Archivists in collecting and organizing books and documents. They were skilled in collecting and organizing books and documents. Their work has left its own archival trail that peiss and other scholars can now follow. Peiss herself has sifted through the state Department Records here at the National Archives in college park and the Herbert Hoover president ial library in iowa. Researchers today pursue their missions in Research Rooms and online relying on the skills of , archives and library professionals, and i am very proud of our staff here at the National Archives in the daily work they do to assist the modern information hunters. Kathy peiss is a professor of American History at the university of pennsylvania, where she teaches courses on modern american cultural history and the history of american sexuality, women and gender. She is the author of chief amusements, working women in leisure in turnofthecentury jar,rk, and hope in a americas beauty culture, a finalist for the Los An
Out have been responsible for trying to recover overpayments both fraudulent and those caused by administrative error. Historical association considered how at the end a unique position and Educational Institution and Historical Institution to be the convening of the nations president ial fight. An honor for me to Share Committee that time, it was fantastic. I believe it is our best one so on behalf of our committee, board of directors, National Council on white house history will handle the staff of the association thank you for coming to washington d. C. Will and furthering the dialogue on education look forward to weaker networking and robust conversations about actions we can take to further this important work. An aspiring first day already starting with a special visit to white house with the first lady. We are grateful to doctor biden and her hospitality and support of the White House Historical association. Finding, 62 years ago first ladies and our greatest champion and we are
Featuring documents and artifacts organized into 12 episodes of the war that was raging in Southeast Asia 50 years ago. Up next, on american artifacts, an interview with the archivist of the United States, followed by a tour of the exhibit with curator alice camps. This is just under half an hour. David ferrell, archivist of the United States. What was the reason for the vietnam exhibit . Its a commemoration of the anniversary of the war itself. The national archive, the Record Keeper of the country commemorates high point, low points in our history with major exhibits and this one was particularly important to me since im a vietnam vet, and i wanted to make sure that a war that is still so controversial and we had an opportunity to tell the story from the records. Had the archives ever had the vietnam exhibit before on the expose on vietnam in its past . No. I think its safe to say that in the past the subject was avoided as has been in most museums and institutions across the country
This one was particularly important to me since i am a vietnam vet and i want to war that is still so controversial, that we have the opportunity to tell the story from the records. Has there ever been any sort of expose on the vietnam war before in the past . No, it is safe to say that in the past the subject was avoided as it has been in most museums and museums across the country. It is just recently that theres a level of comfort in telling those stories. Do you think that experience of the archives being avoided is reflective of how vietnam over the 50 years has been received . It is a subject that no one talked about. It is as if it never happened. It is not often covered in a k12 history class. Stop at world war ii and touch on korea but usually never gets to it. Your exhibit, is the archives exhibit, breaks it down into a 12 chapter more episodes. Tell us the reasoning and what you hope people will learn as they go through the different stages. It is a big story that goes to th
Police say a homeless man came at officers with a knife but witnesses are sharing a very different story. Jean elle is in the Mission District for us this evening. Jean, two versions of the story. What are the protesters demanding . The protesters are demanding change. They came here to the scene of the shooting tonight, leaving a few candles and painting the ground red. They say they are demanding change and that the shooting didnt have to happen. An angry crowd marches through the mission, gathering where police shot and killed a homeless man they say had a knife. Enough of them killing our people enough of rogue cops. Reporter it followed a Coalition Meeting where dozens called for annd to police shootings. This happened on shotwell near 19th just before 10 00 this morning. The Public Health Department Said a Homeless Outreach teen encountered a homeless man acting erratically with a knife. Officers on the radio said they fired bean bag rounds at the man and then fire guns when he l