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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
- 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
- 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 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
- Anthony Lewis Commencement Address, 114th Commencement, American University, Winter 2002
- Date
- 2002-01-27
- Publisher
- American University
- Subject
- Baccalaureate addresses; Commencement ceremonies; Education, Higher
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Lewis, Anthony, 1927-2013
- DOI
- M_CW_012_access_Lewis
- Type
- Video recordings
- Collection
- American University Commencement Addresses
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:65190
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- Antonia C. Novello, M.D. Commencement Address, 97th Commencement, College of Arts and Sciences, Spring 1993
- Date
- 1993-05-09
- Publisher
- American University
- Subject
- Baccalaureate addresses; Commencement ceremonies; Education, Higher
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Novello, Antonia C.
- DOI
- M_CG_055_access_Novello
- Type
- Video recordings
- Collection
- American University Commencement Addresses
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:64902
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- AUnion Event Video
- Date
- May 1, 2023
- Creator
- Macrae, Lachlan
- Description
- One student dances and sings while another writes an answer to a question on the butcher paper hung on the side of the Humanities Truck.
- Subject
- AUnion: Let's Strike; public history; Humanities Truck; Anna Kaplan; Lachlan Macrae
- Country
- United States
- Collection
- AUnion: Let's Strike!
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- still image
- Title
- Barbara Wallace, Peace Corps Korea 1975-1977 slideshow
- Date
- [date of publication not identified]
- Creator
- Wallace, Barbara
- Description
- Barbara Wallace served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Korea from 1975-1977. The video slideshow depicts her life in the Peace Corps.
- Subject
- Americans -- Foreign countries; Volunteers
- Country
- South Korea
- Local Identifier
- PCCA_Wallace_0001
- Type
- streaming video
- Collection
- Peace Corps Community Archive
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:2983
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- Barney Frank Commencement Address, 123rd Commencement, School of Public Affairs, Spring 2009
- Date
- 2009-05-09
- Publisher
- American University
- Subject
- Baccalaureate addresses; Commencement ceremonies; Education, Higher
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Frank, Barney, 1940-
- Local Identifier
- M_CG_086_access_Frank
- Type
- Video recordings
- Collection
- American University Commencement Addresses
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:55204
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- Charles A. Bowsher Commencement Address, 103rd Commencement, School of Public Affairs and Kogod School of Business, Spring 1996
- Date
- 1996-05-12
- Publisher
- American University
- Subject
- Baccalaureate addresses; Commencement ceremonies; Education, Higher
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Bowsher, Charles A., 1931-
- DOI
- M_CG_023_access_Bowsher
- Type
- Video recordings
- Collection
- American University Commencement Addresses
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:65181
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- Charles E. Guggenheim Commencement Address, 101st Commencement, School of International Service and School of Communication, Spring 1995
- Date
- 1995-05-14
- Publisher
- American University
- Subject
- Baccalaureate addresses; Commencement ceremonies; Education, Higher
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Guggenheim, Charles
- DOI
- M_CG_027_access_Guggenheim
- Type
- Video recordings
- Collection
- American University Commencement Addresses
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:65180
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- Clifton R. Wharton, Jr. Commencement Address, 97th Commencement, School of International Service, Spring 1993
- Date
- 1993-05-09
- Publisher
- American University
- Subject
- Baccalaureate addresses; Commencement ceremonies; Education, Higher
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Wharton, Clifton R., 1926-
- DOI
- M_CG_048_access_Wharton
- Type
- Video recordings
- Collection
- American University Commencement Addresses
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:64904
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- Community Study, San Estanislao, Paraguay - Survey 1
- Date
- 2013/2014
- Creator
- Thomson, Brienne
- Description
- Anonymous interview of a professional woman in her 50s, who is married with children, works in the field of education, and has lived in Santani [San Estanislao] for 25 years. The interview is conducted by Brienne Thomson as part of a community economic development study of San Estanislao, Paraguay during her service in the Peace Corps.
- Subject
- Social surveys; Community life -- Case studies
- Country
- Paraguay
- Local Identifier
- PCCA_Thomson_1
- Type
- interviews
- Collection
- Brienne Thomson interviews
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:11
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- sound recording-nomusical
- Title
- Community Study, San Estanislao, Paraguay - Survey 2
- Date
- 2013/2014
- Creator
- Thomson, Brienne
- Publisher
- American University Library. Archives and Special Collections.
- Description
- Anonymous interview of a business owner in his 30s, who is male, single, lives alone, has lived abroad and in Santani [San Estanislao] throughout his life. The interview is conducted by Brienne Thomson as part of a community economic development study of San Estanislao, Paraguay during her service in the Peace Corps.
- Subject
- Social surveys; Community life -- Case studies
- Country
- Paraguay
- Local Identifier
- PCCA_Thomson_2
- Type
- interviews
- Collection
- Brienne Thomson interviews
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:12
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- sound recording-nomusical
- Title
- Community Study, San Estanislao, Paraguay - Survey 3
- Date
- 2013/2014
- Creator
- Thomson, Brienne
- Publisher
- American University Library. Archives and Special Collections.
- Description
- Anonymous interview of a man in his 40s, who is married with children, works in the field of trade, was born in Paraguay but has lived abroad for more than a decade; he has been in Santani [San Estanislao] for the last five years. The interview is conducted by Brienne Thomson as part of a community economic development study of San Estanislao, Paraguay during her service in the Peace Corps.
- Subject
- Social surveys; Community life -- Case studies
- Country
- Paraguay
- Local Identifier
- PCCA_Thomson_3
- Type
- interviews
- Collection
- Brienne Thomson interviews
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:7
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- sound recording-nomusical
- Title
- Community Study, San Estanislao, Paraguay - Survey 4
- Date
- 2013/2014
- Creator
- Thomson, Brienne
- Publisher
- American University Library. Archives and Special Collections.
- Description
- Anonymous interview of a woman in her mid-30s, who moved to Santani [San Estanislao] 25 years ago to study, has children and works in the field of education. The interview is conducted by Brienne Thomson as part of a community economic development study of San Estanislao, Paraguay during her service in the Peace Corps.
- Subject
- Social surveys; Community life -- Case studies
- Country
- Paraguay
- Local Identifier
- PCCA_Thomson_4
- Type
- interviews
- Collection
- Brienne Thomson interviews
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:8
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- sound recording-nomusical
- Title
- Community Study, San Estanislao, Paraguay - Survey 5
- Date
- 2013/2014
- Creator
- Thomson, Brienne
- Publisher
- American University Library. Archives and Special Collections.
- Description
- Anonymous interview of a young woman who is almost 20 years old, she is attending college and working full time, she has lived in Santani [San Estanislao] almost all her life and is living with her grandmother. The interview is conducted by Brienne Thomson as part of a community economic development study of San Estanislao, Paraguay during her service in the Peace Corps.
- Subject
- Social surveys; Community life -- Case studies
- Country
- Paraguay
- Local Identifier
- PCCA_Thomson_5
- Type
- interviews
- Collection
- Brienne Thomson interviews
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:9
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- sound recording-nomusical
- Title
- Community Study, San Estanislao, Paraguay - Survey 6
- Date
- 2013/2014
- Creator
- Thomson, Brienne
- Publisher
- American University Library. Archives and Special Collections.
- Description
- Anonymous interview of a male, under 20 years old, who grew up and lives in a rural Santani [San Estanislao] community with four family members, and is studying at a university. The interview is conducted by Brienne Thomson as part of a community economic development study of San Estanislao, Paraguay during her service in the Peace Corps.
- Subject
- Social surveys; Community life -- Case studies
- Country
- Paraguay
- Local Identifier
- PCCA_Thomson_6
- Type
- interviews
- Collection
- Brienne Thomson interviews
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:10
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- sound recording-nomusical
- Title
- Concert held at American University during student protests in response to Kent State shootings, May 1970
- Date
- 1970-05
- Creator
- Person responsible unknown
- Description
- This film shows a concert held in the Woods-Brown Amphitheater at American University during the Kent State protests.
- 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
- Rally_and_Concert
- Type
- black-and-white film
- Collection
- Ward Circle Protest Films, May 1970 (Teaching Project History)
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:25217
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- Daniel K. Inouye Commencement Address, 119th Commencement, School of Public Affairs and School of International Service, Spring 2005
- Date
- 2005-05-08
- Publisher
- American University
- Subject
- Baccalaureate addresses; Commencement ceremonies; Education, Higher
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Inouye, Daniel K., 1924-2012
- Local Identifier
- M_CG_092_access_Inouye
- Type
- Video recordings
- Collection
- American University Commencement Addresses
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:55212
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- David Gregory Commencement Address, 121st Commencement, School of International Service and School of Communication, Spring 2007
- Date
- 2007-05-13
- Publisher
- American University
- Subject
- Baccalaureate addresses; Commencement ceremonies; Education, Higher
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Gregory, David
- Local Identifier
- M_CG_084_access_Gregory
- Type
- Video recordings
- Collection
- American University Commencement Addresses
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:55201
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- David M. Walker Commencement Address, 121st Commencement, School of Public Affairs and Kogod School of Business, Spring 2007
- Date
- 2007-05-13
- Publisher
- American University
- Subject
- Baccalaureate addresses; Commencement ceremonies; Education, Higher
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Walker, David M. (David Michael), 1951-
- Local Identifier
- M_CG_090_access_Walker
- Type
- Video recordings
- Collection
- American University Commencement Addresses
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:55202
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Commencement Address, 104th Commencement, American University, Winter 1997
- Date
- 1997-01-26
- Publisher
- American University
- Description
- Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s commencement address was delivered in absentia by her husband Michael Aris.
- Subject
- Baccalaureate addresses; Commencement ceremonies; Education, Higher
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Aung San Suu Kyi
- DOI
- M_CW_010_access_Suu_Kyi
- Type
- Video recordings
- Collection
- American University Commencement Addresses
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:65188
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- Diane Rehm Commencement Address, 121st Commencement, College of Arts and Sciences, Spring 2007
- Date
- 2007-05-13
- Publisher
- American University
- Subject
- Baccalaureate addresses; Commencement ceremonies; Education, Higher
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Rehm, Diane
- Local Identifier
- M_CG_079_access_Rehm
- Type
- Video recordings
- Collection
- American University Commencement Addresses
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:42434
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- East of the River
- Date
- April 28, 2023
- Creator
- Elsiwi, Amin; Bouknight, Phil; Madison, Jeffrey
- Description
- East of the River begins with the tragic death of a young boy named Kelvin Mock, who died in a trash burn in the landfill that preceded Kenilworth Park in North East Washington, DC. The film tells the story of the Kenilworth area from a landfill to a park and provides a space for the residents to share their memories that had a connection to Kenilworth Landfill. The film was created by Amin Elsiwi, Phil Bouknight, and Jeffrey Madison. This film got into three film festivals: DC Independent Film Festival, Bethesda film festival, Community stories film festival that is organized by Docs in Progress. It was also presented at the Humanities Truck Film Festival on April 28, 2023 at American University.
- Subject
- film festival, film, East of the River, Amin Elsiwi, Phil Bouknight, Jeffrey Madison
- Country
- United States
- Collection
- Humanities Truck Film Festival 2023
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- Either Or Otter Corps Convocation Photos, 1973-Present, Slideshow from "Portland Convocation - A Moment in Time Reunion - July 26-29, 2012 - Special Thanks to Jim Poplack, Jim Hicks, Fritz Laurenovics"
- Date
- 2012
- Creator
- Dizon, Ron
- Publisher
- American University Library. Archives and Special Collections.
