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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
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/RG1.05.10.07
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: Amelie Zurn Interview Part 1, June 8, 2021
Date: June 8, 2021
Creator: Amelie Zurn; Audrey Barnett
Description: Audrey Barnett interviews Amelie Zurn. Their conversation begins with Amelie discussing how she donated a large number of her papers from OUT! (Oppression Under Target) to the American University Archive. She then explains how she got involved with OUT! after volunteering with organizations such as Whitman Walker, National Organization for Women, and the Rape Crisis Hotline. Amelie talks more about her time with OUT!, including actions, other members, organizing tactics, and partnerships with other groups. Audrey also asks for more details about Amelie's work at and the evolution of Whitman Walker clinic. The interview then transitions to a discussion about feminist health practices and activism within AIDS organizing.
Subject: HIV; AIDS; Washington, DC; Oppression Under Target (OUT!); Whitman Walker; ACT UP; Black Lives Matter; Lesbian Health Services; Take Back the Night; National Organization for Women (NOW); Bowers v. Hardwick; 1987 March on Washington for Gay and Lesbian Rights; disability justice; gay and lesbian organizing; Washington Blade; Ryan White Care Act; memorial actions; Washington Peace Center; abolitionist organizing; DC Council; Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS); Clinton administration; U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE); Immigrant Rights Movement; Webster v. Reproductive Health Services; reproductive rights; feminist health practices; mutual aid; transmasculine
Country: United States
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:3263
Rights statement: Copyright for this object is held by American University and does not preclude any use the co-interviewee(s) may want to make of the information in the recordings themselves. This object is made available through the American University Digital Research Archive for research and educational purposes. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the object beyond the bounds of Fair Use must be obtained from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: Catholic Church In Cuba
Date: 1999-11-18
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: A woman enters the Iglesia de la Regla across the harbor from Havana, Cuba on November 18, 1999. Following Pope John Paul's visit to Cuba in 1998, the Catholic church has experienced a resurgence of numbers of Cubans attending mass and spiritual ceremonies. The church has been called the only organized opposition to the Castro regime.
Subject: Appearance; Communism; Current Affairs; Development; Economy; Entertainment; Fidel Castro; Government; Human Interest; Leisure; Religion; Socialism; Tourism; Tourists; Tradition; Youth; Immigration; Exiles; U.S. Embargo; Batista; 1956 Revolution; Cold War
Country: Cuba
Local Identifier: cuba_nc_0003_web.tif
Rights statement: Copyright 1999 Robert Nickelsberg

Title: Catholic Church In Cuba
Date: 1999-11-18
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: A woman touches the statue of a Catholic saint in the Iglesia de la Regla across the harbor from Havana, Cuba on November 18, 1999. Following Pope John Paul's visit to Cuba in 1998, the Catholic church has experienced a resurgence of numbers of Cubans attending mass and spiritual ceremonies. The church has been called the only organized opposition to the Castro regime.
Subject: Appearance; Communism; Current Affairs; Development; Economy; Entertainment; Fidel Castro; Government; Human Interest; Leisure; Religion; Socialism; Tourism; Tourists; Tradition; Youth; Immigration; Exiles; U.S. Embargo; Batista; 1956 Revolution; Cold War
Country: Cuba
Local Identifier: cuba_nc_0004_web.tif
Rights statement: Copyright 1999 Robert Nickelsberg

