Item number, SCP-10. Object Class, Safe. Special Containment Procedures. The objects comprising SCP-10 are to be kept in numbered locked boxes in a high-security facility. They are not to be worn except by test subjects. SCP-10 are only to be removed from storage for testing. SCP-10 consists of a series of six apparently identical cast iron collars with numbered metal tags and one remote control. The control is SCP-10-1. The collars are SCP-10-2 through 10-7. The collars contain intricate electronic components and are powered by small 5mm in diameter, 2mm thick 100 volt batteries. These batteries are rechargeable. The remote is a heavy black box resembling an old-style handheld radio transmitter receiver with a primitive blue and white cathode ray screen and a series of more than 100 unlabeled buttons as well as a frequency tuner. Through trial and error, the frequencies of all six currently found collars have been discovered. A label in Russian is stamped into the metal along with a logo consisting of workers building a pyramid. No official Russian corporation or government agency uses this logo or matches the words stamped into the metal. Placing the collar around the neck of a person and securing it allows one to control their every movement with the remote. It is also capable of producing an adrenal response and activating or deactivating the sympathetic nervous system. The most abnormal feature of the collars is the effect they have on the body morphology. They allow the user of the remote to reconfigure the shape of the victim to an extent that is apparently only limited by the knowledge of the programming language of the remote. Addendum 10-1 History SCP-10 was discovered in the basement of a lone man in the Midwestern United States after a local disappearance was connected to him. When the police raided the man's house, they found SCP-10 as well as several dead bodies. One of the bodies was identified to be the man. The others were several other missing persons. Cause of death seemed to be mass suicide. However, there were signs of significant struggle first. Addendum 10-2 Disassemble Experiment Test 1 SCP-10-2 Taken Apart Peacewise The parts labeled and several photographs taken, then reassembled. Result After reassembly, SCP-10-2 Continues to Function Test 2 SCP-10-8 Constructed Identically to SCP-10-2 But with the closest approximations available to the unreplicable components Result SCP-10-8 Fails to Function Test 3 Unreplicable Components from SCP-10-2 Placed into Proper Locations on SCP-10-8 Result SCP-10-2 Seizes Functioning with Removal of Components SCP-10-8 Begins Functioning Test 4 Components Returned to SCP-10-2 Replicable Components in SCP-10-2 Replaced Randomly with Replicas Result SCP-10-2 Begins Functioning with Return of Components Changing replicable components for replicas does not significantly reduce functionality. Replacement of a damaged transistor decreased time from transmission to effect of SCP-10-2 Response to commands entered in the remote by 12% Addendum 10-3 SCP-10 has been demonstrated to work more effectively in creating unskilled labor than for any other task. The logo is apt. Item number SCP-027 Object Class Euclid Special Containment Procedures The host of SCP-027 Currently subject 027-02 Is to be kept in a 5 meter by 5 meter containment cell with a graded, raised floor connected to a strong vacuum system All creatures removed from the subject's containment cell are to be incinerated Except for a small portion to be diverted for analysis and necropsy The cell is to be cleaned and inspected for structural damage daily Subject 027-02 must be monitored by at least 2 personnel at all times Any unusual behavior or vital signs on the part of the subject Or the appearance of any unusual species in the subject's vicinity Must be immediately reported to level 4 personnel Security personnel assigned to SCP-027 must be inoculated against all known animal-borne pathogens And must be armed with tranquilizer guns, with standing orders to subdue the subject if the need arises Until SCP-027 is better understood, no personnel of level 4 clearance or higher should approach within 200 meters of the subject Description SCP-027 appears to be a phenomenon of unknown source that seems to be tied to one human subject Currently 027-02 at a time As a host to SCP-027, subject 027-02 is constantly surrounded by swarming vermin that are drawn to his location The subject does not appear to be able to assert control over these creatures in any way And is in fact prone to occasional attacks from feral specimens These creatures have also been known to attack personnel who approach too closely Wherever the subject goes, an initial swarm of flying insects such as gnats and flies Will start to form a cloud around him, usually within 2-3 minutes Shortly thereafter, crawling animals including lice, cockroaches, worms, spiders Data expunged, mice, and rats will begin to appear The longer the subject remains in a location, the more vermin will gather there When the subject leaves a location, some of these creatures will follow, but most will disperse SCP-027 has been known to transfer between hosts once upon the death of the first known host Subject 027-01 Since SCP-027 could likely repeat this feat upon the death of subject 027-02 All high value personnel should be kept far away from the current host Until more about SCP-027 is understood SCP-027 has also likely transferred between hosts an unknown number of times before containment Research into potential previous hosts has commenced With preliminary evidence suggesting that SCP-027 may have existed for at least Years It is not yet known how SCP-027 chooses or attracts animals Or even what SCP-027 exactly is The previous host never expressed having any sort of communication with a separate Conscious entity Analysis of the current host has been inconclusive at best Appendix 1 Timeline of significant events April 1991 Subject 027-01 is discovered in an abandoned warehouse outside of That had been completely overrun by rats, cockroaches, and other vermin And is contained and catalogued as SCP-027 The subject is described as a Caucasian male in his late 30s Of average height, but gaunt, filthy, and covered in bites and scratches The subject also shows symptoms of degraded mental health Evidence of heavy use of alcohol and illicit drugs And signs of prolonged sleep deprivation October 2000 Subject expires All top C shows more than 70% of the subject's body data expunged A colony of rats nesting in the subject's abdomen for at least Generations October 2000 Between 140 and 150 hours after the subject's death Security officer Reports being awoken by breathing problems Due to a large housefly having crawled up his nose Later shown to have laying eggs Subsequent observations led to categorization of Officer Subject 027-02 The original host is reclassified as Subject 027-01 And SCP-027 is redefined Data expunged Appendix 2 Transcript of Interview 027-201 The following interview was conducted on October 2000 Shortly after, Subject 027-02 was identified And transferred to the containment cell that had housed Subject 027-01 Dr. Jameson Good morning, Officer Frank How are you feeling?  Do you feel anything different inside you? Like a presence? S, thinks and scratches his head No, I don't think I do I haven't really noticed anything like that J, you haven't felt anything different since the original host died Besides the itching S, no I can't say I have J, what about any sort of voices or compulsions? S, agitated No, I haven't felt anything except bugs crawling all over me Feel dirty, and scared, and Doc, what about my family? You gotta get this thing out of me so I can see them again J, of course Going to do everything we can to get 027 out of you God, I'm sorry, Cr- Note, shortly after this interview took place Dr. Jameson and several other members of the research team For SCP-027 were transferred to the SCP-1772 project Item number, SCP-029 Object Class, Keter Special Containment Procedures SCP-029 is to be incarcerated in a Class V containment cell She is to be allowed access to nothing of a physical nature Her containment cell is to be placed behind a triple airlock To avoid her escape As a result of incident 029-34A SCP-029 is no longer to be fed As she does not appear to need sustenance to survive There are to be three guards on duty at all times on her cell And two guards on monitor duty Floodlights have been installed in the walls of the containment chamber And are to be on at all times Once a month, the chamber is to be cleaned And checked for defects Under absolutely no circumstances are any men Who encounter SCP-029 in any manner Any males who do encounter SCP-029 Are to be held under Class III detention For interviewing before termination SCP-029 is requested A bed Denied A blanket Denied Books Denied Clothes Denied This is ridiculous The girl can't even have clothes We are not animals Let her cover herself Dr. Erika Bodine Dr. Bodine You are granted permission to deliver clothes to SCP-029 Dr. Light As of incident 029-53B Anyone who has potential access to SCP-029 Is required to first watch surveillance tape 029 Bodine As a reminder of threats involved When working with SCP items And SCP-029 in particular Description SCP-029 appears to be a pubescent female Of Asiatic Indian descent She appears to suffer from alopecia universalis Over 80% of her pigmentation is a true black While the rest of her skin has a complete lack of melanin To the point of albinism Her eyes are also a dark black in color SCP-029 has severe homicidal tendencies And has displayed a remarkable ability To use any item as a weapon However She has a severe compulsion against shedding blood Preferring instead to strangle her victims SCP-029 has demonstrated dexterity And physical reactions four times as fast as the average human SCP-029 has also displayed extensive resistance to damage Of all forms Both of these extra human abilities are greatly hampered In the presences of bright or direct light Natural or artificial In addition Any males who come within the presence of SCP-029 An area defined by her current perception Find themselves pliant to her will Such males become willing to kill Or even die for SCP-029 SCP-029 refers to herself as Which roughly translates to Daughter of Darkness Daughter of Shadows War Daughter of Night Interviews with SCP-029 have proven difficult to conduct Due to SCP-029's constant attempts to kill Or convert all who speak with her Over her years of captivity The black patches on her skin have increased in size SCP-029 was first brought to the Foundation's attention By an agent working in rural India An attempt on his life led him to a small cult of men Who claimed to be thuggies In service to the daughter Several weeks of investigation proved That they believed the world to be in the last years of the Kali Yuga And that by sacrificing one million lives To the daughter of darkness They could raise their goddess And end the world They also believed that only sacrifices performed Through strangulation added to this tally Events led the agent to their mountain fortress Where he discovered SCP-029 After the loss of said agent Data expunged Which ended in our acquisition of SCP-029 Addendum Seven years after capture SCP-029 began showing anomalous growth In her black pigmentation When questioned about it She claimed her followers were on the move once more Investigation led us to a concentration of so-called thuggies That had escaped our initial foray After discovering that all of her followers were there For one of their holy days A tactical air strike was called in When the first bomb dropped SCP-029 awoke from slumber Screaming at the top of her lungs SCP-029 continued to scream for the next four hours Ranting and raving that we were Killing her people Since said event The growth of black pigmentation has stopped completely Also since said event SCP-029 has redoubled her efforts to escape SCP-2820 has been proposed as a possible method of neutralization Should this situation worsen Item number SCP-046 Object Class Euclid Special Containment Procedures The land surrounding SCP-046 has been purchased and surrounded By multiple layers of security Including fencing, barricades, and lethal effect traps Multiple signs marking the area's private property Are to be prominently displayed The area is to be