In the Manuscript Division of the library of congress. Cheryl this exhibition jacob riis revealing how the other half lives is a copresentation with the museum of the city of new york. It is the first time that the collections of the library of congress and the jacob riis papers have been married with the photographs that are in the stellar collection at the museum of the city of new york. We picked the word copresentation very carefully because the exhibition here actually follows an exhibit that was at the museum of the city of new york and that exhibit was called jacob riis revealing new yorks other half was slightly different. It looks at riis in a slightly different way, and sort of concentrating more on his biography, more on his photography. Here we are looking at riis as the journalist, because that is the strength of our collection. The papers here, which number 3000 in the Manuscript Division, are really featured well in this exhibition and sort of come to the forefront. Barb
This calendar year. We have one more november. We will hear from a longtime friend and supporter of this center. He will talk about his book, electing the senate and direct democracy. Should be a pretty good talk. I have been looking forward to hosting todays guest since i first saw her in action at last years policy history conference, sharing a panel with others. Some who we heard from last december. A tax historian is in the audience today. Thank you for attending. We will hear from them soon. She is an associate professor of history at washington university. Thereceived her phd from university of michigan. She will Say Something about her current book project, which builds on this book. We should have time for q a. Please raise your hand so we can pass the microphone. And pick you up on the recording. Thank you for attending. Prof. Michelmore it was surreal to come back not as a graduate an employeeas professor of history. To make that trip again. It felt amazing but also sometimes
Issue with the spectrum and make it more usable in that kind of environment. Watch the communicators tonight at 8 00 eastern on cspan2. Youre looking at a time lapse video recorded by the library of congress showing the process of constructing the exhibition jacob riis, revealing how the other half lives. Next, on American History tvs american artifacts, we visit the exhibit in the librarys Thomas Jefferson building to learn about the life of the danish born journalist and photographer. This program is just under an hour. Im cheryl regan, exhibit director and office of the library of congress. Im barbara bair, the curator of this exhibit and im a historian in the Manuscript Division of the library of congress. This exhibition jacob riis revealing how the other half lives is a copresentation with a museum of the city of new york. It is the first time that the collections of the library of congress, the jacob riis papers have been married with the photographs that are stellar collection
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