The most popular events for the American Artifacts - Communication Today Series http://www.c-spanvideo.org/browse?browse=series&id=50 en-US Copyright 2013, National Cable Satellite Corporation info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) Wed, 08 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT Sat, 18 May 2013 19:15:29 GMT American Artifacts - Communication Today Tom Liljenquist and his sons, Jason, Brandon, and Christian began collecting Civil War ambrotype and tintype photographs of ordinary soldiers in the mid-1990s. In 2010, the family donated more than 700 photographs of Union and Confederate soldiers to the Library of Congress. "The Last Full Measure: Civil War Photographs from the Liljenquist Family Collection" is a Library of Congress exhibit of 379 of the images. Tom Liljenquist and two of his sons showed some of their favorites at the exhibit. They were joined by library representatives in talking about the photographic processes, the images, and the exhibit. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/300344-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/300344-1 Wed, 08 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT Delphine Hirasuna talked about her book [The Art of Gaman: Arts and Crafts from the Japanese American Internment Camps, 1942-1946] and the exhibit based on it held at the Smithsonian's Renwick Gallery March 5, 2010" January 30, 2011. Ms. Hirasuna's parents were interred in a camp during World War II and her discovery of a carved wooden bird pin led her to seek other objects made in the camps by internees. "Gaman" is a Japanese word for endurance with grace and dignity in the face of what seems unbearable. Objects in the exhibit were shown as well as photographs and video clips of the internment camps from the 1944 United States War Relocation Authority film [A Challenge to Democracy]. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/296162-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/296162-1 Wed, 08 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT During the Great Depression and World War II, photographers working for the U.S. Government's Farm Security Administration (FSA) and later the Office of War Information (OWI) created about 1,600 color photographs depicting life in the United States and war production activities. Collection Curator Beverly Brannan of the Library of Congress talked about the photographers and the images. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/309557-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/309557-1 Wed, 08 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT The American Antiquarian Society in Worcester, Massachusetts, is an independent research library founded in 1812 by Revolutionary War patriot and printer Isaiah Thomas. American History TV visited the library to look at their early American political collection, including ballots, cartoons and party newspapers. This program contains language which some people may find offensive. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/307756-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/307756-1 Wed, 08 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT Former gallery director Marc Pachter gave a tour of a portion of the permanent exhibit of presidential portraits in the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., to discuss the art and politics of presidential portraits. This is the first of two parts of the tour. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/297779-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/297779-1 Wed, 08 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT In 1865 when the Civil War was ending, the U.S. Government Department of the South sent photographers to document a flag raising ceremony at Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina. The photographers documented numerous scenes of the war ravaged city. Charleston native and commercial photographer Rick Rhodes has worked to restore and enhance digital copies of the images acquired at the Library of Congress website. Mr. Rhodes described his project and showed the photographs being exhibited at the City Gallery at Waterfront Park in observance of the Civil War Sesquicentennial. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/299851-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/299851-1 Wed, 08 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT The Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery is commemorating the 75th anniversary of Amelia Earhart's disappearance on an around-the-world flight. She was called "Lady Lindy" after pioneering aviator Charles Lindbergh, and the mystery surrounding her loss continues to fascinate Americans. We visited the exhibit "One Life: Amelia Earhart," which chronicles her much-photographed life and exploits. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/308058-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/308058-1 Wed, 08 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT Professor Allida Black talked about the operations of the Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Project at George Washington University and displayed some of the holdings. She also talked about how the longest serving first lady participated in politics, focusing on her use of newspaper columns, radio, speaking tours, books, and television to communicate her ideas. Many still and motion pictures were shown as well as video and audio clips. Audio clips heard included segment of her radio program, including her regularly scheduled radio program from December 7, 1941. Video clips shown included Mrs. Roosevelt interviewing President Kennedy in 1961 for her "Prospects of Mankind" educational television program; a 1940 video appeal for the Red Cross; Universal newsreels from 1933 and during the war; President Roosevelt's funeral; addressing the United Nations in 1952; a 1948 television speech for Human Rights Day; and being interviewed on the "Longines Chronoscope" television program. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/296295-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/296295-1 Wed, 08 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT In this tour of the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester, Massachusetts, we look at materials dating from the first European settlement of America - including the first Bible printed in the colonies. The bible dates to 1662 and is written in the Algonquin language of New England Native Americans. The Antiquarian Society was founded in 1812 by Revolutionary War patriot and printer Isaiah Thomas. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/307501-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/307501-1 Wed, 08 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT