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The
DC LERA Board of Governors invites you...
Wednesday, September 9, 202012:00 to 1:00 Eastern TimeIronworkers, Nurses, Hairdressers and Port
Pilots: Behind the Scenes of the Library ofCongress’s New Occupational Folklife Project
Nancy Groce
Senior Folklife Specialist,
American Folklife Center,
Library of Congress
 In 2010, Nancy Groce, a folklorist at the Library of Congress’s American Folklife Center, designed and launched the Occupational Folklife Project (OFP). Inspired by the Work Projects Administration’s Life Histories and the work of Archie Green and Studs Terkel, the OFP set out to document the culture of contemporary American workers during an era of economic and social transition. She collaborated with fieldworkers across the U.S., supported by a specially designed online submission platform. The on-going, born-digital project has now amassed more than 1,200 audio and video interviews with workers in scores of trades, industries, crafts, and professions. The completed interviews are being incorporated into Library of Congress archives. They are now available online at:
https://www.loc.gov/collections/occupational-folklife-project/about-this-collection/Ms. Groce will discuss designing and implementing this significant new labor history resource and how scholars and researchers can now access and use it. We invite you to join us at noon on September 9th in what promises to be a fascinating Webex event.
Registration is required to join this event.
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Our Fall 2020 Webinar Schedule
September 9: Occupational Folklife
Project
Nancy Groce, Senior Folklife
Specialist at the Library of Congress
October 21: The Right to Strike in International Law
Jeff Vogt, Director Rule of Law Department, Solidarity Center
November 18: An Evening with Wilma Liebman
Wilma Liebman, Former Chair of the National Labor Relations Board, President-Elect of national LERA
December 16: Labor-Management Issues in the NFL
Mark Hyman, Director, Povich Center for Sports Journalism, at the University of Maryland and Adam Richelieu, NFL Players Association
Mark Your Calendar and Stay Tuned!
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