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Hershel i was born and raised in the country. At the time of growing up, myhed father was in the dairy business. We were farm people, and we lived in a farm community. There were 11 kids born to our family. Some of them back in the teens, and when the flu hit in 1918, the epidemic came along, we lost most of them. But five of us survived. I wasnt born yet. I wasnt born until 1923. Of course, the flu epidemic ended in 1919. But we had no military influence in our community at all. There was no ba...

Miles from chicago, illinois to santa monica, california. In the book, a matter of time, a photographer and historian nick gerlich capture scenes along the route that speak to its past. In amarillo, we rode along with nick gerlich, following the path of the old highway. Why do you think this highway is still popular today, even after decades after it was decommissioned . Nick it has a lot to do with nostalgia today. People want to revisit places that may be they experienced as a child. That is a...

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Industrialization in the postbellum u. S. , and the cultural history of Petroleum Use in the 20th century, and what it revealed about American Environmental ethics and precedents. He has examined industrial intensity during the civil war era, as well as the impact of modernism and landuse planning on the modern environmental movement. Professor black received his doctorate in american studies from the university of kansas in 1996. This evening, he will address how world war i informed the 20th c...

Thank you, jeff. Im honored to moderate this panel with four dear friends and valued colleagues. There is a concern afoot that as a moderator i might let it go to my head and try to interject myself too much in the discussion. So i will sit down there while they make their presentations and will come back up here during the actual q a time. You have the detailed bios of the speakers in your program so i will not repeat those first is professor richard emerman. His bio says he recent retired from...

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 pro...

Everyone else in that room. The late senator john mccain was so right, i thank god for the words he said before he passed away, he talked about oppressing and suppressing the press, if you begin down that line you begin a dictatorship, who are we in 2018 . What are we . Fred time such as this i just think about that in these books that are out right now, its not a coincidence about these books talking about the dysfunction god bless him, he has gone into the stratosphere because he has painted t...

Are traveling so fast. The fact i get to see this every , i have to take it in and make sure i appreciate getting to be here every day. The canyon has been forming for about one million years or so. The bulk of the formation has happened in the last 100,000 years. It runs from here close to the town of silverton. You can make a really good case the canyon is at least 80 miles in length. The river is probably more like 120 miles. It is the second largest canyon in the United States after the gran...

Here and i want to salute tim kaine and this has been a passion of his for decades or years . Somewhere between decades and years. Tammy duckworth, dick durbin, they all work dedicated lee on this but i want to speak and say a few words and then i will have to go and then tim will it take over, i guess. Okay. Look, what the senate did today behind the leadership of the colleagues behind me is what we should be doing every day. Working on a bipartisan basis to make a real impact for our country. ...

We give credit as being part of the canyon or the set of great artists. Shes always in it. If you have a survey of american art she isnt going to be left out. Shes also one of the highest grossing Women Artists of all time. Shes interesting to study the history of american artists come history of Women Artists and she lived in so many different places in the United States she gives a good perspective on how different places can implement an artist. She was versatile about this but her love of th...