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Title: A Story in Motion: Morelys
Date: April 28, 2023
Creator: Grandas, Ludy
Description: A Story in Motion: Morelys features Morelys, a Dominican young woman, shares her recent immigration experience to DC., the transformation of her poetry and her engagement for a better world. film by Ludy Grandas, presented at the Humanities Truck Film Festival on April 28, 2023 at American University.
Subject: film festival, film, A Story in Motion: Morelys, Ludy Grandas
Country: United States
Collection: Humanities Truck Film Festival 2023
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: Abner J. Mikva Commencement Address, 93rd Commencement, Washington College of Law, Spring 1991
Date: 1991-05-19
Publisher: American University
Subject: Baccalaureate addresses; Commencement ceremonies; Education, Higher
Subject -- Personal Name: Mikva, Abner J.
Local Identifier: M_CG_042_access_Mikva
Type: Video recordings
Collection: American University Commencement Addresses
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:63829
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: Afghanistan Black & White: Slideshow
Date: 1971-1973
Creator: Dizon, Ron
Publisher: American University Library. Archives and Special Collections.
Description: Slide show of black and white photograhs taken in Afghanistan.
Subject: Volunteers -- Afghanistan; Humanitarian assistance -- Afghanistan
Country: Afghanistan
Local Identifier: PCCA_Dizon_0009
Type: presentations (communicative events)
Collection: Ron Dizon collection
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: Aida Peery Interview, December 01, 2022
Date: December 01, 2022
Creator: Dan Kerr; Aida Peery
Description: Oral history interview of Aida Peery by Dan Kerr at Day With(out) Art, Visual AIDS Day 2022.
Country: United States
Collection: Visual Aids: Day With(out) Art 2022
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: Alan K. Simpson Commencement Address, 89th Commencement, Kogod School of Business, School of International Service, and School of Public Affairs, Spring 1989
Date: 1989-05-14
Publisher: American University
Subject: Baccalaureate addresses; Commencement ceremonies; Education, Higher
Subject -- Personal Name: Simpson, Alan K.
Local Identifier: M_CG_009_access_Simpson
Type: Video recordings
Collection: American University Commencement Addresses
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:63838
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: Alexander Dubcek Commencement Address, 91st Commencement, College of Arts and Sciences and School of International Service, Spring 1990
Date: 1990-05-13
Publisher: American University
Subject: Baccalaureate addresses; Commencement ceremonies; Education, Higher
Subject -- Personal Name: Dubček, Alexander, 1921-1992
DOI: M_CG_002_access_Dubcek
Type: Video recordings
Collection: American University Commencement Addresses
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:65191
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: Alfred Kazin Commencement Address, 101st Commencement, College of Arts and Sciences, Spring 1995
Date: 1995-05-14
Publisher: American University
Subject: Baccalaureate addresses; Commencement ceremonies; Education, Higher
Subject -- Personal Name: Kazin, Alfred, 1915-1998
DOI: M_CG_037_access_Kazin
Type: Video recordings
Collection: American University Commencement Addresses
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:65178
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: Alice Rivlin Commencement Address, 97th Commencement, Kogod School of Business and School of Public Affairs, Spring 1993
Date: 1993-05-09
Publisher: American University
Subject: Baccalaureate addresses; Commencement ceremonies; Education, Higher
Subject -- Personal Name: Rivlin, Alice M.
DOI: M_CG_059_access_Rivlin
Type: Video recordings
Collection: American University Commencement Addresses
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:64905
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: Allan D. Gilmour Commencement Address, 95th Commencement, Kogod School of Business, Spring 1992
Date: 1992-05-10
Publisher: American University
Subject: Baccalaureate addresses; Commencement ceremonies; Education, Higher
Subject -- Personal Name: Gilmour, Allan D.
Local Identifier: M_CG_047_access_Gilmour
Type: Video recordings
Collection: American University Commencement Addresses
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:63810
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: Ama Interview, September 12, 2021
Date: September 12, 2021
Creator: Alexis Zilen; Ama
Description: The Humanities Truck participated in the 2021 “Adams Morgan Day” Festival, which focuses on the neighborhood of Adams Morgan and its culture, diversity, and history. Oral history interviews were conducted to gauge festival-goers' relationship to Adams Morgan, meaningful spaces in the neighborhood, and how those spaces may have changed over time. In this interview, Ama talks about enjoying Adams Morgan coffee shops and grading papers there before the pandemic. She also speaks about the changing city and gentrification.