heavily guarded at all times To prevent access by civilians to SCP-046 All personnel working around or within A 50 kilometer radius of SCP-046 Are to undergo rigorous medical testing To ensure the absence of any potentially life-threatening illnesses Additionally, increased mental health examinations Are to be administered To ensure that no personnel inclined Or potentially inclined towards self-harm Or self-destructive tendencies Are allowed within the 50 kilometer radius Any injured personnel are to be evacuated to a hospital Outside of the 50 kilometer zone around SCP-046 All vegetation surrounding SCP-046 is to be destroyed And all animals attempting to access SCP-046 Are to be terminated and destroyed Before reaching its outer perimeter Any personnel showing unusual interest Either in SCP-046 Or in traveling to the region near SCP-046 Are to undergo medical examinations as detailed above Any modification to these containment procedures Are to be approved by O5 Command Before being added to this containment document Any personnel attempting to modify this document Without appropriate authorization are to be demoted and reassigned Description SCP-046 is a predatory botanical mass Located in southwestern Kentucky SCP-046 is composed of two parts SCP-046-1 is a large mass of vegetative matter Composed largely of plants indigenous to the region Including Quercus Alba, Ilux Aquifolium, and Launicera Semperverans Though several offshoots composed of other plant species Are also present SCP-046-2 is the land in the immediate vicinity Of SCP-046-1 Extending to a roughly circular area 20 meters in radius from its base This area is SCP-046's primary feeding area SCP-046 is capable of attracting prey within a 50 kilometer radius Through hallucinogenic means All evacuations of personnel should carry them outside of this radius To disable SCP-046's effect Animals, including humans Suffering from potentially life-threatening physical injuries or diseases Or who are afflicted by psychological disorders Or self-destructive tendencies Feel a powerful compulsion to come to SCP-046-2 And lie in a prostrate position facing SCP-046-1 Individuals lying in such a position are rapidly attacked By an unusually powerful combination of saprophytic organisms And opportunistic infections Including several strains of methicillin-resistant Stephilococcus aureus, MRSA Known to induce necrotizing fasciitis Also known as flesh-eating bacteria A form of fungal spore similar to stachybotrys chartarum Or black mold Which poisons prey organisms and induces paralysis And finally, complete consumption by several heretofore Unknown species of insect that emerge from the inside Of SCP-046-1 during the final stage of feeding SCP-046 appears to derive nutrition Through the complete digestion of affected individuals Particularly larger mammals such as humans It is unknown whether SCP-046 is capable of growth As such, all steps are to be taken to ensure that SCP-046 is deprived of prey Until more information is known about its abilities These efforts are to include terminating individuals Prior to their arrival at SCP-046 And disposing of their bodies in a separate location Addendum 046-A Investigation is ongoing into potential memetic effects Brought about by knowledge of SCP-046 Due to anomalous effects demonstrated by certain personnel In response to SCP-046 Access to document 046-07 is restricted To level 4 personnel and above Item number SCP-046 Object Class Safe Special Containment Procedures The land surrounding SCP-046 is to be cordoned off Marked as private property And surrounded by multiple layers of fencing The area is to be guarded by no less than 10 guards Though minimal armaments are required While knowledge of SCP-046 effects Is not to be made widely known Personnel afflicted with life-threatening diseases May be permitted to enter SCP-046-2 After psychological screening for self-destructive tendencies Likewise, D-Class personnel selected for termination May be effectively exposed to SCP-046-2 To facilitate this process Due to the lack of threat to Foundation security Individuals not employed by the Foundation May be permitted access to SCP-046 Though Foundation needs for access take first priority Description SCP-046 is composed of two parts SCP-046-1 is a cylindrical area 5 meters in diameter and 30 meters tall Containing several species of plant matter Including Quaricus Alba, White Oak Ilex Aquifolum, European Hollybush And Launicera Semperverans, Kentucky honeysuckle Though several offshoots composed of other plant species Are also present No anomalous traits have been detected In the molecular composition of the plants SCP-046-2 is a clearing of grass Extending approximately 20 meters around SCP-046-1 SCP-046's anomalous effects Extend principally to animals Including humans That are threatened by chronic or debilitating illnesses or injuries SCP-046 is frequently visited by such individuals Humans of this type report Having felt a compulsion to travel to SCP-046's location Often reporting that the location came to them in a dream Psychological evaluations have consistently shown That such individuals were not previously aware Of either the foundation or SCP-046's specific properties Individuals feeling this compulsion Have all reported having been within a 50 kilometer radius Of SCP-046 at the time This is believed to be the outer range Of the object's compulsive range Individuals who come to SCP-046 Consistently describe a dream In which they lie down in the vicinity of SCP-046-1 And rest Immediately upon entering SCP-046-2 Individuals suffering from chronic pain Or traumatic mental conditions Will describe their symptoms as receding Accompanied by a feeling of calmness, relaxation And euphoria Individuals lying down in front of SCP-046-1 Will begin to be covered by several vines Similar to runners of synodon-dactylon plants Also known as Bermuda grass Followed by the apparent sprouting Of seed-dactylon all over the body SCP-046 has no compulsive properties And its effects will only manifest on individuals Willing to experience the effects voluntarily Individuals exposed to SCP-046 Will remain communicative Until they are no longer visible beneath the grass Growing across their bodies All individuals exposed to SCP-046's effects Describe a feeling of peace and serenity And a happiness that they were able to die pleasantly SCP-046 appears to fully decompose Individuals exposed to its effects Within two hours And may or may not use decomposed tissue As a food source Addendum 046-1 SCP-046 to be reclassified as Euclid And primary containment document to be rewritten To demonstrate SCP-046's predatory nature By order of O5 command Any references to voluntary individuals Are to be removed Description to be rewritten To emphasize volatile and lethal nature Of SCP-046 And potential threat thereof Addendum 046-2 There is no evidence whatsoever that SCP-046 is predatory Or has any desire to harm any creature Unwilling to expose itself to SCP-046's effects Suggest original containment procedures be reenacted And voluntary access to SCP-046 continued No individuals are capable of breaching Foundation security once exposed to SCP-046 As such, there is no reason to deny afflicted individuals The opportunity for relief Likewise, there is no reason to make this entity Seem more hostile than it actually is Aside from a desire to portray every object In Foundation custody is dangerous Some things must be contained simply because They are strange Dr. Edward Carter, head researcher SCP-046 Addendum 046-3 Dr. Carter, principal researcher for SCP-046 Is to be removed from his position And reassigned to the SCP-1250 project Addendum 046-1 stands by order of O5 command Item number SCP-051 Object Class Safe Special containment procedures SCP-051 and SCP-051-A Are to be kept in a sealed containment facility SCP-051-A is kept within a locked Climate-controlled document box with a viewing window To prevent degradation of its material Any personnel, with the exception of pregnant Or non-sterile female personnel Though might not be aware of an early stage pregnancy May access SCP-051 As long as a request is placed beforehand And cleared by Site Administration Description SCP-051 is a 25 cm or 10 inch Anatomically correct model of a human female Carved out of ivory, with typically Asian features Microscopic analysis shows that the head hair Is human hair The doll is jointed at the shoulders, hips, and knees The stomach area of the doll is fully Removable as a cap of ivory Exposing a detailed rib cage and organs And a 2.5 cm or 1 inch ivory fetus Connected to the main figure by a leather cord umbilicus When brought into the presence of a pregnant human female SCP-051 has various deleterious effects Upon the pregnancy, generally resulting In miscarriage of the fetus Reports include a gentle compulsion To handle the model, open its stomach cap And take out the fetus This results in nausea and cramping Within 5 minutes, vaginal bleeding That begins as spotting and may progress To hemorrhage within the next half hour And miscarriage within 2-24 hours In most recorded cases Medical records indicate that the Aborted fetuses bear moderate to severe defects Pregnancies carried to term after exposure To the model have resulted in severely Deformed live births including Deaths of the mothers and infants Terminated after birth by the delivering physician Witnesses to these live births Show signs of severe emotional trauma That was alleviated after foundation interviews By administration of a class A amnestic SCP-051-A is a fragment of text on rice paper That was discovered with SCP-051 The surviving text is written with plant-derived ink Test dated to the 12th century And the characters have been identified As a known early dialect of Japanese Translation reveals the text is part of A prayer or spell against demons That attack unborn babies The incantation orders these forces Or demons into the model Instead of a pregnant woman And claims to trap them there However, centuries have degraded the paper and ink So that the full incantation and instructions If any, cannot be deciphered SCP-051 and SCP-051-A were discovered In a box of early Japanese artifacts Delivered anonymously to the World Museum, 1938 After 60 years and a number of incidents Resulting from contact by female secretaries Researchers and students An agent on staff in the museum's archives Learned of its properties and obtained it For Foundation study Interview 051-1 Interviewed Dr. David Ehrenfeld Interviewer Agent- Forward Dr. Ehrenfeld was the Attending physician at the death of Martha R On January 2nd, 1942 This interview was conducted off-site As Dr. Ehrenfeld was a resident Of a nursing facility At the time of interview, he was 95 years old Physically in firm, though retaining most Of his mental faculties A class AM nestic was administered After the interview Begin log Interviewer, thank you for seeing me, doctor Dr. Ehrenfeld, you are welcome I have outlived most people who would care To hear such stories, then again They surely would have thought I was telling lies Or slipping into dementia Now, you may think the same But at my age, I do not care Interviewer, can you tell me what you remember Of the events of January 2nd, 1942 Dr. Ehrenfeld, it was an ugly day Cold and ugly It can be a wonderful city sometimes But winter is a bad season It was late in the evening when my housekeeper Told me I had been called I was tired, but a birth is always A wonderful experience I thought it would cheer me It had a nurse with me, but the girl never came Back to my office after that night Fifteen minutes, perhaps, for the cab To reach the museum from my house I'm not certain, but I think so The doorman was waiting for me He led me to the room where they had poor Mrs. R Layed out on a low table covered with Some canvas ground cloths, I think To make her more comfortable Interviewer, what was her condition When you arrived? Dr. Ehrenfeld, thinking back now I should have realized it was very bad When I was young and had not much experience She was quiet and only grunted with each contraction She did not respond when I checked her vital signs And spoke to her, she did not even look at me There was quite a bit of blood A gush of it covered my hands as I reached down To begin helping her with the birth The floor was slick with it underneath her And the baby