FDRLibrary2021 Roosevelt Reading Festival: Eric Rauchway "Why the New Deal Matters"
Full Schedule:
Tuesday, June 15, 2021 4:00 p.m. Eric Rauchway "Why the New Deal Matters" LINK: youtu.be/i9EJC5zCXJM
Tuesday, June 15, 2021 6:00 p.m. John A. Riggs "High Tension: FDR's Battle to Power America" LINK: youtu.be/J-0V7Tpoxpc
Wednesday, June 16, 2021 2:00 p.m. Jan Jarboe Russell "Eleanor in the Village: Eleanor Roosevelt's Search for Freedom and Identity in New York's Greenwich Village" LINK: youtu.be/uYnKarZ6i9o
Wednesday, June 16, 2021 4:00 p.m. David Levering Lewis "The Improbable Wendell Willkie: The Businessman Who Saved the Republican Party and His Country, and Conceived a New World Order" LINK: youtu.be/YDtqPwRY47U
Thursday, June 17, 2021 4:00 p.m. Neville Thompson "The Third Man: Churchill, Roosevelt, Mackenzie King, and the Untold Friendships that Won World War II" LINK: youtu.be/nmO8yvLYHvo
Thursday, June 17, 2021 6:00 p.m. Howard Blum "Night of the Assassins: The Untold Story of Hitler's Plot to Kill FDR, Churchill, and Stalin" LINK: youtu.be/EFgUbSXxW_E
WHY THE NEW DEAL MATTERS with Eric Rauchway - 2021 Roosevelt Reading FestivalFDRLibrary2021-06-16 | 2021 Roosevelt Reading Festival: Eric Rauchway "Why the New Deal Matters"
Full Schedule:
Tuesday, June 15, 2021 4:00 p.m. Eric Rauchway "Why the New Deal Matters" LINK: youtu.be/i9EJC5zCXJM
Tuesday, June 15, 2021 6:00 p.m. John A. Riggs "High Tension: FDR's Battle to Power America" LINK: youtu.be/J-0V7Tpoxpc
Wednesday, June 16, 2021 2:00 p.m. Jan Jarboe Russell "Eleanor in the Village: Eleanor Roosevelt's Search for Freedom and Identity in New York's Greenwich Village" LINK: youtu.be/uYnKarZ6i9o
Wednesday, June 16, 2021 4:00 p.m. David Levering Lewis "The Improbable Wendell Willkie: The Businessman Who Saved the Republican Party and His Country, and Conceived a New World Order" LINK: youtu.be/YDtqPwRY47U
Thursday, June 17, 2021 4:00 p.m. Neville Thompson "The Third Man: Churchill, Roosevelt, Mackenzie King, and the Untold Friendships that Won World War II" LINK: youtu.be/nmO8yvLYHvo
Thursday, June 17, 2021 6:00 p.m. Howard Blum "Night of the Assassins: The Untold Story of Hitler's Plot to Kill FDR, Churchill, and Stalin" LINK: youtu.be/EFgUbSXxW_EConversation and Book Signing: THE EAGLES OF HEART MOUNTAIN with Bradford Pearson - 2/19, 2PM ETFDRLibrary2023-02-20 | Day of Remembrance
Conversation and Book Signing:
THE EAGLES OF HEART MOUNTAIN:
A TRUE STORY OF FOOTBALL, INCARCERATION,
AND RESISTANCE IN WORLD WAR II AMERICA
with Bradford Pearson
Sunday, February 19, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. ET
LINK: youtube.com/watch?v=8CbkH55aX7g
The FDR Presidential Library presents a Day of Remembrance conversation and book signing with Bradford Pearson, author of THE EAGLES OF HEART MOUNTAIN: A TRUE STORY OF FOOTBALL, INCARCERATION, AND RESISTANCE IN WORLD WAR II AMERICA, at 2:00 p.m. ET on Sunday, February 19, 2023.Presidents Day Weekend Author Talk: DINNER WITH THE PRESIDENT - Alex Prudhomme - 2/18; 1PM ETFDRLibrary2023-02-19 | February 18, 2023
Presidents Day Weekend Program:
DINNER WITH THE PRESIDENT
with Alex Prud'homme
Time: 1:00 p.m. ET
LINK: youtube.com/watch?v=phO8Ig72yYw
The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum will host a Presidents Day Weekend book talk and signing at 1:00 p.m. ET on Saturday, February 18, 2023, with Alex Prud'homme, author of DINNER WITH THE PRESIDENT: FOOD, POLITICS, AND A HISTORY OF BREAKING BREAD AT THE WHITE HOUSE.Animated Film: We Dare Not Fail: The Story of the Tuskegee AirmenFDRLibrary2023-02-16 | Animated Film:
"We Dare Not Fail: The Story of the Tuskegee Airmen"
The Tuskegee Airmen entered the military to become soldiers. They became a symbol for courage, fighting fascism in Europe and segregation in the United States.Animated Film Premiere & Discussion: We Dare Not Fail: The Story of the Tuskegee Airmen 2/15; 2PMFDRLibrary2023-02-16 | Animated Film Premiere & Discussion:
"We Dare Not Fail: The Story of the Tuskegee Airmen"
February 15, 2023 at 2PM ET
LINK: bit.ly/3Xm0oJU
The Tuskegee Airmen entered the military to become soldiers. They became a symbol for courage, fighting fascism in Europe and segregation in the United States. FDR Library Director William Harris will speak with "We Dare Not Fail: The Story of the Tuskegee Airmen" writer and director Dean Temple, illustrator Julian Dwyer, and narrator Tony Melson about making the film.Conversation and Book Signing: UNITING AMERICA with Peter Shinkle - 2/2; 6PM ETFDRLibrary2023-02-03 | Conversation and Book Signing:
