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![Black and white 1951 U.S. Naturalization card for Hannah Arendt. Includes a photograph of Arendt, a middle-aged woman with short dark hair. The rest of the card is printed and typed text including her address in New York City.](https://crowd-content.s3.amazonaws.com/card_images/CampCard_Arendt.png?AWSAccessKeyId=ASIAZAMZA3WHZWIXSQZ2&Signature=ojigs1JMlaTPXzXhkk3e6FWgNsY%3D&x-amz-security-token=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEMD%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FwEaCXVzLWVhc3QtMSJHMEUCIFHP0DyXNxoSAhPN26FZNEaVGE0gJmQ87qXX6enWSlJMAiEAnPIZ8n1lU5%2Fn1dK2ORZP%2BxUnqEtRPorHWSCaipg2NvUq9QMIuf%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FARADGgw2MTkzMzMwODI1MTEiDBr%2BYRB8B7GARFNRzSrJA94K88HbUeZqSMFifJ2PptH%2BYT5xAAHEvmeJ1ChIkM80qPMU4J59G1QIlVlIXYbFLPYAq1i1J8%2F382gOcW7FDoHj75zZHngqMq6%2BNtLAYoEvDVk8Eu1Z2NLCtMmIrzY2Tu7gusXEUmtVGUdQ2mnaBFhCWJh%2FXQrwM680ur7RndkAb6%2BGGfMglUic%2B%2BwPvEGHF3LYvKPLQB25%2BC0q2Y9UA2Pd96QOYGwSK9Z3KiDyKRHv%2F4XUCXTl64fXeAhNJlpzBz0W6MJThnjdTlDVjXrZt6JsXMnalyyS2L50YgW6Ayc43KjRL4TgzsEtPQhKytMT%2F7%2FHQuHtJOXR8iTlcHbsJw94Q19s3KgndInJG2Hgw120k3OuBV1v%2Fm4%2Bi7XKghcXrhDqObkoRRz9vegnAKvugtdMgnFUQSdP46rvTsWG1BkLWx5duCX%2F8iCgUtnJq8gdyKin3EkTrQRfnR1W4n5gClVFee5O%2BehCvpRloqhUtIjhfmmC2ysDb%2FWs8J%2FFIcMLkElgRVxpXP%2BJfsJ73zqkoA8AngUnmO1TRmSA%2BJd4FJ6jSpl6oabz1ZqezZO0n%2Fv%2Bfewbp4D9KE0Lou3dN6HebUC9mwTc2CA6cvkw8ae9vAY6pQENkxZL7ojwWKmD6rpi5er0iy0x6LeMmVT5TJ26QYcelj8gX1vyP%2FGErHDJAUAdpW04rc3tJjcOYRHtdxojd9Tr13epXNIbCJlJS%2Bckhnh40oMxo23oKMdaoesF06tj8q2PeUzC%2Bi96Mf6R04An2Nrq4T9seb55sD0k6nrdr14sBUETZESUMd3pb4jneR%2Bq2NGLJiz26Sf1pyU4IOtwFOuqzL02rxs%3D&Expires=1737451509)
Transcribing Arendt
Political theorist and cultural critic Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) fled from Germany and occupied France and came to the U.S. as a Jewish refugee from the Nazi regime.
Correspondence, syllabi, speeches, research materials, and writings convey the public Arendt, a brilliant writer, teacher, activist, and thinker who interacted with a who’s who of fellow literati and intellectuals.
Letters and notes in her papers document Arendt's personal life as a wife, family member, friend, mentor, and colleague.
