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In the Manuscript Division of the library of congress. Cheryl this exhibition jacob riis revealing how the other half lives is a copresentation with the museum of the city of new york. It is the first time that the collections of the library of congress and the jacob riis papers have been married with the photographs that are in the stellar collection at the museum of the city of new york. We picked the word copresentation very carefully because the exhibition here actually follows an exhibit that was at the museum of the city of new york and that exhibit was called jacob riis revealing new yo...

Cheryl i am an exhibit director and at the library of congress. Barbara i am the curator of this exhibit and an historian in the Manuscript Division of the library of congress. Cheryl this exhibition is a copresentation with the museum of the city of new york. It is the first time that the collections of the library of congress, the riis papers have been married with the photographs that are a stellar collection at the museum of new york. We picked the word copresentation carefully because the exhibition here actually follows an exhibit that was at the museum of new york and really, that exhib...

Violent labor strikes were actually an attempt by workers to bring democracy into the workplace by overturning topdown management. He also describes how radical movements in art and literature clashed with the dominant cultural norms of the time. This class is just under an hour. I want to look at the debate in the early 20th century over what is called modernism. How these things work into some of the anxieties we have been talking about really all semester about the rise of modern america and spilling over into the postwar years. Lets look at some quotes from people we have heard from before...

On the development of National Parks, he points out that the parks were established in the 19th century, but there was no one to protect them, or preserve them. He trespasses to keep hunters off them. So the army, really because of the efforts of phil, the commanding general at the time the army steps in and literally saves the National Parks until another organization can be created. For better or worse, the army in the west did much more than just fight indians. The people have historically had a fear of the regular army. From our english traditions, really, and revolutionary war traditions....

This class is just under an hour. I want to look at the debate in the early 20th century over what is called modernism. And how these debates are going to work into some of the anxieties we have been talking about really all semester about the rise of modern america and spilling over into the postwar years. To start with, lets look at some quotes from people we have heard from before in the semester to reestablish what the progressive itosethos was. Walter lippman, 1914. He says we can no longer treat life as something that will trickle down to us. We have to deal with it deliberately, devise ...