Cultural footnote to recent Biden-Xi meeting: Interesting how the Filoli Estate's connection to '93 'The Joy Luck Club' film flew under the radar. It served as the Shanghai backdrop in the iconic SF Chinese American tale where An Mei, Ying-Ying, and Rose's stories unfolded.🎥✨
These scenes can be seen in 'The Joy Luck Club' film trailer: youtube.com/watch?v=0nYDMp1L…
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Don't forget to apply for our 2023 Silas Palmer Fellowship and Scholar Research grants, which support research based on our collections. The deadline is February 15. Learn more. #research #library #archives #fellowship hoover.org/library-archives/…
![Knowledge wins. Public library books are free. [Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Poster Collection, US 656, http://digitalcollections.hoover.org/objects/40322]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Flpq5fyaAAc1SN4.jpg?name=orig)
ALT Knowledge wins. Public library books are free. [Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Poster Collection, US 656, http://digitalcollections.hoover.org/objects/40322]
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Profile Q & A: Introducing #Eritrean Languages to Optical Character Recognition Technology
"Just like SIRI & ALEXA, LETAI (this is an acronym) is a programme that has been developed for transcribing voice input in Tigrigna to text"
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Trial until 7 May of Afghan Serials Collection from Wahdat Library incl. 45+ rare newspapers & journals. Covers an important period for the #history of #Afghanistan (1980-1990s).
Tell us what you think!
@oxfordglobhist @OxfordHistory @OrientStudiesOx blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/hist…
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UBC Library acquires access to the Afghan Serials Collection and the Afghan Central Press digital archive. Learn more: bit.ly/3ucYBvq
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“I can't think of any candidate who had as catchy a tune as Magsaysay did.”
Did the CIA use pop music to help elect president of the Philippines?
thenationalnews.com/podcasts…
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Reminder! Applications for our Silas Palmer Fellowship 2022-2023 to support research based on our collections are due February 1st. Go to our webpage to learn more about eligibility, award descriptions, and more. #research #library #archives #fellowship hoover.org/library-archives/…
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Applications are now open for our Silas Palmer Fellowship awards 2022-2023 to support research based on our collections! Go to our webpage to learn more about eligibility, award descriptions, and links to apply! #research #library #archives #fellowship hoover.org/library-archives/…
ALT A soldier climbing onto a trail of books back to civilization at the end. Poster Collection Title: "Knowledge wins. Public library books are free"; Artist: Smith, Dan V.; Issuing Body: American Library Association. War Service; Poster US 656
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Acompáñenos en nuestro foro comunitario virtual para obtener más información sobre COVID-19, dosis de refuerzo, y recursos en nuestro condado.
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J. R. R. Tolkien signs this letter to William E. Ratliff, in which he writes that some libraries are classifying Lord of the Rings as history and non-fiction. He also complains about the cover art of the Ballantine edition of the Hobbit.#ArchivesSignatures #ArchivesHashtagParty
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Watch @IamSandraOh present the docuseries #AsianAmericans with a #PeabodyAward. "This series is an absorbing, inspiring and comprehensive body of work that walks us through our history." Congratulations @PBS and @rtajima! More: bit.ly/3gFmTHP
Happy Dragon Boat Festival! Image from Francis E. Stafford photographs @hooverarchives View more digitized images of China (1909–1915) from this incredible collection here: searchworks.stanford.edu/vie… 🥁🐉
ALT Dragon Boat China
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Join us on June 1 for a virtual event!
In honor of the latest @HooverInst Press publication, the Fanning the Flames Speaker Series will highlight conversations with leading scholars of modern East Asian history, art, and propaganda. #FanningtheFlames
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👏👏👏An absolute gem who continues to enrich us with his talent, stories, and more! Want to know more about @HooverArchives collections on Eritrea and the Horn of Africa? Talk to Issayas.
Congratulations to Issayas Tesfamariam for 25 years of service at the Hoover Institution Library & Archives. Read more about Issayas' dedicated work:
hoover.org/news/congratulati…
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Japanese American writer Hisaye Yamamoto is featured in today's #GoogleDoodle. You can find some of her work in our Hoji Shinbun Digital Collections site. #APAHM #AAPIHeritageMonth #AAPI #AAPIHM
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In honor of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, today's #GoogleDoodle honors Japanese-American short story author Hisaye Yamamoto 📖
A resilient voice for her community, she overcame great adversity to share her story with the 🌎 #AAPIHM
Read more → goo.gle/3nKAqiZ
Want to read more of Hisaye 'Napoleon' Yamamoto's pieces that were published pre-Japanese American internment? Please check out @HooverArchives Hoji Shinbun Digital Collections site: hojishinbun.hoover.org/?a=q&… #APAHM #AAPIHeritageMonth #GoogleDoodle
Today’s Google doodle is Hisaye Yamamoto, Japanese-American journalist & short story author. Interned during WWII, she wrote for the Poston Chronicle, the newspaper published at the internment camp there.
Read her columns & short stories: loc.gov/collections/japanese… #APAHM #ChronAm
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New Documents Released (Hoover Institution, Stanford University > The Japanese American News) April 21, 2020
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Fanning the Flames: Propaganda in Modern Japan hoover.org/research/fanning-… @hooverinst
edited by Kaoru Ueda
Contributors: Michael Auslin, Toshihiko Kishi, Hanae Kramer, Scott Kramer, Barak Kushner, Olivia Morello, Junichi Okubo, Alice Tseng, Taketoshi Yamamoto, Tsuneo Yasuda