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Title: Nicole Williams Interview, November 10, 2020
Date: November 10, 2020
Creator: Nicole Williams; Alexis Zilen
Description: The idea of a “new normal” has become common rhetoric within the United States as a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic. This new normal includes not only updated health consciousness but larger structural transformations in economics and politics. This project will focus on a few microcosms of transformation; the rise of unemployment and the impact of the creative arts, and the effects of mental health during the ongoing pandemic. Overall, Alexis Zilen's interview with Nicole Williams will provide insight into the new normal and the transformation of American creative culture during the pandemic. This interview was completed virtually.
Subject: Cherry Hill, NJ; divorced parents; Cherry Hill High School; mental health; Ithaca, NY; coping mechanism; escape; Seattle, WA; summer camp; nanny; social media; quarantine; mental illness; therapy; community college; COVID-19; Coronavirus; pandemic; unemployment; writing
Country: United States
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2525
Rights statement: Copyright, including the right to publicity, has been transferred to American University via the Humanities Truck release form. There are no modifications to the agreement.

Title: BH Whitehurst Interview, April 17, 2020
Date: April 17, 2020
Creator: BH Whitehurst; Angie Whitehurst; Angie Whitehurst
Description: BH Whitehurst shares how COVID has affected her. She explains how this "unseen enemy" has been giving her trouble, particularly related to her struggles with GERD. She reflects on how the virus has affected the whole world, "from the least of us to the greatest of us." She cites her belief in religion as the reason that we will survive this: we need to "keep our mind on Him, and not on this invisible, evil force." This video is part of the Humanities Truck's From Me To You: A Covid-19 Oral History Project. https://humanitiestruck.com/frommetoyou/
Subject: Carter Baron Park; Washington, DC; COVID; COVID-19; coronavirus; pandemic; public health; religion
Country: United States
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2123
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: Liz Interview, October 6, 2020
Date: October 6, 2020
Creator: Rosie Cain; Liz
Description: Rosie Cain interviews narrator Liz about their identity as non-binary and fat. Liz discusses their process coming to and sharing their identity as non-binary with others in their life. Liz also discusses identifying as fat, what the term fat means to them and how they came to identify as fat. Liz shares their experiences clothing shopping, being in online community groups and visiting a health care practitioner. They also discuss topics of disordered eating, social media and the influence of non-binary YouTubers.
Subject: fat; fat acceptance; non-binary; gender; androgynous; identity; friends; uni; university; fatness; fit; weight; body positivity; advice; Health at Every Size; health; doctor; mental health
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2490
Rights statement: Interview contents have been given to the Public Domain through the Humanities Truck Oral History Project at American University.

Title: Ly Meloccaro Interview, October 6, 2020
Date: October 6, 2020
Creator: Ly Meloccaro; Rosie Cain
Description: In this interview Rosie Cain interviews Ly Meloccaro about both their identity as non-binary and trans as well as their identity as fat. Ly discusses how they previously identified as trans-masc, a trans man and then non-binary, now agender. Ly discusses their experiences performing drag, as well as what their gender identity and body identity has meant in relation to their career as a musician and performer. Ly discusses their body identity as fat, fatphobia in the queer community and society as a whole, and the work of the Fat Liberation movement. Ly discusses their history with disordered eating and their struggle to receive gender affirming care because of their body size. They also discuss their use of social media.
Subject: gender; transgender; queer; non-binary; agender; body; fat; plus size; drag; musical theater; dysphoria; Health at Every Size; body positivity; cisgender; lesbian; gay; fat liberation; top surgery; disordered eating; fatphobia; social media; twitter; instagram; tumblr
Country: United States
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2476
Rights statement: Interview contents have been given to the Public Domain through the Humanities Truck Oral History Project at American University.