- Description
- Slide slow created by returned Peace Corps Volunteer Ron Dizon, who served in Afghanistan from 1971 to 1973. This slide show displays personal photographs of Peace Corps volunteers taken after their service concluded in 1973, including photographs of post-service reunions at Yosemite National Park and in Las Vegas, Nevada, among others. It was presented during the volunteers' 2012 Moment in Time Reunion in Portland, Oregon.
- Subject
- Volunteers -- Afghanistan -- Anecdotes
- Country
- United States
- Local Identifier
- PCCA_Dizon_0101
- Type
- presentations (communicative events)
- Collection
- Ron Dizon collection
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- Elie Wiesel Commencement Address, 95th Commencement, College of Arts and Sciences, Spring 1992
- Date
- 1992-05-10
- Publisher
- American University
- Subject
- Baccalaureate addresses; Commencement ceremonies; Education, Higher
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Wiesel, Elie, 1928-2016
- Local Identifier
- M_CG_056_access_Wiesel
- Type
- Video recordings
- Collection
- American University Commencement Addresses
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:63819
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- Eliza
- Date
- April 28, 2023
- Creator
- Grandas, Ludy
- Description
- Eliza is a short documentary that tells the powerful story of a Salvadoran woman who migrated to the United States more than a decade ago and is now a volunteer and truck driver in DC. Her new life has been interesting, but great joy came along when she could drive a big truck once more. film is by Ludy Grandas and was presented at the Humanities Truck Film Festival at American University on April 28, 2023.
- Subject
- film festival, film, Eliza, Ludy Grandas
- Country
- United States
- Collection
- Humanities Truck Film Festival 2023
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- Exhibition Photographs - Afghanistan 2012 slideshow from "Portland Convocation - A Moment in Time Reunion - July 26-29, 2012 – Special Thanks to Jim Poplack, Jim Hicks, Fritz Laurenovics"
- Date
- 2012
- Creator
- Dizon, Ron
- Publisher
- American University Library. Archives and Special Collections.
- Description
- Slide slow created by returned Peace Corps Volunteer Ron Dizon, who served in Afghanistan from 1971 to 1973. This slide show displays personal photographs of Peace Corps volunteers from the Either Or Otter Corps, which was sent to Afghanistan in the early 1970s. These photographs were taken after the volunteers completed their Peace Corps service in 1973. Many of the photographs show the volunteers spending time together at the 2012 Moment in Time Reunion in Portland, Oregon.
- Subject
- Volunteers -- Afghanistan -- Anecdotes
- Country
- Afghanistan
- Local Identifier
- PCCA_Dizon_0102
- Type
- presentations (communicative events)
- Collection
- Ron Dizon collection
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- Feminist futures
- Date
- 2000-03-20
- Creator
- bell hooks
- Publisher
- American University
- Description
- "bell hooks, social critic, feminist scholar, activist, poet, memoirist and teacher, explores the topic of love and how it has been perceived in relation to feminism. A question and answer session follows the lecture. [...] The Millennial Feminist Legal Theory Lecture with bell hooks presented by The American University Women's & Gender Studies Program, College of Arts and Sciences and the Gender, Work & Family Project of Washington College of Law. [...] Lecture recorded March 27, 2000, at the Washington College of Law, Mooers-Morella Ceremonial Courtroom, Room 603."
- Subject
- Feminist ethics; Feminism; Love
- Subject -- Personal Name
- hooks, bell, 1952-
- Local Identifier
- au_feministfutures
- Type
- Lectures
- Collection
- American University Historic Films and Videos
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:85587
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- Film for Action: Construyamos una escuela
- Date
- 1966/1968
- Creator
- Greven, John; Witt, Cliff
- Publisher
- Peace Corps (U.S.)
- Description
- "Construyamos una escuela" is part of the Film for Action documentary set in the village of Pesca. It shows the indigenous people living in the Andes mountains, building a school with PCV Gary Walker and PCV Architect Jim Carlisle. This film was also used to illustrate how inhabitants had to look for and be persistent with getting aid for projects from the government.
- Subject
- Rural development -- Colombia; Community development -- Colombia
- Country
- Colombia
- Local Identifier
- PCCA_film_for_action_4
- Type
- documentaries (motion picture genre)
- Collection
- Film for Action
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:1720
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- Film for Action: Piedras como esta
- Date
- 1966/1968
- Creator
- Greven, John; Witt, Cliff
- Publisher
- Peace Corps (U.S.)
- Description
- "Piedras como esta" is part of the Film for Action documentary set in the village of Granadillo. It depicts the indigenous people building foot paths and bridges over a river in the southern Colombian mountains, led by PCV and civil engineer Gary Bryant. This project allowed the inhabitants to be able to take their produce to the nearby markets.
- Subject
- Rural development -- Colombia; Community development -- Colombia
- Country
- Colombia
- Local Identifier
- PCCA_film_for_action_3
- Type
- documentaries (motion picture genre)
- Collection
- Film for Action
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:1719
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- Film for Action: Tendremos mas que puentes
- Date
- 1966/1968
- Creator
- Greven, John; Witt, Cliff
- Publisher
- Peace Corps (U.S.)
- Description
- "Tendremos mas que puentes" is part of the Film for Action documentary set in the village of Tumaco. It depicts a pacific coast culture working on their project to build foot bridges over the tidal flats.
