2009 by the bbc s katty kay, who was guest host on the the diane rehm show. this is about 50 minutes. katty: thanks for joining us, i am katty kay of the bbc sitting in for diane rehm. on april the ninth 1865 general robert ely surrendered robert ely surrendered robert e. lee and the sultana sank in the mississippi river. alan huffman tells us overlooked story. thank you so much for joining us . we will be opening a phones a later on in the program, and comments to alan at our e-mail address. let s start by describing what you have on the front of your book, a picture of the sultana. describe it to the audience. alan: the boat in the painting is in flames in the middle of the river, and you see a lot of rescue boats and it is night and you see people drifting down the river clinging to debris. it evokes what was going on. the river was full of people. there were 2400 people aboard a boat that was supposed to carry 375, roughly. after it exploded and caught higher, you
watergate hearings, the impeachment hearings and finally his departure from the white house. and then it was too passionate a time to use the images right away for any major purpose. i had done it as a historic document primarily. and so i had to wait and which i did, until about three years ago, and at which time i took the negatives out of storage, where i had them, and produced about 1,000 work prints and edited them. and now, 25 years later, the book is published, and there is an exhibition at the same time at the national museum of american history. c-span: where does this photo come from? guest: this is in the oval office. it was one of the earlier photographs that i did during his presidency. he just sat in the chair, and the only thing you could hear were was the rustling of the pages as he turned them. i used a very quiet camera, which which i like to use. it s like an m camera, which doesn t make the sound that a a large that a single lens reflex does. i didn t wa
of immigrants and how they shaped america. many thanks to the historical society for partnering with us on this and making this happen. this kind of program is the perfect fit with the work we do. we hold a permanently valuable records of our federal government and those includes immigration records, pension files, census material. our shelves are filled with documents that tell the story of those who come to america, those struggles and achievements that you will hear about tonight. we are not only going to hear from a stellar panel of authors shortly, but following the program will have a reception and book signing with the panel in the theater lobby just outside. but first, i want to introduce the chair of the board, and president of the foundation of the national archives. the foundation for the national archives provides invaluable support for this and every program. and every event that we hold here at the archives. we are always thankful to amelia and to the other memb
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