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March 29, 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. CDT - West Branch, IA
Ask an Archivist, Converse with a Curator
March 30, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. EDT - Atlanta, GA
Exhibition: The Negro Motorist Green Book
March 30, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. CDT - Independence, MO
Harry’s Hop ’n Hunt
March 30, 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. CDT - West Branch, IA
Lou Henry Hoover: Pioneer. Humanitarian. Leader.
April 1, 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. EDT - Atlanta, GA
Stephanie Stuckey, Author of UnStuck: Rebirth of an American Icon
April 2, 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. EDT - Atlanta, GA
Amor Towles, Author of Table for Two (SOLD OUT)
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A technician places two inflight pens and a penlight in the spacesuit pocket of Apollo 8 commander Frank Borman.
Apollo 8 crewmembers, left to right: James A. Lovell, Jr., William A. Anders, and Frank Borman photo taken November 22, 1968.
A view of the 363-foot-high Saturn V launch vehicle that will carry Apollo 8 astronauts Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders into space, 10/9/1968.
Earthrise seen from Apollo 8. The astronauts saw the horizon vertically with the lunar surface to the right.
Photograph of Two Toboggans Starting Down the Slide at Silver Valley Winter Sports Area | RG 95 | Series: Historic Photographs, ca. 1880 - ca. 1970 | NAID 2128507
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Photograph of The Eastland (upside down) on Chicago River, Chicago | RG 21 | Series: Criminal Case Files, 1863 - 1969 | NAID 281841
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Declaration of Intention for Enrico Fermi | RG 21 | Series: Naturalization Petition and Record Books, 1906 - ca. 1975 | NAID 281852
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Photograph of Eugene V. Debs Speaking in Canton, Ohio | RG 21 | Series: Criminal Case Files, 1912 - 1986 | NAID 2641496
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Description of Allotment 105 for Kitchi o jan mwe we gi jig (Big George Skye) | RG 75 | Series: Surveys of Indian Industry, 1922 - 1922 | NAID 282246
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Home Card: What You Can Do to Help Win This War | RG 4 | Series: General Correspondence, 1917 - 1918 | NAID 20762195
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