- Subject
- Rural development -- Colombia; Community development -- Colombia
- Country
- Colombia
- Local Identifier
- PCCA_film_for_action_1
- Type
- documentaries (motion picture genre)
- Collection
- Film for Action
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:1717
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- Film for Action: Un canto a mi tierra
- Date
- 1966/1968
- Creator
- Greven, John; Witt, Cliff
- Publisher
- Peace Corps (U.S.)
- Description
- "Un canto a mi tierra" is part of the Film for Action documentary set in the village of Arbeláez. It shows the mestizo people and PCVs Jim and Kathy Hardcastle with their school vegetable garden demonstration project, used to teach better practices of land use and nutrition.
- Subject
- Rural development -- Colombia; Community development -- Colombia
- Country
- Colombia
- Local Identifier
- PCCA_film_for_action_2
- Type
- documentaries (motion picture genre)
- Collection
- Film for Action
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:1718
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- Florence Griffith Joyner Commencement Address, 99th Commencement, College of Arts and Sciences, Spring 1994
- Date
- 1994-05-08
- Publisher
- American University
- Subject
- Baccalaureate addresses; Commencement ceremonies; Education, Higher
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Griffith Joyner, Florence Delorez, 1959-1998
- DOI
- M_CG_021_access_Griffith_Joyner
- Type
- Video recordings
- Collection
- American University Commencement Addresses
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:64907
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- The Foreigners
- Date
- [date of publication unknown]
- Creator
- McGrew, Skeets; Harris, Mark
- Publisher
- King Screen Productions
- Description
- Follows a group of American Peace Corps volunteers in Colombia in their daily work, and in their reflections on their role.; Credits: Producer and writer, Mark Harris. Director, Skeets McGrew.
- Subject
- Peace Corps (U.S.) -- Colombia; Economic history; Colombia -- Economic conditions; Colombia -- Social conditions
- Country
- Colombia
- Local Identifier
- Media_Collection_16093
- Type
- documentary film
- Collection
- Friends of Colombia Archive
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:3192
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- Friends of Colombia celebrates 60th anniversary of Peace Corps Colombia
- Date
- 2021-06-25
- Description
- June 25, 2021 marked the 60th anniversary of the first Peace Corps group to begin their pre-service training, our very own Colombia I. To celebrate this anniversary, FOC will hosted a panel discussion exploring the history of Peace Corps, Peace Corps Colombia's plans for the future, and how the pandemic and national protests have impacted nuestra querida Colombia. Featured speakers include: Tom Mullins - Member of the first Peace Corps Colombia Alana DeJoseph - Film Director, A Towering Task Matthew Carlson - Country Director, Peace Corps Colombia Daniel Avila-Camacho - Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Colombia in the US
- Subject
- Americans -- Foreign countries; Volunteers
- Country
- Colombia
- Local Identifier
- PCCA_FOC_0001
- Type
- streaming video
- Collection
- Friends of Colombia Archive
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:2984
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- Gary Cohn Commencement Address, 123rd Commencement, Kogod School of Business, Spring 2009
- Date
- 2009-05-09
- Publisher
- American University
- Subject
- Baccalaureate addresses; Commencement ceremonies; Education, Higher
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Cohn, Gary
- Local Identifier
- M_CG_081_access_Cohn
- Type
- Video recordings
- Collection
- American University Commencement Addresses
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:55205
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- A global education
- Date
- [date of publication not identified]
- Creator
- Luis E. Hestres
- Publisher
- American University
- 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
- Education, Higher; College choice; Universities and colleges -- United States
- Local Identifier
- au_globaleducation
- Type
- Promotional films
- Collection
- American University Historic Films and Videos
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:85586
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- Goldie Hawn Commencement Address, 115th Commencement, College of Arts and Sciences, Spring 2002
- Date
- 2002-05-12
- Publisher
- American University
- Subject
- Baccalaureate addresses; Commencement ceremonies; Education, Higher
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Hawn, Goldie
- DOI
- M_CG_062_access_Hawn
- Type
- Video recordings
- Collection
- American University Commencement Addresses
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:65185
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- Hard Choices
- Date
- April 28, 2023
- Creator
- Stokes, Benjamin
- Description
- film Hard Choices by Benjamin Stokes, presented at the Humanities Truck Film Festival at American University on April 28, 2023.
- Subject
- film festival, film, Benjamin Stokes, Hard Choices
- Country
- United States
- Collection
- Humanities Truck Film Festival 2023
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- Henry G. Cisneros Commencement Address, 98th Commencement, American University, Winter 1994
- Date
- 1994-01-30
- Publisher
- American University
- Subject
- Baccalaureate addresses; Commencement ceremonies; Education, Higher
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Cisneros, Henry G.
- DOI
- M_CG_012.2_access_Cisneros
- Type
- Video recordings
- Collection
- American University Commencement Addresses
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:64906
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- Hike to the Falls
- Date
- [date of publication not identified]
- Creator
- Fretz, Phil
- Description
- In this video, Phil Fretz describes his time working as a Peace Corps Volunteer at a vocational school in Kenema, Sierra Leone, and the cultural lessons he learned from his students and fellow volunteers. He tells a story of a hike in the woods that he took in the Kono District of Sierra Leone while traveling one weekend.
- Subject
- Autobiography; Peace Corps -- Sierra Leone; Storytelling
- Country
- Sierra Leone
- Local Identifier
- PCCA_Fretz_0001
- Type
- motion pictures (visual works)
- Collection
- Phil Fretz collection
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- Historic Footage
- Date
- 1941
- Creator
- Person responsible unknown
- Description
- Footage of American University campus ca. 1941. Footage includes buildings on campus, students arriving on campus for orientation, a Varsity Football game, an Alumni Varsity Basketball game, students skiing in winter, May Day celebration, Choral club spring concert, a Varsity Tennis match, a performance of Play Much Ado About Nothing, Alumni Day, and Graduation. Also featured are campus administrators including Dean of Women Mary Louise Brown and Dean of the College of Liberal Arts George B. Woods.
