Conservation in culpeper, virginia, preserves and provides access to the librarys vast collection of films, television, radio broadcast home and found recordings. American history tv visited the campus to learn about the earliest Public Affairs films, including u. S. President s the , spanishamerican war, world war i, and the first ever political ad created in 1912 by the democratic party. My name my nigh is mike mashon head of the , moving image section of the library of congress, the home of the largest collection of video and the world. Today we are at the packard campus in culpeper, virginia, a facility that opened in the summer of 2007 dedicated to preserving our audiovisual heritage. In the late 1880s, edison started thinking about doing for the eye what the phonograph did for the ear. So began a whole series of experiments with Motion Picture film. Most of that work was done by his engineer, a guy named dickson,ennedy sometimes an unjustly forgotten figure in history. It was dic
The library. Mississippi is fortunate to have so strong a supporter of literature, music and arts as congressman greg harper, now in fifth term, harper shares the committee on House Administration and serves House Committee of energy and commerce and joint committee on printing an more pertantly chair committee. Here is congressman gregg happen harper,. What a great day. All the work thats been done, you cant say enough to all of the people that have participated, but its my honor to have in mississippi dr. Carla hayden 14th librarian of congress. Still new on the job. We had an incredible day yesterday with her here at the state Library Commission and also we we had just an amazing day, didnt we. I want you to know that when you talk of rockstar status, and i see susan here. When we had her with a hundred librarians from across the state, it was like elvis was in the room. [laughter] it was pretty special. Also, it probably at about 10 15 we will open it up for q a. You have a questio
[inaudible conversations] welcome to the third mississippi book festival. Im with the department of archives and history. Have been asked to remind everyone you are more than welcome to take photographs, post to social media. Literary lawn party this is sponsored by the Humanities Council and friends of the library. Mississippi is fortunate to have a strong supporter of its literature, music and ar arts. Now in his fifth term in the u. S. House of representatives, congressman harper chairs the committee and serves on the committee of energy and commerce and perhaps most pertinently as the chair of the joint committee for the library of congress. [applause] thank you so much. What a great day for mississippi. Third annual mississippi book festival, all the work thats been done, he cant say enough to all of the people who have participated, but its my honor to have, in mississippi, doctor carla hayden who is the h library of Congress Sworn in on september 14, 2016 so still new on the job
Have been coming to again and again this month. This is the fourth installment of the series. We have focused mostly on architecture. You might recall we had House Speaker on the folklife, but this one is different to me. It speaks very clearly and closely to my heart as a historian. I know visitors that come to d. C. , they want to go to library of congress, they are in on and they should be. Researchers cannot wait to read in the main reading room. It lands a certain something lends a certain something to the seriousness of what they are doing. Scholars that really know the score walk right past the Jefferson Building and go into you may not like the way it looks, but the madison ling is where it is at. That is where the manuscripts is where it is at. That is where the manuscripts are. I am getting this from the website. 60 million items over 11,000 separate collections, truly the greatest manuscript treasure of American History and culture. To talk to us about that collection is Jef
In the main reading room. It lends a certain something to the seriousness of what they are doing. That is the way it should be, but scholars are really know the score walk right past the Jefferson Building and go into you may not like the way it looks, but the Madison Building is where it is at. That is where the manuscripts collection is, and there are 60 million items. This is from the website. 60 million items over 11,000 separate collections, truly the greatest manuscript treasure of American History and culture. To talk to us about that collection is Jeff Flannery, an old friend of the society in particular friend of scholars who work in American History, like my former colleagues and i. For 40 years, put together a document history project, and it brought us to jeff virtually every week. He and his staff helped us produce those volumes. Jeff is the head of the reference and services section. He has been in the management for 31 years, and that is all i will say. I know you are mu