Introduce tonights speaker Matthew Algeo mathews latest book. When harry met pablo truman, picasso and the cold war politics of modern art will be released tonight here at the truman library. Matthew is an associate producer for National Public radio, and he has reported from four continents from four npr news and other outlets. He is the of six other books, including one of my favorites, Harry Trumans adventure the true story, a Great American road trip, which was named one of the best books of 2009 by the washington post. In addition to reporting and writing, matthew has held jobs as a Convenience Store clerk. Gas station attendant, Halloween Costume salesman and a hot dog vendor in a traveling circus. Even hes a vegetarian. He holds a degree folklore from the university of pennsylvania. In his bio, he modestly says, im an Award Winning journalist and author, but so is practically every other journalist and author author. Please join me in welcoming Matthew Algeo. Thank you. Kelly. S
And welcome to the truman library. Im kelly anders deputy director. And its my great pleasure to introduce tonights speaker Matthew Algeo mathews latest book. When harry met pablo truman, picasso and the cold war politics of modern art will be released tonight here at the truman library. Matthew is an associate producer for National Public radio, and he has reported from four continents from four npr news and other outlets. He is the of six other books, including one of my favorites, Harry Trumans adventure the true story, a Great American road trip, which was named one of the best books of 2009 by the washington post. In addition to reporting and writing, matthew has held jobs as a Convenience Store clerk. Gas station attendant, Halloween Costume salesman and a hot dog vendor in a traveling circus. Even hes a vegetarian. He holds a degree folklore from the university of pennsylvania. In his bio, he modestly says, im an Award Winning journalist and author, but so is practically every o
Director. And its my great pleasure to introduce tonights speaker Matthew Algeo mathews latest book. When harry met pablo truman, picasso and the cold war politics of modern art will be released tonight here at the truman library. Matthew is an associate producer for National Public radio, and he has reported from four continents from four npr news and other outlets. He is the of six other books, including one of my favorites, Harry Trumans adventure the true story, a Great American road trip, which was named one of the best books of 2009 by the washington post. In addition to reporting and writing, matthew has held jobs as a Convenience Store clerk. Gas station attendant, Halloween Costume salesman and a hot dog vendor in a traveling circus. Even hes a vegetarian. He holds a degree folklore from the university of pennsylvania. In his bio, he modestly says, im an Award Winning journalist and author, but so is practically every other journalist and author author. Please join me in welco
Director. And its my great pleasure to introduce tonights speaker Matthew Algeo mathews latest book. When harry met pablo truman, picasso and the cold war politics of modern art will be released tonight here at the truman library. Matthew is an associate producer for National Public radio, and he has reported from four continents from four npr news and other outlets. He is the of six other books, including one of my favorites, Harry Trumans adventure the true story, a Great American road trip, which was named one of the best books of 2009 by the washington post. In addition to reporting and writing, matthew has held jobs as a Convenience Store clerk. Gas station attendant, Halloween Costume salesman and a hot dog vendor in a traveling circus. Even hes a vegetarian. He holds a degree folklore from the university of pennsylvania. In his bio, he modestly says, im an Award Winning journalist and author, but so is practically every other journalist and author author. Please join me in welco
Folklife center. The library hosted this event as part of its summer lecture series. I am going to start the program off. I want to leave time for q a for stephen afterwards. I have a boatload of questions and i imagine the audience is going to as well. As littlewho know about the American Folklife Center as i did, i will share notes i jotted down. Our speaker today is Stephen Winick, who is with the Folklife Center. I will tell you more about his job and a second. The center is located at the library of congress, that is our theme for this month lecture series. The center was created in 1976 to preserve and present american folk life. Rather Ambitious Mission that involves researching,ocumentation, archiving performance, exhibitions, publications, everything that any Cultural Organization likes to do, the Folklife Center tries to do it. Is made up of 2700 collections, that is according to their website. It could it includes 150,000 sound recordings, 3 million items. Youll be sharing s