With, and connects to, the pandemic we are living through right now, right here, in april 2020. So many of us arent home, working at home, living at home, and sheltering in place as science takes on the covid19 virus. I am so fortunate to have a truly skilled and knowledgeable colleague joining me today scholar who wears many hats suspending histories archaeology, and geography. John hessler is the director of the collection at the library of congress. In a specialist on early america. He is the author of a book recently copublished by the library of congress, called collecting for a new world. John is also a distinguished curator in the libraries geography and map division and an expert and mapping in general. Now how does mapping fit in with all this . He is an advisor to a number of leading edge institutions in this country as they tech this bread of covid19 and understand how mostly populations and time. John, welcome. Thank you marie great to be here. Thank you for joining me. Let
Talk about how it compares with connect to the pandemic there were living through right now, right here in april 2020 and so many of us are at home, working at home, living at home and children outplace in science takes on the covid19 virus. Im so fortunate to have a truly skilled and knowledgeable colleague, a scholar who has many histories, archaeology and geography, john hustler is the director of the collection of the library of congress on early america. He is author of a book recently called published by the library of Congress Called collecting for a new world. John is also a distinguished curator in the librarys geography and map division an expert in mapping in general, how does mapping fit in with all of this, he is an advisor to the number of leadingedge institutions in this country as they attempt to track the spread of covid19 and understand how it moves through populations and time. John, welcome. Thank you, great to be here. Thank you for joining me. Lets start with hist
We know from early historians how devastating this variety of smallpox was, 90 of all indigenous deaths were attributable to smallpox, tell us about that. There was a point of scholarly discussion. One of the sources we have, most of the media is a chronicler, spanish chronicler arrived in spain, he wrote a diary or memoir, talks about the actual mortality rate, keeps talking in terms of 50 but some of the other sources we have, people like cortez himself cortez writes and cant stand, and in europes time. From 1522 january 15, 21 is one of smallpox was introduced, theres a very early source, talks about him and writes a letter to charles v in 1520 and this is the first mention of smallpox in the new world from a spanish source. He was surprised when he arrived, there were very few people there and he attributed to dying of smallpox, he heads off and finds immediately upon arrival of the expedition, the native people began dying of smallpox fairly rapidly, very rapid phase but a number
Mornings on two. Im dave clark. It is tuesday. It is march the 12th. Lets go right to Steve Paulson. I had rain all the way in this morning off and on rain. Yes its still moving through dave. Thats true. Most of the heavier rain though is pushing east and south. As you can see on the radar here. But theres still some activity upstream temperatures is mainly near 50. Most locations are pretty close to 50, so not much of a change there temperature wise. You can see the system. This is the last in the series, but theres still plenty to go here. But morning rain will give way to, i think, some breaks later this afternoon. Highs will be 50 and are going to go up a little bit here. All right james torres was in the neighborhood. udecided to stop byuand we appreciate it. Good morning james Steve Paulson good morning to you. Hey i appreciate you showing that sfo cams. I was just there two hours ago. And here we are looking at a little bit of rain as well. Ill show you over the san mateo bridge
Coolidge. We need more of the office desk and less the show window in polished. Let men in office substitute the midnight oil for limelight. More, less window. No limelight. Midnight oil. So thats what coolidge said over hundred years ago when trying to explain the profession of government. The lines sound a little meager, a little modest, but is also something consoling, even elating the midnight oil. Hard is not only a refuge. It is feast for minds. Yours. Thats why tomorrow is the centennial of the coolidge presidency. We have prepared a kind of a verite feast of policy for our audience. Were going to learn about government from. President coolidge at the conference. Youll hear all about coolidges life from his boyhood in vermont to his final decision not to run again. Made at mt. Rushmore in 1927. Well also course discuss the coolidge project, the coolidge legacy, his relevance for politics today. Joining the Coolidge Foundation in laying this feast for you. And im not talking the