Also hear old who is the director of roosevelt house in albany this evening. Here to talk about kevin his biography at hoover and also in the to interview you can imagine this is a day house that Herbert Hoover historically or in the present day talked about often so in the introduction to his book he says indictment and advocacy shape and overwhelm the story of the man of Herbert Hoover. Because franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt lived here in new york during the 1932 campaign. And then you might have heard them interpret them. We met earlier in the franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt library which is where they met with prospective cabinet members after the 32 election. We were talking about what they were doing. So as the reviews had said that it was the intensely researched thoughtful resurrection of a brilliant man. We are curious of his interpretation with his role in the great depression. One of the wonderful things that amity also brings a different perspective applause for her. [applau
[captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2016] thank you, everybody. Im here to introduce bonnie with whom i was lucky enough to work on the book. Revealing how the other half lived. Early in her career she was 234 d. C. Working in the print room. And from 1987 to 1991, she was a curiator of prints and photographs at the museum of the city of new york. Thats where she was first able to work with the collection of photographs. Since leaving the museum she has been an independent curator and photographic historian work with with the new york historicle society, the columbia and the south street museum. And since 1988 she has also taught in the department of photography video and related media at the school of visual arts in new york where she curets the show and shows as a mentor. In addition to the show, bonnie has carried numerous exhibitions. That also traveled to other cities. And an exhibition in new york t the south street Seaport Museum in 2010. Of course, she cure yated
All while writing this book and compiling the first catalog of riiss photograph. In the years it has taken to get these exhibitions mounted and this book published kb eed bonn worn ever single type of hat in the business and none of this could have been possible without her talent, energy and passion for her subject. With that, i will let bonnie take the stage. [ applause ] jacob rhys. Amy, thank you so much, im moved. Thank you very much. Welcome, everyone. Okay so im going to read pretty much lets see what we have to say here. The jacob im going repeat what amy did to just make sure that we understand how these different parts of this project fit together. The jacob riis exhibition now on view in the Jefferson Building at the library of congress is the result of a collaboration of the past several years between the library and the museum and the city of new york. The museums owns riiss photograph of new york city slums in the late 19th century. These photographs are the earliest evid
Okay . So make sure you do that. God bless you and thank you for everything you do for the republican party. As this event comes to a close, donald trump won the florida primary in march. Receiving more than a million vote, and he received all 99 republican delegates, from former mayor Rudy Giuliani spoke at the Republican Convention on monday night. Cspans Convention Coverage starts today live at 7 30 eastern. Scheduled to speak tonight are wisconsin Governor Scott walker, senators marco rubio and ted cruz, Newt Gingrich, and mike pence, making America First again is tonights convention theme. Again, live coverage starting at 7 30 eastern with a Preview Program at 6 00. Next, art history professor, curator, and author Bonnie Yochelson discusses and shows images from her boom jacob a. Riis, revealing new yorks other half a complete catalog of his photographs. She argues the danishborn riis was what an artist but used photography to expose poor Living Conditions and poverty in new york
Person. I put up here the cover of one of Theodore Dreisers novels, sister carrie, and what we have been considering is a kind of fictional assault, right . On the victorian moral order. In Theodore Dreisers case, in naturalistic fiction. Naturalist writing. The attempt to get close to urban reality and recorded in the form record it in the form of a email adventurer female adventurer. He set his story, as you know, in the booming, bustling town of chicago. And to use chicago as a kind of character in this story, to look at the booms, the busts, the travails of the characters in his novel. Just to summarize where we got last time, we saw the workings of many things. Not just a story, but a kind of commentary on early 20thcentury Century America and especially urban industrial america. We saw the workings of a new economy. The novel itself as a kind of allegory for capitalism and especially consumer culture that was constantly on the move, in which styles, fashions, identities, characte