Title: Ashlie Gorman Interview, October 18, 2020
Date: October 18, 2020
Creator: Ashlie Gorman; Alexis Zilen
Description: The idea of a “new normal” has become common rhetoric within the United States as a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic. This new normal includes not only updated health consciousness but larger structural transformations in economics and politics. This project will focus on a few microcosms of transformation; the rise of unemployment and the impact of the creative arts, and the effects of mental health during the ongoing pandemic. Overall, this interview between Ashlie Gorman and Alexis Zilen will provide insight into the new normal and the transformation of American creative culture during the pandemic.
Subject: COVID-19; pandemic; entertainment; performing arts; Gilbertsville, PA; Disney Parks; cast member; employment; Coronavirus; Orlando, FL; Boyertown Area School District; Youtube; mental health; Disney College Program; social media; quarantine
Country: United States
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2521
Rights statement: Copyright, including the right to publicity, has been transferred to American University via the Humanities Truck release form. There are no modifications to the agreement.

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
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:86929
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: Peace Corps Volunteer Gaye Gilbert talks with a local man, near Quepe, Chile
Date: 1965/1967
Creator: Muldoon-Ibrahim, Kay
Description: Peace Corps Volunteer Gaye Gilbert 1965-1967 worked in rural community development in reducciones near Quepe, Chile. During her time in Chile Gilbert helped to build a 50 meter suspension bridge and was able to help the community with health problems because she spoke the Mapuche language.
Subject: Nursing; Public health; Rural health services; Volunteer workers in community health services -- Chile; Volunteer workers in medical care -- Chile
Country: Chile
Subject -- Personal Name: Gilbert, Gaye
Local Identifier: PCCA_Muldoon-Ibrahim_0037
Type: black-and-white photographs
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:2287
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: Jack Klitgaard Interview, October 28, 2020
Date: October 28, 2020
Creator: Jack Klitgaard; Emily Lefeber
Description: Jack Klitgaard is a current high school senior at the Harlan Community High School (HCHS) in Harlan, IA. Located in rural western Iowa, the Harlan Community is feeling the effects of the 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic. In this interview, Jack discusses his experiences as HCHS was forced to shut down at the beginning of the pandemic, going to 100% virtual learning due to concerns about his family’s health, and his plans to become a doctor in the future. This interview was conducted virtually using TheirStory.io software.
Subject: Harlan, IA; Iowa; rural; small town; Harlan Community High School; COVID-19; Coronavirus; pandemic; media perception; politics; public health; masks; mental health; student; teenager; childhood; remote learning; cancer; college; Coolidge Scholar; Boy Scouts; music; jazz band; travel; faith; video games
Country: United States
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2506
Rights statement: Interview contents have been given to the Public Domain through the Humanities Truck Oral History Project at American University.

Title: Cedric Burgess Interview, March 19, 2020
Date: March 19, 2020
Creator: Cedric Burgess; Kai Walther
Description: Cedric Burgess speaks with Kai Walther about his activism around AIDS as a self-described Black gay man. Burgess describes the numerous volunteering efforts in which he is currently involved as well as what he did in the past. He discusses being diagnosed with HIV, how he came to be involved in activism around that subject, his struggles with mental health, and moving away from AIDS-specific activism. Additionally, Burgess speaks a bit about gay social life during the “disco days,” including time he spent at the Clubhouse and other gay bars and clubs.
Subject: HIV; AIDS; activism; Washington, DC; The Clubhouse; Names Project; mental health; Inner-City AIDS Network; LGBT seniors; Whitman Walker; Paradise Garage; Washington Blade; Bishop Rainey Cheeks; Black Light; DC Department on Aging and Community Living; AIDS Memorial Quilt; Us Helping Us
Country: United States
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2378
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: Kanie Pendarvis III Interview, March 24, 2015
Date: March 24, 2015
Creator: Person responsible unknown; Person responsible unknown
Description: SUMMARY: Kanie Pendarvis gives detailed history of his experiences with employment, mental health, housing, and the military. Born in DC 1954, Mr. Pendarvis was raised by foster parents; his foster father was employed as a printer. Mr. Pendarvis has had extensive education in college programs, the US Marine Corps, and health work certification. He sees himself as a people person and would like to work in home health aide. Mr. Pendarvis sees his criminal record as his biggest challenge to employment; he explains mandatory sentencing for drug possession and how his convictions impact him. Mr. Pendarvis discusses his time in the US Marine Corps and his travels through Europe. Mr. Pendarvis discusses recognizing and dealing with depression, and how complicated peoples’ experiences with homelessness are. Mr. Pendarvis describes training programs available in prisons. Mr. Pendarvis recalls his work experience from his first job to the present. Death of foster parents, mental health, and drug use made housing difficult. Mr. Pendarvis was a part of black empowerment movements in college. He recounts experiences with racism while in North Carolina during his time in the service, and how his international and military experience gave him a different perspective on issues of race. Mr. Pendarvis worked day labor and explains how that system worked in the 80s, and how it’s changed. He currently stays at Central Union Mission and gives an overview of their approach to aide. Mr. Pendarvis discusses the difference between unions and collegiate training programs. 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: homelessness; military; mental health; drug abuse
Country: United States
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:1545

