What your job is. Thank you, my job is assistant director for a culture at the Smithsonian National museum of the American Indian. I lead the scholars, historians, curators at the museum who are in charge of producing the exhibitions, the books, a lot of the Educational Programs and symposiums, and work with a collection of about 824,000 objects. But i have a real interest in photography, we also have over 500,000 photographs in the National Museums of american Archive Center. So i have been working very hard, i in the year ive been at the museum. Ive a 30 year career at the smithsonian, but i only joined this museum last year. And these photographs of the archives. The. It has become more and more familiar with it over time, so when i was asked to think about the opportunity to consider what photographs we have online for the public to see and for students to study online, it was a great opportunity, because i was able to review and get really deep into all of the collections of photo
Were joined by the smithsonians michel delaney. Tell us what your title is and what your job is . Thank you. My job is assistant director for culture at the smithsonian Smithsonians National team of the American Indian. I lead the scholars, the historians the curators at the museum who are in charge of producing exhibitions, the books a lot of the Educational Programs and symposiums, and work with a collection of about 824,000 objects. But i have a real interest in photography and we have also over 500,000 photographs in the National Museum of the American Indian archives center. So i have been working very hard in the years that ive been spent at this museum. I am a 30 year career at the smithsonian but i just joined the American Indian museum in the last year and these photographs are of much interest to me is an archivist. So you wrote an article about the collection. Tell us why you wrote the this article a virtual tour of history. Thanks richard. We have a great magazine. American
My job is assistant director for culture at the Smithsonians National museum of the American Indian. , theve the scholars historians, the curators at the museum. Charge of producing exhibitions, the books, a lot of the Educational Programs and symposiums, and work with a ,000ection of about 824 objects. But i have a real interest in photographys and we have also photographs in the National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Been working very hard in the years i spent to this museum, i am a 30 year career at the smithsonian but i just joined the American Indian museum in the last year and these photographs are of much interest to me as an archivist. You wrote an article about the collection. Tell us why you wrote this article a virtual tour history. Ms. Delaney thanks, richard. We have a great magazine. American indian magazine that is a members magazine for our museums. It has become more and more familiar with it over time, so when i was asked to think about the opportunity
Culture at the Smithsonians National museum of the American Indian. I leave the scholars, the historians, the curators at the museum who are in charge of producing exhibitions, the books, a lot of the Educational Programs and symposiums, and work with a collection of about 824,000 objects. But i have a real interest in photographys and we have also over 500,000 photographs in the National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. So, i have been working very hard in the years i spent to this museum, i am a 30 year career at the smithsonian but i just joined the American Indian museum in the last year and these photographs are of much interest to me as an archivist. You wrote an article about the collection. Tell us why you wrote this article a virtual tour history. Ms. Delaney thanks, richard. We have a great magazine. American indian magazine that is a members magazine for our museums. It has become more and more familiar with it over time, so when i was asked to think about the o
Social media. Follow us at cspan history. In 1939, Eastman Kodak company gave newly released kodachrome color film to photographers working for the u. S. Government. American history tv visited the library of congress to meet Beverly Brannan to learn about the collection of color images documenting agricultural life and war production during the Great Depression and world war ii. Beverly in the 1930s, the United States experienced an economic depression and an agricultural disaster. The great drought. People were not able to make a living on their farms. They begin moving other places, looking for a new lands to live on. People were in dire straits. One of the worst hit areas in the economy was agriculture. A Program Began under tugwell who was one of the advisers to president Franklin Roosevelt to document the conditions under which people reliving. Were living. This is back when we did not have television. We had radio, but a lot of places did not have electricity. So they could not