Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Emails Description An account of the resource This collection contains emails which were sent or received on or around September 11, 2001. As of this writing individuals have submitted more than 1,500 correspondences. September 11 Email September 11 Email: Body The basic content, as unstructured text; sometimes containing a signature block at the end. Dear Uncle Jim - Thanks for writing - I am so sad about all of this and just hope and pray that we can find another way to respond to this threat. I woke up yesterday defiant and thinking why should we give up our freedoms and rights so easily? We didn't do this to ourselves and if we choose to live in repression they will have triumphed - I am not willing to do that but I have seen signs of the police state growing around me and the easy acceptance of that fate as if we were bad children needing to be punished. I was watching television on tuesday night and watched in horror as 5 beefy policemen beat the shit out of a man who was trying to get through a check point in lower Manhattan - the commentators acted as if that was entirely reasonable? Let's hope the hammer doesn't get to hot on that busy anvil. I have had a hard time adapting to life in NYC these past 3 years - often feeling so deeply the lack of compassion that people have for the suffering humans face down on the sidewalk in front of them. No one can carry too much of another's pain here - but than again the rough love of these New Yorkers will wrap around you and bite you in the ass when the worst possible thing happens. It is hard to be living alone now but it also prompts me to go out and find someway to help - I am a student at The Swedish Institute for Massage Therapy and we will put together a team of students and supervisors to go and comfort the rescue workers. I think of you and Jeanne often - please send my love to Adam and his family. Love, Melanie -----Original Message----- From: JamesRelyea@aol.com [mailto:JamesRelyea@aol.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 8:05 PM To: Hegge, Melanie Subject: (no subject) dear melanie..... I didn't know that you were so close to the horror. It happened in your neighborhood!? what has happened and "our"reaction to it will define the rest of our lives I quess. Kharma is a force of nature. my heart goes out to so many places......... the firemen: suddenly that term takes on a huge metaphor. I'm glad that you are safe and well, thanks for thinking of me. Its like living on top of a busy anvil. love, jim September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. September 13, 2001 September 11 Email: To The email addresses, and optionally names of the message's recipients Jim Relyea September 11 Email: From The email address, and optionally the name of the author. Melanie Hegge September 11 Email: CC The email addresses of those who received the message addressed primarily to another. September 11 Email: Subject A brief summary of the topic of the message. No subject - communication with family member in Santa Fe, NM Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource email18.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. email Created by Author Whether the author created this item. unknown Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. yes Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-02-13 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 146.96.116.223 Annotation Annotations to this item. Civil Liberties/Discrimination Police Officers Rescue/clean-up workers/volunteers