Title: Kim Clemens Interview, November 12, 2020
Date: November 12, 2020
Creator: Kim Clemens; Laura Sislen
Description: Kim is a trauma, addictions, and art therapist in Annapolis, Maryland. She talks about her experiences both personally and professionally, and overall has cultivated a sense of gratitude and awareness throughout the pandemic. She talks about the many positive things that have happened to her: engagement, buying her first house, and accomplishing professional endeavors, while noticing the heavier side of peoples' decline in mental health, stressors, and trauma around her. She talks about noticing the collective grief and loss within this pandemic and wants an increase in the promotion and accessibility for mental health services, self-care, and what it means to connect. She is hopeful for increased mental health care, empathy, and connection to come out of this experience.
Subject: COVID-19; Therapist; collective grief; gratitude; Annapolis, Maryland; COVID; mental health; self-care; Zoom
Country: United States
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2341
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: 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
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:86980
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: Peace Corps Volunteer nurse Kate Lorig consults a mother regarding her child at the Consultorio Gil de Castro, Valdivia, Chile
Date: [date of publication not identified]
Creator: Muldoon-Ibrahim, Kay
Description: Peace Corps Volunteer nurse Kate Lorig worked in the well-child clinic at the Consultorio Gil de Castro in Valdivia, Chile.
Subject: Hospitals -- Chile; Nursing; Public health; Volunteer workers in hospitals -- Chile; Volunteer workers in medical care -- Chile
Country: Chile
Subject -- Personal Name: Lorig, Kate
Local Identifier: PCCA_Muldoon-Ibrahim_0031
Type: black-and-white photographs
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:2266
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: Peace Corps Volunteer nurse Diane Myers takes the blood pressure of a pediatric patient at John F. Kennedy Hospital in Valdivia, Chile
Date: [date of publication not identified]
Creator: Muldoon-Ibrahim, Kay
Description: Peace Corps Volunteer nurse Diane Myers worked at the John F. Kennedy Hospital in Valdivia, Chile. Myers served alongside Chilean colleagues in pediatric, burn, medical and surgical units. The program focused on helping prepare practical nurses and nursing student at University Austral.
Subject: Hospitals -- Chile; Nursing; Public health; Volunteer workers in hospitals -- Chile; Volunteer workers in medical care -- Chile
Country: Chile
Subject -- Personal Name: Myers, Diane
Local Identifier: PCCA_Muldoon-Ibrahim_0030
Type: black-and-white photographs
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:2285
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: Sheena Sproule Interview, October 1, 2020
Date: October 1, 2020
Creator: Rosie Cain; Sheena Sproule
Description: Rosie Cain interviews narrator Sheena Sproule about their identity as non-binary and fat. Sheena discusses identifying as non-binary and their process coming out as non-binary to friends and family, as well as what identifying as non-binary means to them. Sheena also discusses identifying as fat, reactions from others around their use of the term fat, and how fatness intersects with their identity as non-binary. Sheena discusses topics of disordered eating, gender euphoria/dysphoria, and the LGBTQ+ community. Sheena also discusses their use of social media and their thoughts on social media movements such as the Body Positivity movement, Fat Acceptance movement and Health At Every Size movement.
Subject: non-binary; gender; identity; sexuality; LGBTQ+; fat; fatness; body positivity; Health at Every Size; fat acceptance; disordered eating; queer; intersectionality; pride; social media; instagram; twitter; facebook; tumblr; pinterest; Canada
Country: Canada
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2480
Rights statement: Interview contents have been given to the Public Domain through the Humanities Truck Oral History Project at American University.

