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Treasure-Talks (Exhibitions at the Library of  Congress)

LISTEN, QUESTION and DISCOVER!
Every Wednesday from 12:00-12:30 p.m., a staff member will talk about a treasured object or collection and answer questions from the public. Talks are in the American Treasures Gallery unless otherwise noted.

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September 2004

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Treasure Talk
(From the Home Front): Shelia Dyer of the Veterans History Project talks about "WWII Veterans of the Pacific Theater: Recording Battles and Battling the Weather."

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Treasure Talk (From the Home Front): Shelia Dyer of the Veterans History Project presents "All Hell Breaks Loose on Pork Chop Hill."

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Special Tour
: Michael Grunberger of the African and Middle Eastern Division, curator of From Haven to Home: 350 Years of Jewish Life in America, will lead a tour of the exhibition. Meet in front of the exhibition.

29 Treasure Talk (Brown v. Board at Fifty): Pamela Barnes Craig of the Law Library will explain "What were the Five Cases that made up the Brown v. Board U.S. Supreme Court case?" Meet in front of the exhibition.

October 2004

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Treasure Talk (Brown v. Board at Fifty): Todd Harvey of the American Folklife Center discusses folk singers of the Civil Rights movement in a talk titled "Let Freedom Sing." Meet in front of the exhibition.

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Treasure Talk
(Brown v. Board at Fifty): Daun van Ee of the Manuscripts Divisions talks about "How the U.S. Supreme Court Made the 1954 Brown v. Board Decision." Meet in front of the exhibition.

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Treasure Talk (Brown v. Board at Fifty): In a talk titled "Black Monday," Sibyl E. Moses of the Humanities and Social Sciences Division discusses selected sources that document the reactions to the Brown v. Board of Education decision by the White Citizens' Councils. Meet in front of the exhibition.

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Michael Grunberger (AMED) curator of From Haven to Home will take an in-depth look at the first section of the exhibition-“Haven”

November 2004

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Michael Grunberger (AMED) curator of From Haven to Home will take an in-depth look at the second section of the exhibition-“Century of Immigration”

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Treasure Talk
(From the Home Front): Shelia Dyer of the Veterans History Project discusses "In Love and War."

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Michael Grunberger (AMED) curator of From Haven to Home will take an in-depth look at the third section of the exhibition-“Confronting Challenges”

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Michael Grunberger (AMED) curator of From Haven to Home will take an in-depth look at the fourth section of the exhibition-“Home” Part 1

December

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Special Presentation: Michael Grunberger (AMED) curator of From Haven to Home will take an in-depth look at the fourth and the conclusion section of the exhibition-“Home” Part 2 and the Conclusion

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