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Local Color Collection Vol. 001

Various

In this celebration of diversity, learn about the myriad histories and cultures behind our volunteers. (summary by Eric Ray)

Genre(s): Poetry, Short Stories, Essays & Short Works

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Author	Source	Reader	Time	Language
Play 01	Along the New Jersey Shore. Boardwalk for Long Branch; Many Improvements Promise, July 10, 1904	The New York Times	Etext	Alan Davis Drake (1945-2010)	00:04:03	en
Play 02	April - North Carolina	Harriet Monroe	Etext	Laurie Anne Walden	00:00:59	en
Play 03	Black Country, The from Rides on Railroads	Samuel Sidney	Etext	Andy Minter (1934-2017)	00:40:24	en
Play 04	The British Matron	Nathaniel Hawthorne	Etext	Alan Davis Drake (1945-2010)	00:05:42	en
Play 05	Calilfornia State Declaration of Rights (1849)	California Constitutional Convention	Etext	Elaine Hamby	00:08:18	en
Play 06	The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County	Mark Twain	Etext	Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)	00:15:15	en
Play 07	The Cliff Dwellers - from Arizona Sketches	Joseph Munk	Etext	James Christopher	00:12:14	en
Play 08	The Devil's Dance-Chamber - from Myths and Legends of Our Own Land — Volume 01:	Charles M. Skinner	Etext	ML Cohen	00:03:18	en
Play 09	The First World War - Selections from the Manchester Guardian	The Manchester Guardian	Etext	Carl Manchester	00:23:52	en
Play 10	The History of Simcoe County (excerpt from Chapter 5)	Andrew F. Hunter	Etext	Esther	00:15:28	en
Play 11	Hundreds of Lives Lost, June 1, 1889	The New York Times	Etext	J. M. Smallheer	00:12:24	en
Play 12	New Jersey Colored Men. Special Dispatch, August 24, 1872	The New York Times	Etext	Alan Davis Drake (1945-2010)	00:06:43	en
Play 13	Origin of the Shell Mounds	J. Y. Detwiler	Etext	Lee Ann Howlett	00:08:00	en
Play 14	Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey (excerpt)	Joseph Cottle	Etext	Rachel Lintern	00:21:04	en
Play 15	Seccessionists Being Armed, March 14, 1863	The Rolla Express	Etext	Eric Ray	00:04:25	en
Play 16	Silences and Note on the Chimes from Carolina Chansons	DuBose Heyward	Etext	Laurie Anne Walden	00:04:57	en
Play 17	The Two Sisters - from Legends of Vancouver (Chapter 1)	E. Pauline Johnson	Etext	Sarah Jennings	00:10:55	en
Play 18	Upon Westminster Bridge	William Wordsworth	Etext	David Barnes	00:01:15	en

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