
On September 12, 2001, the American
Folklife Center at the Library of Congress asked folklorists
and other ethnographers across the nation to record the thoughts
and feelings expressed by ordinary people following the tragic
events of September 11. This audio project echoes one conducted
sixty years ago, on December 8, 1941, when Alan Lomax, then in
charge of the Archive of American Folk Song, sent an urgent message
to folklorists to collect "man on the street" reactions
to the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the subsequent declaration
of war by the United States.
In reaction to 9/11, the Center
received approximately 600 interviews (500 hours of recordings),
more than 200 photographs of memorials from twenty-two states,
and childrens drawings like these from the third grade class
at Sequoyah Elementary School in Knoxville, Tennessee. The online
preview exhibition includes several examples of the childrens's
drawings and seven of the audio recordings collected by the American
Folklife Center.
Video presentation: Ann Hoog
talks about the Library's collection of personal accounts recorded
about the events of 9/11/2001.
- To view this presentation, you must have the Real Player installed which may
be downloaded, free of charge, from the RealNetwork
Web site.

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Eddie Hamilton, third grader
Sequoyah Elementary School, Knoxville, Tennessee.
[Statue of Liberty-- "It's
Okay"], 2001. American
Folklife Center (175) |
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Megan Yoakley, third grader
Sequoyah Elementary School,
Knoxville, Tennessee. ["I
picked two
buildings with fire burning and
airplanes crashing . . ."], 2001.
American Folklife Center
(176) |
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Hannah Beach, third grader
Sequoyah Elementary School, Knoxville, Tennessee.
[Twin Towers--"I Can't Take
It"], 2001.
American Folklife Center
(177) |

Audio Recordings
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Carol
Paukner (NYPD) [audio]
Interviewer: Deidre Vezirov-Kilkenny
Recorded November 27, 2001
New York, New York
Audio; 4 minutes, 6 seconds
American Folklife
Center
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Don
Brennan (Pentagon Police Officer) [audio]
Interviewer: Jennifer Brennan
Recorded November 18, 2001
Arlington, Virginia
Audio; 5 minutes, 6 seconds
American Folklife
Center
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Wuanita
Johnson [audio]
Self Interview
Recorded December 1, 2001
Woodbine, Iowa
Audio; 5 minutes, 10 seconds
American Folklife
Center
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Reanna
Stout [audio]
Interviewer: Walid Chaaban
Recorded September 20, 2001
Orlando, Florida
Audio; 3 minutes, 24 seconds
American Folklife
Center
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Heather
Michelle Coffman [audio]
Interviewer: Tierza Rose Draper
Recorded October 22, 2001
Norman, Oklahoma
Audio; 2 minutes, 52 seconds
American Folklife
Center
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Andrew
Asadorian [audio]
Interviewer: Norma Asadorian
Recorded October 27, 2001
Granite City, Illinois
Audio; 5 minutes, 51 seconds
American Folklife
Center
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Lillie
Haws [audio]
Interviewer: Sarah Philipson
Recorded November 10, 2001
Brooklyn, New York
Audio; 4 minutes, 11 seconds
American Folklife
Center
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