- Subject
- American University (Washington, D.C.) -- Students
- Local Identifier
- Historic Footage
- Collection
- American University Historic Films and Videos
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:85704
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- Homecoming 1998: making AU
- Date
- 1998-02-18
- Creator
- Kerwin, C. M. (Cornelius M.); Goodman, Louis W.; Morris, Valerie; Berendzen, Richard; Arnold, George; Said, Abdul Aziz
- Publisher
- American University
- Description
- A recording of the "Making AU" panel discussion from American University’s 1998 homecoming. Recorded on February 18th, 1998.
- Subject
- Education, Higher -- United States -- History
- Local Identifier
- au_homecoming1998
- Type
- Lectures
- Collection
- American University Historic Films and Videos
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:94838
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- Homeless Memorial Vigil Parade Video 1
- Date
- December 20, 2023
- Creator
- Rivera,Inaya
- Description
- participants start the parade and get familiar with the chants
- Country
- United States
- Collection
- Homeless Memorial Vigil 2023
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- still image
- Title
- Homeless Memorial Vigil Parade Video 2
- Date
- December 20, 2023
- Creator
- Rivera,Inaya
- Description
- front of the march, chants continue
- Country
- United States
- Collection
- Homeless Memorial Vigil 2023
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- Homeless Memorial Vigil Parade Video 3
- Date
- December 20, 2023
- Creator
- Rivera,Inaya
- Description
- volunteers carry casket while event coordinators and members of the public follow behind and chant
- Country
- United States
- Collection
- Homeless Memorial Vigil 2023
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- Homeless Memorial Vigil Parade Video 4
- Date
- December 20, 2023
- Creator
- Rivera,Inaya
- Description
- the crowd moves forward
- Country
- United States
- Collection
- Homeless Memorial Vigil 2023
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- still image
- Title
- Homeless Memorial Vigil Parade Video 5
- Date
- December 20, 2023
- Creator
- Rivera,Inaya
- Description
- event organizer, Christina Cole, leads participants through chants
- Country
- United States
- Collection
- Homeless Memorial Vigil 2023
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- still image
- Title
- Homeless Memorial Vigil Parade Video 6
- Date
- December 20, 2023
- Creator
- Rivera,Inaya
- Description
- participant talks about recently deceased friend David Ashmore
- Country
- United States
- Collection
- Homeless Memorial Vigil 2023
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- Homeless Memorial Vigil Parade Video 7
- Date
- December 20, 2023
- Creator
- Rivera,Inaya
- Description
- participant talks about the districts need to help solve the homelessness problem
- Country
- United States
- Collection
- Homeless Memorial Vigil 2023
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- Homeless Memorial Vigil Parade Video 8
- Date
- December 20, 2023
- Creator
- Rivera,Inaya
- Description
- participants encourages crowd to join in in the fight for change
- Country
- United States
- Collection
- Homeless Memorial Vigil 2023
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- Homeless Memorial Vigil Parade Video 9
- Date
- December 20, 2023
- Creator
- Rivera,Inaya
- Description
- participants dance beside the humanities truck and tent
- Country
- United States
- Collection
- Homeless Memorial Vigil 2023
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- Honorable Paul S. Sarbanes Commencement Address, 119th Commencement, Washington College of Law, Spring 2005
- Date
- 2005-05-22
- Publisher
- American University
- Subject
- Baccalaureate addresses; Commencement ceremonies; Education, Higher
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Sarbanes, Paul
- DOI
- M_CG_093_access_Sarbanes
- Type
- Video recordings
- Collection
- American University Commencement Addresses
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:65189
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- Interview with Tony Longi, Returned Sierra Leone Peace Corps Volunteer
- Date
- 2023-04-07
- Creator
- Roman, Michael
- Publisher
- American University Library. Archives and Special Collections.
- Description
- In this video recording, returned Peace Corps Volunteer Tony Longi talks about his service in Sierra Leone III from 1962-1964. Mr. Longi worked in rural community development.
- Subject
- Oral histories; Peace Corps (U.S.) -- Sierra Leone
- Country
- Sierra Leone
- Local Identifier
- PCCA_Longi_0001
- Type
- interviews; motion pictures (visual works); oral histories (literary genre)
- Collection
- Peace Corps Community Archive
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- James H. Billington Commencement Address, 100th Commencement, American University, Winter 1995
- Date
- 1995-01-29
- Publisher
- American University
- Subject
- Baccalaureate addresses; Commencement ceremonies; Education, Higher
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Billington, James H.
- DOI
- M_CW_005_access_Billington
- Type
- Video recordings
- Collection
- American University Commencement Addresses
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:64908
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- John Edward Jacob Commencement Address, 96th Commencement, American University, Winter 1993
- Date
- 1993-01-31
- Publisher
- American University
- Subject
- Baccalaureate addresses; Commencement ceremonies; Education, Higher
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Jacob, John Edward, 1934-
- Local Identifier
- M_CW_007_access_Jacob
- Type
- Video recordings
- Collection
- American University Commencement Addresses
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:64901
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- John Hope Franklin Commencement Address, 97th Commencement, College of Arts and Sciences, Spring 1993
- Date
- 1993-05-09
- Publisher
- American University
- Subject
- Baccalaureate addresses; Commencement ceremonies; Education, Higher
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Franklin, John Hope, 1915-2009
- DOI
- M_CG_055_access_Franklin
- Type
- Video recordings
- Collection
- American University Commencement Addresses
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:64903
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- John Lewis Commencement Address, 109th Commencement, Kogod School of Business and School of Public Affairs, Spring 1999
- Date
- 1999-05-16
- Publisher
- American University
- Subject
- Baccalaureate addresses; Commencement ceremonies; Education, Higher
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Lewis, John, 1940-2020
- Local Identifier
- M_CG_059_access_Lewis
- Type
- Video recordings
- Collection
- American University Commencement Addresses
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:85465
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- John Prendergast Commencement Address, 123rd Commencement, School of International Service, Spring 2009
- Date
- 2009-05-09
- Publisher
- American University
- Subject
- Baccalaureate addresses; Commencement ceremonies; Education, Higher
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Prendergast, John, 1963-
- Local Identifier
- M_CG_082_access_Prendergast
- Type
- Video recordings
- Collection
- American University Commencement Addresses
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:55208
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- Kajapati
- Date
- 2004-01
- Creator
- Adler, Brian; Elliott, Cynthia
- Description
- Cal and Amanda Ruleman show Brian, Cynthia, and friends the local flora and fauna around Kajapati,. The group goes on a canoe trip. Also featured is the Peace Corps initiative to raise chickens in the community.
