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The Poor Man from Nippur
By Owain Williams The Poor Man of Nippur is a story from ancient Mesopotamia, dated to 700 BC, recorded upon a number of tablets. Several fragmentary tablets were from the Library of Ashurbanipal in Nineveh, but the main text comes from two tablets from Huzirina (modern Sultantepe). It tells of how a poor man, Gimil-Ni
Design Tells a Story: Oral History and Campaign Buttons | US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives
Campaign buttons have been part of America’s congressional elections since the late nineteenth century. Whether affixed to a coat or a backpack, they advertise a voter’s preferred candidate, policy, or position. Cleverly designed and notable buttons have, at times, even had a lasting influence on America’s political culture. The House Collection contains more than 1,500 lapel pins and tabs, most of which are campaign buttons from candidates who ran for Congress.In a series of interviews conducted by the Office of the Historian, former Congresswomen talked about buttons their campaigns produced at different times during their careers. They described how and why they chose certain layouts, themes, and slogans. As these oral histories show, design tells a story.MotifCandidates often combine color, shape, and typography on campaign buttons to convey messages about their platform. For Representatives Shelley Berkley and Nancy Johnson, the imagery they used both alluded to their home states and symbolized their candidacy.Shelley Berkley of Nevada Nevada Representative Shelley Berkley’s 2000 campaign button features a red, white, and blue color scheme and few words. In block, uppercase white letters against a rectangular blue background, her name takes up most of the space. Between the “K” and “L” of “Berkley,” the shape of Nevada snugly nestles into the typography. As she explained in her oral history, the blue rectangular border was purposeful: “I’m very definite,” she explained. “I’m not wishy-washy.”Nancy Lee Johnson of Connecticut Using blue, gold, and white, Connecticut Representative Nancy Johnson’s campaign button adopted the colors of her state flag. Three white stars underscore Johnson’s name, and a gold star extends past the right edge. The stars, Johnson remembered, were suggested by a political consultant because, she said, she “was seen as quite the star.”NameThe decision to include a candidate’s name is perhaps an obvious choice in campaign button design. But for some lawmakers—like Representatives Sue Myrick and Connie Morella—the name they chose and the way it appeared on the button held significance.Sue Myrick of North Carolina “For Congress SUE Myrick” appears emblazoned in red letters against a white background on this 1994 campaign button. The North Carolina Representative’s first name, “Sue,” is twice the size of the other words and draws the eye. For Myrick, that detail was important. “When we did our advertising, we just always did ‘Sue,’ ” she recalled. She said it was a way for her to remain grounded. “I was Sue before I got elected. If I’m elected, I’ll be Sue in office, and I’ll be Sue when I leave. And if I’m not, I don’t deserve to be here.”Constance A. Morella of Maryland One of Connie Morella’s congressional campaign buttons features just her signature in white lettering against a red background. Key to the design was its simplicity. The Maryland Representative wanted her button to seem friendly and approachable. “It’s a personal element,” she described.SloganIn just a few words, campaign slogans can convey something unique or memorable about candidates. A slogan can help them stand out in a packed special election or invoke a candidate’s personal history, as was the case for slogans selected by Representatives Eva Clayton and Susan Molinari. For Representative Claudine Schneider, however, a campaign slogan came not from the candidate, but from the community the aspiring lawmaker hoped to represent.Eva M. Clayton of North CarolinaEva Clayton’s campaign button includes the number of her North Carolina district, her name, and the slogan: “The Best for the First.” In her special election in 1992, she faced six other candidates. Instead of attacking her opponents, she used her slogan to promote and uplift herself. “We had no apologies for thinking we were the best,” she remembered.Susan Molinari of New York New York Representative Susan Molinari’s rectangular 1990 campaign button used bold text to emphasize her last name and featured the slogan “A New Generation of Leadership.” The slogan called attention to the fact that her father, Representative Guy Molinari, had served in Congress for a decade, while also helping her establish her own identity and perspective.Claudine Schneider of Rhode Island Representative Claudine Schneider’s 1980 campaign pin reads “This Time Claudine” printed in white text against a deep blue background. After losing her first election bid, Schneider spotted “Next Time Claudine” bumper stickers in her community. She adopted that message from her voters to develop this slogan when she ran again two years later.For more about how candidates have used visual elements to appeal to voters, explore our digital exhibition Campaign Collectibles: Running for Congress. And for more oral histories about running for Congress, visit our oral history section.