had not crowned yet She was dilated well The contractions were quite close together And this made me fear she may have been Having a breech birth I showed a calm face, though I did not want to panic my nurse Researcher, Dr. Merrill, who was nearby A dignified older man I believe I wanted to impress him Interviewer, and then doctor Dr. Ehrenfeld, I was concerned because of all the blood That her life was in danger I told her to push, and she was pushing And my nurse helped her Putting downward pressure on the abdomen As I attempted to manually aid the infant's emergence I will spare you the details of a breech breath procedure It can be found at any obstetrics manual of the time I probed blindly and felt I thought it was a coil of the umbilicus Perhaps tangled around the baby's neck I almost withdrew thinking that an episiotomy would be required But she tore before I could proceed There was more blood And the baby began to emerge into my hands I had never seen such a thing You were a researcher Do you know much of the common cephalic birth defects? This was uncommon I thought at first the infant must be stillborn My flesh was grey Not the vernex covered grey of a normal birth But lifeless and degraded The smell of decay I recoiled And the poor mother screamed on her last push And the infant was delivered into my arms With a great rush of hemorrhage The deformity Unspeakable The thoracic cavity was completely open The limbs Interviewer But it wasn't a stillbirth Dr. Ehrenfeld It looked at me I heard the nurse above me beginning resuscitation attempts Then heard her gasp and falter as she saw what I held Gagging as the smell filled the room I tried to drop the creature but it clung to my hands I felt my skin begin to blister and crack Strange how clearly I can remember it At my age sometimes I cannot even remember what I had for dinner The infant was almost double the length of a normal viable fetus in 8 months Its lower body Segment Interviewer What did you do then? Dr. Ehrenfeld It began to laugh And I killed it I broke its neck while it looked at me Interviewer Were there ever any questions or consequences? Dr. Ehrenfeld In 1942, with the country at war And two respected professional men to give their testimony No The museum building had a furnace I disposed of the infant's body myself We claimed some more normal defect had taken the lives of mother and child The husband was a drunkard and cared for nothing but her life insurance policy I believed he was drafted shortly thereafter And died somewhere in France And I left my practice almost immediately I never delivered another child End log Closing statement Dr. Ehrenfeld expired 4 months later of pneumonia Item number SCP-061 Object Class Safe Special Containment Procedures The source code for SCP-061 is to be kept on a standard archival quality read-only data compact disk Or CD-ROM Four copies of the CD-ROM of the source code are to be stored in separate maximum security inanimate object lockers Except for purposes of approved experimentation SCP-061 is not to be loaded, compiled, or run Research proposals for SCP-061 require written approval from Site Command Only one copy of the CD-ROM containing the source code for SCP-061 may be used at a time The CD-ROM is to be returned to storage immediately after having been used to load the source code for SCP-061 to a device SCP-061 must never be loaded, compiled, or run on any device which has a connection to the internet Either directly or via another device SCP-061 must never be loaded, compiled, or run on any device which is physically capable of wireless connectivity Regardless of whether that connectivity is in use For purposes of approved experimentation SCP-061 may be loaded, compiled, and run on a land consisting of no more than three devices plus peripherals No devices are to be disconnected from the land during experimentation Following the conclusion of experimentation, all devices within this land are to be immediately reformatted Audio output peripherals for this land are to be contained within an observation chamber, surrounded with noise-canceling vacuum insulation In the event of a perimeter breached by hostile-starring SCP-061 experimentation, all devices within the land are to be immediately destroyed Description SCP-061 is an acoustic computer program being developed by SCP researchers with the intent of producing successful countermeasures to similar programs being developed by governments and individuals around the world Inspired by research on data expunged SCP Command saw both the potential and harm in the ability to control the brain functions of other human beings Layman understand that music can elicit certain emotions and memories Or various sounds can elicit fear and excitement by simply being heard Governments around the world have been attempting to expand on that premise for decades SCP research is the first to elicit responses on higher mental activities Parts of the brain affected by SCP-061 differ from those stimulated by data expunged or by subliminal messaging Instead of acting on parts of the brain that are thought to be in control of the subconscious Acoustic frequencies produced by SCP-061 intercept conscious thoughts as they are produced and replace them Instead of a suggestion, the Human Hearing Center bisects the conscious thinking mind of the frontal lobe with a motor control cortical homunculus of the brain A baseline rhythm convinces the rest of the brain that the conscious mind is asleep and effectively stops conscious thought from continuing to the rest of the brain In return, the frontal lobe experiences a pause that resembles the psychological effects of anesthesia Acoustic codes developed by SCP-061 are interpreted by motor centers in the brain as conscious instructions and the subject typically acts accordingly Subjects will normally have a blank facial expression while under the influence of SCP-061 They are not responsive to attempts at conversation and express no desires such as hunger or interest in sexual advances Though all commands are followed without question, the effects of the auditory control cease once the subject is no longer able to hear the program Most test subjects report being unable to remember the actions they performed while under control but a few had experienced the effect of watching helplessly as their body acted against their will The intent of such research is to discover ways to counteract the effects of auditory mind control However, only two methods of countermeasures have proven successful as of yet 1. The subject's hearing is impaired so that the individual can no longer hear the program either by covering the ear or deafening the subject 2. The program itself sends a coded instruction to the hearing center of the brain, permanently shutting it down Though the ear continues to hear, there has been no progress in finding the proper code to reboot the hearing center of the brain Addendum 01 All subjects are placed under auditory control, issued a coded auditory command and then monitored Subject 4402F Command Sleep Response Subject curled up into a fetal position on the floor and her brain began emitting alpha waves associated with sleep Her eyes remained wide open in the typical blank, empty expression associated with controlled subjects but her eyes twitched rapidly in ways associated with REM sleep Subject 4427M Command Run on treadmill Response Subject mounted treadmill and then proceeded to run Subject did not turn on the treadmill, resulting in the subject impacting the control platform Subject repeated this until the stop command was issued Note More detailed commands are advised for task-oriented commands Subject 4427M Command Turn treadmill on Run on treadmill Response Subject turned on the treadmill to maximum speed, mounted and attempted to run before being ejected off the conveyor belt Subject repeatedly attempted to turn on the treadmill to a random speed and run on it with various outcomes Note More detailed commands are advised for task-oriented commands Subject 4427M Command Turn on treadmill to jogging speed, jog on treadmill Response Subject successfully jogged on treadmill until stop command was issued, which resulted in subject being ejected off the conveyor belt Note Subjects should be in a safe neutral position before stop commands are issued Item number SCP-092 Object Class Safe Special Containment Procedures The 3,125 instances of SCP-092 are to be held in individual cases suitable for containing non-anomalous audio compact discs or CDs and stored in standard inanimate object lockers at Site 37 Each instance is to be individually numbered with permanent marker Testing of instances of SCP-092 is to be done in soundproof rooms Only one instance of SCP-092 may be examined at a time Only D-Class personnel are to listen to previously unexamined instances of SCP-092 Research proposals which involve non-D-Class personnel listening to instances of SCP-092 require written approval from Site Command The cadaver of SCP-092-B is not currently considered anomalous except by association and is preserved in the morgue freezer at Site 19 Description SCP-092 is a set of 3,125 audio CDs Each labeled the absolute absolute absolute absolute best of the fifth dimension and marked with the names of the 31 performers who have at various times been part of the American Singing Group, the fifth dimension Each instance of SCP-092 when played in a standard CD player will produce a distinct anomalous effect upon all individuals within hearing range The anomalous phenomenon will last 74 minutes, the duration of a standard audio CD during which time listeners will be unable to leave hearing range or to shut off the CD player or otherwise interrupt its function As well, when the anomalous phenomenon finishes, all surviving listeners will engage in synchronized vocalization of the phrase Wow, that was real cool Synchronized vocalization has been observed in non-anglophones, pre-verbal infants, unconscious individuals, paralyzed individuals and individuals physically incapable of speech due to laryngeal, lingual, and or buccal damage The anomalous properties of each instance of SCP-092 are thematically and conceptually linked to the number 5 Dimensions and or the members of the fifth dimension As of 871 instances of SCP-092 have been assessed and their anomalous properties formally described Representative sample of documented anomalous properties of instances of SCP-092 Instance SCP-092-28 Anomalous property Listeners experience quintuple vision for all moving objects Instance SCP-092-41 Anomalous property Listeners bodies exude pentagonal crystals of elemental boron, chemical element number 5 Crystals cease materializing upon conclusion of CD, but do not dematerialize Instance SCP-092-42 Anomalous property Listeners bodies exude pentagonal ingots of elemental manganese, chemical element number 25 or 5 to the power of 2 Ingots cease materializing upon conclusion of CD, but do not dematerialize Listeners succumb to acute manganese poisoning within 24 hours Instance SCP-092-43 Anomalous property Listeners bodies exude pentagonal nodules of elemental cesium, chemical element number 55 All listeners killed by cesium burns within 8 minutes Instance SCP-092-79 Anomalous property Listeners become physiologically 5 years old Instance SCP-092-80 Anomalous property Listeners become physiologically 5 months old Instance SCP-092-81 Anomalous property Listeners become physiologically 5 weeks old Instance SCP-092-82 Anomalous property Listeners become physiologically 5 days old Instance SCP-092-87 Anomalous property Listeners spontaneously become 5 months pregnant Pregnancy spontaneously miscarry upon conclusion of CD In initial tests, all male listeners succumb to massive internal hemorrhaging within 10 minutes as do 3 female listeners Surviving female listeners succumb to organ damage within 4 days Postmortem genetic analysis shows that all fetuses were identical and are not related to the listeners Instance SCP-092-126 Anomalous property Listeners experience unbearably painful facial spasms characterized by constant chewing and biting motions Symptoms of trigeminal neuralgia caused by inflammation of the 5th cranial nerve During initial tests, all listeners batter themselves into unconsciousness against walls of testing chamber in attempt to escape the pain Instance SCP-092-175 Anomalous