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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=ASIAZAMZA3WHX7O3EJ6Y&Signature=paqF3bExUNaGWsNM%2FEbvE8lyoPY%3D&x-amz-security-token=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjENb%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FwEaCXVzLWVhc3QtMSJGMEQCIGbZgSdboXbROxLAMHtCB9ner3r%2B0rzvfIqVeAb3YV44AiA4fmeZyaA94PjY43N6445IvjTSgEPEpK5PgdSC7DVorir1AwjP%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F8BEAMaDDYxOTMzMzA4MjUxMSIMvgJVeIlsKrQzSj0zKskDAd0ZF32okvHFwkfcPkTowINI2wk0BtFeklp8hU8zz%2BO9lWi8Kvv9A5jPG6ppHEdA2qVDwcaZHBT%2FIKYtZxmS8xSN6Qa9aUqoDH0Byp2JMAk8y6LavI16GAjHgKWoDmzHUjEy%2B8%2FJSBiGH468JsEe0W%2B%2FYVpsQYdmN0MGrwfUcc8nHdPNe%2Bby%2BbS%2BrmIFfYH5kbOel0FfnMIlhIZSic9dIjOeODrDx1Srqord%2BXhmvyhGM4bpu6SBAwq1kcjgQzGAoD8JXJMp04xmkLWxBzSbPpQthGsFNYFqk3aLk2WgNxnvaVia4Kk7AWMQGkZyFJJceDGZkvn2OqBHqqSKhs0SaTWduq6PXuVqF14TPotZVMuTJv04qpSr7%2FJ82JT4H1xNy7Dhj2MG3bNdzJMLcAPoaTW9ksqbIR0CDqL4d6vxN43xPXOtk%2B7b9%2B1M2YYf047XoAWmca%2FsfTEf8TwLD%2Ftbcba40tlfbr8I2mQLi6iElCsqLxdnAIJTvEwkRxj6nQA9VEjCpzvQ5DhWWGW1RWNO6Wc5tSCQyjKu9y1YwKL8z66yCfsAEYIktjeMfBj%2FQDVWY6bGRTL8BHO1yVTkDHjo7pC1KCe0Xfx5KzDChMK8BjqmAco%2BUFm7C1viUOCWB7VyxuMiFhBJBG5W5upWUvek3ZkPm6Mjb4p27J5pnD2%2FypF8F0Hbm5vEW1K4eiXU7bn%2BSWf9lBazyBU8R0Ato%2B%2FqeMAP2K1ghPQskv5N2OCjPWTFRghiS22AhtVLur5aoSK2d7BmLU6nAkOxM6cWJSjTCkTMiSlghtm2fKUqxnvIKPXnju3ZYkOQjh%2B8e4B%2BPLuKq2SEE9HhdKA%3D&Expires=1737527640)
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=ASIAZAMZA3WHX7O3EJ6Y&Signature=JmtxxamXbcpXQwQ43yOOceDQIGI%3D&x-amz-security-token=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjENb%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FwEaCXVzLWVhc3QtMSJGMEQCIGbZgSdboXbROxLAMHtCB9ner3r%2B0rzvfIqVeAb3YV44AiA4fmeZyaA94PjY43N6445IvjTSgEPEpK5PgdSC7DVorir1AwjP%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F8BEAMaDDYxOTMzMzA4MjUxMSIMvgJVeIlsKrQzSj0zKskDAd0ZF32okvHFwkfcPkTowINI2wk0BtFeklp8hU8zz%2BO9lWi8Kvv9A5jPG6ppHEdA2qVDwcaZHBT%2FIKYtZxmS8xSN6Qa9aUqoDH0Byp2JMAk8y6LavI16GAjHgKWoDmzHUjEy%2B8%2FJSBiGH468JsEe0W%2B%2FYVpsQYdmN0MGrwfUcc8nHdPNe%2Bby%2BbS%2BrmIFfYH5kbOel0FfnMIlhIZSic9dIjOeODrDx1Srqord%2