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Title: 29 Years in Soviet Concentration Camps
Date: 1973
Creator: Person responsible unknown
Description: This flier includes images of Semion P. Removsky and tells his story. Semion P. Removsky was a film director until his imprisonment in 1927. He spent 29 years in Soviet prison camps as a political prisoner. During one of many escape attempt from Vorkouta, he was shot in the legs which were later amputated. He was released in 1956 and received permission to emigrate to Israel in 1972. During his 1973 visit to the United States, Removsky brought his film "On the Run."
Subject: Antisemitism -- Soviet Union; Jews -- Soviet Union; Prisons -- Soviet Union
Country: United States
Subject -- Personal Name: Removsky, Semion
Local Identifier: SC_Frazier_F_0133
Type: fliers (printed matter)
Collection: Patrick Frazier Political and Social Movements Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:70990
mods_typeOfResource_mt: text

Title: AC Interview, March 21, 2016
Date: March 21, 2016
Creator: Person responsible unknown
Description: Description SUMMARY OF INTERVIEW: AC moved to the United States in 1990 to find work in Connecticut then Massachusetts then DC. He worked as a taxi driver for a couple years before finding a permanent position as a security guard for commercial buildings within DC. As soon as he moved to the United States he began English classes and now takes computer classes to increase his skills. He retired in 2015 and began receiving Social Security and also withdrew his 401k. He is currently unemployed and focusing on his health because he was unable to do so when he was working. He has plans to learn Microsoft PowerPoint take his skills back to his homeland to teach children the application as well as English. PROJECT’S OBJECTIVES: The Homeless Voices Amplification Co-op (HVAC) works to amplify stories of unhoused individuals’ past and present work experiences. Recognizing that unhoused individuals are the most valuable source of knowledge on the realities of their employment, HVAC partners with the unhoused to create space for strategic community reflection as a means to further activism for economic justice. HVAC believes stories have the power to humanize individuals and undermine stigmas and stereotypes in ways statistics cannot. HVAC intends to draw upon the power of these stories to create a powerful, multi-dimensional online platform that can enhance efforts to mobilize the community.
Subject: Thrive DC: St. Stephen's Episcopal Church; Homeless Voices Amplification Co-op’s DC Employment Justice Research Project; homeles
Country: United States
Collection: Homeless Voices Amplification Coop
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:1515
mods_typeOfResource_mt: sound recording

Title: Account of subscriptions toward the Epworth Fund of American University, 1892 July 15
Date: 1892-07-15
Creator: Person responsible unknown
Description: An account of subscriptions from Chapter # 5338, Epworth League of the Douglas Memorial M.E. Church for the Epworth Fund of American University.
Subject: American University (Washington, D.C.) -- History; Education, Higher -- Washington (D.C.); Epworth League (U.S.) -- History; Douglas Memorial M.E. Church (Washington, D.C.) -- History
Local Identifier: RG1.05.10.07
Type: subscription lists
Collection: American University: The Formative Years
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/RG1.05.10.07
mods_typeOfResource_mt: text

Title: Adam Canaday Interview, October 30, 2020
Date: October 30, 2020
Creator: Adam Canaday; HopeLily Van Duyne; Person responsible unknown
Description: Adam Canaday is a Journeyman Coachman with the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation that runs the museums and historic houses and sites in Williamsburg, Virginia. Adam talks about his experiences working at Colonial Williamsburg since he was a small child. He addresses some of the issues that people of color face working at Colonial Williamsburg, especially when working as historical interpreters. This interview was conducted as part of class requirements for HIST:667 Oral History with Dr. Anna Kaplan in fall 2020.
Subject: Colonial Williamsburg; Native Americans; Chickahominy; enslaved people; African Americans; costumed interpreters
Country: United States
Collection: African American Historical Interpreters: The Experience of Working in the Past
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2577
mods_typeOfResource_mt: sound recording

Title: Agenda for an ENLACE event
Date: [date of publication not identified]
Creator: Person responsible unknown
Description: Agenda for an ENLACE event.
Subject: Gay activists -- Washington (D.C.); Hispanic American gays -- Washington (D.C.); Hispanic American lesbians -- Washington (D.C.); Special events -- Planning; Nonprofit organizations -- Washington (D.C.); LGBTQ+ Latinx; Hispanic LGBTQ+ people; LGBTQ+ events
Local Identifier: SC_ENLACE_meetings_0055
Type: agendas (administrative records)
Collection: ENLACE records
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:98650
mods_typeOfResource_mt: text

Title: Agenda for ENLACE's board meeting on December 5, 1992
Date: 1992-12-05
Creator: Person responsible unknown
Description: Agenda for ENLACE's board meeting on December 5, 1992. Includes multiple copies with members' handwritten notes.
Subject: Gay activists -- Washington (D.C.); Hispanic American gays -- Washington (D.C.); Hispanic American lesbians -- Washington (D.C.); Nonprofit organizations -- Washington (D.C.); Lesbian activists -- Washington (D.C.); Meetings; LGBTQ+ Latinx; Hispanic LGBTQ+ people
Local Identifier: SC_ENLACE_board_0005
Type: agendas (administrative records); notes (documents)
Collection: ENLACE records
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:98273
mods_typeOfResource_mt: text

