# Documenting COVID-19

Every American was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. But every American’s experience of the COVID-19 pandemic was different. On March 11th, exactly five years since COVID-19 was designated as a pandemic by the World Health Organization, this panel discussion will bring together four documentarians of the COVID-19 pandemic to explore what it means to undertake cultural documentation in various communities during a public health crisis. Panelists include oral historian Midge Dellinger (historic and cultural preservation department, The Muscogee (Creek) Nation), Allie Martin (assistant professor, Dartmouth College), Nicole Musgrave (director, Living Traditions) and Camilo Vergara, photographer, writer and 2013 recipient of the National Humanities Medal. The panel discussion is hosted as part of the COVID-19 American History Project, a Congressionally mandated initiative of the American Folklife Center to collect and make available an archive of Americans’ COVID-19 stories. The panel is co-sponsored by the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2025
- Runtime: 1 h 10 min
- By: Peach, Douglas
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/video-10610/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/loc/video-10610?play=1)