Announcement of New Collection In American Memory

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>From: Susan Garfinkel <sgarfink@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Announcement of New Collection In American Memory
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>Attached is an announcement of a new collection from the National Digital
>Library at the Library of Congress. Our apologies for any duplication as
>this messsage is being sent to a number of lists.
>
>The development of early American animation is represented by a new
>American Memory collection entitled "Origins of American Animation,"
>available on the Library of Congress web site at :
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>http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/oahtml/oahome.html
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>The twenty-one films and two fragments include examples of clay, puppet,
>and cut-out animation and span the years 1900 to 1921. The films are
>available as MPEG, Quicktime, and videostreaming versions. The films are
>accompanied by a piano score written by Philip Carli and notes written by
>Scott Simmon.
>
>Origins of Animation joins several other early motion picture collections
>available at the Library of Congress's web site (http://lcweb.loc.gov.
>Click on "American Memory.") These include films from the Edison Company,
>the Westinghouse Works in 1904, the Spanish-American War, the American
>Variety Stage, and turn-of-the-century New York and San Francisco.
>
>For more information about these collections, contact Karen Lund at
>klun@xxxxxxx.
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>
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>Danna C. Bell-Russel
>National Digital Library Visitors' Center
>202-707-4159
>dbell@xxxxxxx
>
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