Five general areas we will be exploring to search for primary sources related to this event

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1 Guide to September 11 resources on LOC site: Five general areas we will be exploring to search for primary sources related to this event 1. September 11 documentary project (American Memory Collection) 2. Witness and Response: September 11 Acquisitions at the Library of Congress (Exhibition on display marking first anniversary of terrorist attacks) 3. Today in History 4. Collection Connection (teacher resources for the above collection: 5. Prints and Photographs 6. Other miscellaneous Library of Congress resources: Library of Congress Information Bulletin September Vol. 61, No. 9 Witness & Response: Remembering September 11 [Browsing and Search strategies begin on next page]

2 1. Browsing and searching within September 11 Documentary Project collection (in American Memory)- From left menu bar: About This Collection - background information about collecting the items Gallery Featured Drawings - a gallery view of 13 student drawings from Sequoyah Elementary School in Knoxville, TN. Click on the enlarge image icon, then link to still larger image to save, print, insert into Power Point, etc. Click on descriptive record icon for citation/background information. Browse collections by: [left menu bar] NOTE: It might be helpful to use the browse feature before trying to search on a specific topic or item to see what is included in the collection. Jot down phrases or topics that might help as search terms. On the downside for using Browse, some categories have more useful browsing results than others, and there is no gallery view when displaying results in browse. Brief notes about each area under Browse by: - - Title and Subject are not very useful unless you know exactly what you are looking for - - Under Audio, Video, and Written Narratives, there are a number of written and spoken items with a great deal of potential for discussion, further research and literacy connections: - - Audio brings up a listing of all recorded interviews in a list you can browse. These were recorded in various parts of the country September through November, 2001 You get to see them all at once, which is useful for browsing, but this feature of displaying of all titles at once was not planned for user ease, but rather because they all start with Interview and therefore all fall under the same letter of the alphabet, I. (secondarily, the list is alphabetized by the interviewees first name, also not very useful until you get on a first name basis with them.) Another disadvantage of using the browse feature: these do not open in a new window, so as you are playing one to get a feel for it, you ll need to open another tab or window in your browser if you want to be browsing and listening at the same time. A find: Under E (Elizabeth Dunn), the interview with CU Boulder students is really good for retrospective discussion, as it is done in the context of an international relations class, and raises some really interesting issues especially relevant 10 years later. - - Video are all interviews from Naples, Italy. Twenty of these interviews are with students at an American high school in Naples, whose parents are at a military base in Naples. Three are interviews with military personnel. - - Written Narratives These are organized by narrative, poems, sermons and songs. - - Narratives (13) a collection of letters, remembrances and perhaps journal entries made public. Most have bibliographic information or references in the narrative to give some context to the writers. - - Poems - (7) no information given as to the identify of the poets (are they professional poets, just average people who were moved to write poems?) - - Sermon from Pastor John Mack, First Congregational United Church of Christ, Washington, DC. Delivered September 30, Song by Cletus Kennely contains only the words he is a DC- area folk singer - - Photograph, Drawing (visuals) (45) Browsing through this view is not very useful, as there is no gallery view nor can you view everything on one page, and titles don t distinguish between

3 drawings and photos. You can randomly click on the titles to get a sampling of what is there. Searches (typed into search box on left) provide gallery views. Try photographs, drawing, pictorial works, or image. It searches in the description of the visual. Searching, using the box in left menu area: This is your opportunity to plug in search terms you identified when browsing. You do get the option for Gallery View when searching, which is especially helpful for visual items. o You may need some trial and error to find search terms that bring up what you are looking for. o Try Colorado, for example, to get interviews from people in our state. Click on More search options under the box to further refine your search with an Advanced interface. Caution: the resulting list from your search is presented in a temporary space on the web, so you cannot grab the URL and expect to get back to that search list. You will either get a generic URL ( bin/query) or one with the word temp in it. Neither will work. You can click on the individual items and get their permanent URLs or digital IDs Online exhibition: Witness and Response: September 11 Acquisitions at the Library of Congress This exhibition was on display for just a few months marking the first anniversary of the terrorist bombings. After reading the Overview, you can get a sense of the presentation by clicking on the various divisions of the Library of Congress listed who contributed materials to the exhibition. Each division page provides an overview of what was on exhibit at the Library and links to some of the resources. Clicking on the thumbnail images generally brings up only a larger view with no additional bibliographic information. With the title provided, you can do a search through the Division s main page to access additional information. The Library provides this additional information about the exhibit: The exhibit includes works by professional photographers, amateur photographers, children, art students, and architects, and also includes comic book art and political cartoons that tell a compelling story. Among the cartoonists with works in this presentation are Ann Telnaes, Kevin Kallaugher, Jeff Danziger, and Igor Kordey. Also search on the term Superman, September 11 to see some of the cartoons that use a super- hero theme to confront the events. (Check Rights and Restrictions Information for DC Comics, Jeff Danziger, and others.) A quick walk- through of the divisions that contributed to the exhibition and what they offer: (It would be advisable to pre- screen these depending on age of your students. ) American Folklife Center this division of the Library organized the collection of these artifacts. The video presentation describing it (just 12 minutes) is worth taking the time to view.

