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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=ASIAZAMZA3WH3VNINZ3P&Signature=YdvRHyNePVTOdpDHbDR7DIE8Lbk%3D&x-amz-security-token=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEPj%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FwEaCXVzLWVhc3QtMSJGMEQCIAnY0a3wycyhS%2BHljE6hc%2F0Thd8IRbCwrFO%2Bh7qhYasWAiAJzkPu%2FA10%2FMzh4qqMGEAfkSHNk8jq6%2BJAag0M9erc%2Byr1Awjh%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F8BEAMaDDYxOTMzMzA4MjUxMSIMEEOa9xqU7Nf4504EKskDuySQLK6NQo7OQ8fXba1ZLIc4BkimO9ffylpekdIy%2FsO4zQbxF7jdNkgqsVlx4M6NAbVBWaWUJtc72Nt8omFx7U4oa9SR817mGAn%2F%2FCH0FlkWsYBhjIk7oqnWV%2BePbOxqXej%2Fe8cl1gVKkoK5jXhcW7USAyG%2BN%2FcnciZ%2FPHcY4U3DhwY044bKY%2B2vSsZxP1aBghbIzZucH262XOg0HBEkUxTTQPwDtGgiO7avJqGb1RWhMb7k%2FK39K8OavTw%2F7o8FNmm7BMZCYlv%2Fh94JMeA%2FgQS8t7ipbyppqDJMvdRy0eiHfIQswrnV4WY%2B8ltSxD5R1Wp%2Bxfud5ssUjZS%2F4TpJDdoPrKxg2oziUqeyXeRhC%2F37DrUOVnnv5HApHA9OEc8hKq%2FofvHtVEZl8o%2F15ejOpRJWpLJuc1vl8sZ9%2BcKU%2FV87m7CSlh4UFcjKEYJB84Xltv9GS5N6RraWwb%2FNFAWLTwakcxYVCvsLl7ffjzrwuQxge0j%2BL%2BHsivSci4tA0DnJA7AZ0AWrCgBu8cBHxCQ8UFbeIbHw6bZgDAAGJfGD02xrckZpIxVJDirDGkCvyWU8IVNMuX3DinxNsMIEEkqRwI1r9WRtzq2pQjDJp5G8BjqmAasZ4KuKX%2BW0Qj1CHIpBLoOc8YMaJORuGisFdzWyVWFstsQ6%2BZazt8mLR4TlUnj6HJbJx2MFqgcvYp1PUGWHtZJyQ38UEcnR2SycKNmY2Sess2g2Pl%2BdDS15q61o65luClRRaCdXa%2BsnJT5SFpk7R9HSzAd0zZMVffjht0%2FnDOkwivd%2FTSRZb4SplEv86%2Fwn7riOqBa4kQ%2Fl1vcqaJsdDW0grzNQFGc%3D&Expires=1736729612)
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=ASIAZAMZA3WH3VNINZ3P&Signature=NQBbH46S1bjoRBgOFtlV4PU0Sro%3D&x-amz-security-token=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEPj%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FwEaCXVzLWVhc3QtMSJGMEQCIAnY0a3wycyhS%2BHljE6hc%2F0Thd8IRbCwrFO%2Bh7qhYasWAiAJzkPu%2FA10%2FMzh4qqMGEAfkSHNk8jq6%2BJAag0M9erc%2Byr1Awjh%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F8BEAMaDDYxOTMzMzA4MjUxMSIMEEOa9xqU7Nf4504EKskDuySQLK6NQo7OQ8fXba1ZLIc4BkimO9ffylpekdIy%2FsO4zQbxF7jdNkgqsVlx4M6NAbVBWaWUJtc72Nt8omFx7U4oa9SR817mGAn%2F%2FCH0FlkWsYBhjIk7oqnWV%2BePbOxqXej%2Fe8cl1gVKkoK5jXhcW7USAyG%2BN%2FcnciZ%2FPHcY4U3DhwY044bKY%2B2vSsZxP1aBghbIzZucH262XOg0HBEkUxTTQPwDtGgiO7avJqGb1