We used to ask ourselves that question. First we discussed the medium of the object. We wanted photographs, paintings, documents, relics, and then we wanted to represent every year of the civil war, 1851 to 1865. By the time we sifted through the criteria, we thought we had 50 objects out there that met those requirements. It was truly an embarrassment and it was hard to whittle them down, for sure. [laughter] that is definitely true. Tonight we will be discussing two objects that are considered technology during the civil war. You can see the images of those. We have one from 1861 and a half model of the monitor of 1862. Lets consider the two part object. This is in the papers of Alexander Robert chisholm, bert born in 1834, died 1910. He was a stockbroker, a merchant, a railroad investor, and he died during the gilded age in new york city where he had grown up. Theis youth, he served on confederate side of the civil war. Can you tell us about his background . Carolina born in south ,
Running a special ninepage story entitled eleanor roosevelt, her life in pictures. We thought you would enjoy hearing mrs. Roosevelts own comments about some of the photographs were running in the current mccalls. Shes become a pinup girl at mccalls through this charming photograph that we use in the story. Im pleased that you have taken this picture, which was taken a year or two after i came back from school in england, and had come out in the traditional way in new york. Fashions seem so funny today with the high neck and the gold beads around my neck, and above all the hair. The pompadour. I had hair below my waist, so it was hard to get it scrolled up on top of my head, but it makes a great pompadour makes you look quite different. All i can say about the fashions today is that at least weve progressed and are more comfortable. In the next picture with your father, you seem to have a very nice relationship with him. He meant a great deal to you, didnt he . My father meant a tremen
Fdr started sketching what ended up being the structure here to incorporate elinors papers. When his archivist said, do you think she will give them to you, and fdr said, you can never tell what my missus is going to do. Which i think is a true statement about Eleanor Roosevelt. How many of you are members here today . Look at that. Thank you so much. Your support makes programs like this possible. We appreciate everything you do for us. The library is a federally funded institution, but we rely on private donations to allow us to do many nonfederal programs like exhibits and things like that. Today we have with us a very special friend and guest. She spent many days here when she was working on the Eleanor Roosevelt papers for George Washington university. Which is a tremendous resource. She is now with George Mason University down in virginia. She has put together a book that looks at the advice that Eleanor Roosevelt gave. I think it is amazing how relevant so many of the questions
To load and fire a 32 pounder. Watch the full program this sunday at 6 00 p. M. Eastern, 10 00 p. M. Pacific here on American History tv. From the very beginning, the human race has had to contend with problems of survival, disease, and death. Through the ages, entire populations were decimated and became extinct, leaving behind only scant remnants of their cultures. Its difficult to establish at what point in history medicine appeared, but we have some record of diseases being treated in various parts of the world as far back as 2000 years b. C. Throughout the centuries, navigation was developed with movement of people around the planet, pandemics of yellow fever and cholera began to spread. Nations began to realize there was a need to fight these diseases together. In 1851, the First International Health Conference was held in paris. In 1919, a new strain of influenza struck more victims in than had been killed in the first world war. The league of nations did consider health, but it
Opened, fdr started sketching what would be the structure here to incorporate eleanors papers. When his archivist said do you think she will give them to you, and fdr said, you can never tell what my misses is going to do. How many of you are members here today . Look at that. Thank you so much. Your support makes programs like this possible. We appreciate everything you do for us. A library is a federally funded institution, but we rely on private donations to allow us to to do programs and exhibits and things like that. Today we have with us a very special friend and guest. She spent many days here when she was working on the Eleanor Roosevelt papers for George Washington university. Which is a tremendous resource. She is now with George Mason University down in virginia. She has put together a book that looks at the advice the Eleanor Roosevelt gave. I think it is amazing how relevant so many of the questions were, even though they are 50 years old. How relevant they are to our Soci