UNITING AMERICA with Peter Shinkle
Thursday, February 2, 2023; 6PM ET
LINK: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LipLtgQXze8
The FDR Presidential Library presents a conversation and book signing with Peter Shinkle, author of UNITING AMERICA: HOW FDR AND HENRY STIMSON BROUGHT DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS TOGETHER TO WIN WORLD WAR II, at 6:00 p.m. ET on Thursday, February 2, 2023.LIVE with Jeff Urbin: America’s Civic Holidays: More Than a Monday OffFDRLibrary2023-02-02 | LIVE with Jeff Urbin:
"America’s Civic Holidays
More Than a Monday Off"
February 1, 2023 at 2PM ET
LINK: youtube.com/live/n6k_bLSeeHY?
Our Federal holidays mean so much more than the Bar-B-Qs and discount sales that have come to mark their celebration. FDR Library Education Specialist Jeffrey Urbin discusses the origins and importance of some of our most enjoyed, yet misunderstood, Civic Holidays.Conversation and Book Signing: BECOMING FDR with Jonathan DarmanFDRLibrary2023-01-31 | Conversation and Book Signing:
BECOMING FDR:
THE PERSONAL CRISIS
THAT MADE A PRESIDENT
with Jonathan Darman
Time: 1:00 p.m. ET
LINK: youtu.be/FrlJc41MYQ8
On the occasion of FDR's birthday, the FDR Presidential Library presents a conversation and book signing with Jonathan Darman, author of BECOMING FDR: THE PERSONAL CRISIS THAT MADE A PRESIDENT at 1:00 p.m. ET on Monday, January 30, 2023.
FOR IN-PERSON ATTENDEES: To attend the book program in-person, please visit www.fdrlibrary.org to register. Following the program, at 3:00 p.m. ET, the National Park Service will hold a Rose Garden Ceremony to commemorate Franklin Roosevelt's Birthday followed by birthday cake and refreshments provided by the FDR Library in the Wallace Center. [No registration required for the Rose Garden or birthday cake events.]Conversation: The Ethos of the Greatest Generation- Discussing the Four Freedoms with Harvey KayeFDRLibrary2023-01-05 | Conversation:
"The Ethos of the Greatest Generation"
Discussing the Four Freedoms with Harvey Kaye
January 4, 2023, at 2pm ET
LINK: youtu.be/bxRduNl7K_w
Harvey Kaye, Emeritus Professor of Democracy at the University of Wisconsin Green Bay, examines how the Four Freedoms came to define America’s purpose, promise, and responsibility to the world. A conversation with FDR Library Director William Harris.The Roosevelt Story: Christmas with the Roosevelts with William HarrisFDRLibrary2022-12-21 | The Roosevelt Story:
"Christmas with the Roosevelts" with William Harris
LINK: bit.ly/3uYD5dv
Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt made a special holiday of Christmas every year. FDR Presidential Library Director William Harris invites you into the President's study for a look through some of their holiday memories held in the Archives.Pearl Harbor Day Premiere Author Talk and Signing: OUR MAN IN TOKYO with Steve Kemper.FDRLibrary2022-12-08 | Pearl Harbor Day Premiere --
Author Talk and Signing: OUR MAN IN TOKYO: AN AMERICAN AMBASSADOR AND THE COUNTDOWN TO PEARL HARBOR with Steve Kemper.LIVE with Jeffrey Urbin: The American Thanksgiving Tradition: A Time of Turkey and TensionFDRLibrary2022-11-24 | LIVE with Jeff Urbin:
"The American Thanksgiving Tradition:
A Time of Turkey and Tension"
November 23, 2022; 2PM ET
LINK: youtu.be/vAaoxnizcSU
Second only to Independence Day, Thanksgiving is the quintessential American holiday bringing with it turkey and tension, cranberries and chaos, and promise and peace, if we just approach it the right way. Join FDR Library Education Specialist Jeff Urbin for this Roosevelt Story special holiday broadcast. Live Q&A through the comments.Author Talk: SILENT SPRING REVOLUTION with Douglas Brinkley - 11/21, 6PM ETFDRLibrary2022-11-22 | November 21, 2022
Author Talk and Signing:
SILENT SPRING REVOLUTION:
JOHN F. KENNEDY, RACHEL CARSON,
LYNDON JOHNSON, RICHARD NIXON, AND
THE GREAT ENVIRONMENTAL AWAKENING
with Douglas Brinkley
Time: 6:00 p.m. ET
LINK: youtu.be/uw13omwtUBU