RWhMb7k%2FK39K8OavTw%2F7o8FNmm7BMZCYlv%2Fh94JMeA%2FgQS8t7ipbyppqDJMvdRy0eiHfIQswrnV4WY%2B8ltSxD5R1Wp%2Bxfud5ssUjZS%2F4TpJDdoPrKxg2oziUqeyXeRhC%2F37DrUOVnnv5HApHA9OEc8hKq%2FofvHtVEZl8o%2F15ejOpRJWpLJuc1vl8sZ9%2BcKU%2FV87m7CSlh4UFcjKEYJB84Xltv9GS5N6RraWwb%2FNFAWLTwakcxYVCvsLl7ffjzrwuQxge0j%2BL%2BHsivSci4tA0DnJA7AZ0AWrCgBu8cBHxCQ8UFbeIbHw6bZgDAAGJfGD02xrckZpIxVJDirDGkCvyWU8IVNMuX3DinxNsMIEEkqRwI1r9WRtzq2pQjDJp5G8BjqmAasZ4KuKX%2BW0Qj1CHIpBLoOc8YMaJORuGisFdzWyVWFstsQ6%2BZazt8mLR4TlUnj6HJbJx2MFqgcvYp1PUGWHtZJyQ38UEcnR2SycKNmY2Sess2g2Pl%2BdDS15q61o65luClRRaCdXa%2BsnJT5SFpk7R9HSzAd0zZMVffjht0%2FnDOkwivd%2FTSRZb4SplEv86%2Fwn7riOqBa4kQ%2Fl1vcqaJsdDW0grzNQFGc%3D&Expires=1736729612)
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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=ASIAZAMZA3WH3VNINZ3P&Signature=EH1oYcQRvX17g7wXDoBxtBTUvbg%3D&x-amz-security-token=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEPj%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FwEaCXVzLWVhc3QtMSJGMEQCIAnY0a3wycyhS%2BHljE6hc%2F0Thd8IRbCwrFO%2Bh7qhYasWAiAJzkPu%2FA10%2FMzh4qqMGEAfkSHNk8jq6%2BJAag0M9erc%2Byr1Awjh%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F8BEAMaDDYxOTMzMzA4MjUxMSIMEEOa9xqU7Nf4504EKskDuySQLK6NQo7OQ8fXba1ZLIc4BkimO9ffylpekdIy%2FsO4zQbxF7jdNkgqsVlx4M6NAbVBWaWUJtc72Nt8omFx7U4oa9SR817mGAn%2F%2FCH0FlkWsYBhjIk7oqnWV%2BePbOxqXej%2Fe8cl1gVKkoK5jXhcW7USAyG%2BN%2FcnciZ%2FPHcY4U3DhwY044bKY%2B2vSsZxP1aBghbIzZucH262XOg0HBEkUxTTQPwDtGgiO7avJqGb1RWhMb7k%2FK39K8OavTw%2F7o8FNmm7BMZCYlv%2Fh94JMeA%2FgQS8t7ipbyppqDJMvdRy0eiHfIQswrnV4WY%2B8ltSxD5R1Wp%2Bxfud5ssUjZS%2F4TpJDdoPrKxg2oziUqeyXeRhC%2F37DrUOVnnv5HApHA9OEc8hKq%2FofvHtVEZl8o%2F15ejOpRJWpLJuc1vl8sZ9%2BcKU%2FV87m7CSlh4UFcjKEYJB84Xltv9GS5N6RraWwb%2FNFAWLTwakcxYVCvsLl7ffjzrwuQxge0j%2BL%2BHsivSci4tA0DnJA7AZ0AWrCgBu8cBHxCQ8UFbeIbHw6bZgDAAGJfGD02xrckZpIxVJDirDGkCvyWU8IVNMuX3DinxNsMIEEkqRwI1r9WRtzq2pQjDJp5G8BjqmAasZ4KuKX%2BW0Qj1CHIpBLoOc8YMaJORuGisFdzWyVWFstsQ6%2BZazt8mLR4TlUnj6HJbJx2MFqgcvYp1PUGWHtZJyQ38UEcnR2SycKNmY2Sess2g2Pl%2BdDS15q61o65luClRRaCdXa%2BsnJT5SFpk7R9HSzAd0zZMVffjht0%2FnDOkwivd%2FTSRZb4SplEv86%2Fwn7riOqBa4kQ%2Fl1vcqaJsdDW0grzNQFGc%3D&Expires=1736729612)
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