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 president ial 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 turnofthecentury jar,rk, and hope in a americas beauty culture, a finalist for the Los An
13 16 silos damaged by an explosion in the large commercial port of derenjan , western turkey, local authorities report. At the same time, according to the Turkish Ministry of transport, they were not affected by the explosion. We will learn more about the emergency from our own correspondent in turkey leyla nazarova, she is in direct contact with us leyla greetings do you know what caused the explosions and are there any victims . Hail to rise to 12 casualties in explosion at dorinci port in western turkey two of them are in critical condition. All of them are hospitalized, medical assistance is being provided, the turkish authorities have previously reported that an explosion on one of the fillers, which belongs to the Turkish Grain Council at the time of loading the ships with grain, thundered at 3 00 pm local time, which coincides with moscow, the explosion was felt in a neighboring city. Geljuh puffs of smoke are visible from various clouds of the city in the area of fire an
You are looking at the National Museum of African American history and culture on the mall in washington dc. It is the newest smithsonian museum. It welcomed its one millionth visitor this week. We will take you inside the Museum Gallery for a look at the stories at artifacts that chronicle the africanamerican experience and tell a shared american story. We will be live for the next 2. 5 hours. We will be taking your calls, tweets, facebook posts. We are joined with judge Robert Wilkins to talk about how this museum came about. He is the author of the book long road to hard truth, the 100 year mission to create the National Museum of African American history and culture. Talk of this museum began back in 1916. It took a century to be built. Walk us through the process. Judge wilkins in early 1916, a gentleman named ferdinand de soto lee created a nonprofit called the National Memorial association. Its goal was to construct a physical memorial here in the Nations Capital to honor the co
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