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![Close up of a portion of a typed script from one of Leonard Bernstein's televised Young People's Concerts. The following text is typed on blue paper: BERNSTEIN (CONT'D) Is that heartbroken-sounding music the real Mahler? Or the other sleigh-bell happy sound? No - they're both Mahler, voices of the two different people inside him."](https://crowd-content.s3.amazonaws.com/card_images/OCR_2023778392-9.png?AWSAccessKeyId=ASIAZAMZA3WHZWIXSQZ2&Signature=JAc4lFs%2FQnBVRHHLUi7ELHBAQW0%3D&x-amz-security-token=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEMD%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FwEaCXVzLWVhc3QtMSJHMEUCIFHP0DyXNxoSAhPN26FZNEaVGE0gJmQ87qXX6enWSlJMAiEAnPIZ8n1lU5%2Fn1dK2ORZP%2BxUnqEtRPorHWSCaipg2NvUq9QMIuf%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FARADGgw2MTkzMzMwODI1MTEiDBr%2BYRB8B7GARFNRzSrJA94K88HbUeZqSMFifJ2PptH%2BYT5xAAHEvmeJ1ChIkM80qPMU4J59G1QIlVlIXYbFLPYAq1i1J8%2F382gOcW7FDoHj75zZHngqMq6%2BNtLAYoEvDVk8Eu1Z2NLCtMmIrzY2Tu7gusXEUmtVGUdQ2mnaBFhCWJh%2FXQrwM680ur7RndkAb6%2BGGfMglUic%2B%2BwPvEGHF3LYvKPLQB25%2BC0q2Y9UA2Pd96QOYGwSK9Z3KiDyKRHv%2F4XUCXTl64fXeAhNJlpzBz0W6MJThnjdTlDVjXrZt6JsXMnalyyS2L50YgW6Ayc43KjRL4TgzsEtPQhKytMT%2F7%2FHQuHtJOXR8iTlcHbsJw94Q19s3KgndInJG2Hgw120k3OuBV1v%2Fm4%2Bi7XKghcXrhDqObkoRRz9vegnAKvugtdMgnFUQSdP46rvTsWG1BkLWx5duCX%2F8iCgUtnJq8gdyKin3EkTrQRfnR1W4n5gClVFee5O%2BehCvpRloqhUtIjhfmmC2ysDb%2FWs8J%2FFIcMLkElgRVxpXP%2BJfsJ73zqkoA8AngUnmO1TRmSA%2BJd4FJ6jSpl6oabz1ZqezZO0n%2Fv%2Bfewbp4D9KE0Lou3dN6HebUC9mwTc2CA6cvkw8ae9vAY6pQENkxZL7ojwWKmD6rpi5er0iy0x6LeMmVT5TJ26QYcelj8gX1vyP%2FGErHDJAUAdpW04rc3tJjcOYRHtdxojd9Tr13epXNIbCJlJS%2Bckhnh40oMxo23oKMdaoesF06tj8q2PeUzC%2Bi96Mf6R04An2Nrq4T9seb55sD0k6nrdr14sBUETZESUMd3pb4jneR%2Bq2NGLJiz26Sf1pyU4IOtwFOuqzL02rxs%3D&Expires=1737451509)
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![Walt Whitman's handwritten draft of his poem "O Captain! My Captain", including crossouts and different words than the final published version.](https://crowd-content.s3.amazonaws.com/card_images/TranscriptionBasics_Whitman_mss18630_027_52_003.png?AWSAccessKeyId=ASIAZAMZA3WHZWIXSQZ2&Signature=XSMeDogeslGBs048p9IJUXu91e4%3D&x-amz-security-token=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEMD%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FwEaCXVzLWVhc3QtMSJHMEUCIFHP0DyXNxoSAhPN26FZNEaVGE0gJmQ87qXX6enWSlJMAiEAnPIZ8n1lU5%2Fn1dK2ORZP%2BxUnqEtRPorHWSCaipg2NvUq9QMIuf%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FARADGgw2MTkzMzMwODI1MTEiDBr%2BYRB8B7GARFNRzSrJA94K88HbUeZqSMFifJ2PptH%2BYT5xAAHEvmeJ1ChIkM80qPMU4J59G1QIlVlIXYbFLPYAq1i1J8%2F382gOcW7FDoHj75zZHngqMq6%2BNtLAYoEvDVk8Eu1Z2NLCtMmIrzY2Tu7gusXEUmtVGUdQ2mnaBFhCWJh%2FXQrwM680ur7RndkAb6%2BGGfMglUic%2B%2BwPvEGHF3LYvKPLQB25%2BC0q2Y9UA2Pd96QOYGwSK9Z3KiDyKRHv%2F4XUCXTl64fXeAhNJlpzBz0W6MJThnjdTlDVjXrZt6JsXMnalyyS2L50YgW6Ayc43KjRL4TgzsEtPQhKytMT%2F7%2FHQuHtJOXR8iTlcHbsJw94Q19s3KgndInJG2Hgw120k3OuBV1v%2Fm4%2Bi7XKghcXrhDqObkoRRz9vegnAKvugtdMgnFUQSdP46rvTsWG1BkLWx5duCX%2F8iCgUtnJq8gdyKin3EkTrQRfnR1W4n5gClVFee5O%2BehCvpRloqhUtIjhfmmC2ysDb%2FWs8J%2FFIcMLkElgRVxpXP%2BJfsJ73zqkoA8AngUnmO1TRmSA%2BJd4FJ6jSpl6oabz1ZqezZO0n%2Fv%2Bfewbp4D9KE0Lou3dN6HebUC9mwTc2CA6cvkw8ae9vAY6pQENkxZL7ojwWKmD6rpi5er0iy0x6LeMmVT5TJ26QYcelj8gX1vyP%2FGErHDJAUAdpW04rc3tJjcOYRHtdxojd9Tr13epXNIbCJlJS%2Bckhnh40oMxo23oKMdaoesF06tj8q2PeUzC%2Bi96Mf6R04An2Nrq4T9seb55sD0k6nrdr14sBUETZESUMd3pb4jneR%2Bq2NGLJiz26Sf1pyU4IOtwFOuqzL02rxs%3D&Expires=1737451509)
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