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 presidential 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 turn-of-the-century jar, rk, and hope in a america s beauty culture, a finalist
sneaking stolen secrets out of occupied countries, much useful information was found in published sources, books, newspapers, and other documents. kathy peiss latest book explores how the quest for information led to the recruit andibrarians, scholars 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 other scholars and now follow. they sifted through the state department records here at the national archives in college park and the herbert hoover presidential 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 proud of our staff at the national archives and the 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
it was designed to display the bill of rights, and it opened in 1936. only the bill of rights occupied the case. we had to wait until 1952 to bring all three founding documents together. the story of how the declaration and constitution came to the archives is the one we never tire of hearing. now i would like to introduce jessie krantz, historian of the national archives. she became the first historian in 2013. she was previously with [indiscernible] with the center for legislative archives and has been with the agency since 1999. please welcome jessie krantz. [applause] jessie: thank you, david. i am very happy that steve could be with us today during american archives month to talk about his new book american treasures. it shows not only the important record created by other federal agencies but also the record that we as a national archive has created ourselves. in writing his book, he discusses several different sets of records, but the nearest and dearest to my heart
being regarded as key figures. in preserving cultural artifacts. the wilson center hosted this event. it s a little under 90 minutes. in recent years, scholars and the general public have learned about the exploits of american curators and museum officials in world war ii who s mission was to save the endangered art treasures in europe. i would note the work of the nicholas, robert edsall s remarkable efforts to recover the monuments foundation and of course the 2014 george clooney film. all curators should want to be played by george clooney. the monuments men and i should add monuments women, are compelling figures. they are celebrated for the role they played in wartime. absent from this story of individual heroism is any analysis and assessment of the way that culture and knowledge mattered in world war ii. how winning the war became a reliant upon the accumulation of knowledge and included a commitment to the protection of culture. how the objectives of the american
find out where the c-span cities tour is going next online. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span 3. next, on american history tv, university of pennsylvania history professor, kathy peiss examines the evolution of library and information science during world war ii. she argues what she says is an outline of a shift in the 1940 s from librarians being neglected to being regarded as key figures. it s a little under 90 minutes. in recent years, scholars and the general public have learned about the exploits of american curators and museum officials in world war ii who s mission was to save the endangered art treasures in europe. i would note the work of the nicholas, robert, remarkable efforts to recover the monuments foundation and of course the 2014 george clooney film. i should add monuments women, are compelling togethers. they are straight celebrated for the role they played in wartime. absent from this story of individual heroism