Title: Agenda for ENLACE's board meeting on October 13, 1992
Date: 1992-10-13
Creator: Person responsible unknown
Description: Agenda for ENLACE's board meeting on October 13, 1992. Includes a copy with a member's handwritten notes.
Subject: Gay activists -- Washington (D.C.); Hispanic American gays -- Washington (D.C.); Hispanic American lesbians -- Washington (D.C.); Nonprofit organizations -- Washington (D.C.); Lesbian activists -- Washington (D.C.); Meetings; LGBTQ+ Latinx; Hispanic LGBTQ+ people
Local Identifier: SC_ENLACE_board_0004
Type: agendas (administrative records); notes (documents)
Collection: ENLACE records
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:98272
mods_typeOfResource_mt: text

Title: Akuba Dharamah Interview, March 21, 2016
Date: March 21, 2016
Creator: Person responsible unknown
Description: PROJECT’S OBJECTIVES: The Homeless Voices Amplification Co-op (HVAC) works to amplify stories of unhoused individuals’ past and present work experiences. Recognizing that unhoused individuals are the most valuable source of knowledge on the realities of their employment, HVAC partners with the unhoused to create space for strategic community reflection as a means to further activism for economic justice. HVAC believes stories have the power to humanize individuals and undermine stigmas and stereotypes in ways statistics cannot. HVAC intends to draw upon the power of these stories to create a powerful, multi-dimensional online platform that can enhance efforts to mobilize the community.
Subject: Thrive DC: St. Stephen's Episcopal Church; Homeless Voices Amplification Co-op’s DC Employment Justice Research Project; homelessness
Country: United States
Local Identifier: Akuba Daramah_March 21_2016_Sound
Collection: Homeless Voices Amplification Coop
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:1429
mods_typeOfResource_mt: sound recording

Title: Alonzo Johnson Interview, April 12, 2015
Date: April 12, 2015
Creator: Person responsible unknown
Description: PROJECT’S OBJECTIVES: The Homeless Voices Amplification Co-op (HVAC) works to amplify stories of unhoused individuals’ past and present work experiences. Recognizing that unhoused individuals are the most valuable source of knowledge on the realities of their employment, HVAC partners with the unhoused to create space for strategic community reflection as a means to further activism for economic justice. HVAC believes stories have the power to humanize individuals and undermine stigmas and stereotypes in ways statistics cannot. HVAC intends to draw upon the power of these stories to create a powerful, multi-dimensional online platform that can enhance efforts to mobilize the community.
Subject: Georgetown Law School; Homeless Voices Amplification Co-op’s DC Employment Justice Research Project; homelessness
Country: United States
Local Identifier: Alonzo Johnson_April 12_2015_Sound
Collection: Homeless Voices Amplification Coop
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:1440
mods_typeOfResource_mt: sound recording

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: "Anger shows at demonstration" article
Date: 1992-10-30
Creator: Person responsible unknown
Description: The Washington Blade newspaper article covering a demonstration organized to urge DC government to reform anti-sodomy laws. ENLACE was a participant in the rally.
Subject: Gay activists -- Washington (D.C.); Hispanic American gays -- Washington (D.C.); Hispanic American lesbians -- Washington (D.C.); Gay community -- Washington (D.C.) -- Newspapers; Sodomy -- Law and legislation; Gay liberation movement -- Washington (D.C.); LGBTQ+ Latinx; Hispanic LGBTQ+ people; Sodomy laws; LGBTQ+ demonstrations
Local Identifier: SC_ENLACE_newspapers_0033
Type: articles
Collection: ENLACE records
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:98715
mods_typeOfResource_mt: text

Title: Arithmetic Ciphering Book
Date: Date of creation unknown
Creator: Person responsible unknown
Description: This copy book consists of six sections, each a mathematical lesson: Profit and Loss, Fellowship with Time, Alligation Medial, Position, Double Position, Exchange. The instructions are followed by exercises and answers. The book includes hand-drawn flourishes and embellishments.
Subject: Arithmetic -- Problems, exercises, etc. -- 18th century
Local Identifier: SC_ciphering_book_044
Type: manuscripts (documents); holographs (autographs)
Collection: Mathematical Ciphering Books
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:103928
mods_typeOfResource_mt: text

Title: Astronomy Ciphering Book
Date: undated
Creator: Person responsible unknown
Description: This copy book consists of astronomy problems references dates in 1820-1822. Some pages have been excised. Additions in the form of broadsheets (Just before the battle, Mother; Bonny Eloise, the belle of the Mohawk vale; Who will care for mother now?; Annie Lisle) and hand-copied lyrics of The sailor's weeping bride are pasted on the original pages. On the final pages, The mariner's dream by William Dimond has been hand-copied by the author of the cipher book. "Beatrice C. Stains" is written on the front flyleaf in pencil.
Subject: Arithmetic -- Problems, exercises, etc. -- 19th century; Arithmetic
Local Identifier: SC_ciphering_book_046
Type: manuscripts (documents)
Collection: Mathematical Ciphering Books
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:90000
mods_typeOfResource_mt: text

