You promote books and reading. You live with books. And you are involved with the study of books. And i said, thats true. We also promote books through events such as tonights. This is part of our books and beyond author series. Its where we focus on authors who have written new books that have Something Special to do with the library of congress. And in this case, as our speaker will tell you, there is a direct connection with the library and with an archive. And when i wrote the press release, i didnt really realize the extent of the collection that we have that supports this particular book. We have the archive not just the recordings for Mary Margaret mcbride. You will hear about that tonight from our speaker. Susan is a special friend of the library of congress. She has been here before to work on a particular project. We have some of the editors of this project here tonight. A american Women Library of congress guide for the study of womens history and culture in the United State
Welcome to the library of congress. Im john kohl, director of the center in the book for the library of congress. I was talking to our speaker earlier tonight and described what i was doing. She said, you have a wonderful job. You promote books and reading. You live with books. And you are involved with the study of books. And i said, thats true. We also promote books through events such as tonights. This is part of our books and beyond author series. Its where we focus on authors who have written new books that have Something Special to do with the library of congress. And in this case, as our speaker will tell you, there is a direct connection with the library and with an archive. And when i wrote the press release, i didnt really realize the extent of the collection that we have that supports this particular book. We have the archive not just the recordings for Mary Margaret mcbride. You will hear about that tonight from our speaker. Susan is a special friend of the library of congr
I will give you an example of a story from local tv. Now, let me preface this by saying, i loved the people i worked with. They were some of the smartest, funniest people i have ever known. Mr. Lamb where . Mr. Raphael first in lynchburg, virginia and then in memphis, tennessee. One day, and i was a newscast director and directed a number of things including studio wrestling. You could have me on a totally different show. I was in the control room about 4 00. We had a 5 00 newscast getting ready for the news and we have to do a news breakin. A small plane crashing in memphis. There is nobody famous in it, nobody terribly important, no big deal but the small plane crash. Nobody else was killed, maybe two people on the plane. But we had to break and with it and i think we broke into op rah. At six 130 we got called up to the general Managers Office and he says to us, that breaking news that we had today on the small plane crash, we had a viewer call us and say, i was watching your show,
Broadcasting . There are two answers and i will do the first part. Television and i will give you an example. Loveed the people that i that i worked with. They were funny people. One day, i was up there and i directed studio wrestling. Atas in the control room about 4 00 and we were getting ready for the news and we had to do a newsbreak and there was a small crash. There was nobody terribly important. Nobody was killed. We had to break in with it and we broke in to oprah. There was a newscast and we get called out to the general manager, who said, the breaking at six 130 we got called up to the general Managers Office and he says to us, that breaking news that we had today on the small plane crash, we had a viewer call us and say, i was watching your show, but channel 13, we were channel five, channel 13 had it before you. The general manager said, this is never going to happen again. There i am sitting there and i thought to myself, what if you are in their right mind is tuning into
He talks about the awardwinning documentaries his students have made including several prizewinners from cspans student competition. Mr. Lamb clifton raphael. Why did you leave broadcasting to Teach High School . Mr. Raphael well, there are two answers to that, so i will do the first part which is why i left broadcasting. I was in local television. I will give you an example of a story from local tv. Now, let me preface this by saying, i loved the people i worked with. They were some of the smartest, funniest people i have ever known. Mr. Lamb where . Mr. Raphael first in lynchburg, virginia and then in memphis, tennessee. One day, and i was a newscast director and directed a number of things including studio wrestling. You could have me on a totally different show. I was in the control room about 4 00. We had a 5 00 newscast getting ready for the news and we have to do a news breakin. A small plane crashing in memphis. There is nobody famous in it, nobody terribly important, no big de