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The Library of Congress recently awarded six Teaching with Primary Sources regional 
grants. Recipients of these regional grants will make subgrants on behalf of the library to 
organizations that wish to integrate library resources and Teaching with Primary Sources 
methods into their educational programming. The recipients include Illinois State Univer-
sity, Metropolitan State University of Denver, Waynesburg University, Middle Tennessee 
State University, the National Council for History Education, and the American Historical 
Association. They will award subgrants of up to $25,000 to school districts, colleges, and 
universities, libraries, cultural institutions, state entities, professional associations, and non-
profits to reach hundreds of thousands of learners in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, 
and Puerto Rico.

Acquisitions
The Library of Congress has acquired the 
photographs, manuscripts, and periodical 
collection of Raúl Ruiz, a leading figure 
in the Chicano Movement in Los Angeles  
beginning in the 1960s. Ruiz (1940–2019) 
was an activist, journalist, photographer, 
educator, and political candidate who  
advocated for the rights of Mexican  
Americans. He was perhaps best known  
as the editor of La Raza newspaper and 
magazine, groundbreaking periodicals 
that covered the East LA Walkouts in 
1968, the Chicano Moratorium during the Vietnam War, and other issues of interest to the 
Chicano community. The Raúl Ruiz Chicano Movement Collection contains an estimated 
17,500 photos by Ruiz (prints, negatives, contact sheets, and transparencies) and origi-
nal page layouts for La Raza newspaper and magazine. It also offers nearly 10,000 pages 
of manuscripts, which include original correspondence, the unpublished draft of Ruiz’s 
book on Los Angeles Times journalist Rubén Salazar, and handwritten minutes from the 
staff meetings of La Raza. In addition, the collection includes published issues of La Raza 
newspaper and magazine, select issues of other Chicano periodicals, and video and audio 
recordings.

The Hoover Institute recently acquired the David A. 
Korn Collection, containing a rich array of memoran-
da, notebooks, correspondence, interviews, published 
and unpublished writings, reports, and photographs. 
From handwritten notes on the Israel-Egypt peace 
process to materials concerning terrorism and diplo-
macy, the collection offers critical insights into US 
policy on hostages, violations against the Kurds, and 

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other geopolitical concerns. Korn (1930–2022) was a Foreign Service Officer, diplomat, and 
author whose career witnessed some of the most pivotal moments in Middle Eastern history. 
His roles included State Department Director for Israel and Arab-Israeli Affairs, Chief of 
the political section at the US embassy in Israel, US Charge d’Affaires in Ethiopia, and US 
Ambassador to Togo. He played an active role in the Arab-Israeli conflict and subsequent 
peace process (1978–1980) during the Carter administration. Korn’s sharp understanding 
of the region extended well beyond, encompassing US policy on Iraq and the Ethiopian 
famine and civil war during the 1980s, among other areas.