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Going to talk with. Homas schwartz he directed as an author and editor. Professional awards. Today we are going to take a to the time ofme Herbert Hoover. Tom, i want to make sure we can hear you. Are you with us . How are you doing today . Obviously the library is closed. How is everyone doing . The staff is doing well. They are eager to return on a regular basis and we are eager to be able to safely reopen to the public when the opportunity avails itself, but i appreciate the opportunity. Grea...

Patrick lets get to it. Today i am going to talk with thomas schwartz, the director of the Herbert Hoover president ial library. He has been with the Hoover Library since 2011 and before that he served as the illinois , state historian and went on to lincoln collection at the Abraham Lincoln president ial library as an author and editor, his work recognized with a number of professional awards. He will take a step back in time, not all the way back to lincoln, but to the time of Herbert Hoover. ...

Me it is my belief that the only thing that we have to fear is fear itself. By the time Franklin Roosevelt gives his march 1933 inaugural speech, almost a quarter of the nation is unemployed. More than 5,000 banks have failed and drought is persisting in key agricultural areas of the country. People must have faith. Coming up in the next hour, stories from the Great Depression as we take you to places like toledo and then in 1931 five of the six largest banks all failed at the same time which ma...

Plunges and a financial panic gripped the world. This land is your land this land is my land from california to the New York Island i have but one desire, and that is to see my country again on the road to prosperity. This land was made for you and me let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. By the time Franklin Roosevelt gives his march 1933 inaugural speech, almost a quarter of the nation is unemployed. More than 5,000 banks have failed and drought is pe...

Your people must have faith. In the 1920s, toledo was the Fastest Growing manufacturing city in america. In some, ways it was the Silicon Valley of today. The auto industry, cutting edge technologies, they were all centered here at the time. As a result, the Manufacturing Base was going gangbusters. Toledo seemed to be one of the brightest economic spots on the whole american map during a decade that was a decade of prosperity. Then, in 1931, the entire house of cards collapsed. And five of the ...

That the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. By the time Franklin Roosevelt gives his 199033 speech, a quarter of the nation is unemployed. 5000 banks have failed and drought is persisting in key agricultural areas of the country. You people must have faith. Coming up in the next hour, stories from the Great Depression as we take you around the country to places like around the country to places like toledo. The banking failure of the Great Depression. 26 for Infrastructure Projects of th...

1929, the Financial Health of the over and stated stock market plunges into a Great Depression, it grips the world. This land is your land this land is my land from california to the New York Island i want to see my country again holds a prosperity. This land was made for you and me snen send in let me insert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is, fear itself. By the time Franklin Roosevelt gives his 1933 speech, almost a quarter of the nation is unemployed. More than 5,000 banks...

Learn more about the history of u. S. Automobiles sunday at 6 00 p. M. And 10 00 p. M. Eastern. Youre watching American History tv only on cspan3. Up, our look at sheridan continues as we visit the trail end historic site, home of john b kendrick. Hear theof times you american rags to riches story or the American Dream and John Kendrick embodies that. He started with nothing, very little education, and through hard work and a lot of intelligence, he worked his way up. Was his home and a modern h...

Half of our conference, starting off this afternoon is a paper by dr. Lisa ossian, who is a professor of history at Des Moines Area Community college. She received her masters degree in womens studies from Eastern Michigan University and her doctorate from Iowa State University in agricultural history and rural study, author of three books, the homefronts of iowa 19301945, the forgotten generation American Children in world war ii and the the depression dilemmas in rural iowa. Ossian has now dir...

All of the people he dealt with he knew personally. He knew people of integrity, he knew the ones to watch out for. They were neighbors. Bing crosby, for the rest of his life, treated people like neighbors. That is why the neighborhood is so important to understanding the rest of his life. Our cities tour staffers at we travel to spokane, washington, to learn about its history. Learn more about spokane and other stops at our tour on cspan. Org tour. Cspan. Org citi. Americane watching history tv...