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "America For Christmas"
Description: Stars Walter Huston and Earl Robinson with Howard McNear. Written by peter Lyon and based on A.L. Botkin's book, "A Treasury of American Folklore." Music by Robert Armbruster's Orchestra and The Sportsmen Quartet. Anncr: Gayne Whitman. The story of how an itinerant USO camp show troupe performed for homesick GI's on small Pacific Island--singing songs and telling stories of America.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; United Service Organizations (U.S.)
Local Identifier: program_no:415
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101751
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "Artist to the Wounded"
Description: Written by Bernard Reines and stars Geraldine Fitzgerald. Features Howard McNear. Music by Robert Ambruster. Frank Graham, Gayne Whitman, announcers. The story of a young commercial artist who volunteered under USO auspices to held the wounded by sketching their portraits during their convalescence. Special V-E Day reminder at conclusion of show.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; United Service Organizations (U.S.)
Local Identifier: program_no:434
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101755
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "G.I.Circuit"
Description: Written by Paul Peters and co-stars Ann Sothern and Joe. E Brown. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Robert Armbruster. James Bannon, Gayne Whitman, announcers. The story of the small-time vaudevillians and performers who made up the largest percentage of personnel in the USO camp shows.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; United Service Organizations (U.S.)
Local Identifier: program_no:375
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101791
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "Soldiers in Greasepaint"
Description: Written by George Corey. Stars Kay Francis, Martha Raye and Mitze Mayfair. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Robert Armbruster. James Bannon, Gayne Whitman, announcers. The story of the first USO campshow to visit American battle lines. Numerous popular tunes of the day are included.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; United Service Organizations (U.S.)
Local Identifier: program_no:329
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101849
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "The Road to Berlin"
Description: Stars Bing Crosby, Darlene Garner, Joe De Rita, Jeannie Dunell. Host Walter Huston. Music by Robert Ambruster. Gayne Whitman, announcer. Presented in observance of the fourth anniversary of the USO. Crosby and cast recount a recent USO tour. Songs include "White Christmas," "Easter Parade," "San Fernando Valley," "If I Had My Way," "Home."
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Crosby, Bing, 1903-1977; United Service Organizations (U.S.)
Local Identifier: program_no:421
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101898
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "Weapon 4-H"
Description: Written by Peter Lyon and co-stars Virginia Weidler and Skippy Homeier. Music by Robert Ambruster. Frank Graham, Gayne Whitman, announcers. The story about two farm youngsters and their wartime food raising program under the auspices of the 4-H Club.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; 4-H Youth Development Program (U.S.)
Local Identifier: program_no:432
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101923
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.

Title: Chess Tournement In Matanzas, Cuba
Date: 1999-11-18
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Cuban children participate in a chess tournament in Matanzas, Cuba on November 18, 1999. The Cuban economy is on the verge of collapsing after the former Soviet Union ended its aid and the US imposed an embargo on Cuba.
Subject: Appearance; Communism; Current Affairs; Development; Economy; Entertainment; Fidel Castro; Government; Human Interest; Leisure; Socialism; Tourism; Tourists; Tradition; Youth; Immigration; Exiles; U.S. Embargo; Batista; 1956 Revolution; Cold War
Country: Cuba
Local Identifier: cuba_ct_0014_web.tif
Rights statement: Copyright 1999 Robert Nickelsberg

Title: Chinatown in Havana, Cuba
Date: 2001-04-12
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: A Chinese typesetter at the Cantonese and Spanish language weekly newspaper, "Kwong Wah Po", returns some of the 8000 Chinese lead characters to their slots after the issue welcoming Chinese President Jiang Zemin to Cuba has hit the streets in Havana, Cuba on April 12, 2001. The newspaper reaches out to the island's 328 ethnic Chinese residents with a 600 copy weekly circulation.
Subject: Appearance; Communism; Current Affairs; Development; Economy; Entertainment; Fidel Castro; Government; Human Interest; Leisure; Socialism; Tourism; Tourists; Tradition; Youth; Immigration; Exiles; U.S. Embargo; Batista; 1956 Revolution; Cold War
Country: Cuba
Local Identifier: cuba_nc_0016_web.jpg
Rights statement: Copyright 2001 Robert Nickelsberg

Title: Classical Buildings In Havana, Cuba
Date: 2001-04-12
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Tourists stop by an early 20th-century building in Old Havana, Cuba on April 12, 2001.
Subject: Appearance; Communism; Current Affairs; Development; Economy; Entertainment; Fidel Castro; Government; Human Interest; Leisure; Socialism; Tourism; Tourists; Tradition; Youth; Immigration; Exiles; U.S. Embargo; Batista; 1956 Revolution; Cold War
Country: Cuba
Local Identifier: cuba_nc_0031_web.jpg
Rights statement: Copyright 2001 Robert Nickelsberg

Title: Classical Resdiences In Havana, Cuba
Date: 2001-04-12
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: A Baroque style building in Havana undergoes reconstruction in Havana, Cuba on April 12, 2001. The house is in the Vedado neighborhood near the Atlantic Ocean.
Subject: Appearance; Communism; Current Affairs; Development; Economy; Entertainment; Fidel Castro; Government; Human Interest; Leisure; Socialism; Tourism; Tourists; Tradition; Youth; Immigration; Exiles; U.S. Embargo; Batista; 1956 Revolution; Cold War
Country: Cuba
Local Identifier: cuba_nc_0030_web.jpg

Title: Classical Resdiences In Havana, Cuba
Date: 2001-04-12
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: A Baroque style building in Havana undergoes reconstruction in Havana, Cuba on April 12, 2001. The house is in the Vedado neighborhood near the Atlantic Ocean.
Subject: Appearance; Communism; Current Affairs; Development; Economy; Entertainment; Fidel Castro; Government; Human Interest; Leisure; Socialism; Tourism; Tourists; Tradition; Youth; Immigration; Exiles; U.S. Embargo; Batista; 1956 Revolution; Cold War
Country: Cuba
Local Identifier: cuba_nc_0032_web.jpg

Title: Close-up of a tractor displaying a sign that says "If you want to eat you had better help support the U.S. Farmer 100% Parity" during the first Tractorcade demonstration, 18 January 1978
Date: 1978-01-18
Creator: Frazier, Patrick
Description: The American Agriculture Movement was an organization founded in 1977 with the purpose of lobbying that the federal government pay higher prices for crops. In 1978 they organized the first Tractorcade wherein thousands of farmers drove their tractors to Washington, D.C. in protest of the Carter Administration and the Farmers Home Administration would stop foreclosures on farms. Again on February 5, 1979, farmers arrived on tractors and held another Tractorcade protest. They occupied the National Mall for several weeks.
Subject: Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- United States; Agriculture and politics -- United States; Demonstrations -- United States; Farmers' Strike, U.S., 1977-1978
Country: United States
Local Identifier: SC_Frazier_N_1954
Type: black-and-white negatives
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:72062
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: Close-up of a tractor displaying a sign that says "Support National Farm Strike Dec. 14, 1977 for 100% Parity" during the first Tractorcade demonstration, 18 January 1978
Date: 1978-01-18
Creator: Frazier, Patrick
Description: The American Agriculture Movement was an organization founded in 1977 with the purpose of lobbying that the federal government pay higher prices for crops. In 1978 they organized the first Tractorcade wherein thousands of farmers drove their tractors to Washington, D.C. in protest of the Carter Administration and the Farmers Home Administration would stop foreclosures on farms. Again on February 5, 1979, farmers arrived on tractors and held another Tractorcade protest. They occupied the National Mall for several weeks.
Subject: Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- United States; Agriculture and politics -- United States; Demonstrations -- United States; Farmers' Strike, U.S., 1977-1978
Country: United States
Local Identifier: SC_Frazier_N_1953
Type: black-and-white negatives
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:72061
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: Close-up of two tractors, one displaying a sign that says "Save the U.S. farmer, support 100% parity" during the first Tractorcade demonstration, 18 January 1978
Date: 1978-01-18
Creator: Frazier, Patrick
Description: The American Agriculture Movement was an organization founded in 1977 with the purpose of lobbying that the federal government pay higher prices for crops. In 1978 they organized the first Tractorcade wherein thousands of farmers drove their tractors to Washington, D.C. in protest of the Carter Administration and the Farmers Home Administration would stop foreclosures on farms. Again on February 5, 1979, farmers arrived on tractors and held another Tractorcade protest. They occupied the National Mall for several weeks.
Subject: Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- United States; Agriculture and politics -- United States; Demonstrations -- United States; Farmers' Strike, U.S., 1977-1978
Country: United States
Local Identifier: SC_Frazier_N_1956
Type: black-and-white negatives
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:72064
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: Close-up of two tractors, one displaying a sign that says "Think about this - no bread, no eggs, no milk, no pork, no cereal, and that's just breakfast!" during the first Tractorcade demonstration, 18 January 1978
Date: 1978-01-18
Creator: Frazier, Patrick
Description: The American Agriculture Movement was an organization founded in 1977 with the purpose of lobbying that the federal government pay higher prices for crops. In 1978 they organized the first Tractorcade wherein thousands of farmers drove their tractors to Washington, D.C. in protest of the Carter Administration and the Farmers Home Administration would stop foreclosures on farms. Again on February 5, 1979, farmers arrived on tractors and held another Tractorcade protest. They occupied the National Mall for several weeks.
Subject: Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- United States; Agriculture and politics -- United States; Demonstrations -- United States; Farmers' Strike, U.S., 1977-1978
Country: United States
Local Identifier: SC_Frazier_N_1955
Type: black-and-white negatives
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:72063
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: Cuban Cigars Made By Cohiba
Date: 1999-11-13
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Cohiba cigars are displayed for sale in a shop in Havana, Cuba on November 13, 1999. The world renowned cigars are made for export with high quality Cuban tobacco. Cohiba cigars were rumored to be Cuban President Fidel Castro's preferred brand.
Subject: Appearance; Communism; Current Affairs; Development; Economy; Entertainment; Fidel Castro; Government; Human Interest; Leisure; Socialism; Tourism; Tourists; Tradition; Youth; Immigration; Exiles; U.S. Embargo; Batista; 1956 Revolution; Cold War; Tobacco
Country: Cuba
Local Identifier: cuba_ct_0023_web.tif

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