Arnold Sperling was interviewed by Catherine Perge on June 29, 1996. Born in Washington, DC, in 1932, Sperling is a retired recreation therapist and worked for the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. He is an Information Specialist at the National Air and Space Museum (NASM) and the National Museum of American History (NMAH). This interview discusses what an Information Specialist does, the rules they must follow, how Sperling got involved in volunteering, the buildings he has worked in, his childhood visits to the Smithsonian, a typical day of work, anecdotes about volunteering at the Smithsonian, comments about the Smithsonian's many visitors, descriptions of the initial and ongoing training for Smithsonian volunteers, various attractions in DC from Sperling's childhood, what it means to him to work at the Smithsonian, and his impressions of the Folklife Festivals.
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- Smithsonian Memories Project, Festival of American Folklife Oral History Interviews
- Smithsonian Memories Project, Festival of American Folklife Oral History Interviews / Interviews
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- Interviews
- Archival Repository
- Smithsonian Institution Archives
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- Archival materials
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- Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 9594, Smithsonian Memories Project, Festival of American Folklife Oral History Interviews
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- ebl-1619206230728-1619206230780-2
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