Library of Congress/American Memory Slide Show Script & …



Library of Congress/American Memory Slide Show Script & Notes

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|1 |LC Home Page |Thanks to funding by Congress and private sector donors, the |Screen shot of the Library of Congress World Wide Web |

| | |Library of Congress now offers access to millions of new users |home page, June 2001. |

| | |through its virtual doors by way of the Internet. Through the | |

| | |American Memory Historical Collections and the Online | |

| | |Exhibitions, the Library is able to share the richness of the | |

| | |Library’s unique holdings, featuring a broad spectrum of | |

| | |multimedia content. | |

|2 | | |(left to right): |

| |Portraits of |These online materials include the papers of Presidents | |

| |Lincoln, Washington,|Washington, Jefferson and Lincoln… |Detail of “Abraham Lincoln, three-quarter length |

| |and Jefferson | |portrait, standing, facing left. |

| | | |Brady National Photographic Art Gallery (Washington, |

| | | |D.C.), photographer.” |

| | | |From collection: Selected Civil War Photographs |

| | | | |

| | | | |

| | | |Detail from: “Color halftone print of the portrait by |

| | | |Gilbert Stuart,” from Prints and Photographs Division, |

| | | |Library of Congress. c1929. |

| | | |Reproduction#: (color) LC-USZC4-2968 |

| | | |Used on the home page for the collection: |

| | | |George Washington Papers at the Library of Congress |

| | | | |

| | | |(Click the web page image for another version.) |

| | | | |

| | | |Detail of “Th. Jefferson, photomechanical print,” |

| | | |created/published [between 1890 and 1940(?)]. Library of |

| | | |Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Presidential |

| | | |File. Reproduction Number: LC-USZC4-2474. This print is a|

| | | |reproduction of the 1805 Rembrandt Peale painting of |

| | | |Thomas Jefferson held by the New-York Historical Society.|

| | | |Used on the home page for the collection: |

| | | |Thomas Jefferson Papers at the Library of Congress |

| | | | |

| | | |(Click the web page image for another version.) |

|3 | | |(left to right): |

| |Images of |…with landmark documents such as rough drafts of the | |

| |Declaration of |Declaration of Independence and the Gettysburg Address… |Declaration of Independence: in online exhibition, |

| |Independence | |“American Treasures of the Library of Congress” Top |

| |and | |Treasures gallery. |

| |Gettysburg | | |

| |Address | | |

| | | |Gettysburg Address: in online exhibition, |

| | | |“American Treasures of the Library of Congress” |

| | | |Top Treasures gallery. |

| | | | |

| | | |In addition, is part of a separate online exhibition: |

| | | |The Gettysburg Address drafts section: |

| | | | |

| | | |The Gettysburg Address exhibition home page: |

| | | | |

|4 |Print of |…images from the battlefields such as Saratoga… |“Burgoyne's surrender at Saratoga,” Percy Moran, |

| |Burgoyne's surrender| |1862-1935, artist., from Prints and Photographs Division,|

| |at Saratoga | |Library of Congress. c1911. Reproduction#: (color) |

| | | |LC-USZC4-2912 |

| | | |Featured on Today in History for Sept. 19. |

| | | | |

| | | |Also in “Items in High Demand” section, |

| | | |Prints and Photographs Online Catalog |

| | | | |

|5 |Dead at Gettysburg |…Gettysburg… |“Incidents of the war. A harvest of death” Gettysburg, |

| |photograph | |July, 1863,” O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882, |

| | | |photographer, Washington, D.C. : published by |

| | | |Philp & Solomons, c1865. From collection: |

| | | |Selected Civil War Photographs. |

| | | | |

|6 |Col. T.R. Roosevelt |…and San Juan Hill. |“Colonel Roosevelt and his Rough Riders at the top of the|

| |& Rough Riders | |hill which they captured, Battle of San Juan” by William |

| |image. | |Dinwiddie (1867-1934), photographer. Created 1898. |

| | | |From collection: |

| | | |By Popular Demand: Portraits of the Presidents and First |

| | | |Ladies, 1789-Present |

| | | | |

|7 |3 baseball players: |American Memory includes heroes from the fields of dreams such |(left to right): |