Subject: Adams Morgan Day; coffee shops; Adams Morgan; Adams Morgan Day 2021; Covid-19; online teaching; pandemic; gentrification
Country: United States
Collection: Adams Morgan Day 2021
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2970
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: American University centennial convocation: President Clinton address
Date: 1993-02-26
Creator: Clinton, Bill
Publisher: American University
Description: In the first major foreign trade speech of his new administration, President Bill Clinton proposes a five-step plan: strengthen the domestic economy; tie trade to security concerns; lead the major financial powers to coordinate global economic growth; promote economic growth in the developing countries; and support democracy and economic reforms in Russia and other former Soviet republics. Filmed live in Bender Arena, The American University, Washington, D.C., February 26, 1993.
Subject: International economic relations -- History -- 1990-; United States -- Foreign economic relations -- 1993-; National security -- United States -- Economic aspects; Economic assistance, American -- Foreign Soviet republics; Economic development; Commercial treaties
Subject -- Personal Name: Clinton, Bill, 1946-; Carr, Edward R.; Duffey, Joseph D. (Joseph Daniel), 1932-2021; Greenberg, Milton, 1927-2015; Vrenios, Betty Kirkpatrick, 1940-
Local Identifier: auislandora_clintonconvocation
Type: Speeches
Collection: American University Historic Films and Videos
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:97047
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: American University student response to Kent State shootings - Outs, May 1970
Date: 1970-05
Creator: Person responsible unknown
Description: This film features images of students and traffic around American University’s campus including the MPD presence around Ward Circle. One student is shown in handcuffs while others are shown giving the peace sign in front of a bus. This footage was not selected for the final version of the Strike film.
Subject: College students -- Political activity -- United States; Kent State Shootings, Kent, Ohio, 1970; Student protesters; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States.
Local Identifier: Strike _Outs
Type: black-and-white film
Collection: Ward Circle Protest Films, May 1970 (Teaching Project History)
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:25218
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: American University Student Response to Kent State shootings (part one), May 1970
Date: 1970-05
Creator: Person responsible unknown
Description: Film begins with scenes of students protesting on American University’s campus and vicinity. Students are shown washing car windows around Ward Circle, approaching vehicles and giving drivers flyers. The Artemas Ward statue is shown covered in a sheet that reads "How Many More?" There is extensive footage of the interaction between the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department and students including one arrest. The film follows the students as they head downtown including scenes outside Peace Corps office on Pennsylvania Ave. The students end up on the National Mall for a large rally and concert.
Subject: College students -- Political activity -- United States; Kent State Shootings, Kent, Ohio, 1970; Student protesters; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States.
Local Identifier: AU_Teaching_Project_1
Type: black-and-white film
Collection: Ward Circle Protest Films, May 1970 (Teaching Project History)
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:55829
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: American University Student Response to Kent State shootings (part two), May 1970
Date: 1970-05
Creator: Person responsible unknown
Description: Film begins with a stretcher being loaded into an ambulance by the Bethesda/Chevy Chase Rescue Squad and Red Cross workers. The bulk of the film consists of scenes of students congregating on and around American University’s campus including signs for a variety of activities such as a memorial service and smoke-in and images of the MPD response including tear gas canisters spewing gas and students washing out each others eyes. Also featured is footage of a formal gathering in the amphitheater with AU President George Williams, various campus administrators, and Professor Adbul Said. Though the film includes interviews with students, the soundtrack is missing so the interviews cannot be heard.
Subject: College students -- Political activity -- United States; Kent State Shootings, Kent, Ohio, 1970; Student protesters; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States.
Local Identifier: AU_Teaching_Project_2
Type: black-and-white film
Collection: Ward Circle Protest Films, May 1970 (Teaching Project History)
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:55828
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: American University students and guests in campus student center during student protests in response to Kent State shootings, May 1970
Date: 1970-05
Creator: Person responsible unknown
Description: This film shows the interior of Mary Graydon Center on American University’s Campus during the Kent State protests. Some students are seen hanging out in the lounge and on the stairs while others are sleeping on the floor in sleeping bags. This footage was not selected for use in final version of the Strike film.
