Frances glessner lee. Really the only woman to make a major contribution to the field of forensic science. What she did is absolutely revolutionized everything. Everything we have come to know in a csi type crime scene, whether in population culture, television, movies or in real life, is all due to Frances Glessner lee and what she did at Harvard University in boston. This is a diorama model made around 1943 by Frances Glessner lee to train homicide detectives to practice crime scene investigation. This is one of the tallest ones called barn. One of the earliest ones she made. And represents a fellow who is hanging from a rope. His name was eben wallace. Mr. Wallace was an argumentive type of person, according to the information thats in the front of the cabinet. A local farmer was found dead by his wife emelda. Mrs. Emelda wallace was questioned and gave the following statement. Mr. Wallace was hard to get along with it. When things didnt go the way he wanted, he would go out to the
Minutes. Good afternoon, everybody. Im glad to see that we are all alive and well. We have all survived seven weeks of American History death and dying, u. S. History. Weve reached i am stephen berry, your host for all things morbid. Today, not any grimmer than any other day. We will be talking about the history of Death Investigation, evolution of the system of Death Investigation in the United States, which really matures and comes of age at about the dawn of the 20th century. Its a 19th century story of how Death Investigation becomes Forensic Science. Ultimately, becomes the csis series. We all have a pretty lord sense that investigation provided by local news. I found 1 million of these. Its always the same, with the police tape and chalk outlines. We have a very lord sense of Death Investigation and if it leads it leads school of journalism in the United States. Im going to take the evolution of the system very seriously and talk about how it has developed over time. Starting wit
You may think you know something about it, you may recognize the idea of dueling. Is usually misunderstood. When you hear about it and you read about slavery it often comes from novels and films. The people that do those dont understand what the institution is and how it is connected to slavery. Back then the masters used to duel with each other. They would shoot pistols at each other. You will understand why that occurs. And yet, that makes them on from our point of view. What is this all about exactly . Before we start down that road of discussing tools and honor, i want to make some larger points for you to keep in mind. The first thing im going to say, i have said this other ways before, one of the big mistakes you can make as a historian is assuming that, back then they were just like us. I mean they wore funny clothes and they looked a little different. The eight Different Things but they are basically people. They are the same as us. Yet, if you believe that there is more than a
American history death and dying in u. S. History, we have reached week seven. I am Stephen Barry for all things morbid. Not any grimmer than any other day, we will talk about the history of Death Investigation, the evolution of the system in the United States which matures and comes of age at the dawn of the 25th century, of how it becomes Forensic Science and ultimately becomes a csi series. We all have a lurid sense of Death Investigations provided by local news, this graphic is everywhere, i found 1 million of these. Is always the same with the police tape and talk outlines, we have a lurid sense of Death Investigation from if it bleeds it leads to journalism in the United States but i will take to the evolution of the system, very seriously. To talk about how it develops over time, starting with its historical importance. The most obvious area in which Death Investigation is critically important is to the criminal Justice System and this is the most familiar aspect. Corners and me
College belfast. Shes a recent recipient of a guggenheim fellowship and is president are just finishing as president of the southern History Society association. She has edited or coedited or coauthored 25 books, her work has been women in history particularly southern woman in the precivil war era as well as during the civil war. Her bestknown book is mrs. Lincoln, a life which solidified her position as the principal defender of mary lincoln and of which a title she is proud im sure. She was an advisor to the film lincoln as was harold, she recently found most interesting, a project he was involved with is working with the u. S. Treasurer and secretary of the treasury to have a woman on the currency. [ applause ] and, any day now, catherine tells me that harry tubman will be seen on our money. [ applause ] her subject today is fascinating, the lincoln family after lincoln. So, its most interesting stuff and we look forward to it, catherine . Laptop thank you. It is so nice to be back