Title: Beach trip pricing sheet
Date: [date of publication not identified]
Creator: Person responsible unknown
Description: Handwritten page comparing the prices of different houses and hotels for an overnight beach trip.
Subject: Gay activists -- Washington (D.C.); Hispanic American gays -- Washington (D.C.); Hispanic American lesbians -- Washington (D.C.); Vacations; Nonprofit organizations -- Washington (D.C.); Program budgeting; LGBTQ+ Latinx; Hispanic LGBTQ+ people
Local Identifier: SC_ENLACE_finances_0001
Type: price lists
Collection: ENLACE records
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:98515
mods_typeOfResource_mt: text

Title: Ben Smith Interview, November 19, 2020
Date: November 19, 2020
Creator: Mia Owens; Person responsible unknown
Description: Ben Smith speaks about his experiences growing up in New York City as a Chinese adoptee. He talks about growing up with two dads and the impact that living in a diverse community has had on his life. Ben also discusses his interests in community building, his YouTube channel Becoming Ben Smith, and his perceptions of his identity as a Chinese adoptee.
Subject: adoption; adoptee; community; parents; China; Chinese culture; Asian; American
Country: United States
Collection: Chinese Adoption Oral History Project
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2526
mods_typeOfResource_mt: sound recording

Title: Black hearings
Date: 1975
Creator: Person responsible unknown
Description: This flier publicizes a panel called an Advisory Supreme Court of Appeals being hosted by prominent black leaders to hear evidence and testimony of victims and their lawyers in regard to alleged crimes by the United States and state governments against black organizations. The panel took place on February 25, 1975 at the All Souls Church in Washington, D.C. Persons and events depicted on the flier include Dr. Benjamin Chavis, 11 members of the Republic of New Afrika, and the Attica Prison uprising. The panel included Congressman John Conyers, Judge William Booth, Dr. Vincent Harding, Attorney Lenox Hinds, Dr. Aaron Henry, Attorney Etta Kay Hearn, Dr. Charles Cobb, Dr. James Turner, and Rev. David Eaton.
Subject: Racism -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Country: United States
Subject -- Personal Name: Chavis, Ben, 1948-
Local Identifier: SC_Frazier_F_0048
Type: fliers (printed matter)
Collection: Patrick Frazier Political and Social Movements Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:70878
mods_typeOfResource_mt: text

Title: Blank contact form
Date: [date of publication not identified]
Creator: Person responsible unknown
Description: Blank form for contact information.
Subject: Gay activists -- Washington (D.C.); Hispanic American gays -- Washington (D.C.); Hispanic American lesbians -- Washington (D.C.); Hotlines (Counseling); Nonprofit organizations -- Washington (D.C.); Volunteers -- Recruiting; LGBTQ+ Latinx; Hispanic LGBTQ+ people
Local Identifier: SC_ENLACE_holagay_0005
Type: forms (documents)
Collection: ENLACE records
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:98775
mods_typeOfResource_mt: text

Title: Board meeting notes June 5, 1992
Date: 1992-06-05
Creator: Person responsible unknown
Description: Handwritten board meeting notes from June 5, 1992.
Subject: Gay activists -- Washington (D.C.); Hispanic American gays -- Washington (D.C.); Hispanic American lesbians -- Washington (D.C.); Nonprofit organizations -- Washington (D.C.); Meetings; LGBTQ+ Latinx; Hispanic LGBTQ+ people
Local Identifier: SC_ENLACE_board_0017
Type: minutes (administrative records); notes (documents)
Collection: ENLACE records
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:98285
mods_typeOfResource_mt: text

Title: Building proposal, undated
Date: [date of publication not identified]
Creator: Person responsible unknown
Description: Request for trustees to pledge $10,000 for Pennsylvania Hall. The Hall of History is completed. The McKinley Hall of Government is in the process of completion.
Subject: American University (Washington, D.C.) -- History; Education, Higher -- Washington (D.C.)
Local Identifier: RG1.04.14.14
Type: proposals
Collection: American University: The Formative Years
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/RG1.04.14.14
mods_typeOfResource_mt: text

Title: Consumers want a voice in government
Date: 1975
Creator: Person responsible unknown
Description: Flier urging public support of the Consumer Protection Agency Bill HR 7575 and a rally on the Capitol steps on Wednesday October 29, 1975 which includes speakers and music.
Subject: Consumer protection -- Law and legislation; Demonstrations -- United States; United States -- Economic conditions
Country: United States
Local Identifier: SC_Frazier_F_0081
Type: fliers (printed matter)
Collection: Patrick Frazier Political and Social Movements Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:70919
mods_typeOfResource_mt: text

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