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Article Abstract:

Information concerning exhibits and services related to the National Archives and Records Administration is presented. Topics include the NARA's traveling exhibit "American Originals," which includes such items as the Louisiana Purchase Treaty; a new hands-on learning center in the National Archives Building; and the naming of a new director at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library in Austin, TX.

Officials and employees, Exhibitions, Archives, Libraries, Presidential libraries, United States. National Archives and Records Administration, Johnson, Lyndon B.

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The ordeal of Herbert Hoover

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Herbert Hoover, son of Quaker blacksmith, was orphaned at the age of nine and sent to live with relatives in Oregon. He was elected thirty-first president of the United States in 1928 landslide, but within a few months he had to face difficulties in his own land by the people.

History, Ex-presidents, Hoover, Herbert

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Listening from the sidelines: the telling and retelling of stories by centenarians

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A study to examine the stories narrated by several members among U.S. population is presented. This study was made to identify the narrative themes associated with their sagas.

Behavior, Demographic aspects, Population density, Narration (Rhetoric), Narration, Centenarians

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