| |Cy Young, Connie |as Cy Young, Connie Mack, and the groundbreaking Jackie | |

| |Mack, & Jackie |Robinson. |“Cy Young,” alternate title: “Gold Borders (T205)” Issued|

| |Robinson | |by: American Tobacco Company, 1911. |

| | | | |

| | | |“Connie Mack,” alternate title: “Old Judge (N172)” Issued|

| | | |by: Issued by: Goodwin & Company. 1998-90. |

| | | | |

| | | |Both baseball cards (above) from collection: |

| | | |Baseball Cards, 1887-1914 |

| | | | |

| | | | |

| | | |“Front cover of Jackie Robinson comic book,” Greenwich, |

| | | |Conn.: Fawcett Publications, c1951, v. 1, no. 5, front |

| | | |cover. 1 photomechanical print : halftone, color. (note: |

| | | |copyright not renewed) |

| | | |From collection: |

| | | |By Popular Demand: Jackie Robinson and Other Baseball |

| | | |Highlights, 1860s-1960s |

| | | | |

|8 |Yellowstone image |From the majesty of America’s West in Yellowstone… |“Tower Falls and Sulphur Mountain, Yellowstone” 1837-1926, L. |

| | | |Prang & Co., ca.1875. LC-USZC4-3246. |

| | | |From collection: |

| | | |The Evolution of the Conservation Movement, 1850-1920 |

| | | | |

|9 |Yosemite sunset |…Yosemite… |“Sunset (California scenery)” AB '64 ; chromolithograph. |

| | | |published by L. Prang & Co. 1864. LC-USZC4-683 DLC. |

| | | |From collection: |

| | | |The Evolution of the Conservation Movement, 1850-1920 |

| | | | |

|10 |B&W Alaska Panorama |…and Alaska, … |“Mt. McKinley and the Alaska Range, Mt. McKinley National |

| |photo | |Park, Alaska.” National Photo & News Service; January 17, |

| | | |1958. LC-USZ62-125614 DLC (note: copyright not renewed). |

|11 |Buckaroos image |American Memory brings the lives of cowboys… |“Branding, Ninety-Six Ranch,” Carl Fleischhauer, American |

| | | |Folklife Center, photographer, Ninety-Six Ranch, Paradise |

| | | |Valley, Nev., October 1979. AFC Call Number: |

| | | |NV9-CF35-12 |

| | | |From collection: |

| | | |Buckaroos in Paradise: Ranching Culture in Northern Nevada, |

| | | |1945-1982 |

| | | | |

|12 |Two Indian Panorama |…and Indians… |Image Sources (top to bottom): |

| |group portraits | |"The Round-Up Band," Pendleton, Ore., 1911. DLC/PP-1911:44357 |

| | | |“Indian War Dancers at the ‘Round-Up’,” Pendleton, Ore., 1911.|

| | | |DLC/PP-1911:44357 |

| | | |Both from collection: |

| | | |Taking the Long View: Panoramic Photographs, 1851-1991 |

| | | | |

|13 |3 images: |…and the sod-busting homesteaders who settled the… |Image Sources (clockwise from upper left): |

| |two Indians | | |

| |Sod house family | |“Descendants of the original inhabitants of Dakota Territory” |

| |Woman & plow | |190?, Fred Hultstrand History in Pictures Collection, |

| | | |NDIRS-NDSU, Fargo, North Dakota. |

| | | | |

| | | |“In the good old days, when owning a pair of shoes was a great|

| | | |luxury.” 190?, Fred Hultstrand History in Pictures Collection,|

| | | |NDIRS-NDSU, Fargo, North Dakota. |

| | | | |

| | | |“A Pause to give the horses a rest : Miss Hanson operating the|

| | | |binder, Milton, North Dakota.” 190?, Fred Hultstrand History |

| | | |in Pictures Collection, NDIRS-NDSU, Fargo, North Dakota. |

| | | | |

| | | |All three from collection: |

| | | |The Northern Great Plains, 1880-1920: Photographs from the |

| | | |Fred Hultstrand and F.A. Pazandak Photograph Collections |

| | | | |

|14 |Buy Land poster |…millions of acres across the Great Plains. |“Millions of acres. Iowa and Nebraska. Land for sale on 10 |