- Subject
- Kajapati; Suriname
- Country
- Suriname
- Type
- Video recordings
- Collection
- Brian Adler and Cynthia Elliott collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101415
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- Kenneth A. Paulson Commencement Address, 122nd Commencement, School of International Service and School of Communication, Spring 2008
- Date
- 2008-05-11
- Publisher
- American University
- Subject
- Baccalaureate addresses; Commencement ceremonies; Education, Higher
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Paulson, Ken
- DOI
- SIS_SOC_07_08_access_Paulson
- Type
- Video recordings
- Collection
- American University Commencement Addresses
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:65379
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- Kent Baker Commencement Address, 91st Commencement, Kogod School of Business and School of Public Affairs, Spring 1990
- Date
- 1990-05-13
- Publisher
- American University
- Subject
- Baccalaureate addresses; Commencement ceremonies; Education, Higher
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Baker, H. Kent (Harold Kent), 1944-
- Local Identifier
- M_CG_003_access_Baker
- Type
- Video recordings
- Collection
- American University Commencement Addresses
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:63836
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- Laura D'Andrea Tyson Commencement Address, 101st Commencement, School of Public Affairs and Kogod School of Business, Spring 1995
- Date
- 1995-05-14
- Publisher
- American University
- Subject
- Baccalaureate addresses; Commencement ceremonies; Education, Higher
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Tyson, Laura D'Andrea, 1947-
- DOI
- M_CG_036_access_Tyson
- Type
- Video recordings
- Collection
- American University Commencement Addresses
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:65179
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- Lawrence Small Commencement Address, 115th Commencement, School of Public Affairs and Kogod School of Business, Spring 2002
- Date
- 2002-05-12
- Publisher
- American University
- Subject
- Baccalaureate addresses; Commencement ceremonies; Education, Higher
- Subject -- Personal Name
- American University (Washington, D.C.). School of Public Affairs.; Small, Lawrence
- DOI
- SPA.KSB.2002_Small
- Type
- Video recordings
- Collection
- American University Commencement Addresses
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:65186
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- Lee H. Hamilton Commencement Address, 92nd Commencement, American University, Winter 1991
- Date
- 1991-01-27
- Publisher
- American University
- Subject
- Baccalaureate addresses; Commencement ceremonies; Education, Higher
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Hamilton, Lee
- Local Identifier
- M_CG_045_access_Hamilton
- Type
- Video recordings
- Collection
- American University Commencement Addresses
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:63828
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- Lee Hamilton Commencement Address, 118th Commencement, School of Public Affairs and School of International Service, Spring 2004
- Date
- 2004-05-09
- Publisher
- American University
- Subject
- Baccalaureate addresses; Commencement ceremonies; Education, Higher
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Hamilton, Lee
- Local Identifier
- M_CG_091_access_Hamilton
- Type
- Video recordings
- Collection
- American University Commencement Addresses
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:55211
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- Legacy Week ceremony, Senator Edward Kennedy, April 16, 1991
- Date
- 1991-04-16
- Creator
- Edward Kennedy; Milton Greenberg
- Publisher
- American University
- Description
- Film of the opening ceremony of Legacy Week, a series of events commemorating President John F. Kennedy's commencement address at the American University, June 10, 1963, proposing a test ban treaty. Following introductory remarks by student organizers and by Acting President Milton Greenberg, the featured speaker, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, proposed a six-point program of "social security for children" to complete the unfinished work of President Kennedy's administration. The film concludes with scenes at the plaque on the Kennedy Terrace, located adjacent to Reeves Athletic Field, the spot on which President Kennedy stood when making his commencement address.
- Subject
- Child health services -- United States; Child welfare -- Government policy -- United States; Child welfare -- United States -- Statistics; Children -- Nutrition -- United States; Children -- Services for -- United States; Day care centers -- United States; Education, Preschool -- United States; Education -- United States; Immunization -- United States; Maternal and infant welfare -- United States
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Kennedy, Edward M. (Edward Moore), 1932-2009; Greenberg, Milton, 1927-
- Local Identifier
- au_legacyweek-tedkennedy-4-16-91
- Type
- Speeches
- Collection
- American University Historic Films and Videos
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:86929
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- Lonnie G. Bunch Commencement Address, 123rd Commencement, College of Arts and Sciences, Spring 2009
- Date
- 2009-05-09
- Publisher
- American University
- Subject
- Baccalaureate addresses; Commencement ceremonies; Education, Higher
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Bunch, Lonnie G.
- Local Identifier
- M_CG_080_access_Bunch
- Type
- Video recordings
- Collection
- American University Commencement Addresses
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:55209
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- Louis Rukeyser Commencement Address, 93rd Commencement, Kogod School of Business, Spring 1991
- Date
- 1991-05-12
- Creator
- American University (Washington, D.C.)
