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Noli in my au.. ok..?

[sofialisbon]

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day 8/100 of productivity

submitted my coursework portfolio and applied learning archive, basically all my work from this semester… yeyyyy!!! (deadline no. 1 completed > one final assignment still to go)

house cleaning and cooking (new recipe-creation…🍜)

watched the live stream of Leigh Bardugo‘s Yale Library Book Talk. Omg it was soooo good and I am still so happy that I got the chance to attend via Zoom omg I just love her, her books and everything omg. One of the best things I’ve got to experience 🐍🐇🌘

evening teatime with my mum & my sisters

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[redlipsfordior]

Discipline!

[scootertrash]

"Thinking about going back to school."

TheJohanHagstrom

Photo: Yale University, and the custom Indian Scout Bobber belonging to Johan Hagstrom.

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BABE RUTH WITH PRESIDENT BUSH (41)! Surprising but true! Future President and Yale baseball team captain George H.W. Bush with Babe Ruth, Yale Field, New Haven, CT, 1948. Shortly before his death from cancer, Ruth donated the original manuscript of his autobiography to Yale. George H.W. Bush Presidential Library. NARA ID 186375.

Occupation? Baseball! Babe Ruth's WWI Draft Registration, Records of the Selective Service, National Archives at Atlanta. His number was never called in WWI, but Ruth did serve his country years later, enlisting in the 104th Field Artillery Division of the NY Army National Guard before a huge crowd in Times Square.

#OTD 1935, Babe Ruth hit homer #714!

By Miriam Kleiman, Public Affairs

Babe Ruth sliding into 3rd base, undated USIA image, NARA ID 7829382.

Sports celebrities gathered for WWII "Stars for Victory" Bond Drive, 2/13/1944. NARA ID 596343.

More baseball records online:

HAMMERIN’ HANK BREAKS RUTH’S RECORD #OTD 1974

JACKIE ROBINSON BROKE COLOR BARRIER #OTD 1947

Teaching with Documents, Jackie Robinson, Civil Rights Advocate

Jackie Robinson, Civil Rights Advocate

Prologue Magazine story: Jim Crow, Meet Lieutenant Robinson

Pieces of History blog post: Jackie Robinson’s 100th

Teaching Activities on DocsTeach: Analyzing Jackie Robinson’s White House Letter, Analyzing a Photograph of Jackie Robinson, Analyzing a Letter from Jackie Robinson: “Fair Play and Justice”

Special Topics page: Baseball at the National Archives

eBook: Baseball: The National Pastime in the National Archives

Online Exhibit: Letter from Jackie Robinson to IKE about the Little Rock 9