The Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence Artifact Collection consists of posters, banners, clothing, photographs, and ephemeral objects attached to the Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence (BLM Fence) surrounding Lafayette Square in Washington, D.C, from June 2020 to January 2021. The artifacts were attached to the fence to protest the treatment of Black and Brown communities by police and address various social issues, including racism, LGBTQIA+ rights, women's rights, immigration, international human rights violations, nominees to the U.S. Supreme Court, the 2020 presidential campaign, politicians, and elections. Activists turned the fence into a memorial, an art project, and an outpouring of grief. The BLM Fence suffered vandalism, including near destruction on October 30, 2020. The surviving artifacts were collected by activists and reattached to the new BLM Fence, which remained standing until January 30, 2021. People came from all over D.C. and the United States to add artifacts to the BLM Fence and pay their respects to victims of police brutality. Please note: This collection contains strong language, references to police brutality, and violent imagery.
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The Saunders B. Kramer Lantern Slide Collection, held by Space 3.0 Foundation, Inc., consists of various diagrams, illustrations, and photographs of space vehicles that Kramer amassed during his time working for Lockheed-Martin. The bulk of the collection are diagrams and concept illustrations relating to the development of Kramer’s Astrotug space shuttle and Tinkertoy space station designs, lunar satellites and rovers, and studies of the Soviet space program. Concept artists Ludwig Ziemba, Igor Mead, E. Bertaccini, and Ken Anderson painted Kramer’s designs in various launch stages and environments.
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This collection from the McDonogh School Archives & Special Collections is a collection of letters, postcards and photographs drawn from the Manuscript and Vertical File Manuscript (VFM) Collections of McDonogh School alumni who served during World War I and the Mexican Border Campaign. Additions to the collection are ongoing.
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Currently the collection consists of 17 "Beachmaster '' newsletters written by men stationed at the United States Navy Amphibious Training Base at Solomons, Maryland during the second World War. Additions are ongoing.
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