Remotely, but we began thinking about the pandemic in january. We are a division of medical historians and we followed the news pretty carefully, especially news about Public Health. We reached out and began speaking with the Public Health service in january because we thinking about how to document this story. It has been a slow process for us. Steve at what point did you realize the pandemic would stretch into the summer and now the fall and potentially into the winter . Alexandra as historians, we thought about the difficulties inherent in making a vaccine, so we were pretty sure it would last for quite a while. For a fair amount of time. We would remain at home while a vaccine was being created. We still dont know what is happening, as you know, and so we are still taking things week by week in the museum. Steve so before mid march, what were your job duties and how has it changed over the past couple of months . Alexandra i oversee a division of historians of medicine and science
My job is assistant director for culture at the Smithsonians National museum of the American Indian. , theve the scholars historians, the curators at the museum. Charge of producing exhibitions, the books, a lot of the Educational Programs and symposiums, and work with a ,000ection of about 824 objects. But i have a real interest in photographys and we have also photographs in the National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Been working very hard in the years i spent to this museum, i am a 30 year career at the smithsonian but i just joined the American Indian museum in the last year and these photographs are of much interest to me as an archivist. You wrote an article about the collection. Tell us why you wrote this article a virtual tour history. Ms. Delaney thanks, richard. We have a great magazine. American indian magazine that is a members magazine for our museums. It has become more and more familiar with it over time, so when i was asked to think about the opportunity
We are mostly working remotely. Our Museum Closed in march, but we began thinking about the pandemic in january. We are a division of medical historians and we tend to follow the news pretty carefully, especially news about Public Health. So we actually reached out and began speaking with the Public Health service in january because we began thinking about how to collect document this story. So it has been a long process and we have kind of ramped up as we have come home to think about collecting. At what point did you realize this pandemic would stretch into the fall and potential winter . As historians, we have definitely thought about difficulties inherent in making a vaccine and we were pretty sure this pandemic would last a fair amount of time and we would need to remain at home for some months while a vaccine was being created. They were keeping things week by week in the museum. Before mid march, what were your job duties and what has changed in the last couple months . I overse
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Well wrap up other countries neutralities. But were going to focus on what neutrality looked like and meant for the americans, especially in the first half of the war. So the thing that i want you to understand the most, and this is really vital, because its its a very different understanding of neutrality than we have today. Neutrality at the beginning of the war did not mean inactivity. It did not mean passtivity and it most certainly did not mean impartiality. If it doesnt mean those things, then what does it mean . The definition differs with each country. Some, like belgium, will say they never gave up their neutrality. So they were aggrieved against as a neutral country. Others like switzerland will say, were neutral and to prove it, dylan, im going to hold your wallet, and im going to hold your wallet, and thats how im neutral. In the case of the United States, neutrality will for the most part mean that they will do business with whoever and the very willingness to do business