- Publisher
- American University
- Subject
- Baccalaureate addresses; Commencement ceremonies; Education, Higher
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Rukeyser, Louis
- Local Identifier
- M_CG_040_access_Rukeyser
- Type
- Video recordings
- Collection
- American University Commencement Addresses
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:63833
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- Lunar New Year, Video 01
- Date
- January 26, 2020
- Creator
- Jenna Goff
- Description
- A dragon dance proceeds past the Humanities Truck table.
- Country
- United States
- Collection
- Lunar New Year Festival 2020
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2845
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- Maurice Strong Commencement Address, 95th Commencement, School of Public Affairs and School of International Service, Spring 1992
- Date
- 1992-05-10
- Publisher
- American University
- Subject
- Baccalaureate addresses; Commencement ceremonies; Education, Higher
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Strong, Maurice F.
- Local Identifier
- M_CG_046_access_Strong
- Type
- Video recordings
- Collection
- American University Commencement Addresses
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:63817
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- Memorial service for W. Dennis Grubb, Washington National Cathedral, November 16, 2021
- Date
- 2021-11-22
- Publisher
- American University Library. Archives and Special Collections.
- Description
- This video shows the funeral service for former Peace Corps Volunteer W. Dennis Grubb, which took place at the Washington National Cathedral on November 16th, 2021. W. Dennis Grubb began serving in the Peace Corps at age 19 in 1961, shortly after the program was launched by then-President John F. Kennedy, Jr. Stills of the Cathedral's ceilings, stone carvings, and stained glass windows are shown throughout the first minutes of the service while an organ plays in the background. The Rev. Canon Jan Naylor Cope, Provost of the National Cathedral, presided over the service. Journalist Maureen Orth, activist and philanthropist Timothy Shriver, Suleiman Vasti, and the Rev. Cope gave eulogies of Mr. Grubb in celebration and remembrance.
- Subject
- Funerals; Volunteers -- Colombia
- Country
- United States
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Cope, Jan Naylor; Orth, Maureen; Shriver, Timothy
- Local Identifier
- PCCA_FOC_Grubb_0001
- Type
- memorial services
- Collection
- W. Dennis Grubb Collection, Friends of Colombia Archive
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- Michael Armacost Commencement Address, 103rd Commencement, School of International Services and School of Communication, Spring 1996
- Date
- 1996-05-12
- Publisher
- American University
- Subject
- Baccalaureate addresses; Commencement ceremonies; Education, Higher
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Armacost, Michael H.
- DOI
- M_CG_019_access_Armacost
- Type
- Video recordings
- Collection
- American University Commencement Addresses
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:65183
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- Michael Kahn Commencement Address, 120th Commencement, College of Arts and Sciences, Spring 2006
- Date
- 2006-05-14
- Publisher
- American University
- Subject
- Baccalaureate addresses; Commencement ceremonies; Education, Higher
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Kahn, Michael, 1945-
- DOI
- CAS_06_pt1_access_Kahn
- Type
- Video recordings
- Collection
- American University Commencement Addresses
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:65378
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- Molly Smith Commencement Address, 113th Commencement, College of Arts and Sciences, Spring 2001
- Date
- 2001-05-13
- Publisher
- American University
- Subject
- Baccalaureate addresses; Commencement ceremonies; Education, Higher
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Smith, Molly
- DOI
- M_CG_064_access_Smith
- Type
- Video recordings
- Collection
- American University Commencement Addresses
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:65184
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- Out of Our Shells
- Date
- April 28, 2023
- Creator
- Sinnreich, Aram
- Description
- Using the Humanities Truck as a mobile recording studio, the Out of Our Shells team selected 14 DMV-area musical artists across a range of styles, genres, generations, nationalities, ethnicities, languages, and neighborhoods, and provided each one with a professional-quality recording of their work. Each artist retained the full rights to their work, while granting non-commercial use for it under an open license. film created by Aram Sinnreich. presented at the Humanities Truck film festival on April 28, 2023 at American University.
- Subject
- film festival, film, Aram Sinnreich, Out of Our Shells
- Country
- United States
- Collection
- Humanities Truck Film Festival 2023
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- Patricia McGowan Wald Commencement Address, 89th Commencement, Washington College of Law, Spring 1989
- Date
- 1989-05-14
- Publisher
- American University
- Subject
- Baccalaureate addresses; Commencement ceremonies; Education, Higher
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Wald, Patricia M.
- Local Identifier
- M_CG_008_access_Wald
- Type
- Video recordings
- Collection
- American University Commencement Addresses
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:55196
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- Paul Volcker Commencement Address, 120th Commencement, School of Public Affairs and Kogod School of Business, Spring 2006
- Date
- 2006-05-14
- Publisher
- American University
- Subject
- Baccalaureate addresses; Commencement ceremonies; Education, Higher
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Volcker, Paul A.
- Local Identifier
- M_CG_089_access_Volcker
- Type
- Video recordings
- Collection
- American University Commencement Addresses
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:55200
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- Peace Corps Afghanistan - Volunteers 1971-1973 slideshow from "Portland Convocation - A Moment in Time Reunion - July 26-29, 2012 - Special Thanks to Jim Poplack, Jim Hicks, Fritz Laurenovics"
- Date
- 1971-1973
- Creator
- Dizon, Ron
- Publisher
- American University Library. Archives and Special Collections.
- Description
- Slide slow created by returned Peace Corps Volunteer Ron Dizon, who served in Afghanistan from 1971 to 1973. This slide show contains personal photographs of Peace Corps volunteers in the Either Or Otter Corps, which they took during their service in Afghanistan from 1971 to 1973. These volunteers attended the Moment in Time Reunion, which took place from July 26th through July 29th, 2012 in Portland, Oregon.
