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Eric Wakin

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Deputy director, research fellow, director of library & archives, Hoover Institution, Stanford University

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Joined June 2009
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From the attics and shoeboxes of Virginia, a trove of historical gold

From the attics and shoeboxes of Virginia, a trove of historical gold

The state asked residents for documents from the Civil War and expected a few hundred. It got 33,000.

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A Scene Right Out of Philip Roth: His Books Come Home to Newark’s Library nyti.ms/2dGjJER
A Scene Right Out of Philip Roth: His Books Come Home to Newark’s Library (Published 2016)

A Scene Right Out of Philip Roth: His Books Come Home to Newark’s Library (Published 2016)

When Mr. Roth’s books are moved to a refurbished space in the Newark Public Library, they will be shelved using the same system he created at home.

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《美史丹佛大學展出八二三砲戰彈殼+|+生活+|+中央社即時新聞+CNA+NEWS+MOBILE》 cna.com.tw/news/ahel/2016092…
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Robert Burns song performed as it originally sounded theguardian.com/books/video/…
Presidential Inaugural Committee Records 1981.
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The Chinese Typewriter. Tom Mullaney's brilliant collection and work. Lathrop library. Stanford.
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Shakespeare first folio discovered at stately home on Scottish island gu.com/p/4t6ed?CMP=Share_And…
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Holocaust documents trove unearthed in Budapest apartment gu.com/p/4edgq?CMP=Share_And…
Remembering @HooverInst Senior Fellow and Curator for East Asia Ramon Myers @HooverArchives
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#Polish forces-- Multinational Force #Iraq-- photos @HooverArchives
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Burmese subject collection grows. hoover.org/news/hoover-insti…
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The story behind the photo of Albert Einstein on the beach in those open-toed sandals dngrminds.net/KWPsJn via @DangerMindsBlog
The Archive of Eating nyti.ms/1HduXnV
The Archive of Eating (Published 2015)

The Archive of Eating (Published 2015)

One 84-year-old librarian has spent more than half her life building a comprehensive database of cookbooks throughout history.

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Václav Havel and Ludvík Vaculík proving you can't beat a classic sheet toga #HappyHalloween bit.ly/1SdpL9Q
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Successful digitization? Harvard Law Library Readies Trove of Decisions for Digital Age nyti.ms/1kTW1Uu
Harvard Law Library Readies Trove of Decisions for Digital Age (Published 2015)

Harvard Law Library Readies Trove of Decisions for Digital Age (Published 2015)

Harvard and a private company are creating a searchable database of American case law to be on the Internet for free, allowing instant retrieval of vital records that had been available, for a price.

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Hoover Library & Archives Curator Anatol Shmelev Interviewed For Two-Part TV Series In Ukraine hvr.co/1NB6w8z
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Grateful if you can help send our diverse Mitey Mite football team to Florida. generosity.com/fundraisers/h…
Russia to exhume murdered Tsar's father to resolve riddle of royal children gu.com/p/4dkvk?CMP=Share_And…
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