| | | |years credit by the Burlington & Missouri River R. R. Co. at 6|

| | | |per ct interest and low prices ...” Buffalo. N. Y. Commercial |

| | | |advertiser printing house [1872]. |

| | | |Library of Congress Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio |

| | | |134, Folder 13. |

| | | |From collection: |

| | | |An American Time Capsule: Three Centuries of Broadsides and |

| | | |Other Printed Ephemera |

| | | | |

|15 |Detail from map of |American Memory offers panoramic maps that chart the growth |Detail from: “Birds' eye view of New-Orleans drawn from |

| |New Orleans |of America’s great cities. As example, you may explore this |nature on stone by J. Bachman” [i.e., Bachmann]. |

| | |mid-nineteenth century view of New Orleans that can be seen |New York : Published by the agents A. Guerber & Co., c1851 |

| | |in great detail as if viewed through a magnifying glass. |(Printed by J. Bachman [i.e., Bachmann]). |

| | | |From collection: |

| | | |Panoramic Maps 1847-1929 |

| | | | |

|16 |Ellis Island film |It also includes our ancestors who came to America with their|Still image and clip from motion picture: “Emigrants [i.e. |

| |clip |dreams of a better life… |immigrants] landing at Ellis Island.” Thomas A. Edison, |

| | |_____________________________ |Inc., 1903. |

| | |Note: click image to play video. |Alternate Title: “Immigrants Arriving at Ellis Island” |

| | | |From collection: |

| | | |The Life of a City: Early Films of New York, 1898-1906 |

| | | | |

|17 |Sojourner Truth |…and the courageous ones who… |“I sell the shadow to support the substance.” 1864., |

| |carte de viste | |photographic print on carte de visite mount : albumen. |

| |(aka calling card) | |Reproduction Number: LC-USZC4-6165 DLC |

| | | |From Collection/Online Exhibition: |

| | | |African American Odyssey |

| | | | |

|18 |Susan B. Anthony in |…struggled to make that… |“Susan B. Anthony, full-length portrait, seated, facing |

| |chairr | |left,” S. A. Taylor, photographer, created between 1880 and|

| | | |1906. Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-23933 DLC. |

| | | |From Collection: |

| | | |By Popular Demand: "Votes for Women" Suffrage Pictures, |

| | | |1850-1920 |

| | | | |

|19 |Women at suffrage |…dream possible… |“Suffrage parade, New York City, May 6, 1912,” May 6, 1912.|

| |parade | |American Press Association. |

| | | |LC-USZC4-5585 DLC (color film copy transparency), |

| | | |LC-USZ62-10845 DLC (b&w film copy neg.) |

| | | |From Collection: |

| | | |By Popular Demand: "Votes for Women" Suffrage Pictures, |

| | | |1850-1920 |

| | | | |

|20 |Hayes, Marshall, |…for all Americans. |George E.C. Hayes, Thurgood Marshall, and James Nabrit, |

| |Nabritt | |congratulating each other, following “Supreme Court |

| |congratulating | |decision declaring segregation unconstitutional,” 1954. |

| | | |Copyprint. New York World-Telegram and Sun Photograph |

| | | |Collection, Prints and Photographs Division. Reproduction |

| | | |Number: LC-USZ62-111236 (9-11). Courtesy of AP/Wide World |

| | | |Photos. |

| | | |From collection/exhibition: |

| | | |African American Odyssey |

| | | |Presentation, “The Civil Rights Era, Part 2.” |

| | | |” |

| | | |Collection/Exhibition Home Page: |

| | | | |

|21 |Bell’s notebook |American Memory brings us the visionary inventors who dared |Alexander Graham Bell’s Scientific Notebook, 10 March 1876.|

| | |to dream such as Alexander Graham Bell… |From exhibition: |

| | | |American Treasures of the Library of Congress, “Reason” |

| | | |section. |

| | | | |

| | | |Also in collection: |

| | | |Alexander Graham Bell Family Papers |

| | | | |

| | | |In special presentation: |

| | | | |

|22 |Early plane flying |…the Wright brothers… |“First Flight, December 17, 1903,” John T. Daniels (d. |

