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Video interview with Pedro Zepeda. Zepeda is a Seminole artist and an expert dugout canoe carver specializing in a variety of traditional arts, including leatherwork, beading, patchwork, and basket weaving.

Seminole artist Pedro Zepeda uses a curved tool called an adze to carve the inside of a canoe.

Marjorie Pierce of North Shrewsbury, VT describes the complicated process of traveling the 10 miles from home to Rutland, VT during mud season. Audio and text excerpt from an August 16, 1979 interview with Glendon and Marjorie Pierce (TC1979-0052).…

Poster shows the smiling face of a teacher on a laptop computer screen. Behind her is a red globe of the world.

Video and text excerpt from an interview with Lessie Randle talking about her memories as a young child living in north Tulsa during the events of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.

Interview with performer and choreographer Ranjana Warier, a professional Indian Classical dancer and founder of the Rhythms School of Dance, a training center for the traditional art form.

Interview with Reza Filsoofi, an Iranian musician specializing in multiple instruments, including santoor and setar (stringed instruments) and daf and tonbak (percussion instruments).

Interview with Rosmy Camargo, Director of Puerta de Oro de Colombia. Puerta de Oro de Colombia is a music and dance ensemble showcasing the diverse folkloric traditions from Colombia’s distinct regions.

Image of a farmer in a field with a team of horses pausing to pose for photograph while cutting hay, July 1940. Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

Image of a one room school house that has closed for the summer. Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.