Abrams, Nancy, 1953-

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Nancy Abrams, writer, editor and photographer, was born September 2, 1953, in St. Louis, Missouri. She contributed photographs to the Environmental Protection Agency's Documerica Project in the early 1970s.

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contributorOf Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. Color Slides Taken for the DOCUMERICA Program National Archives at College Park
creatorOf Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. A MEMBER OF THE NEW ULM BATTERY, ONE OF THE MAJOR HISTORICAL HERITAGES OF NEW ULM, MINNESOTA. IT WAS FORMED IN 1863 AFTER THE GREAT SIOUX UPRISING OF THE 1862 WHEN MUCH OF THE TOWN WAS DEMOLISHED IN TWO INDIAN ATTACKS. ALTHOUGH THE UNIT NEVER HAS HAD TO ACT IN DEFENCE, IT HAS AN ACTIVE MEMBERSHIP THAT FIRES CANNONS FOR SALUTES ON MEMORIAL DAY AND THE FOURTH OF JULY. THE GROUP UNIFORMS WERE COPIED FROM A RESIDENT WHO WAS AN OFFICER IN THE CIVIL WAR WHO WAS HOME WHEN THE UPRISING OCCURRED National Archives at College Park
creatorOf Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MEMBERS OF THE NEW ULM BATTERY, A HERITAGE OF THE GERMAN COMMUNITY OF NEW ULM, MINNESOTA. THE BATTERY WAS FORMED AS A SELF DEFENSE MEASURE AFTER THE GREAT SIOUX UPRISING IN 1862. INDIANS NEVER ATTACKED AGAIN, AND THE UNIT NOW SERVES ONLY A CEREMONIAL FUNCTION WITH CANNON SALUTES ON HOLIDAYS. UNIFORMS WERE COPIED FROM THAT OF A CIVIL WAR OFFICER IN NEW ULM, 2ND LT. RICHARD FISCHER, WHO RETURNED HOME IN TIME FOR THE INDIAN ATTACK. HE BECAME THE BATTERY'S FIRST COMMANDER WHEN IT WAS FORMED National Archives at College Park
creatorOf Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MEMBERS OF THE NEW ULM BATTERY WITH EQUIPMENT WHICH IS A PART OF THE HERITAGE OF NEW ULM, MINNESOTA National Archives at College Park
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