property Listeners' bodies are pentasected radially producing 5 disconnected segments which remain alive and mobile Instance SCP-092-176 Anomalous property Listeners' bodies are pentasected laterally producing 5 disconnected segments which remain alive and mobile Instance SCP-092-177 Anomalous property Listeners' bodies are pentasected axially producing 5 disconnected segments which remain alive and mobile Instance SCP-092-200 Anomalous property Listeners are teleported to a site on the surface of Himalaya the 5th most massive moon of Jupiter, 5th planet from the Sun Listeners are returned upon conclusion of CD but succumb to the combined effects of hypothermia, hypoxia and radiation poisoning within 3 hours Requests have been made to use SCP-092-200 to send exploration teams equipped with environment suits to Himalaya Approval is pending Instance SCP-092-256 Anomalous property Listeners are converted into 2 dimensional forms Instance SCP-092-271 Anomalous property Listeners spontaneously lose 5 teeth each teeth do not regrow after conclusion of CD Instance SCP-092-272 Anomalous property Listeners spontaneously lose all but 5 teeth each teeth do not regrow after conclusion of CD Instance SCP-092-273 Anomalous property Listeners spontaneously lose 5 fingernails each fingernails do not regrow after conclusion of CD Instance SCP-092-274 Anomalous property Listeners spontaneously lose 5 toenails each toenails do not regrow after conclusion of CD Instance SCP-092-278 Anomalous property Listeners spontaneously grow 3 extra eyes each for a total of 5 Extra eyes do not dematerialize upon conclusion of CD Eyes are functional and of the same color as listener's original eyes D0927714 who had lost an eye in a fight prior to entering Foundation custody grew 4 extra eyes when listening to SCP-092-278 Instance SCP-092-279 Anomalous property Listeners experience topological deformation such that their height becomes the circumference of their waist and vice versa deformation reverts a conclusion of CD this appears to be an exchange between listener's dimension of height and dimension of width Instance SCP-092-285 Anomalous property Listeners sneeze 5 times per minute for the duration of CD Instance SCP-092-286 Anomalous property Listeners belch 5 times per minute for the duration of CD Instance SCP-092-287 Anomalous property Listeners hiccup 5 times per minute for the duration of CD Instance SCP-092-288 Anomalous property Listeners cough 5 times per minute for the duration of CD Instance SCP-092-315 Anomalous property Listeners find themselves within the 2010 Lars von Trier film Dimension where they are able to interact with the setting but not affect the actions of the characters since dimension is only 27 minutes in duration the events within the film repeat 2.74 times Instance SCP-092-316 Listeners find themselves within the 1993 EastEnders Doctor Who crossover Dimensions in time where they are able to interact with the setting but not affect the actions of the characters since the two parts of dimensions in time are only 13 minutes in total duration the events within the episodes repeat 5.69 times Instance SCP-092-317 Anomalous property Listeners find themselves within the 1963 Italian film Amore and Quattro Dimensioni where they are able to interact with the setting but not affect the actions of the characters Instance SCP-092-397 Anomalous property Listeners experience random moments in the life of Alan Shepard the fifth man to walk on the moon Instance SCP-092-399 Anomalous property Listeners experience random moments in the life of James Monroe the fifth president of the United States Instance SCP-092-400 Anomalous property Listeners experience random moments in the life of Mackenzie Bowle the fifth prime minister of Canada Instance SCP-092-401 Anomalous property Listeners experience random moments in the life of Edward Sega the fifth prime minister of Jamaica Instance SCP-092-402 Anomalous property Listeners experience random moments in the life of Charan Singh the fifth prime minister of India Instance SCP-092-403 Anomalous property Listeners experience random moments in the life of Helen Hayes the fifth winner of the Academy Award for Best Actress Instance SCP-092-466 Anomalous property Listeners are physically transformed into members of the original lineup of the fifth dimension as they were at the time of the group's establishment in 1966 Instance SCP-092-467 Anomalous property Listeners are physically transformed into members of the original lineup of the fifth dimension as they were at the time of the original group's dissolution in 1975 Instance SCP-092-468 Anomalous property Listeners are physically transformed into members of the original lineup of the fifth dimension as they were at the time of the original group's reunion in 1990 Instance SCP-092-469 Anomalous property Listeners are physically transformed into members of the original lineup of the fifth dimension as they are today Listeners who transform into Ron Townsend 1933 to 2001 resume their original forms after conclusion of CD but do not resurrect When an instance of SCP-092 is inserted into the CD drive of a personal computer its files can be accessed without triggering the anomalous effects Examination of the files indicates that each CD has different content All content is audio material by or pertaining to the fifth dimension and its individual members In addition to all known commercially released songs files contain live performances, practice sessions, auditions, media interviews and personal conversations Acquisition log On May 5th An unidentified man, henceforth SCP-092-B carrying two suitcases approached front gate guards at Site-19 and stated that he wished to surrender himself and his anomalous creations into foundation custody The contents of his suitcases were confiscated and classed as SCP-092 SCP-092-B was transferred to Site-37 for interrogation During interrogation, SCP-092-B revealed the thematic connections five dimensions and the fifth dimension between all instances of SCP-092 and then committed suicide transcript of statement made by SCP-092-B upon arrival at Site-19 Guard Sir, this is private property, you can't SCP-092-B This is a secret foundation site, right? Guard You can't come in here, sir I... SCP-092-B You're the SCP Foundation and I'm a failure Guard What was that, sir? SCP-092-B You're the SCP Foundation and I'm a failure I think I'm clever, but I'm not I'm a stupid, boring, neck-altern-y hack who thinks that money and cheap puns can take the place of talent and inspiration I'm tasteless I'm dull I'm incompetent I have no sense of style and the only reason I'm not an art criminal is that nothing I've ever made is even close to being art You can secure me and you can contain me but no one can protect me Please take me and my anomalous garbage into custody At this point, guard summoned to backup SCP-092-B repeated this statement verbatim until he was taken into custody Except from transcript of SCP-092-B interrogation session number two Interviewer Yes, we understand about fiveness, thank you That's been most helpful But we were also wondering what you could tell us about how you made these SCP-092-B I just wanted to be cool, you know? I really did I thought, well I had my inheritance and my collection and there was the estate and the abandoned museum and so much of the stuff went together and it wasn't that tough and Look, my ideas were better than yours They were I know they were No, they're not Nobody's impressed by this stupid, facile wordplay It's not even good wordplay It's kindergarten-level paranormal Asia Oh look, five dimensions What other things can you think of that come in fives?  SCP-092-B There's no deeper meaning to what I did It's all just superficial Potemkin village c***** pumping imitation s**t into the river of human achievement It's Stein's f**king Oakland and I don't even f**king understand those f**king illusions I'm an uninspired wannabe I'm boring I'm a useless hack with no f**king imagination I've wasted and ruined miracles I've squandered so much raw material that better people could have done so much with I just I'm not cool I never will be I'm really sorry about the mess These aren't my arms At this point, SCP-092-B seized his own head with both hands and ripped it off his neck killing himself instantly SCP-092-B


Welcome to the National Archives and Records Administration's 2022 Genealogy Series. We are pleased to present this educational series of lectures on how to conduct family research using the 1950 Census. My name is Andrea Matney, and as the program's coordinator, please allow me to do a quick introduction and provide instructions on how to participate. These lectures will demonstrate how to use records from the 1950 Census and other federal resources for genealogical research. Our presenters include experts from the National Archives and Records Administration and the U.S. Census Bureau. Sessions are intended for beginners to experienced family historians. All are welcome. We invite you to join the conversation. Please participate with the presenters and other family historians during each session's premiere. You can ask questions via chat by first logging into YouTube. Keep your eye on the chat during the broadcast because the speaker will answer your questions there in the chat. Type your questions in at any time, but please keep your questions on today's topic. In addition, find live captioning, handouts, and the events evaluation form under the video box by clicking on Show More. Note on our schedule that all sessions are broadcast on Wednesdays at 1 p.m. Eastern. And yes, all of the recorded videos will remain available for viewing later and at any time. Today's presentation is the story of the 1950 Census PE-8 Indian Reservation Schedule. I'm so pleased to introduce today's presenter, Cody White. Mr. White is an archivist with the National Archives at Denver and the agency subject matter expert for Native American related records. He holds a BA in history from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, and a master of library and information science from UCLA. He has been with the National Archives since 2012. I am now turning the program over to Mr. White. Thank you, Andrea. And hello everyone. Thank you for listening. Now, live or in the future, I am recording this only days back at work after taking parental leave from my new daughter. So if YouTube survives a few decades and may as watching this as an adult, well honey, even you keeping me up all night didn't hold back this talk at all. My name is Cody and today we're going to talk about the 1950 census efforts on the res, the PE-8 Indian Reservation Schedule. Records that were part of the big census release this month. Big. You know, it's funny. I just heard from a retired mentor of mine the other day who was reminiscing about her census releases with the National Archives. Her first was 1920. I myself was hired just a month after the 1940 release. So this, the 1950 is my first. You ask in our archivists, they never forget their first. So for those of you not familiar with it, the law, the rule is that the federal decennial censuses are sealed for 72 years to just the individual. You can request your own line entry. But after that period of time, we then release them in full. This applies to any schedules that were taken along with the general population schedule. And in 1950, one of the special additional schedules conducted was a native reservation one. Now usually these special schedules were never saved, but in this case, they were. And largely up until last year, these were a bit of a mystery why they were taken, how they were answered, where they were even taken. I was approached to dive in. And while the forms themselves have been sealed until this month, our general Bureau of Indian Affairs and Census Bureau records are for the most part open. And that's how I was able to piece together the story. But the story, it's just a seed, an academic seed, enough for the layman, but someone could definitely build upon this research and dive in deeper. Everything I talk about today, all the records I reference are fully available via our online catalog. So one more thing before we start, I'm just going to apologize right out of the gate. Usually when I build these talks, I love to load them up with images, great photographs from our holdings. But