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With, and connects to, the pandemic we are living through right now, right here, in april 2020. So many of us arent home, working at home, living at home, and sheltering in place as science takes on the covid19 virus. I am so fortunate to have a truly skilled and knowledgeable colleague joining me today scholar who wears many hats suspending histories archaeology, and geography. John hessler is the director of the collection at the library of congress. In a specialist on early america. He is the...

Talk about how it compares with connect to the pandemic there were living through right now, right here in april 2020 and so many of us are at home, working at home, living at home and children outplace in science takes on the covid19 virus. Im so fortunate to have a truly skilled and knowledgeable colleague, a scholar who has many histories, archaeology and geography, john hustler is the director of the collection of the library of congress on early america. He is author of a book recently call...

We know from early historians how devastating this variety of smallpox was, 90 of all indigenous deaths were attributable to smallpox, tell us about that. There was a point of scholarly discussion. One of the sources we have, most of the media is a chronicler, spanish chronicler arrived in spain, he wrote a diary or memoir, talks about the actual mortality rate, keeps talking in terms of 50 but some of the other sources we have, people like cortez himself cortez writes and cant stand, and in eur...

Mornings on two. Im dave clark. It is tuesday. It is march the 12th. Lets go right to Steve Paulson. I had rain all the way in this morning off and on rain. Yes its still moving through dave. Thats true. Most of the heavier rain though is pushing east and south. As you can see on the radar here. But theres still some activity upstream temperatures is mainly near 50. Most locations are pretty close to 50, so not much of a change there temperature wise. You can see the system. This is the last in ...

Coolidge. We need more of the office desk and less the show window in polished. Let men in office substitute the midnight oil for limelight. More, less window. No limelight. Midnight oil. So thats what coolidge said over hundred years ago when trying to explain the profession of government. The lines sound a little meager, a little modest, but is also something consoling, even elating the midnight oil. Hard is not only a refuge. It is feast for minds. Yours. Thats why tomorrow is the centennial ...

And less the show window in polished. Let men in office substitute the midnight oil for limelight. More, less window. No limelight. Midnight oil. So thats what coolidge said over hundred years ago when trying to explain the profession of government. The lines sound a little meager, a little modest, but is also something consoling, even elating the midnight oil. Hard is not only a refuge. It is feast for minds. Yours. Thats why tomorrow is the centennial of the coolidge presidency. We have prepar...

Im amity shlaes the Coolidge Foundation and i shall start with a quotation from Calvin Coolidge. We need more of the office desk and less the show window in polished. Let men in office substitute the midnight oil for limelight. More, less window. No limelight. Midnight oil. So thats what coolidge said over hundred years ago when trying to explain the profession of government. The lines sound a little meager, a little modest, but is also something consoling, even elating the midnight oil. Hard is...

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 l...