t think he was but maybe a couple inches shy of me.In general, however, I think the Library’s role in the film has the potential to redefine the Library of Congress in the eye of movie-goers, much the same as the iconic shot from the dome of the Main Reading Room did for previous generations in “All the President’s Men.”
One small peek behind the scenes: The last night of shooting involved exteriors. It also coincided with the nasty Noreaster that recently pounded the Atlantic Seaboard with winter’s dying sting.
The crew were helping light the scene with what is known as a “china ball.” It was a very large helium-filled balloon with a megawatt lightbulb in the middle, and strapped down to a cherry-picker. I took a brief video clip to show the forces we were up against:
Link (750kb WMV file, 384kbps, 16 seconds)
Copied from the Library of Congress Blog by sue
Wednesday, May 2, 2007
Library of Congress Blog
Blogging is everywhere these days - even the Library of Congress!! The Library of Congress turned 207 years old on April 25th and to celebrate the anniversary, they launched its first-ever blog. Blog moderator, Matt Raymond, titled the first posting "What hath God Wrought?", a reference to the first ever words transmitted electronically by Samuel Morse in 1844. Check out the blog at www.loc.gov/blog.
Susan
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