this topic and the dates don't lend themselves to that. So you're going to see a lot of letters, lists, handwriting, carbon copies. It is what it is. So with that ringing endorsement, let's just dive in. Now, Mrs. Begay, I want to ask you about the names of the people in your family. Is your husband known by any other name than Richard Begay? Sometimes he is called Hastinez. Are you known by any other name than Marie Begay? Yes, some people call me Etsy, but usually I am called Kazba. This conversation never happened. Rather, it's a script of a possible conversation a census enumerator might have had with a theoretical Navajo woman. The script is two pages long, focusing on the unique questions regarding additional names, tribal and clan affiliation, languages spoken. The year was 1950 and staff from the Bureau of Indian Affairs, which we'll call the BIA from here out, as well as even Native American residents had been pressed into service on nearly 100 reservations nationwide to conduct a supplemental schedule to that year's decennial census, the P8 Indian reservation schedule. Given that the P8 schedule had many unique questions and that non-census staff would be doing much of the work, training material was sent out to BIA agencies. Here we see the first page of the script and a sample schedule showing how it was to be filled out, records of which, along with everything else I'll share today, are found in our online catalog with links throughout my slides. That aside, this month these schedules, along with the rest of the 1950 census, were made publicly available via the National Archives 1950 census webpage and can be browsed, searched and downloaded there. Now elsewhere in our genealogy fair, one learns how to navigate the webpage, but I'm here today to talk history, to try to explain the records. While every Native American was enumerated on the main census form, the P1 that was used across the entire United States, the P8 schedule was not conducted on every reservation. In fact, those that it would cover was not even finalized until shortly before the census was taken. This is that story. So let's set the context, get some background. But first, in the field of Native American records, the word census usually invokes those conducted by the BIA itself, most famously the massive nationwide congressionally mandated collection from 1885 through 1941 that is found on a host of sites. Those years aren't exclusive, however, the BIA had conducted roles sporadically prior to 1885, often used during removals, and after 1941, such as the 1953 Crow census that their tribal nation relies on for enrollment purposes. So it's important to not confuse these with the federal decennial census efforts that we're looking at today. Okay, so until the mid 19th century, Native Americans were not either enumerated at all or not clearly noted as native in the census. The Constitution's text on the census excluded Indians not taxed from enumeration and instructions for enumerators in the 1790 through 1850s censuses reiterated this. However, neither the Constitution nor the early instructions ever really defined Indians not taxed, which led to confusion about whether or how the count natives, especially in the mid 1800s, when many tribes were living on these newly created reservations and were thus considered wards of the government. So in 1860, the Census Bureau just estimated the overall native population in the United States. In 1870 Indian agents were tasked with a more precise estimation for census tables. In 1880, a small number of reservations were specifically enumerated. Here on this slide we see one such schedule from Montana, but it all changed in 1890 when the Census Act called for all natives to be enumerated with mixed results, large reservations and language barriers creating issues in places. A special native schedule was conducted in 1900. And then again in 1910 seen in part here on this slide. This one had 14 specific questions focusing mostly on how well the government's assimilation efforts were working. Now think this was near the peak of the boarding school and a lot men eras. The government wanted to see how well their policies were working to those ends. In what became sort of a 20 year cycle then, special focus was placed on capturing native information in 1930. Though no special schedule was used, they just tweet the general questions. For example, using the columns for father and mother birth location to instead capture tribal affiliation and degree of blood. In 1930 they pressed enumerators to ensure they were capturing native citizens. And I say native citizens here because finally in 1924, we cleared up all the confusion and passed a citizenship law for all natives. Before it was sort of a hodgepodge of who was a citizen based on circumstances and land allotments and military service and whatnot. In 1940, no special effort was really made. And as we'll see later that affected the data. In this chart from the Census Bureau, we get a good snapshot of what information was captured for natives in each decennial census, going back to the 1891 that I mentioned. We see here the 1931 was the most complete as far as general data goes, the kind of information today that genealogists love. And when the Census Bureau had no interest in the assimilation based questions that dominated the 1910 schedule. And that will arise again as they planned the 1950 census. The Census Bureau's main job, in essence, is to provide data on the population that then citizens and other agencies use. But data on natives was often uneven. For example, this was very acute on the massive Navajo Nation seen here. Now, for those of you who haven't traveled the West, and I mean travel, you know, not just fly over, cross over the interstates, but like taking Highway 64 in northwest New Mexico, coming down from the four corners, going to Abaco, and you get a very, very good sense of the massiveness and ruralness of the land. Now, this was an issue across the West in conducting native censuses. And on our records from the 1940s, this theme is bemoaned again and again. They just couldn't get good statistics, and they often pointed to all the issues on the Navajo Nation as an example. There was a 1940 Navajo Agricultural Census that was a disaster, but it went back even further. In the 1930s census, enumerators just stuck to the few established roads. Then they sent out riders on horseback to make the counts. I've heard the 1940 decennial census called the Trading Post Census, because enumerators relied on the many trading posts that dotted the res, capturing information when folks came and went. And even when enumerators could find people, issues still arose, differing names, no birth dates, certain superstitions related to speaking names out loud. Our records make it clear that in the run up to the 1950s census, the issues in enumerating the Navajo was a prime driver, but the problems were also nationwide. Another example, when in 1930 efforts were explicitly made to enumerate natives, Oklahoma counted nearly 92,000. Ten years later, during the 1940 census, no special attention was paid to enumerating Native Americans, and the total count of Oklahoma's native population plummeted to around 63,000. So the need for a better count of the native population nationwide was noted again and again by the BIA in the years leading up to 1950. But unlike in 1930, when the regular census schedule was utilized to great effect, the BIA pressed for a special schedule, one that would feature very specific questions. So let's explore those questions. So as our records show, the push for the P8 schedule was by the BIA, and thus the selection of questions was entirely the BIA. The Census Bureau wasn't opposed, but the records make it seem they weren't really excited either, and they didn't want to conduct the P8 at the same time as the P1 because they felt the former would drag down the ladder. The BIA took their time. Starting the planning in 1947, they didn't have these questions settled until early January 1950, with just months for the Census Bureau to format, print, and distribute them. With that timeline, a planned question for Alaska Natives was cut right away. The census material had already been sent up to the territory, so they couldn't include the P8 there. The BIA offered to pay for the P8 with how many possible questions they wanted were told to budget around $40,000. So one can wonder if that's why some questions were cut, because in the end, the P8 schedule that was ultimately used fits onto one page with only 10 questions and then a block for housing data structure, and overall only costs 15,000 to print. Questions regarding land use and animal husbandry were discarded, as were two for the Navajo Nation only regarding extended family and land co-ops. The BIA had wanted to ask about participation in social groups, quote, characteristically American rather than Indian, end quote, such as the PTA and 4-H, noted as a way to measure acculturation, but this question was dropped. Questions regarding income earned, including one about arts and crafts with each kind delineated, was also dropped. Asking about the number of handicapped family members was nixed. All of these are noted in the records, seen here in the images on this slide. So let's take a look at the final P8 form to see what questions made the cut. And here it is. I buried the lead on the seventh slide. The final form, one sheet per family unit. The box at the top looks at housing. You have a name blank, column for other names used, tribal affiliation, clan affiliation if applicable, degree of Indian blood, several columns on the speaking and writing of English and other languages. And then one final question, if the person had attended or participated in native ceremonies in 1949. Now much of the real estate of the P8 schedule explores a particular theme, the quote, extent to which Indians are adapting to the culture of the white population, end quote, as the Census Bureau explained in its training material. Throughout the historical record, the BIA coily noted that this supplemental schedule was needed for planning purposes. However, not every reservation was planned to be enumerated with the P8, which begs the question of what sort of planning wouldn't involve every reservation. For a possible explanation, one could look at the overall movement in the late 1940s towards termination. The federal government's termination policy represented this dramatic shift from its former policy of self-determination for tribal governments only set in place in the 1930s. Termination was this extreme act of assimilation that sought to end federal recognition of tribal nations. It would close the trusteeship over reservations, essentially dissolving them, and place all natives under the legal sovereignty of each state they lived in. So in 1947, William Zimmerman, the associate commissioner for Indian affairs, divided reservations into three lists according to what he saw as their readiness to leave trust status. But as we mentioned earlier, the agency had poor data on many of the reservations, so entered the P8 schedule. It is actually the Census Bureau that best documents the possible link between the termination of tribal nations and the 1950s Census P8 schedule. Okay, so have you ever been out with friends and family, or family, and you don't really want dessert, but they talk you into it, and then, when you finish, they stick you with the bill? So in February 1950, despite what had been assumed before, the BIA suddenly claimed they could not guarantee the cost of the P8 schedule. So the Census Bureau picks up the tab, making it clear that the BIA would still have to pay for the tabulation of any data afterwards. But to cover this unexpected cost, the Census Bureau wrote a memo to the Bureau of Budget for the funds. And in the first paragraph seen here on this slide, they wrote that the BIA needed the information that would be collected by the P8 schedule for, quote, in connection with their present program in aiding Indian citizens to become economically self-sustaining and in order to lessen or remove governmental supervision, end quote. Sounds a lot like a definition of the termination policy, and if there's any academics out there listening, someone could follow this possible trail. So we mentioned that not every reservation was