BXhmvyhGM4bpu6SBAwq1kcjgQzGAoD8JXJMp04xmkLWxBzSbPpQthGsFNYFqk3aLk2WgNxnvaVia4Kk7AWMQGkZyFJJceDGZkvn2OqBHqqSKhs0SaTWduq6PXuVqF14TPotZVMuTJv04qpSr7%2FJ82JT4H1xNy7Dhj2MG3bNdzJMLcAPoaTW9ksqbIR0CDqL4d6vxN43xPXOtk%2B7b9%2B1M2YYf047XoAWmca%2FsfTEf8TwLD%2Ftbcba40tlfbr8I2mQLi6iElCsqLxdnAIJTvEwkRxj6nQA9VEjCpzvQ5DhWWGW1RWNO6Wc5tSCQyjKu9y1YwKL8z66yCfsAEYIktjeMfBj%2FQDVWY6bGRTL8BHO1yVTkDHjo7pC1KCe0Xfx5KzDChMK8BjqmAco%2BUFm7C1viUOCWB7VyxuMiFhBJBG5W5upWUvek3ZkPm6Mjb4p27J5pnD2%2FypF8F0Hbm5vEW1K4eiXU7bn%2BSWf9lBazyBU8R0Ato%2B%2FqeMAP2K1ghPQskv5N2OCjPWTFRghiS22AhtVLur5aoSK2d7BmLU6nAkOxM6cWJSjTCkTMiSlghtm2fKUqxnvIKPXnju3ZYkOQjh%2B8e4B%2BPLuKq2SEE9HhdKA%3D&Expires=1737527640)
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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=ASIAZAMZA3WHX7O3EJ6Y&Signature=wQ%2FGK5lpSnCazA0y4tfLTP5TcEc%3D&x-amz-security-token=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjENb%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FwEaCXVzLWVhc3QtMSJGMEQCIGbZgSdboXbROxLAMHtCB9ner3r%2B0rzvfIqVeAb3YV44AiA4fmeZyaA94PjY43N6445IvjTSgEPEpK5PgdSC7DVorir1AwjP%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F8BEAMaDDYxOTMzMzA4MjUxMSIMvgJVeIlsKrQzSj0zKskDAd0ZF32okvHFwkfcPkTowINI2wk0BtFeklp8hU8zz%2BO9lWi8Kvv9A5jPG6ppHEdA2qVDwcaZHBT%2FIKYtZxmS8xSN6Qa9aUqoDH0Byp2JMAk8y6LavI16GAjHgKWoDmzHUjEy%2B8%2FJSBiGH468JsEe0W%2B%2FYVpsQYdmN0MGrwfUcc8nHdPNe%2Bby%2BbS%2BrmIFfYH5kbOel0FfnMIlhIZSic9dIjOeODrDx1Srqord%2BXhmvyhGM4bpu6SBAwq1kcjgQzGAoD8JXJMp04xmkLWxBzSbPpQthGsFNYFqk3aLk2WgNxnvaVia4Kk7AWMQGkZyFJJceDGZkvn2OqBHqqSKhs0SaTWduq6PXuVqF14TPotZVMuTJv04qpSr7%2FJ82JT4H1xNy7Dhj2MG3bNdzJMLcAPoaTW9ksqbIR0CDqL4d6vxN43xPXOtk%2B7b9%2B1M2YYf047XoAWmca%2FsfTEf8TwLD%2Ftbcba40tlfbr8I2mQLi6iElCsqLxdnAIJTvEwkRxj6nQA9VEjCpzvQ5DhWWGW1RWNO6Wc5tSCQyjKu9y1YwKL8z66yCfsAEYIktjeMfBj%2FQDVWY6bGRTL8BHO1yVTkDHjo7pC1KCe0Xfx5KzDChMK8BjqmAco%2BUFm7C1viUOCWB7VyxuMiFhBJBG5W5upWUvek3ZkPm6Mjb4p27J5pnD2%2FypF8F0Hbm5vEW1K4eiXU7bn%2BSWf9lBazyBU8R0Ato%2B%2FqeMAP2K1ghPQskv5N2OCjPWTFRghiS22AhtVLur5aoSK2d7BmLU6nAkOxM6cWJSjTCkTMiSlghtm2fKUqxnvIKPXnju3ZYkOQjh%2B8e4B%2BPLuKq2SEE9HhdKA%3D&Expires=1737527640)
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