The FDR Library and Home present an author talk and book signing with Douglas Brinkley, author of SILENT SPRING REVOLUTION: JOHN F. KENNEDY, RACHEL CARSON, LYNDON JOHNSON, RICHARD NIXON, AND THE GREAT ENVIRONMENTAL AWAKENING, at 6:00 p.m. ET on Monday, November 21, 2022.Gordon Cohen Churchill Lecture: D-Day: Leadership Under PressureFDRLibrary2022-11-20 | Gordon Cohen Churchill Lecture: "D-Day: Leadership Under Pressure" A discussion with Richard Aldous, Eliot Cohen and David Reynolds. Sunday, May 26, 2019[UPDATE*] NEED TO KNOW: WORLD WAR II AND THE RISE OF AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE with Nicholas ReynoldsFDRLibrary2022-11-04 | Author Talk and Signing: NEED TO KNOW: WORLD WAR II AND THE RISE OF AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE with Nicholas Reynolds Time: 6:00 p.m. EDT Location: Henry A. Wallace Center
[*This video replaces an earlier version with audio issues.]
The FDR Presidential Library and Museum will present a conversation and book signing with Nicholas Reynolds, author of NEED TO KNOW: WORLD WAR II AND THE RISE OF AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE, at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 2, 2022. The event will be held in the Henry A. Wallace Center at the FDR Presidential Library and Home and streamed live to the official FDR Library YouTube, Twitter and Facebook accounts.Conversation: NEED TO KNOW: WORLD WAR II AND THE RISE OF AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE - Nicholas ReynoldsFDRLibrary2022-11-03 | UPDATED VIDEO LINK: youtu.be/N9Pk6c1RFOQ
Author Talk and Signing:
NEED TO KNOW: WORLD WAR II AND
THE RISE OF AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE
with Nicholas Reynolds
Time: 6:00 p.m. EDT
Location: Henry A. Wallace Center
LINK: youtu.be/N9Pk6c1RFOQ
The FDR Presidential Library and Museum will present a conversation and book signing with Nicholas Reynolds, author of NEED TO KNOW: WORLD WAR II AND THE RISE OF AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE, at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 2, 2022. The event will be held in the Henry A. Wallace Center at the FDR Presidential Library and Home and streamed live to the official FDR Library YouTube, Twitter and Facebook accounts.PREMIERE: Screening and Discussion with the Filmmakers - The Girl with the Rivet GunFDRLibrary2022-10-27 | PREMIERE: Screening and
Discussion with the Filmmakers:
"The Girl with the Rivet Gun"
LINK: youtu.be/HwrmHWnp5oE
The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum presents a film screening (excerpts) and discussion of THE GIRL WITH THE RIVET GUN -- an animated documentary short film exploring the personal stories of women who went to work to help win World War II. Featuring Library Education Director Jeffrey Urbin in discussion with Emmy award winning filmmakers Anne de Mare and Kirsten Kelly, producer Elizabeth Hemmerdinger, and animator Danielle Ash. [Recorded live: 10/17/22]Fall Forum: Franklin and Eleanor, and the Power of Words: A Conversation with Paul SparrowFDRLibrary2022-10-02 | Saturday, October 1
Fall Forum:
"Franklin and Eleanor,
and the Power of Words:
A Conversation with Paul Sparrow"
Time: 4:00 p.m. EDT
Location: Henry A. Wallace Center
LINK: youtu.be/3WkkSOxPiz0
The FDR Library presents a fall forum, "Franklin and Eleanor, and the Power of Words: A Conversation with Paul Sparrow" at 4:00 p.m. EDT on Saturday, October 1, 2022. The event will be held in the Henry A. Wallace Center at the FDR Presidential Library and Home and streamed live to the official FDR Library YouTube, Twitter and Facebook accounts. This is a free public event, but registration is required for in-person attendance. Register at www.fdrlibrary.org to attend in-person.Equality and the Constitution: A Conversation with Kermit Roosevelt III and John Q. BarrettFDRLibrary2022-09-18 | Constitution Day Program:
"Equality and the Constitution: A Conversation and Book Signing with Kermit Roosevelt III and John Q. Barrett"
Time: 2:00 p.m. EDT
LINK: youtu.be/qAzl7Zzhz-4
The FDR Library presents a Constitution Day program, "Equality and the Constitution: A Conversation and Book Signing with Kermit Roosevelt III and John Q. Barrett" at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 17, 2022. St. John’s University law professor and Library Trustee John Q. Barrett and University of Pennsylvania Professor of Constitutional Law Kermit Roosevelt III will discuss how the "standard story" of the origin and development of American values has helped -- or hindered -- the Nation's journey towards a more universal equality for all Americans. Q&A in the comments to follow the program.