enumerated with the P8 schedule, and the ones done were fluid, seemingly up until the final buzzer. Here we see some memos from the BIA of reservations to add to the list. These were attached to a list of enumeration districts we'll talk about in a bit. Once the census kicked off, there was further confusion in the field of which reservations were to be done. In the spring of 1950s, superintendents were writing headquarters asking all kinds of questions. In California, a superintendent asked if he should be using the P8 on the smaller reservations around San Diego. The BIA reiterated that if the reservations were not on the list, then no. Up north, it was realized that the entire South Dakota portion of Standing Rock wasn't on the list. In that case, the census headquarters stated that the South Dakota portion was to be omitted because it was primarily, quote, non-Indian. So I just mentioned enumeration districts. Let's touch on that for a bit now. Both the Census Bureau and the BIA agreed that conforming enumeration districts, EDs, to reservation boundaries would ease the process. This wasn't an entirely novel approach. In 1930, the two agencies had collaborated to split up areas when deciding where BIA staff would conduct a census. And in some cases, even then, had conformed EDs to BIA grazing districts. In August of 1948, the BIA's Division of Geography spent 150 hours of their draftsman time. The records are singular, so records indicate they only had one. And they produced 77 maps that covered the reservations in question and split them into EDs. Here we see an excerpt from the crosswalk of reservations to their EDs. These weren't perfect. On the Navajo Nation, it was reported that one included a chunk of the city of Gallup, which isn't part of the res, so the PA was not used in those areas. With the questions only settled on in January 1950, officials were cutting it close in creating the PA schedule. On March 9th, the forums were sent out with just weeks to spare. But as we see on this slide of a telegram from Northern Minnesota, some staff were asking DC where the forums were. Also that March began the training of staff, so the BIA selected the numerators on each reservation as well as the crew leaders to manage them, which was a new thing in 1950, the crew leader position, one per 15 enumerators. CARE was taken to select those familiar with each reservation, the people, their customs, languages. The Census Bureau and the BIA noted that gaining the confidence of the tribal members was a high priority. Staff were told to reiterate that the data would, quote, not be used to deprive Indians of their rights or property, end quote, and it would be all held in the stripped confidence. So the BIA selected their own staff and often natives themselves to conduct this census and spent the latter part of March in training, such as a script and form we saw at the start of this talk. And they got to work. Enumerators were paid a dollar an hour plus five cents a mile if using their personal vehicle. If needing a horse, not an unlikely proposition given the expanse and the poor infrastructure of many Western reservations, enumerators were simply told to rely on the local prevailing rate. BIA staff doing the enumeration could take paid leave while also getting paid by the Census Bureau, work after normal working hours, or just take leave without pay. Now this issue of dual compensation was on the Comptroller General's radar. The Census Bureau records admit this, but it appears they went ahead regardless because time was of the essence. For example, on the Papago Reservation, poor roads slowed them way down, leading the superintendent to shut down agency operations and putting all his staff into an effort to enumerate the tribe. The rush in that because wage workers left the reservation in the spring for work. Now this was an issue across Western reservations in 1950. Again, especially with the Navajo. And in the decades since there are concerns about undercounting. So a side note, if you're looking for someone and not seeing them, this could be a reason. So how did the questions go over? There was some clarification from DC on how to record certain answers as it appears the enumerators needed help. Non-native spouses were to be noted on the P8, but any non-native lodgers or servants were not. Under question four about whether the person went by any other names, the enumerator could not simply note yes. They had to list one, although any more than that were to be disregarded. Question nine about knowledge of other languages could include foreign languages in addition to tribal ones. Over 75% answered that they were full blood. Very few, one out of 30, said less than a quarter. But these were self-reported and not taken too seriously as blood quantum had then started to be required for many tribal services. So claiming full blood was typical. The questions did raise hackles down in New Mexico. The United Pueblos Agency reported an overall objection to the ceremony attendance question, as well as the refusal of the Kiwa Pueblo in particular to answer the clan affiliation question. So concerns were raised that these protests would, quote, endanger and quote, the results of the census in these areas. So the census headquarters advised simply skipping the questions, which is one thing I want to check first when they are released. Again note I'm recording this talk prior to the release. By September, the bulk of the reservation enumeration was done. Here we see two Census Bureau memos tallying the P8 forms that the D.C. and Philly offices collected from each state. 7,115 had been received, which he was closely to the approximately 33,378 forms we hold today. Though not every reservation was enumerated with the P8 schedule, in 1973 a National Archives reference information paper estimated that 72.1% of all Native Americans were captured on the form. To not complete, what remains is an interesting snapshot of family units on reservations across the country that are now fully open to browse and research for the first time. Though this is where this presentation will get a bit wonky, the government takes the confidentiality of the decennial census very seriously with only special exemptions granted prior to the release. Even if I hadn't been on paternity leave from December to March, I still couldn't have grabbed any images of the actual records to show and walk you through the data at this point. I'm talking to you from the past because I'm recording this in March. So while I can't show you any of the data or any great screenshots, the site seen here is now live and I've since been able to dig around and you probably have to. My colleague Michael Knight gave a great talk a few weeks ago on how to navigate it. So check that out for more help or guidance if needed. And as the great Paul Harvey used to say, now you know the rest of the story. Good day. If you have any questions, let me just plug the other 1950 census related talks that my great colleagues have been giving and will continue to give in this series so so check them out. All right, let's have those questions. Thank you for joining us for today's presentation. We are wrapping up the lecture portion of the broadcast, but we'll continue to take your questions about today's topic in the chat section. Please take a minute to complete our short evaluation form so we can plan future programs based on your feedback. Find the link to it under show more. If we did not get to your question today, please send us an email. Note that the presentation's video recording and handout will remain available on this YouTube page and our website. If you enjoyed this video, check out our Know Your Records program. We have many more educational videos on how to do research with us. 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Brian Guy Adams, is a Canadian singer, songwriter, record producer, guitarist, photographer, philanthropist, and activist. Adams rose to fame in North America with his 1983 album Cuts Like a Knife and turned into a global star with his 1984 album Reckless which produced some of his best known songs including Run to You and Summer of 69. In 1991, he released, Everything I Do, I Do It for You from the album Waking Up the Neighbors and the song became a worldwide hit which went to number one in many countries, including 16 consecutive weeks in the United Kingdom, a new record. Adams also had the US Billboard Hot 100 number one singles Heaven, All for Love and Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman. For his contributions to music, Adams has garnered many awards and nominations, including 20 Juno Awards among 56 nominations, 15 Grammy Award nominations including a win for Best Song written specifically for a motion picture or television in 1992. He has also won MTV, ASCAP, American Music Awards, three Iver Novello Awards for song composition and has been nominated five times for Golden Globe Awards and three times for Academy Awards for his songwriter for films. Adams was awarded the Order of Canada and the Order of British Columbia for contributions to popular music and philanthropic work via his own foundation, which helps improve education for people around the world. Adams was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in March 2011 and Canada's Walk of Fame, Canadian Broadcast Hall of Fame in 1998, and in April 2006 he was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame at Canada's Juno Awards. Adams has sold over 100 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time. In 2008, Adams was ranked 38th on the list of all-time top artists in the Billboard Hot 150th Anniversary Charts. On January 13, 2010, he received the Alan Waters Humanitarian Award for his part in numerous charitable concerts and campaigns during his career, and on May 1, 2010 was given the Governor-General's Performing Arts Award for his 30 years of contributions to the arts. Life and Career Early Life Brian Guy Adams was born in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, to British parents, Elizabeth Jane, Nay Watson, and Captain Conrad J. Adams, who immigrated to Canada from Plymouth, England, in the 1950s. Adams's father, a Sandhurst officer in the British Army, joined the Canadian Army and later spent time as a United Nations peacekeeping observer for Canada, which led to him becoming a Canadian Foreign Service diplomat.Adams traveled with his parents to diplomatic postings in Portugal, where he attended the American International School of Lisbon, and Vienna, Austria, during the 1960s, and to Israel during the early 1970s. Adams has a brother, Bruce. Early Career By 17, Adams had started working in the Vancouver studio scene, working as a background vocalist for the CBC and backing local artists and with Motown keyboardist Robbie King, who Adams attributes as having given him his first salaried session. Before that at age 15-16 he fronted various pub bands like Sweeney Todd that released if wishes were horses and was often seen sitting in with other cover bands. He and his guitarist Keith Scott met during those club years and still work together today. In 1978, at 18, Adams met Jim Valance through a mutual friend in a Vancouver music store. Valance was the former drummer and principal songwriter for Vancouver-based rock band Prism and had recently quit that band to focus on a career as a studio musician and songwriter. They agreed to meet at Valance's home studio a few days later, which proved to be the beginning of a partnership which still exists in 2016. Later in 1978, Adams signed to Ondem Records for $1. Some of the first demos written in 1978 have surfaced over the years, most notably I'm Ready, recorded for both the album Cuts Like a Knife and later his release for MTV Unplugged, and Remember, which was recorded on his first album. Both songs were covered by other artists even before his first album was released. Also recorded during this time was the disco song Let Me Take You Dancing featuring Adams's vocal sped up to meet the 1-2-2 BPM dance tempo. The song made the Canadian RPM chart in March 1979 along with its B-side Don't Turn Me Away. Straight from the heart was also written during this period. The song was later recorded for Adams's third album Cuts Like a Knife in 1983 and released as a single, becoming Adams's first top ten record in the US in 1983. 