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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=ASIAZAMZA3WHV76IVSPG&Signature=Cl1MbKY%2FUPmCpsDFovJsR8bYDJg%3D&x-amz-security-token=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEPz%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FwEaCXVzLWVhc3QtMSJHMEUCIQCz0ISbg%2BqCZ%2FvpcAx1YA2EciKiYmc6SfjhoBL24vM9AQIgOIDIpyI0OfMby3pYlMumuu9jN8hUsVdsiQU%2FgUeYvaEq9QMI5f%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FARADGgw2MTkzMzMwODI1MTEiDK90YZOFemu1KshXdyrJAyiKDfY1nv6pmdjG62d0uAtl1Upnq03645aEDivNVcTjea1r2VnNEMeJZuk9G2aQkDof3qt8rN7kTF0Seaj0tnaSkeNFZ6%2F8uq8jmTewZpbx5%2FgK0LWuiezENjpbbj%2FGseZgboTrZuCbImFJcgSNm87WKnWtNYJwOzM2iledOwv%2BTqhT%2Flx9x8KsouVk3V3EKsjQcrHHiRDJBHaMXWyxQ6rlh7U5kCRf4xYf8jdfSn9qTw3Jen%2BvS38WIteaUmgC4KQC4g%2BTrMrFy7efb8HxbfiNvfjmm9FROQADVsOsSx2yzyWnSgd5Pc%2Fu2L58TjRC%2BjDsQGl5aj%2F7tBJLLC96gMGmx2%2BoJQk%2FjTdPgRGPpU0JurlKqRebiTmeO%2BTNWhJ3DsFE7aqlk%2BLTyrm7F6GCvIf%2BQ%2Bo0BFtbVvr%2FJL15tD1F5kjyMJ0bYlI6GK1mOHsbI3DZirUCvpzrJ42ZQAPHXnyfR5%2FKVea5EK30U2NYxiQNmj9K0oe%2FTBIaB%2BDq1s2sj458fVG1RX4OPBJsZwSN10YeWvQfqRdf%2B6OVv%2BLF5aO6X53ISQHyn2ZHNJVJyS4u%2BsPqyc%2BhI%2BZ2vs%2B6NZEXpEXi8PZMCZevFJMwqZSSvAY6pQFKdLU02u9chNirpcAWMq3u9jy49GDe%2BjRiRZixNr1RLqx1A6RBqy1d7fIRs%2Bo%2FnSHNHufnp80ZJmeiijXs9jHp6W%2Fr88EvEHGM0VkxvkB9nMX0k4LfNKhtIbqAL8fP%2BAE7MD16%2FLil1UOvLUFDfqy0OzaujnnDMaAzJ08W3h3TYeLh9RR5wGPS7IEvFZmaBkeQ7b5kRNPFvT%2BAqhYe1NOeV3rNXRE%3D&Expires=1736743114)
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=ASIAZAMZA3WHV76IVSPG&Signature=iPI6ZzKt%2FmDzQWOEjOJNdzFXXXg%3D&x-amz-security-token=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEPz%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FwEaCXVzLWVhc3QtMSJHMEUCIQCz0ISbg%2BqCZ%2FvpcAx1YA2EciKiYmc6SfjhoBL24vM9AQIgOIDIpyI0OfMby3pYlMumuu9jN8hUsVdsiQU%2FgUeYvaEq9QMI5f%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FARADGgw2MTkzMzMwODI1MTEiDK90YZOFemu1KshXdyrJAyiKDfY1nv6pmdjG62d0uAtl1Upnq03645aEDivNVcTjea1r2VnNEMeJZuk9G2aQkDof3qt8rN7kTF0Seaj0tnaSkeNFZ6%2F8uq8jmTewZpbx5%2FgK0LWuiezENjpbbj%2FGseZgboTrZuCbImFJcgSNm87WKnWtNYJwOzM2iledOwv%2BTqhT%2Flx9x8KsouVk3V3EKsjQcrHHiRDJBHaMXWyxQ6rlh7U5kCRf4xYf8jdfSn9qTw3Jen%2BvS38WIteaUmgC4KQC4g%2BTrMrFy7efb8HxbfiNvfjmm9FROQADVsOsSx2yzyWnSgd5Pc%2Fu2L58TjRC%2BjDsQGl5aj%2F7tBJLLC96gMGmx2%2BoJQk%2FjTdPgRGPpU0JurlKqRebiTmeO%2BTNWhJ3DsFE7aqlk%2BLTyrm7F6GCvIf%2BQ%2Bo0BFtbVvr%2FJL15tD1F5kjyMJ0bYlI6GK1mOHsbI3DZirUCvpzrJ42ZQAPHXnyfR5%2FKVea5EK30U2NYxiQNmj9K0oe%2FTBIaB%2BDq1s2sj458fVG1RX4OPBJsZwSN10YeWvQfqRdf%2B6OVv%2BLF5aO6X53ISQHyn2ZHNJVJyS4u%2BsPqyc%2BhI%2BZ2vs%2B6NZEXpEXi8PZMCZevFJMwqZSSvAY6pQFKdLU02u9chNirpcAWMq3u9jy49GDe%2BjRiRZixNr1RLqx1A6RBqy1d7fIRs%2Bo%2FnSHNHufnp80ZJmeiijXs9jHp6W%2Fr88EvEHGM0VkxvkB9nMX0k4LfNKhtIbqAL8fP%2BAE7MD16%2FLil1UOvLUFDfqy0OzaujnnDMaAzJ08W3h3TYeLh9RR5wGPS7IEvFZmaBkeQ7b5kRNPFvT%2BAqhYe1NOeV3rNXRE%3D&Expires=1736743114)
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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=ASIAZAMZA3WHV76IVSPG&Signature=Pt4%2BB2DbTAvsQBhu0tpt65w00%2F8%3D&x-amz-security-token=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEPz%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FwEaCXVzLWVhc3QtMSJHMEUCIQCz0ISbg%2BqCZ%2FvpcAx1YA2EciKiYmc6SfjhoBL24vM9AQIgOIDIpyI0OfMby3pYlMumuu9jN8hUsVdsiQU%2FgUeYvaEq9QMI5f%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FARADGgw2MTkzMzMwODI1MTEiDK90YZOFemu1KshXdyrJAyiKDfY1nv6pmdjG62d0uAtl1Upnq03645aEDivNVcTjea1r2VnNEMeJZuk9G2aQkDof3qt8rN7kTF0Seaj0tnaSkeNFZ6%2F8uq8jmTewZpbx5%2FgK0LWuiezENjpbbj%2FGseZgboTrZuCbImFJcgSNm87WKnWtNYJwOzM2iledOwv%2BTqhT%2Flx9x8KsouVk3V3EKsjQcrHHiRDJBHaMXWyxQ6rlh7U5kCRf4xYf8jdfSn9qTw3Jen%2BvS38WIteaUmgC4KQC4g%2BTrMrFy7efb8HxbfiNvfjmm9FROQADVsOsSx2yzyWnSgd5Pc%2Fu2L58TjRC%2BjDsQGl5aj%2F7tBJLLC96gMGmx2%2BoJQk%2FjTdPgRGPpU0JurlKqRebiTmeO%2BTNWhJ3DsFE7aqlk%2BLTyrm7F6GCvIf%2BQ%2Bo0BFtbVvr%2FJL15tD1F5kjyMJ0bYlI6GK1mOHsbI3DZirUCvpzrJ42ZQAPHXnyfR5%2FKVea5EK30U2NYxiQNmj9K0oe%2FTBIaB%2BDq1s2sj458fVG1RX4OPBJsZwSN10YeWvQfqRdf%2B6OVv%2BLF5aO6X53ISQHyn2ZHNJVJyS4u%2BsPqyc%2BhI%2BZ2vs%2B6NZEXpEXi8PZMCZevFJMwqZSSvAY6pQFKdLU02u9chNirpcAWMq3u9jy49GDe%2BjRiRZixNr1RLqx1A6RBqy1d7fIRs%2Bo%2FnSHNHufnp80ZJmeiijXs9jHp6W%2Fr88EvEHGM0VkxvkB9nMX0k4LfNKhtIbqAL8fP%2BAE7MD16%2FLil1UOvLUFDfqy0OzaujnnDMaAzJ08W3h3TYeLh9RR5wGPS7IEvFZmaBkeQ7b5kRNPFvT%2BAqhYe1NOeV3rNXRE%3D&Expires=1736743114)
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