Archivists in collecting and organizing books and documents. They were skilled in collecting and organizing books and documents. Their work has left its own archival trail that peiss and other scholars can now follow. Peiss herself has sifted through the state Department Records here at the National Archives in college park and the Herbert Hoover president ial library in iowa. Researchers today pursue their missions in Research Rooms and online relying on the skills of , archives and library professionals, and i am very proud of our staff here at the National Archives in the daily work they do to assist the modern information hunters. Kathy peiss is a professor of American History at the university of pennsylvania, where she teaches courses on modern american cultural history and the history of american sexuality, women and gender. She is the author of chief amusements, working women in leisure in turnofthecentury jar,rk, and hope in a americas beauty culture, a finalist for the Los An
And first look inside news roomy remember watching. Ted baxter. I was going to wear my powder blue suit today. With the fox 29 logo . Here now the news. Spunk, spunk. Well, it all started at 25watt radio station, we could go on and on, but we do need to tell you whats going on with the werth. We will be getting few showers this morning, just not yet. We start off with number of the day, going down to a six, because that chance of showers and the winds that will kick up later on in the day, it is a cloudy sky out there right now. You see when you look toward western and central pennsylvania, we do have some showers on the way, maybe couple of sprinkles, in Lancaster County right now. It is 44 degrees, in philadelphia, 38 in mount pocono, 39 degrees in lancaster, look how mild it is to the south of us, 52 in dover, and wildwood. About 12 degrees above average already, with calm winds, we dont have windchill to talk about today, so 44, it feels like 44, sunrise is at 7 14 this morning. So
Two cats growing up, so if i was younger i could definitely raise the cats, sue. Well, we can all do that, and enjoy today. We had Beautiful Day yesterday. Were going to have some mild temperatures to start, but the showers have already moved in. And we will have winnie afternoon, going down to six out of ten, showers have arrived, for some of us, but temperatures are in the fours, 50s, buddy celebrating the sixers win, as women. Here is the rain moving into our area, zoom in little closer, looks like new castle county, part of chester county, delco, few scattered areas in southern new jersey. Plan on mix every sunday and clouds, after the rain ends, thinking the exit time for the rain is about 11 00 a. M. Then went later this afternoon could gust as much as 55 miles per hour. Coming up 6 00 two. Already, starting to see the wet stretches of 95. Down there, coming up from delaware county. From wilmington. Headed up in toward the city. Live look at the schuylkill. Looking good. Dry near
Foundation and of course the 2014 George Clooney film. I should add monuments women, togethers. Ing they are straight celebrated for the role they played in wartime. Absent from this story of individual heroism is any analysis and assessment of the way that culture and knowledge mattered in world war ii. Winning the war became a lion upon the accumulation of included and commitment for the protection of culture. How the objectives of the American Government, the military and cultural institutions intertwined. In practices and policies this endeavor shifted with the fortunes of war. They had long term effects. Effortsdiminishing the of any individuals involved, i aim to address these larger historical issues. In addition, my work shifts from is focus on art, which typically unique and rare in terms of Cultural Heritage to print culture. Of books and texts that serves many purposes. We will see and allied mission preserve monument to collections. Most was stolen from jewish institutions
Find out where the cspan cities tour is going next online. You are watching American History tv, all weekend, every weekend on cspan 3. Next, on American History tv, university of pennsylvania history professor, kathy peiss examines the evolution of library and Information Science during world war ii. She argues what she says is an outline of a shift in the 1940s from librarians being neglected to being regarded as key figures. Its a little under 90 minutes. In recent years, scholars and the general public have learned about the exploits of american curators and Museum Officials in world war ii whos mission was to save the endangered art treasures in europe. I would note the work of the nicholas, robert, remarkable efforts to recover the Monuments Foundation and of course the 2014 George Clooney film. I should add monuments women, are compelling togethers. They are straight celebrated for the role they played in wartime. Absent from this story of individual heroism is any analysis and