Served in congress. Prior to the mid20th century, many served as territorial delegates and commissioners as opposed to voting representatives. Archives hosted this event and provided the video. Historian at the center for legislative archives. Thank you for attending todays talk on this last day of july. This is the last talk in the series until we resume in september. For those of you in attendance, our guest hardly needs an introduction. Matthew wasniewski is the historian of the u. S. House of representatives and a member of the advisory meeting on the records of congress. Friend andgtime supporter, as well of us as well as a source of guidance to the center through his service on the advisory committee. Matt is here today to discuss hispanic americans in congress, which was published last year. This is the third in a series that has come out of the house office under his leadership. The previously published volumes being women in congress 19172006, black americans in congress, 1870
And learn how to navigate and explore the museums online collections. Due to the coronavirus, this program was recorded via zoom. We are joined by michelle delaney. Tell us what your title is and what your job is. Ms. Delaney thank you. My job is assistant director for culture at the Smithsonians National museum of the American Indian. I leave the scholars, the historians, the curators at the museum who are in charge of producing exhibitions, the books, a lot of the Educational Programs and symposiums, and work with a collection of about 824,000 objects. But i have a real interest in photographys and we have also over 500,000 photographs in the National Museum of the American Indian archive center. So, i have been working very hard in the years i spent to this museum, i am a 30 year career at the smithsonian but i just joined the American Indian museum in the last year and these photographs are of much interest to me as an archivist. You wrote an article about the collection. Tell us w
Culture at the Smithsonians National museum of the American Indian. I leave the scholars, the historians, the curators at the museum who are in charge of producing exhibitions, the books, a lot of the Educational Programs and symposiums, and work with a collection of about 824,000 objects. But i have a real interest in photographys and we have also over 500,000 photographs in the National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. So, i have been working very hard in the years i spent to this museum, i am a 30 year career at the smithsonian but i just joined the American Indian museum in the last year and these photographs are of much interest to me as an archivist. You wrote an article about the collection. Tell us why you wrote this article a virtual tour history. Ms. Delaney thanks, richard. We have a great magazine. American indian magazine that is a members magazine for our museums. It has become more and more familiar with it over time, so when i was asked to think about the o
Military personnel. And now briefly about the main economic events of the day the russian economy will grow by more than 2 by the end of the year. This was stated in an interview with tass by the minister of finance, anton silunov. He noted that the annual forecast for consumer inflation remains at the level of 5. 3 . At the same time , the incomes of the population are growing , the minister commented on the recent weakening of the ruble. This is due to the trade balance and, as a consequence , the inflow and outflow of currency into the country. In addition , summer, Vacation Time and demand for currency is growing heikin costs. From the impairment of russias assets exceeded 200 million euros, the Company Still plans to leave the russian market, according to its report, the groups net profit. In the first half of the year, it fell by 8. 5 , exceeding a billion 150 million euros. In march last year, mechanics announced that they would leave russia and transfer the business to a new ow
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