Subject: College students -- Political activity -- United States; Kent State Shootings, Kent, Ohio, 1970; Student protesters; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States.
Local Identifier: MGC_Sleeping_and_Waiting _Outs
Type: black-and-white film
Collection: Ward Circle Protest Films, May 1970 (Teaching Project History)
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:55097
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: The American University Washington, D.C., c1989
Date: 1989
Publisher: American University (Washington, D.C.)
Description: The American University experience as told by students and faculty in their own words. Brief comments cover the classroom, social life, student body composition, and the opportunities available to students living in the nation's capital.
Subject: College choice; Documentary films; Motion pictures; Universities and colleges -- United States
Local Identifier: American_University_VHS710_access
Type: promotional materials; VHS
Collection: American University Historic Films and Videos
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96440
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: Andrew Hesbacher and Arvella Farmer Interview, September 14, 2019
Date: September 14, 2019
Creator: Dan Kerr; Person responsible unknown; Andrew Hesbacher; Person responsible unknown; Arvella Farmer; Person responsible unknown
Description: Longtime Petworth resident, Arvella Farmer recalls growing up in Petworth and still living in the same home she was raised in. She remembers how members in the community looked out for one another, opportunities to sing at the Catholic Church, and how music was a uniting thread between herself, her brother, and the broader community. She met Andrew Hesbacher, who lived in Petworth for a brief period in 2018, when she heard him practicing his trumpet on his front porch and walked over to introduce herself. When asked what makes Petworth unique, Farmer answers: “The people who live in it…and love each other.”
Subject: 2019 Celebrate Petworth Festival; Petworth (Washington, D.C.); Neighborhood festivals; Musicians in neighborhood; Catholic Church, community involvement
Country: United States
Collection: 2019 "Celebrate Petworth" Festival
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2001
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: Andrew Young, Jr. Commencement Address, 95th Commencement, Washington College of Law, Spring 1992
Date: 1992-05-17
Publisher: American University
Subject: Baccalaureate addresses; Commencement ceremonies; Education, Higher
Subject -- Personal Name: Young, Andrew, 1932-
Local Identifier: M_CG_049_access_Young
Type: Video recordings
Collection: American University Commencement Addresses
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:63807
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: Angelyn Whitehurst Interview, September 14, 2019
Date: September 14, 2019
Creator: Dan Kerr; Angelyn Whitehurst
Description: Angelyn “Angie” Whitehurst grew up in Petworth from the age of eleven and recalls the tight-knit community that existed between area schools, small, black-owned businesses, and the library. She discusses the long history of the neighborhood, originating before the Civil War as a plantation and the regentrification that she has seen occur in recent years, bringing a diversity of people and businesses. She wants to see the neighborhood be “happy, balanced, [and] incorporating of others” in future years.
Subject: 2019 Celebrate Petworth Festival; Petworth (Washington, D.C.); Neighborhood festivals; Gentrification; Racial segregation; Affordable housing
Country: United States
Collection: 2019 "Celebrate Petworth" Festival
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2003
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: Angie Whitehurst Interview, September 12, 2021
Date: September 12, 2021
Creator: Angie Whitehurst; Katy Shenk
Description: The Humanities Truck participated in the 2021 “Adams Morgan Day” Festival, which focuses on the neighborhood of Adams Morgan and its culture, diversity, and history. Oral history interviews were conducted to gauge festival-goers' relationship to Adams Morgan, meaningful spaces in the neighborhood, and how those spaces may have changed over time. In this interview, Angie Whitehurst, a native Washingtonian, chats about her memories of restaurants and antique stores that don't exist in Adams Morgan anymore. She discusses changes in the neighborhood and the detrimental effects of housing and business developments that favors property over people.
Subject: Adams Morgan Day; Adams Morgan; Adams Morgan Day 2021; native Washingtonian; restaurants; development; gentrification; housing
Country: United States
Collection: Adams Morgan Day 2021
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2973
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

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