| | | |1948), photographer. Modern gelatin silver print from glass|

| | | |negative. |

| | | |From Exhibition: |

| | | |American Treasures of the Library of Congress, |

| | | |“Reason” section. |

| | | | |

|23 |Edison with |…and Thomas Edison, whose phonograph made possible recordings|Thomas Edison: |

| |phonograph image; |such as this Verdi aria from 1916… |From special sound recordings presentation, |

| | | |“History of the Edison Cylinder Phonograph” |

| |Rappold in costume |_____________________________ | |

| | |Note: click on speaker icon on bottom right to play the aria.|See also: |

| | |_____________________________ | |

| | | |Marie Rappold: |

| | | |From special sound recordings presentation, |

| | | |“Overview of the Edison Diamond Discs Recordings by Genre |

| | | |(1912-1929)” |

| | | | |

| | | |See also: |

| | | | |

| | | |Audio source: |

| | | |“O patria mia—Aida.” Verdi ; [performed by] Marie Rappold. |

| | | |(soprano with orchestra in Italian). Orange, N.J. : Edison,|

| | | |[ca. 1916]. |

| | | | |

| | | |Both images and the sound recording are from the |

| | | |collection: |

| | | |Inventing Entertainment: The Motion Pictures and Sound |

| | | |Recordings of the Edison Companies |

| | | | |

|24 |Vitascope print |…and whose motion picture camera… |“Edison’s Greatest Marvel: The Vitascope” From special |

| | | |motion picture presentation, |

| | | |“History of Edison Motion Pictures: The Shift to Projectors|

| | | |and the Vitascope (1895-1896)” |

| | | | |

| | | |See also: |

| | | |From collection: |

| | | |Inventing Entertainment: The Motion Pictures and Sound |

| | | |Recordings of the Edison Companies |

| | | | |

|25 |Early animation |…that brought the magic of film into our lives. |Image (film) Source: |

| |video clip | |Still image and clip from “The enchanted drawing,” Thomas |

| | |______________________________ |A. Edison, Inc. ; producer, J. Stuart Blackton, Albert E. |

| | |Note: click image to play video |Smith. United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., 1900. |

| | | |From collection: |

| | | |Origins of American Animation |

| | | | |

|26 |Walt Whitman |American Memory brings us the poets… |Image sources: |

| |handwriting & | |“Earliest" Notebook (Holloway No.1), LC #80 (detail of |

| |portrait | |online image #25 of 128) |

| | | | |

| | | |Collection: |

| | | |Recovered Notebooks from the Thomas Biggs Harned Walt |

| | | |Whitman Collection |

| | | | |

| | | | |

| | | |“Walt Whitman, three-quarter length portrait, facing left, |

| | | |right hand under head.” Mathew B. Brady, 1823 (ca.)-1896, |

| | | |photographer. Prints and Photographs Division |

| | | |LC-USZ62-89959. |

| | | |Featured in Today In History, for February 27. |

| | | | |

| | | |Also available in “items in high demand” section, |

| | | |Prints and Photographs Online catalog |

| | | |. |

|27 |Louis Armstrong: |…the musicians… |(clockwise from upper left) |

| |Duke Ellington: | |Portrait of Louis Armstrong, Carnegie Hall, New York, N.Y.,|

| |Marian Anderson and | |ca. Apr. 1947.” William Gottlieb, photographer. |

| |Leonard Bernstein: | |LC-GLB23-0021 DLC. |

| | | |From collection: |

| | | |William P. Gottlieb - Photographs from the Golden Age of |

| | | |Jazz |

| | | | |

| | | | |

| | | |“Portrait of Duke Ellington, Paramount Theater, New York, |

| | | |N.Y., ca. Sept. 1946.” William Gottlieb, photographer. |

| | | |LC-GLB13-0229 DLC. |

| | | |Also featured in special presentation: |

| | | |“In His Own Words Photos and Commentary by William |

| | | |Gottlieb” |

| | | | |

| | | |From collection: |

| | | |William P. Gottlieb - Photographs from the Golden Age of |

| | | |Jazz |

| | | | |

| | | | |

| | | |“Bernstein rehearsing with singer Marian Anderson at |

| | | |Lewisohn Stadium, New York. June 1947.” Photographer: Ruth |

| | | |Orkin © 1977. Made available on-line with permission from |

| | | |The Ruth Orkin Archives, 65 Central Park West, New York, |

| | | |N.Y. 10023. |

| | | |From collection: |

| | | |The Leonard Bernstein Collection, ca. 1920-1989 |

| | | | |

|28 |FDR portrait & |…and the words and voices of leaders who inspired us. |Image Source: |

