In these records, you can discover human lives and how the great and small events of history change them. Today, we will hear the stories of the men who sailed the uss indianapolis during world war ii. The cruiser sinking in july, 1945, just weeks before japans surrender in the war was the worst sea disaster in history. It can also help unravel mysteries even decades after the events took place. Last summers identification of the location of the wreck of the indianapolis was aided by historians discovering a log Landing Craft had seen the indianapolis the night before she sank. Just this month, the navy was able to settle the question about the number of survivors because of Research Done in the records housed in our facility and our National Personal Records center in st. Louis. Some stories are easily told. Others take 73 years to come to light. By preserving the records of our ensure the Building Blocks of our stories will be available now and far into the future. Lynn vincent, a u.
Coauthors of indianapolis the true story of the worst sea disaster in u. S. Naval history and the fiftyyear fight to exonerate an innocent man. I often refer to the stories in the National Archives. We are not just a storehouse to billions of pages and miles of films that hold stories of our past. In these records, you can discover human lives and how the great and small events of history change them. Today, we will hear the stories of the men who sailed the uss indianapolis during world war ii. The cruiser sinking in july, 1945, just weeks before japans surrender in the war was the first the worst sea disaster in history. It can also help unravel mysteries even decades after the events took place. Last summers identification of the wreck of the indianapolis was aided by historians discovering a log Landing Craft had seen the indianapolis the night before she sank. Just this month, the navy was able to settle the question about the number of survivors because of Research Done in the re
Up next, we visit the Indiana Historical society madam cj walker empowering women exhibit learn about her impact in the two early 20th century. Madame walker was mainly known for being an entrepreneur, having her own hair care line and cosmetics company, and being a millionaire. She was born in 1867 in delta, louisiana. That is two years post emancipation. We are talking about the throes of the vestiges of slavery. She was the child of enslaved parents who became sharecroppers. Poverty was a way of life for them. And working hard from sunrise to sunset from an early age was part of her life. She was orphaned very early, around the age of six, moved to the experiment, mississippi, with a sister. She then moved again to st. Louis to work with her brothers who were barbers. There is no lockstep for what African American womens lives were during the turn of the century. Many worked on farms. Many were sharecroppers. Many could not get education and could not have the job of their dreams be
Quarterly publication of the national archives. Traces a publication of the Indiana Historical society and several Online Publications and blogs processes. She is working on a book currently on africanamerican civil war surgeons. Please join me in welcoming jill l. New mark. Hi and good evening and thank you for the nice introduction. I want to thank jake and the clara barton missing soldierss Office Museum for the invitation to come and touk talk but process about the subject about africanamericans that serve as nurses and surgeon during the civil war. The story of africanamerican medical personnel that serve during the civil war its a often neglected pastor Civil War History and theres been little written on the subject. Histories of simple war medicine often overlook the participation and contribution that is africanamericans made between 1861 and 1865. There are few personal accounts of black surgeons nurses and hospital workers that exist. And materials are often hidden among the
Call michael talks about his book the war for the common soldier how men throught, fought, and survived in civil war armies. This is one hour. It is my honor and pleasure to introduce somebody who at this point probably needs very little introduction to most of you. Peter carmichael is a director of the Civil War Institute and the robert c professor of civil war professors at gettysburg college. He is the author of numerous scholarly articles and essays as well as several books including one published in 1998 and the lost generation Young Virginians in peace, war, and reunion published by unc press in 2005. His most recent book, the war for the common soldier how men throught, fought, and survived in civil war armies was published by unc just last year in 2018. And he was a recent recipient of the 2018 civil war book award from the new York Military affairs symposium. Please welcome peter carmichael. [ applause ] thank you. I am not dehydrated. I just have as you can tell a scratchy th