Jan hodges will discuss them. When i came in as a volunteer, i was asked if i want to work in a conservation project. Since i had no frame of reference, i said yes. That company into looking at the that i was astonished to understand i was handling records that go back to world war i. That alone was very interesting and entertaining. If we went along, one of the things that i found out in looking through the records was that the records start at this level and they were sent to the brigade level and to the regimen level. Weree regiment level, we going through the files that we came across called field messages. As i was looking at these, i realized that these field messages were being written by men who wear out in the field. Were out in the field. They were now closer to the German Alliance that i am to the room. Esk in this they were concealed and listening to the germans and reporting to the regimental headquarters. Was hooked by that world war i became real for make. I was very int
College park, maryland, houses hundreds of photos of artwork created during world war i. Next on american artifacts, we look at drawings by combat artists with volunteer jim hargis. She has showcased the art and the artists on the blog, the unwritten record. When i first came to the archives, i had no idea what the archives was about. When i came here as a volunteer, i was asked if i wanted to work in a conservation project. It was for the records of the combat units of the American Expeditionary forces. Since i had no frame of reference, i said yes. Me into looking at the records that i was astonished to understand i was handling records that go back to world war i. That alone was very interesting and entertaining. But as we went along, one of the things that i found out in looking through the records was that the records start at the division level, they work down to the brigade level, and then to the regiment level. At the regiment level, we were going through the files that we and
Expeditionary forces. Since i had no frame of reference, i said yes. So that got me into looking at the records that first of all, i was astonished to understand that i was handling records that go back to world war i. And so that alone was very interesting and entertaining. But as we went along, one of the things that i found out in looking through the records was that the records started the position level and they worked down to rookie a level and then to the regimen level. And in the regiment level, we were going through some of the files and we came something called field and as i was lag at these, i realize these field messages were being written by men who were out in the field. Some of them were Intelligence Officers who were probably no further from the german lines than i am to the next desk in this room. Well, i was hooked by that time. And then, world war i became real for me and i was very interested in it. And it was like a fever among those of us who were working on that
Churno coming in march. Please join me in thanking the professor. Thank you, robert. Youre watching American History tv all weekend every weekend on cspan 3. To join the conversation, like us on facebook at cspan history. The National Archives in College Park Maryland houses hundreds of photos created during world war 1. Next we look at drawings. She has showcased the artists on the blog the unwritten record. When i first came to the archi archi archives, i had no idea what the archives was about. When came here as a volunteer, i was asked if i wanted to work on a conservation project for record group 120 which is the records of the combat units of the American Forces. Since i had no frame of reference, i said yesterday. That got me into looking at these records that first of all, i was astonished to understand i was handling records that go back to world war 1. That alone was very interesting and entertaining. As we went along one of the things that i found out in looking through the
Hundreds of photos of artwork created during world war i. Next on american artifacts we look at drawings by eight combat artists with archives Valentine Jan hodges. She has showcased the art and the stories of the artists on the archives blog, the unwritten record. When i first came to the archives i had no idea what the archives was about. So when i came here as a volunteer i was asked if i wanted to work on a conservation project for record group 120, which is the records of the combat units of the American Expeditionary forces. Since i had no frame of reference i said yes. So that got me into looking at these records that first of all i was astonished to understand that i was handling records that go back to world war i. And so that alone was very interesting and entertaining. But as we went along, one of the things that i found out in looking through the records was that the records start at the Division Level and work down to brigade level and then regiment level. And in the regim