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The September 11, 2001 documentary project collection

LC Control No.:	2005700220
Type of Material:	Archival Manuscript Material (Collection)
Main Title:	The September 11, 2001 documentary project collection, 2001-2002 / collected by the American Folklife Center.
Variant Title:	September 11, 2001 documentary project
Related Names:	Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) » More like this American Folklife Center. » More like this Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program. » More like this
Description:	48 boxes. manuscripts:: ca. 8100 items. sound recordings:: 386 sound cassettes : analog and digital. graphic images:: 401 photographs : photographic prints, negatives, contact sheets, slides, digital files, b&w, col. ; various sizes. graphic images:: 19 items: prints, drawings, posters, col. ; various sizes. moving images:: 20 videocassettes (VHS, compact VHS, DV, P6-60) : col., sd. electronic media:: 15 items : various formats. artifacts:: 37 items.
Organized/Arranged:	Organized by format into the following series: I. Manuscripts; II. Sound Recordings; III. Graphic Images; IV. Moving Images; V. Electronic Media; VI. Artifacts.
Access Advisory:	Duplication of the collection materials may be governed by copyright and other restrictions.
Cancelled/Invalid LCCN:	2005615835
Biographical/Historical Data:	The project was initiated on Sept. 12, 2001 by Ann Hoog of the American Folklife Center, who sent an e-mail to folklorists and ethnographers requesting individuals and groups to record thoughts and feelings following the terrorist attacks.
Summary:	The collection documents reactions of ordinary citizens in the immediate aftermath of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States through sound and video recordings of interviews and personal narratives; as well as photographs, children's drawings, two scrapbooks, letters and e-mail, poems, ephemera, and a few artifacts. Photographs document spontaneous shrines near the Pentagon; memorials in Seattle, Washington and other locations. Some also document displays of public reactions, for example, the commentaries on church signage in the Atlanta, Georgia area. Some items were submitted as group projects of schools, libraries, and museums from 30 states in the U.S., and from American military service personnel and their families in Naples, Italy.
Finding Aids:	Finding aid available in the Folklife Reading Room and online via the American Folklife Center web pages.
Cite as:	The September 11, 2001 Documentary Project Collection (AFC 2001/015), Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Additional Formats:	Significant portions of this collection are available through the American Memory Digital Library Project of the Library of Congress, titled "September 11, 2001 Documentary Project." Some collection materials were included in a Library of Congress online exhibit, "Witness and Response: September 11 Acquisitions at the Library of Congress."
Subjects:	September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001--Interviews. » More like this September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001--Personal narratives. » More like this September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001, in art. » More like this
Form/Genre:	Children's art. » More like this Interviews. » More like this Poems. » More like this Scrapbooks. » More like this Sound recordings. » More like this Videocassettes. » More like this Photographs. » More like this Manuscripts. » More like this Drawings. » More like this
Local Shelving No.:	AFC 2001/015
Geographic Area Code:	n-us--- e-it---
Repository:	DLC-AFC Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, DC USA 20540-4610
Links:	Finding aid: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/eadafc.af005002 Online presentation: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/collafc.af000016