4 Area Studies/Overseas Offices - Area specialists, working with colleagues in the Library's overseas offices, moved quickly to capture and preserve a broad picture of foreign reactions to the disaster, both sympathetic and not. Geography and Map Division These include primarily aerial views before and after from satellite imagery and digital models. Library Services This area actually provides a link to the amazing September 11 Web Archive ( ), which contains 30,000 web sites that have been preserved starting just hours after the attacks through the first week of December Expression of individuals, groups, the press, and institutions in the United States and from around the world in the aftermath of the attacks are preserved through this project. Prints and Photographs read through the overview, then be sure to click the links under each of the sections described to access galleries of photos, drawings and other visual expressions. Serial and Government Publications Be sure to watch the 11 minute video overview from division director Mark Sweeney explaining the importance of newspaper archives for this event and the themes that emerged from the numerous papers they collected. Rare Book and Special Collections contains just one book, an award winning work designed with a unique shape and presentation. Object List - Once you have reviewed the contributions of the various divisions, click on the Object list to see the entire collection displayed. Those items with a link will take you to an image large enough to save, print or insert into a Power Point. This list is organized by division, so you can quickly scroll through and look for the type of file you are interested in; then see which items contain links to a digitized image. Checking copyright is not a streamlined process, as it will involve the extra step of going to the division in question and searching by title of the item to get to the actual Bibliographic page Today in History Off today s page, use the Archives button to select September 11. Although a number of the links go to only limited visuals or other information, you may catch more in this overview than you did from your previous searches, so take time to read it through and follow links of interest. [Jenny Lind has nothing to do with the terrorist attacks; she is the second feature item for Sept. 11, the day she made her American debut in 1950 in New York.]

5 4. Collection Connections (teacher resources for the September 11 Documentary Project) Once you are on the landing page for Collection Connection, click on the link just below the overview: In a hurry? Save or print these Collection Connections as a single file. This will open the entire list of teaching strategies in the categories of history, Critical Thinking, and Arts & Humanities. Clicking on various links as you read through ideas for classroom connections will take you to some surprising additional resources. For example, clicking on the link under the photo with the caption Terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Library of Congress Information Bulletin leads to the article The Image as Witness about the importance of images and the Library s quest to collect them:) Prints and Photographs In the search box in the middle of the page, search on September 11 terrorist. For the quickest overview of photos that are actually digitized and accessible from anywhere, select Grid View (icon in upper left) and then check the box (inside the display area): larger image available anywhere. Here is the direct link: p=1&sg=true&st=grid. You can switch to gallery view, which provides larger thumbnails and also includes the titles (but it runs more than one page). Click on any image to get to the full page of information. Also try the search Unattributed 9/11 photographs. Then check larger image available anywhere. Although it shows only one photo in this category, once you click on the image it takes you into a slide viewer of numerous photos. Direct link: Copyright note on these: 250 color slides made at the World Trade Towers in New York City on September 11, 2001, received from the New York District Attorney's office from an unattributed photographer, are in the public domain more information at this site: You can try various searches and certainly uncover other treasures Additional resources to consider: for younger children: Gerstein, Mordicai, The Man Who Walked Between the Towers. This picture book, published in 2003 by Roaring Brook Press in Connecticut, won the Caldecott Medal in It tells the dramatic story of Philippe Petit who tightrope walked between the two towers of the World Trade Center before they were completed and occupied. For older students: Documentary DVD Man on a Wire which includes Petit s personal footage on the artistic crime of the century.