Title: Peace Corps Volunteer nurse Susan Blake and Dr. Jorge Hausmann inspecting an x-ray at the John F. Kennedy Hospital in Valdivia, Chile
Date: 1966
Creator: Muldoon-Ibrahim, Kay
Description: Peace Corps Volunteer nurse Susan Blake worked at the John F. Kennedy Hospital in Valdivia, Chile. Blake served alongside Chilean colleagues in pediatric, burn, medical and surgical units. The program focused on helping prepare practical nurses and nursing students at University Austral.
Subject: Hospitals -- Chile; Nursing; Public health; Volunteer workers in hospitals -- Chile; Volunteer workers in medical care -- Chile
Country: Chile
Subject -- Personal Name: Blake, Susan; Hausmann, Jorge
Local Identifier: PCCA_Muldoon-Ibrahim_0032
Type: black-and-white photographs
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:2267
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

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
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:2250
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: Angie Whitehurst Interview, April 16, 2020
Date: April 17, 2020
Creator: Angie Whitehurst; Dan Kerr
Description: Angie Whitehurst explores how she has reacted to the COVID-19 crisis. She feels that the city did not react fast or well enough, and says that we should listen to doctors, scientists, and public health officials before politicians. Angie shares cartoons that she has been working on about COVID for Street Sense that include important messages about making change and staying home. The cartoons additionally explore the economic impact of COVID, both personally and nationally, the racial implications, and the need for social justice in DC jails. She ends with a call to help our communities: "human kindness is what we really need right now." This video is part of the Humanities Truck's From Me To You: A Covid-19 Oral History Project. https://humanitiestruck.com/frommetoyou/
Subject: Petworth; Washington, DC; COVID; COVID-19; coronavirus; pandemic; politics; public health; Street Sense; cartoons; social justice; jail
Country: United States
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2121
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: The Cavalcade of America: "Penny Fancy"
Description: Written by Hubert Chain and stars Claire Trevor. Host--Walter Huston. Features Jon McIntire. Music by Robert Armbruster. Gayne Whitman, anncr. How 6 American Public Health nurses helped to save England in 1941 from the threat of typhoid epidemic.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Typhoid fever; American Public Health Association.
Local Identifier: program_no:419
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101831
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.

Title: Faith Mitchell Interview, October 26, 2019
Date: October 26, 2019
Creator: Cameron Sandlin; Faith Mitchell
Description: Faith Mitchell of Whitman-Walker Health talks about why she attended the 5K and why she thinks talking about safe sex is important. She shares why she thinks it's important to be part of the activist community, and the work she does as a Prevention Programs Coordinator with Whitman-Walker. Faith discusses her own experience leaning about safe sex as a gay-identifying woman growing up, and why parents and teachers need to talk to more kids about the importance of safe sex.
Subject: Whitman-Walker Health; AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome); HIV (‎human immunodeficiency virus); HIV/AIDS activism; Safe sex; Sex education; Whitman-Walker Walk & 5K to End HIV
Country: United States
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:1992
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.

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