Date with Dad – The Family History Guide Blog
Note: This article was published previously on the Granite FamilySearch Center blog site. My dad got his first 8 mm movie camera as a teenager in about 1937. He loved it and used it a lot to document his life. When he passed away in 2010, he left a large container of his movies and slides that ended up in my brother’s basement. As a FamilySearch consultant, I have easy access to all the scanning equipment at the center. I decided that as long as I was there for my shift each week, I should scan my dad’s collection of home movies. At some point my dad had consolidated all the little reels into at least 20 large 8-inch reels of film that were no longer labeled. Each time I came to the FamilySearch center, I would grab one random reel and put it on the scanner machine. As I looked at the tiny screen on the scanner to see what was on the film, I could almost hear my dad speaking to me. He was saying, “Today Beth Ann, we’re going to look at…….” What a treasure it was to find the movie from Easter and Christmas 1938. I was able to see my great grandparents that I had never met, as well as see my grandparents as young parents. One day he said, “Beth Ann, today you’re going to see what it was like to be in the army at the end of WWII in France.” I saw Paris with its Eiffel Tower, young children scrounging in the garbage for food, other soldiers and the planes he helped service. My special treat was seeing a picture of his fiancé – my mother – on his cot. I was also able to experience his mission in Hawaii and see the beautiful people and places he loved. As the oldest child, I was in all the family movies (I was the “star” in all the early ones). It was a blessing to feel the love he had for me and my other siblings as he chronicled our lives. I have memories of building an igloo with my dad when I was about 10 and I was thrilled to see it appear in our movies – and it really was a big igloo, taller than me and could hold several of us kids standing up in it. On the same reel were the memories of us connecting several of our sleds together and careening down our front hill and then down the street. What a great date with dad laughing and loving those fun memories together. There were memories to see of the many Christmases at our grandparents with the cousins, all of us squinting because of the blinding spotlight he used when filming indoors. As well as Christmas mornings at home with my siblings rushing in to see what Santa had left for us. Obviously, my dad was a devoted U of U fan because there was an entire reel devoted to a U of U Football game in about 1940. Pregame, game, halftime, etc., with the marching band and a live Indian Chief on a horse. That love for the U was passed down to me and our family. One of the last dates with my dad was scanning the film of my wedding day. How wonderful to see us and our families at the Salt Lake Temple as we began our own family together. I could feel my dad’s joy and love for me on my wedding day. What a blessing it has been for me to spend this time on dates with my dad and to experience what he filmed. It was easy to see and feel his love for me and my siblings. Now that I’ve digitalized these movies, I will be sharing them with my siblings and my children so they can have dates with dad too. Hopefully, they will learn about him, be touched by the memories he shared and feel his love for us. I hope that we can all feel a connection to our ancestors as we scan and digitalize memories to share with others. Invest your time and connections with your family by visiting The Granite FamilySearch Center. Enhance your blessings by utilizing the center’s multitude of media equipment and services that allow for digital conversion. The center includes high speed photo scanners, flatbed scanners up to 11″ x 17″, slide scanners, and a book scanner for digitization of photographs, photo albums, documents, scrapbook pages, etc. They have VHS/8mm Video Tape converters, 8mm/Super 8 film converters, and Standard Audio Cassette converters. In addition, there are trained consultants available to assist in your learning process of digitalizing audios/film, slides, and photos. – Beth Ann Hammer, consultant, Granite FamilySearch Center Editor's Note: There are quite a few FamilySearch centers that offer free digitizing services, from photos to audio cassettes to movie reels and more.
Meet Lydia Gallagher of Beyond Shattered Dreams by Cynthia Roemer – Novel PASTimes
After months in a Confederate prison camp, Private Will Everett boards the Sultana eager to return home and leave behind the horrors of war. One day into the voyage, the overcrowded steamboat explodes, rendering Will injured and unable to recall his identity. With only a pocket watch and the name Will E. etched inside to guide him,…
Lady Swindlers: Female Criminals In The 18th To 20th Centuries | HistoryExtra
The BBC series, Lady Swindlers with Lucy Worsley, tells the stories of female criminals from the 18th to 20th centuries. Their chicanery often earned them great riches, yet, as series consultant Rosalind Crone reveals through six case studies, their schemes didn’t always go to plan
Is The Six Triple Eight A True Story? Historian Reveals Real History | HistoryExtra
Netflix’s historical film The Six Triple Eight tells the story of the all-woman, predominately-Black 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion in the Second World War. Molly Sampson, one of the film’s historical consultants, describes the true history seen on screen