And to have cspan here taping this to show on television is just icing on the cake. My job tonight is to introduce the two people on the podium who will be conducting this conversation. Jane henderson is the book editor at the st. Louis post dispatch. She grew up in st. Louis and graduated from the university of missouri columbia with degrees in journalism and english literature. She cut short her grad titstude work to go to work as a copy editor. After three years in the newsroom in connecticut, she returned to st. Louis and has been an editor and writer with the post dispatch features department for 30 years. She assigns and edits book reviews choosing from 300 or so new books each week. Tonight she will be having a conversation with Caroline Frazier. Caroline frazier is the editor of the library america edition of Laura Ingalls wilder, the little house books. Her latest book is prairie fires, the American Dreams of Laura Ingalls wilder. It was one of the New York Times ten best book
We have kept ms. Fraser busy. We have had wonderful crowds turn out each time. Of the books. Ut it has been very satisfying. And to have cspan here taping this to show on television is the icing on the cake. It is such a wonderful feeling to know that something so positive representing Jefferson County will be on national television. [applause] jane my job tonight is to introduce two people on the podium who will be conducting this conversation. Jane henderson is the editor at post dispatch. She grew up in st. Louis. She graduated with degrees in journalism and english literature. She cut short her work as a grad student in english to go to work as a copy editor for the st. Louis globe democrat. She returned to st. Louis and has been an editor and writer of the features department for 30 years. As a book editor, she assigns 300edits book reviews from or so new books each week. She has written stories about book trends and interviewed many authors including salman rushdie. And so tonigh
Its the records of the highest of the self sacrifice of the principles of some of which faded. Here are the records of the suffering and the supreme sacrifice and the purpose of this library is to promote peace and have freedom among men. 100 years ago Herbert Hoover was a part of the paris peace talks and was offering 50,000 dollars which in todays world is almost about 1 Million Dollars and collected material and mr. Hoover at a food relief to belgium for something called the relief fund and the American Relief administration which was during world war one after world war one and the weapons of those administrations would be had the collections be around and was the genesis which was still continuing dynamically and prosperity and the safeguards. The Hoover Institution has 100 volumes of the 6000 collections and other policy related topics in the 24 centuries. Their experts chose across section of artifacts. Here we have two items and this book inaudible which means secret in german
Dr. Is a good friend of this library. Hes a former library trustee, and weve known him for many years, a strong supporter of the library. And his research into the life of president roosevelt in his health. Hes a medical doctor. Hes Board Certified neurology, is in practice for more than 40 years. And current president of the Neurological Association of new jersey, dr. La mesa, is also a former member of the new jersey state of medical examiners and former president of the new york society of medical history. Hes also hes avid magazine writer, magazine collector, and has written on that as well. Magazines in the american experience. And it was published in conjunction with an exhibit down at the gogo club, which i remember very clearly was very nice. Dr. Lazars book, fdr unmasked 73 years of medical cover ups that rewrote history is now available, and we like to welcome welcome steve to the team today. Good. Morning a brief excerpt from chapter 12. The weather in washington, d. C. On t
Photographs, she recreates Mister Hoovers final trip to his west branch, iowa, childhood home. Todays presentation is called hoovers last trip home. Our speaker, lynn smith, the audiovisual archivist at the hoover president ial library and museum since november of 2000 whose previous Work Experience includes serving as Department Supervisor at the university of denver and archivist for the u. S. Forest service in montana. She is a certified archivist and holds a ba in history from the university of northern colorado, masters in history from Colorado State university and ml i asked from the university of denver. She chaired the society of american archivists in and professional conduct, workshops on ethics in midwest Archives Society of rocky mount archives. In her career she has been president of the society of rocky mount archivists, secretary of the academy of certified archivists and the midwest archives conference so she has collected some great photos and audio files and shared wi