1980s. Adams's self-titled debut album was released in February 1980, and marked the beginning of what was to become a long songwriter partnership between Adams and CEO writer Jim Valance. With the exception of Remember and Waston Time, most of the album was recorded from October 29 up until November 29, 1979 at Manta Studios and CEO produced by Adams and Valance. The album was certified gold in Canada in 1986. Adams's second album, You Want It You Got It, was recorded in two weeks and it marked Adams's first album CEO produced by Bob Clear Mountain. It was released in 1981 and contained the FM radio hit Lonely Nights, as well as Seattle area favorite Fitzya Good, but it was not until his third album that he achieved international recognition, popularity. Adams also CEO wrote songs for other artists during this time including Billboard charted songs like No Way to Treat a Lady for Bonnie Raitt and Don't Let Him Know for Prism. Cuts Like a Knife, which was released in January 1983, was Adams's breakout album due mainly to the lead singles. Straight from the heart was the most successful song, reaching No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100.Another single, Cuts Like a Knife charted at No. 15. This time also placed on the Hot 100. Music videos were released for four of the singles from the album. Cuts Like a Knife arguably became Adams's most recognizable and popular song from the album. Its music video received heavy airplay on music television channels. The album peaked at No. 8 on the Billboard 200 album chart and achieved three times platinum status in Canada, platinum in the United States and gold in Australia. Adams's album, Reckless, produced by Adams and Bob Clear Mountain, peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. The album was released in November 1984 and featured the singles, Run to You, Summer of 69, Heaven, One Night Love Affair, Somebody, and It's Only Love, a duet with Tina Turner. All the singles had accompanying music videos and all charted on the Billboard Hot 100 but only Run to You, Summer of 69, and Heaven peaked in the Top 10. Heaven became the most successful single from Reckless at the time of its release on the pop charts, reaching No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 9 on the mainstream rock chart. It's Only Love was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group. In 1986, the song won an MTV Award for Best Stage Performance. After the release of the album, Adams was nominated for Best Male Rock Performance.The album is Adams's best-selling album in the United States and was certified five times platinum. In December 1984, Adams embarked on a two-year world tour to launch the album starting in Canada and United States, then into Japan, Australia, back to the UK and again to Canada. After winning four Juno Awards, he headed south towards the American West Coast, culminating with two dates at the Palladium in Los Angeles. After the tour in the United States, Adams took part of a grand ensemble of Canadian artists named Northern Lights, who recorded Tears Are Not Enough for the African Famine Relief effort. Adams later headed back to Europe for a 50-city concert tour with rock singer Tina Turner, culminating in April with his return to London to headline three sold-out shows at the Hammersmith Odeon.Adams began the first leg of his tour entitled Worldwide in 85 which started in Oklahoma and ended in October 1985.Adams later visited Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and afterward returned to the American East Coast to play two sold-out concerts in. In 1985, Adams worked on Roger Daltrey's sixth solo album Under a Raging Moon, which was a tribute album to the whos former drummer Keith Moon who died in 1978. Adam Cio wrote two tracks for the album Those Being, Let Me Down Easy and Rebel. The track Let Me Down Easy was a top 15 hit on Billboard's mainstream rock tracks and featured Adams playing guitar and singing backing vocals aside Roger Daltrey with Robbie McIntosh playing guitar in the music video. Nearly 30 years later, Adams would release his own version of Let Me Down Easy on a 30-year anniversary version of Reckless. The follow-up album to Reckless was Into the Fire which was released in 1987. The album was recorded at Cliffhanger Studios in Vancouver and mixed at Air Studios in London and Warehouse Studio in Vancouver. This album contained the hit songs Heat of the Night and Hearts on Fire and hit the top ten on both sides of the Atlantic. 1990s. On September 24, 1991, Adams released the album Waking Up the Neighbors. Cio produced by Adams and Mutt Lang, it topped the charts around the world including number one in both the UK and Germany and number six on the Billboard 200. The album featured four singles including, Everything I Do, I Do It For You, that also featured in the motion picture Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves and spent 16 consecutive weeks at number one on the UK singles chart. That was followed by Can't Stop This Thing We Started which peaked at number two in the USA, Do I Have to Say the Words, reached number 11, and in the UK, thought I'd died and gone to heaven was the second most successful single reaching the top ten. The album won many awards including a Grammy Award in 1991 for Best Song written specifically for a motion picture or for television. July 6, 1991 was the start off of the Waking Up the World Tour which went on until 1993. The first concert was at Milton Keynes Festival with ZZ Top. Adams played a whirlwind tour which brought him to places many western artists had never played, India, Egypt, Portugal, Vietnam, Reykjavik, Iceland to name a few. On January 13, 1992, the Canadian leg of the tour kicked off in Sydney, Nova Scotia and wrapped up with a standing room only concert in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on January 31. In February 1992, Adams toured New Zealand and Australia for seven dates kicking off with a press conference in Sydney. On the February 21, the tour headed to Japan for approximately a dozen shows in six cities. The tour continued through several European countries in June 1992, including Italy, Germany, Holland and Scandinavia, and in July 1992, Adams performed for the first time in Hungary and Turkey, where he filmed his video for Do I Have to Say the Words. The USA tour continued from September through December 1992. February 1993 was the Asian leg of the tour including Thailand, Singapore, Japan and Hong Kong and then straight back to the US to tour from March to May 1993. In 1993 he collaborated with Rod Stewart and Sting for the single all for love CEO written by Adams for the motion picture soundtrack of the movie Three Musketeers. The single topped the charts worldwide. In November 1993, Adams released a compilation album entitled So Far So Good, that again topped the charts in numerous countries such as the UK, Germany and Australia. It included a brand new song called Please Forgive Me, that became another number one single in Australia as well as reaching the top three in the US, the UK and Germany. It was followed in 1995 by, Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman? Song released from the motion picture soundtrack of the movie Don Juan de Marco. It was number one in the US and Australia as well as a top five hit in the UK and Germany. In June 1996 the album 18 Till I Die was released. It contained the three singles including two UK top ten singles The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me and Let's Make a Night to Remember and Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman. The album peaked at number 31 on the Billboard 200 in the United States and held that position for three weeks.It was far more successful in Europe and Australia reaching the top spot on the UK charts for Adams's third number one in a row. The album has been certified platinum in the United States by the RIAA 18 Till I Die was certified three times platinum in Canada and Australia and two times platinum in the UK. On July 27, 1996, Adams performed his second sold-out Wembley Stadium in London in front of a crowd of approximately 70,000. In 1996, Adams joined Don Henley on stage with a duet at Live at Honours, Everybody Knows. In December 1997, Adams released MTV Unplugged with three new tracks, Back to You, A Little Love and When You Love Someone. Back to You was the first single, followed by I'm Ready, an acoustic version of the cuts like A Knife track. The album was a top ten success in Germany while both singles reached the top 20 in the UK. On A Day Like Today was released in 1998 and the release coincided with his contract being sold to Interscope Records. Despite Interscope's involvement or lack of, On A Day Like Today enjoyed tremendous success internationally, entering the top five in Germany and was certified platinum in the UK. It generated two British top ten singles, Cloud Number Nine and When You're Gone, which featured Melanie C. of The Spice Girls. In 1990, Adams voiced the evil Rat Henschman Hoodwink in the Canadian Children's Animated Television special The Real Story of the Three Little Kittens which was created and produced for The Real Story of Aka Favourite Songs, Anthology Series. It was first broadcast on CTV television network in Canada and later on HBO in USA. To commemorate the millennium, Adams released The Best of Me, his most comprehensive collection of songs at that time, which also included two new songs, the title track The Best of Me and the UK number one track Don't Give Up. The album reached the top ten in Germany and was certified three times platinum in Canada and platinum in the UK. The single from the album, The Best of Me was a successful hit with the exception of the US, where neither the single or the album were released by Interscope Records. 20-Hundreds. In 2000, Adam C. O. wrote and sang on the number one song for Chacane's album Behind the Sun called Don't Give Up. In 2002, Adam C. O. wrote and performed the songs for the DreamWorks animated film, Spirit, Stallion of the Cimarron. The songs were included on the film's soundtrack. The most successful single from the soundtrack was Here I Am, a British Top 5 and German Top 20 hit. The song also gave him his fourth Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Song from a Motion Picture. In 2004, ARK Weekly released its chart of top pop artists since the last 25 years and Adams came up at number 13 in the chart with four number one singles, 10 Top 5 hits and 17 Top 10 hits. Six years after the release of On a Day Like Today, Room Service was released in September 2004. It topped the charts in Germany and Switzerland and peaked at number four in the UK, selling 440,000 copies in its first week in Europe and thus debuted at number one on Billboard's European album chart. The single, Open Road, was the most successful single from the album and peaked at number one in Canada and number 21 in the UK. In May 2008, the album was also released in the US but charted only at number 134 on the Billboard 200. In 2005, Anthology, the first two-disc compilation was released, containing two new tracks. The US release features a new version of When You're Gone, a duet with Pamela Anderson. Also in 2005, Adams re-recorded the theme song for the second season of Pamela's Fox sitcom Stacked. In 2006, Adams co-wrote and performed the theme song Never Let Go which was featured in the closing credits of the film The Guardian starring Kevin Costner and Ashton Kutcher. Adams also co-wrote the song Never Gonna Break My Faith for the film Bobby. The song was performed by the Rand B singers Aretha Franklin and Mary J. Bleach and earned him a Golden Globe nomination in 2007. In 2007, he co-wrote two songs A Place for Us and Another Layer for the Disney film Bridge to Terabithia. Adams released his 11th album internationally on March 17, 2008. It was appropriately called 11. The album was released in the US exclusively at Walmart and Sam's Club retail stores on May 13, 2008. The first single released from the album was I Thought I'd Seen Everything. Adams did an 11-day, 11-country European acoustic promotional tour to kick off the release of the album. The album debuted at No. 1 in Canada, making it his first album to reach that position since waking up the neighbors in 1991, as well as reaching No. 2 in Germany. In the United States, the album charted at No. 80. Adams