| |speech | |“Franklin Delano Roosevelt, head-and-shoulders portrait, |

| | |_____________________________ |facing slightly left.” Photographer unknown, c1920. |

| | |Note: click on speaker icon on bottom right to play the |Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. |

| | |speech. |Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-11190. |

| | |_____________________________ | |

| | | | |

| | | | |

| | | |Audio Source: |

| | | |"Americanism," from sound disc : analog, 78 rpm ; 12 in. |

| | | |U.S. State Department Committee on Public Information with |

| | | |the Columbia Graphophone Company. |

| | | |Image is also shown within the audio file’s item record in |

| | | |the collection: |

| | | |American Leaders Speak: Recordings from World War I and the|

| | | |1920 Election, 1918-1920 |

| | | | |

|29 |See America poster |It brings us the cultural record of the Great Depression and |“See America” Alexander Dux. [between 1936 and 1939]. Library of |

| | |the New Deal era as captured in the Federal Art Project… |Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Reproduction Number: |

| | | |LC-USZC4-4243. |

| | | |From collection: |

| | | |By the People, For the People: Posters from the WPA, 1936-1943 |

| | | | |

|30 |Photo and costume |…Orson Welles’ work with the Federal Theater Project… |(left to right): |

| |drawing from MacBeth| | |

| | | |Detail from: “Photographic Print from New York production of |

| | | |Macbeth. Finding Aid Box 1179. |

| | | |Image #82 via photographic prints link, here: |

| | | | |

| | | |Also: |

| | | | |

| | | | |

| | | |Costume Design from New York production of Macbeth (Sketch #1 |

| | | |(front). Finding Aid Box 1107. |

| | | |Image #1, via “costume design” link here: |

| | | | |

| | | | |

| | | |Both images in collection: |

| | | |The New Deal Stage: Selections from the Federal Theatre Project, |

| | | |1935-1939 |

| | | | |

|31 |Migrant Mother |And the landmark work of the Farm Security Administration |“Destitute pea pickers in California. Mother of seven children. |

| | |photographers such as Dorothea Lange… |Age thirty-two. Nipomo, California.” Dorothea Lange, Dorothea, |

| | | |photographer, Feb. 1936., LC-USZ62-95653. (also known as “migrant|

| | | |mother.”) |

| | | |From collection: |

| | | |America from the Great Depression to World War II: |

| | | |Black-and-White Photographs from the FSA-OWI, |

| | | |1935-1945 |

| | | | |

|32 |Juke Joint & Fish |…Marion Post Walcott and Walker Evans… |(left to right) |

| |Market photos | | |

| | | |“Jitterbugging in Negro juke joint, Saturday evening, outside |

| | | |Clarksdale, Mississippi.” 1939. Marion Post |

| | | | |

| | | |Wolcott, Photographer. LC-USF34-52594-D |

| | | |“Roadside stand near Birmingham, Alabama.” 1936. Walker Evans, |

| | | |Photographer. LC-USF342-8253-A |

| | | | |

| | | |Both from Collection: |

| | | |America from the Great Depression to World War II: |

| | | |Black-and-White Photographs from the FSA-OWI, 1935-1945 |

| | | | |

|33 |King Family photo |…as well as the songs of the dust bowl farmers. |Image Source: |

| |and Cripple Creek | |“King family playing music.” no date. Robert Hemmig, Ventura, |

| |audio clip |______________________________ |CA, Photographer. |

| | |Note: click on speaker icon on bottom right to play the |People in photograph: Thompson, Syd; King, Charles; King, Mr.; |

| | |performance. |King, Harlen; King, Billy; and unidentified others. Note: |

| | |______________________________ |handwritten on reverse: “a) From movie "Grapes of Wrath" King |

