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    If you attended the July 2024 Rural American Experience colloquium at the Library of Congress, you probably visited the fabulous new exhibit called Collecting Memories: Treasures from the Library of Congress. Did you know that exhibits at the Library remain online in their digital form for years after their physical displays have been taken down? 

    Girl with long brown hair and pale skin sits barefoot in branches of tree, reading book. Sky swirls with purple and yellow. Ground has shades of blue and green. Purple cursive text in bottom left corner reads, “Alice Phippa (Sheppard) 1895 – 1928.” Left side of rug reads, “Alice had a secret place. ‘Twas her private hiding space. She ate sweet cherries, read her book. No one ever dared to look. ‘Twas her ‘Secret Place.’”

    The Secret Place

    If you didn't have enough time to admire every item displayed (who did?), you can pretend you're back at the Library by clicking HERE. At the bottom, you'll find all eight categories of treasures:

    • Collected Stories, Collected Experiences
    • Compendium of Knowledge
    • Homeland
    • Personal Narrative
    • Memorialization and Commemoration
    • Recording and Retelling
    • Mechanics of Memory
    • Guiding Memory 

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