Local Color Collection

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English · 0000 · 3h 19m · Essay/Short nonfiction, Poetry, Short stories, Short Stories, Essays & Short Works

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

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Along the New Jersey Shore. Boardwalk for Long Branch; Many Improvements Promise, July 10, 1904 4:03 Read by Alan Davis Drake (1945-2010)
April - North Carolina 0:59 Read by Laurie Anne Walden
Black Country, The from Rides on Railroads 40:24 Read by Andy Minter (1934-2017)
The British Matron 5:42 Read by Alan Davis Drake (1945-2010)
Calilfornia State Declaration of Rights (1849) 8:18 Read by Elaine Hamby
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County 15:15 Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
The Cliff Dwellers - from Arizona Sketches 12:14 Read by James Christopher
The Devil's Dance-Chamber - from Myths and Legends of Our Own Land — Volume 01: 3:18 Read by ML Cohen
The First World War - Selections from the Manchester Guardian 23:52 Read by Carl Manchester
The History of Simcoe County (excerpt from Chapter 5) 15:28 Read by Esther
Hundreds of Lives Lost, June 1, 1889 12:24 Read by J. M. Smallheer
New Jersey Colored Men. Special Dispatch, August 24, 1872 6:43 Read by Alan Davis Drake (1945-2010)
Origin of the Shell Mounds 8:00 Read by Lee Ann Howlett
Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey (excerpt) 21:04 Read by Rachel Lintern
Seccessionists Being Armed, March 14, 1863 4:25 Read by Eric Ray
Silences and Note on the Chimes from Carolina Chansons 4:57 Read by Laurie Anne Walden
The Two Sisters - from Legends of Vancouver (Chapter 1) 10:55 Read by Sarah Jennings
Upon Westminster Bridge 1:15 Read by David Barnes