The Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress)American Folklife CenterLibrary of CongressNational Digital Library Program.mixed materialChildren's art.Interviews.Poems.Scrapbooks.Sound recordings.Videocassettes.Photographs.Manuscripts.Drawings.xx20012002monographiceng48ca. 8100 items.386 sound cassettes : analog and digital.401 photographs : photographic prints, negatives, contact sheets, slides, digital files, b&w, col. ; various sizes.19 items: prints, drawings, posters, col. ; various sizes.20 videocassettes (VHS, compact VHS, DV, P6-60) : col., sd.15 items : various formats.37 items.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.collected by the American Folklife Center.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."The September 11, 2001 Documentary Project Collection (AFC 2001/015), Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.Duplication of the collection materials may be governed by copyright and other restrictions.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.Finding aid available in the Folklife Reading Room and online via the American Folklife Center web pages.n-us---e-it---September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001InterviewsSeptember 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001Personal narrativesSeptember 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001, in art 20056158352005700220hdl:loc.afc/eadafc.af005002hdl:loc.afc/collafc.af000016http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/eadafc.af005002http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/collafc.af000016DLC-AFC Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, DC USA 20540-4610Duplication of the collection materials may be governed by copyright and other restrictions.DLC05040520080423091149.013921369