| | | |Family (L-R)f Mr. King, Syd Thompson (friend), Charles, Harlen & |

| | | |Billy.” AFC call number: AFC 1985/001:P5. |

| | | | |

| | | |Audio Source: |

| | | |“Cripple Creek,” King Family performing. Visalia FSA Camp, |

| | | |California. Recorded Sept. 02, 1941 by Charles L. Todd and Robert|

| | | |Sonkin. AFC Call Number: AFS 5143a1. |

| | | | |

| | | |Both from collection: |

| | | |Voices from the Dust Bowl: The Charles L. Todd and Robert Sonkin |

| | | |Migrant Worker Collection, 1940-1941 |

| | | | |

|34 |Three sheet music |In American Memory, you can find a new tune to play…a song to|Image Sources (left to right): |

| |covers |sing… | |

| | | |Sheet music cover: Van Alstyne, Egbert, In the shade of the|

| | | |old apple tree. New York, New York, Jerome H. Remick and |

| | | |Company, 1905. |

| | | | |

| | | |Sheet music cover: Sousa, John Philip, Stars and Stripes |

| | | |Forever. Cincinnati, Ohio, John Church, 1898. |

| | | | |

| | | |Sheet music cover: Paull, E. T., Charge of the Light |

| | | |Brigade March. New York, New York, E.T. Paull Music Co., |

| | | |1896. |

| | | | |

| | | |All from the collection: |

| | | |Historic American Sheet Music, 1850-1920 |

| | | | |

|35 |Dance manual cover |…or a new step to dance the hours away. |Image Source: |

| | | | |

| | | |Dance instruction manual cover: |

| | | |How to dance. A complete ball-room and party guide. |

| | | |Containing all the latest figures, together with |

| | | |old-fashioned and contra dances now in general use. Also, a|

| | | |guide to ballroom etiquette, toilets, and general useful |

| | | |information for dancers. New York, Tousey & Small, 1878. |

| | | | |

| | | |From collection: |

| | | |An American Ballroom Companion: Dance Instruction Manuals, |

| | | |ca. 1490-1920 |

| | | | |

|36 |Waltz film clip |(no script for this slide) |Clip from American Memory special presentation, ballroom |

| | | |dance video Clip #10 "The Eugenie" and Waltz Cotillion |

| | |_____________________________ |selected from footage of the "Society Dances and Parlor |

| | |Note: to play video, click on image. |Amusements in The Great Hall," which took place at the |

| | | |Library of Congress on October 15, 1997. |

| | | |From video presentation: |

| | | | |

|37 |Bell family flying a|Just months before he died, Alexander Graham Bell told a |Image Source: |

| |kite |reporter, “ There cannot be mental atrophy in any person who |“Alexander Graham Bell, his grandson Melville Bell |

| |Bell quote. |continues to observe, to remember what he observes and to |Grosvenor, and others pulling on rope attached to |

| | |seek answers for the unceasing hows and whys about things.” |tetrahedral kite at Baddeck, Nova Scotia.” Gilbert H. |

| | | |Grosvenor, photographer. August 21, 1908. Forms part of: |

| | |The Library hopes that resources on its web site will help |Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the |

| | |Americans seek their own answers to some of the hows and whys|Alexander Graham Bell Family (Library of Congress). Call |

| | |about things. |Number: LOT 11533-A56-16; Reproduction Number: |

| | | |LC-G9-Z3-116, 837-AB. |

| | | |In “Miscellaneous Items in High Demand” section, Prints and|

| | | |Photographs Online Catalog |

| | | | |

| | | | |

| | | |Quote Source: |

| | | |Featured in the last paragraph of the American Memory |

| | | |special presentation, “Alexander Graham Bell as Inventor |

| | | |and Scientist.” |

| | | | |

| | | | |

| | | |American Memory Collection: |

| | | |Alexander Graham Bell Family Papers at the Library of |

| | | |Congress |

| | | | |

| | | | |

| | | |Original source: Bell, Alexander Graham, quoted on page 68|

| | | |of the following magazine article: |

| | | |Mullett, Mary B. “How to Keep Young Mentally,” The |

| | | |American Magazine, volume 42, no. 6, December 1921, pages |

| | | |5-7 and 64-68. |

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