was one of the four musicians who were pictured on the second series of the Canadian recording artist series to be issued by Canada Post Stamps on July 2, 2009. The total estimated number of Adams stamps that were printed is one and one-half million. In December 2009, he co-wrote, produced and performed the song You've Been a Friend to Me for the Disney film Old Dogs. 2010s. In February 2010, Adams released One World, One Flame. On February 12, 2010, Adams performed a duet with Nelly Furtado. The song was called Bang the Drum and was co-written with Jim Valance for the opening ceremony for the 2010 Winter Olympics Games in Vancouver, British Columbia. The ceremony was held indoors at B.C. Play Stadium. Adams performed at Wayne Gretzky's final game in 1999 at Madison Square Garden when Gretzky then played for the New York Rangers. Adams then sang the Canadian national anthem and ad libido line to acknowledge Gretzky's departure, singing, We're Gonna Miss You Wayne Gretzky. Adams was one of several well-known Canadian musicians to visit Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper at his official residence. Originally the visit was meant to be Adams's plea to the Prime Minister to change the archaic copyright laws, instead Harper turned it into a photo opportunity for himself in an informal jam session. In November 2010, Adams released the acoustic album Bear Bones. It was recorded live at various locations on his Bear Bones tour earlier in the year. It was certified gold in India a year later. On February 19, 2011, Adams and his band played in Kathmandu, which was organised by ODC Network and made him the first ever international artist to perform in Nepal. He performed at the opening ceremony of the 2011 Cricket World Cup on February 17, 2011 in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and also performed in a solo concert in the next day. On November 19, 2011, Adams co-wrote and recorded the dance music single Video for the Love Rush UK. Single Tonight in Babylon in Southwark, London. This song was also recorded released on his Bear Bones Sydney Opera House video. On November 20, 2011, Adams performed When You're Gone on the TV show The X Factor in the UK with the remaining acts in the competition. In July 2012, Adams was featured as the voice of the lead character of a dog called Jock, in the animated South African film Jock of the Bushveld. He also co-wrote and sang two of the main songs, Way Oh and By Your Side. The American released of the film was retitled Jock the Hero Dog. In 2013, he wrote and sang on After All with Michael Buble from his album To Be Loved. In an interview on March 18, 2014, Adams revealed that he has signed a contract with Verve Records in the US. With one album celebrating the 30th anniversary of Reckless, a new album of covers. On September 30, 2014, Adams released a new album titled Tracks of My Years. The album reached number one on the Canadian album chart. The album contains cover songs and one original song See You Written with Jim Valance. On July 13, 2014, Adams presented a live concert on the plains of Abraham in Quebec City, Canada. Adams was moved by the crowd and mentioned, Quebec City is the capital of music and artists. In July 2014, Adams filmed Brian Adams in concert for the American program Great Performances on PBS. It was recorded at the Elgin Theatre in Toronto and first shown on American public television on March 2, 2015. Adams released his first album of all new material in seven years on October 16, 2015. The album, titled Get Up, was See You Written with longtime collaborator Jim Valance and produced by Jeff Lynn. On September 7, 2015, it was announced that Adams would be performing at the 2015 AFL Grand Final, along with English singer Ellie Golding and American musician Chris Isaac. Activism and Humanitarian Work Humanitarian Work Most of Adams's philanthropic activity is focused on the Brian Adams Foundation, which aims to advance education and learning opportunities for children and young people worldwide, believing that an education is the best gift that a child can be given. The Foundation is mostly funded by Adams himself. Since the 1980s, Adams has participated in concerts and other activities to help raise money and awareness for a variety of causes. His first high-profile charity appearance came in 1985 when he opened the U.S. transmission of Live Aid from Philadelphia. In June of the next year, Adams participated in the two-week Amnesty International A Conspiracy of Hope tour alongside Sting, U2 and Peter Gabriel.In 1986, Adams performed at the Prince's Trust All-Star Rock Concert in Wembley Arena to celebrate first 10 years of the trust and again in June 1987 at the fifth annual Prince's Trust Rock Gala along with Elton John, George Harrison, Ringo Starr and others. The following year Adams performed at the Nelson Mandela birthday party concert at Wembley Stadium. Adams helped commemorate the fall of the Berlin Wall when, in 1990, he joined many other guests, including his songwriter partner Michael Cayman, for Roger Waters' massive performance of the Wall in Berlin, Germany. He performed the Pink Floyd songs What Shall We Do Now, and Young Lust during the performance of the Wall, and then joined Waters, Joni Mitchell, Cindy Lauper, Van Morrison, Paul Carruck and others to perform Waters The Tide is Turning to close the concert. On January 29, 2005, Adams joined the CBC benefit concert in Toronto for victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. Twenty years after performing at Live 8 in the USA, Adams played at Canada's Live 8 show in Berry, Ontario.Later that year, he performed in Qatar and raised UK pound 1.5 m, $2,617,000, from the concert. He also auctioned a White Fender Stratocaster guitar signed by many of the world's prominent guitarists. The guitar raised a total of US$3.7 million for charity and thus set a record as the world's costliest guitar.The money went to Qatar's Reach Out to Asia campaign to help the underprivileged across the continent. Money raised also went to some of his own projects like rebuilding a school in Thailand and building a new sports centre in Sri Lanka, both of which had been devastated by the Indian Ocean tsunami. On May 25, 2005, Adams raised £1.3 million with cousin Johnny Armitage, from a concert and auction entitled Rock by the River for the Royal Marsden Hospital in London. On May 15, 2006, Adams returned to London to attend the Hope Foundations event, hosted by designer Bella Freud, helping to raise a portion of the £250,000 to support the Palestinian refugee children. The following June, he offered individuals from the public the chance to bid to sing with him live in concert at three different charity auctions in London. Over £50,000 was raised with money going to the NSPCC, Children in Need, and the University College Hospital.On February 28, 2008 he appeared in one night live at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada with Josh Groban, Sarah McLaughlin, Jan Arden and Ryan Dan in aid of the Sunnybrook Hospital Women and Babies programme. On January 29, 2006, Adams became the first Western artist to perform in Karachi, Pakistan, after the September 11 attacks, in conjunction with a benefit concert by Shazad Roy to raise money for underprivileged children to go to school. Some of the proceeds of that concert also went to victims of the 2005 Pakistan earthquake. On October 18, 2007, Adams was billed to perform in Tel Aviv and Jericho as part of the One Voice movement concerts, hoping to aid in solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.The peace concert for supporters of a two-state solution to the conflict with Israel was called off because of security concerns. Animal Rights Activism Adams became a vejan at the age of 29, originally for health reasons, but advocated for animal rights. During his tours of 1992-1994, Adams successfully campaigned for the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary with Greenpeace Chairman David McTaggart. The two of them distributed over 500,000 postcards at concerts around the world encouraging people to write to politicians of countries blocking the vote, encouraging them to vote yes for the creation of the sanctuary at the meetings of the International Whaling Commission. IWC officially created the sanctuary on May 26, 1994. Adams supports the animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, PETA, by shooting photos for them and writing letters. He wrote to the CEO of KFC restaurants in Canada in November 2007, asking them to become leaders in using more modern and more humane methods of killing chickens. Adams has been a vejan since 1989. On September 14, 2014, Adams was the first artist to sing at the Invitas Games organised by Prince Harry in East London. Prince Harry reciprocated by attending Adams's exhibition on wounded soldiers in London. Photography Adams also works as a photographer. On September 16, 2015, he was given an honorary fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society in London for his work in photography. Adams has been published in British Vogue, Luomo Vogue, American Vanity Fair, Harper's Bazaar, British GQ, Esquire, Interview Magazine and ID, and shot advertising and PR campaigns for Hugo Boss, Guest Jeans, Sand, Converse, Mont Blanc, John Richmond, Fred Perry, Esgada, Gastra, Zeiss, Jupp and Opelcars in Germany. He has also worked as a photographer with many of his musical peers. He has won three lead awards in Germany for his fashion photography, most recently in October 2015 for his story in Helmut Berger, and previously in June 2012 and again in 2006. He founded the art fashion zoo magazine, based in Berlin, for which he shoots regularly. His first book of photos was released by Stetl in October 2012 titled Exposed. Previous published collaborations include American Women, 2005, for Calvin Klein in the United States, Proceeds from this book went to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City for their breast cancer research programs and made in Canada, 1999, for Flair Magazine in Canada, Proceeds went to the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation. Both books were dedicated to his friend Donna, who died of the disease. In 2002, Adams was invited, along with other photographers from the Commonwealth, to photograph Queen Elizabeth II. During her Golden Jubilee, one of the photographs from this session was used as a Canadian postage stamp in 2004 and again in 2005, see Queen Elizabeth II Definitive Stamp, Canada, another portrait of both Queen Elizabeth II. And Prince Philip is now in the National Portrait Gallery in London. Adams supports the Hear the World initiative as a photographer in its aim to raise global awareness for the topic of hearing and hearing loss. He photographed Michael J. Fox and Tajina Patties in the 2011 Carl Zeiss AG Company calendar in New York City in the summer of 2010. The focus was about the size difference of the subjects in a comedic presentation. In 2011, Adams provided the cover art for Lioness, Hidden Treasures, a posthumous release by Amy Winehouse. Adams released a photography book entitled Wounded the Legacy of War, 2013, to highlight the human consequences of war. Adams has also recorded songs critical of warfare on past albums. Personal Life Adams and Alicia Grimaldi, who is also a trustee and co-founder of his Namesake Foundation, had their first daughter, Bunny Mirabella Grimaldi Adams on April 22, 2011. They announced the birth of their second daughter Lula Rosalia Grimaldi Adams on February 14, 2013. Aside from his British parents, his grandmother was born in Malta. Adams has homes in Chelsea, London and Paris. Awards and Honours In addition to his success at the Junos and Grammys and other music awards, Adams was also nominated for his fifth Golden Globe in 2007 for songwriter on the film Bobby which was sung by Aretha Franklin and Mary J. Bleach, and has been nominated three times for Academy Awards for writing music in film. In 1990, Adams was awarded the Order of British Columbia. On April 20, 1990, Adams was made a member of the Order of Canada, and on May 6, 1998, was promoted within the Order to the rank of Officer of the Order of Canada. Adams is also a recipient of the Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal, 2002, and the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal, 2012.