- Subject
- Volunteers -- Afghanistan -- Anecdotes
- Country
- Afghanistan
- Local Identifier
- PCCA_Dizon_0103
- Type
- presentations (communicative events)
- Collection
- Ron Dizon collection
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- Peace Corps Group "India 20A" in Kerala, India, 1965-1967
- Date
- 1965/1967
- Creator
- Scholl, Phillip L.
- Description
- Phil Scholl was a member of the Peace Corps India 20A group, stationed in Balusseri, Kerala, India, from 1965 to 1967. India 20A was the name of the 20th group of volunteers that the Peace Corps sent to India in 1965. Members of India 20A were assigned to rural public health centers in the Indian states of Madhya Pradesh and Kerala. While serving as a Peace Corps Volunteer, Phil Scholl shot this film entirely on silent 8mm color film. The film captures the Peace Corps India 20A group experience during their rural public health assignment between 1965 and 1967, and includes significant events such as the group’s arrival in New Delhi and everyday life in the state of Kerala.
- Subject
- India -- Rural conditions; Public health -- India; Rural health services -- India; Volunteer workers in community health services
- Country
- India
- Local Identifier
- PCCA_Scholl_0001
- Type
- silent films
- Collection
- Peace Corps Community Archive
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:2250
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- Penn Ave East Neighborhood Interviews Compilation
- Date
- July 17, 2021
- Creator
- Tambra Stevenson
- Description
- Compilation of interview clips with Penn Avenue East residents talking about their neighborhood. Stories were shared with community organizations working to tell the story of Penn Ave SE, as well as the DC Office of Planning.
- Subject
- oral history; Penn Ave East; Anacostia Skate Park; Francis Gregory Library; Thai Orchid Restaurant; DC Office of Planning; community; interviews; Small Area Plan; Washington, DC
- Country
- United States
- Collection
- Ice Cream Truck Listening Tour
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:4034
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- mixed material
- Title
- Peter D. Bell Commencement Address, 115th Commencement, School of International Service and School of Communication, Spring 2002
- Date
- 2002-05-12
- Publisher
- American University
- Subject
- Baccalaureate addresses; Commencement ceremonies; Education, Higher
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Bell, Peter
- Local Identifier
- M_CG_083_access_Bell
- Type
- Video recordings
- Collection
- American University Commencement Addresses
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:55199
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- Powakka/Marchall Kreek
- Date
- 2003-09
- Creator
- Adler, Brian; Elliott, Cynthia
- Description
- Visit to fellow Peace Corps Volunteers in Powakka, an Amerindian Village, in Suriname for a birthday party with music, food, and dancing. The video includes the journey to and from Powakka. Also featured is the Adler’s community, Marchall Kreek. After a tour of their home, Brian Adler visits the local school and clinic which were the main Peace Corps projects in the village. He also takes a walk through the Maroon community down to the local soccer field.
- Subject
- Suriname; Marchall Kreek; Powakka
- Country
- Suriname
- Type
- Video recordings
- Collection
- Brian Adler and Cynthia Elliott collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101416
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- President Clinton at American University, September 9, 1997
- Date
- 1997-09-09
- Creator
- Bill Clinton; Benjamin Ladner; Neal Sharma
- Publisher
- American University
- Description
- President Clinton briefly looks at the accomplishments in his presidency to date and then looks ahead to what he hopes to accomplish in conjunction with Congress in the next three months. Issues he touches on include: equal access to education, Pell Grants, setting national educational standards, ensuring the survival of Social Security and Medicare, improving trade, strengthening the American family, environmental issues, improving government efficiency, building strong relationships with other countries of the world and building a strong and unified America.
- Subject
- Education, Higher -- Government policy -- United States; Health insurance -- Government policy -- United States; Presidents -- United States -- Messages; Speeches, addresses, etc., American.; United States -- Economic policy -- 1993-; United States -- Social policy -- 1993-
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Clinton, Bill, 1946-; Ladner, Benjamin
- Local Identifier
- au_presidentclinton-9-9-97
- Type
- Speeches
- Collection
- American University Historic Films and Videos
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:86980
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- President Neil Kerwin interview from Mary Kennard’s Higher Education Law course, 06 February 2017
- Date
- 2017-02-06
- Creator
- Kennard, Mary E.; Kerwin, C. M. (Cornelius M.)
- Description
- Mary Kennard, former vice president and general counsel of the American University, interviewed President Neil Kerwin during her course Higher Education Law at the Washington College of Law. The interview was conducted in the months leading up to President Kerwin’s retirement and covers his academic career, reflections on his tenure as President of American University, as well as touching on several legal topics relevant to the course. This video is an edited excerpt of the class recording.
- Subject
- College presidents -- Interviews; Education, Higher; Universities and colleges
- Local Identifier
- Kerwin_WCL_Higher_Education_Law_2017Feb06
- Type
- video recordings
- Collection
- American University Historic Films and Videos
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:70686
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- Rachel Teter gives a tour of her home in El Plátano, Panama
- Date
- 2013-03-15
- Creator
- Teter, Rachel
- Publisher
- American University Library. Archives and Special Collections.
- Subject
- Dwellings -- Panama; Rural conditions -- Panama
- Country
- Panama
- Local Identifier
- PCCA_Teter_1647
- Type
- video recordings
- Collection
- Rachel Teter collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:15
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image
- Title
- Robert C. Byrd Commencement Address, 87th Commencement, American University, Spring 1988
- Date
- 1988-05-15
- Publisher
- American University
- Subject
- Baccalaureate addresses; Commencement ceremonies; Education, Higher
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Byrd, Robert C.
- Local Identifier
- M_CG_005_access_Byrd
- Type
- Video recordings
- Collection
- American University Commencement Addresses
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:55195
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- moving image