For information on in-person attendance visit:
fdrlibrary.org/events-calendarLive with Jeff Urbin (& Friends): The Constitution: Yesterday and TomorrowFDRLibrary2022-09-15 | Wednesday, September 14, 2022
Live with Jeff Urbin (& Friends):
"The Constitution: Yesterday and Tomorrow"
Time: 2:00 p.m. EDT
LINK: youtu.be/HqcxJ3-JhqQ
Join the Education Specialists from three of our nation's Presidential Libraries (Roosevelt, Truman and Clinton) as they discuss the importance of the Constitution, the ways it shaped the actions and attitudes of their Presidents, and the lessons it has today’s students and tomorrow’s leaders. Live Q&A to follow in the YouTube chat and Facebook comments.The Roosevelt Story: Live with Jeff Urbin: Victory GardensFDRLibrary2022-09-01 | Wednesday, August 31, 2022
"Live with Jeff Urbin: Victory Gardens"
Time: 2:00 p.m. EDT
LINK: youtu.be/sZ0oX9TWnTs
It has been said that an army travels on its stomach, and never was this more true than during the dark days of WWII. FDR Library Education Specialist Jeffrey Urbin examines the unprecedented contributions made by millions of ordinary Americans who fought the war literally in their own backyards growing food for themselves, the army, and our allies in small plots known as Victory Gardens. Live Q&A in the Facebook comments and YouTube chat, following the presentation.NEW The Roosevelt Story Presentation: Inside the Archives: FDR and the Politics of CelebrityFDRLibrary2022-08-17 | NEW "The Roosevelt Story" Presentation:
"Inside the Archives: FDR and the Politics of Celebrity"
Wednesday, August 17 at 2PM EDT
Link: youtu.be/s0zpca5PMvw
FDR loved movies and movie stars. He enjoyed their celebrity, too, and as a shrewd politician, he knew their support and their fame could prove beneficial to his Administration. Acting Director William A. Harris highlights evidence of these relationships through a selection of key documents from the Library’s collection.A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES with Alexander Heffner and Brenda WineappleFDRLibrary2022-07-22 | LIVE Virtual Presentation:
"A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
OF THE UNITED STATES":
A Conversation with
Alexander Heffner and Brenda Wineapple
Thursday, July 21, 2022, at 6:00 p.m. EDT
Link: youtu.be/-G4DhLZnAaU
On Thursday, July 21, 2022, at 6:00 p.m. EDT, the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum will host a virtual program, "A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES": A Conversation with Alexander Heffner and Brenda Wineapple. In an age dominated by disinformation, what are the facts about the history of the United States? In A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, Alexander Heffner revisits primary sources to tell the unvarnished history of the United States -- compiling the key documents, speeches, letters, tweets, and Supreme Court decisions. This program will be streamed the Library's official YouTube, Facebook and Twitter accounts.LIVE Virtual Presentation: Making Ends Meet During the Great DepressionFDRLibrary2022-07-21 | LIVE Virtual Presentation:
"Making Ends Meet During the Great Depression"
Wednesday, July 20 at 2PM EDT
Link: youtu.be/Mt1N_iUsi7s
FDR Library Education Specialist Jeffrey Urbin explores some of the creative ways people made, saved or did without money during the Great Depression. Streamed live to YouTube, Facebook and Twitter. With Q&A to follow the program in the comments.Conversation: PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION with Alexander Heffner and Mark McKinnonFDRLibrary2022-07-14 | Conversation: Alexander Heffner and Mark McKinnon PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION January 14, 2017MARY CHURCHILLS WAR: A Conversation with Emma Soames and Erik LarsonFDRLibrary2022-06-09 | "MARY CHURCHILL'S WAR: A Conversation
with Emma Soames and Erik Larson"
Wednesday, June 8, 2022
2:00 p.m. EDT
The FDR Library presents "MARY CHURCHILL'S WAR: A Conversation with Emma Soames and Erik Larson" on Wednesday, June 8, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. EDT. Churchill granddaughter Emma Soames, editor of MARY CHURCHILL'S WAR: THE WARTIME DIARIES OF CHURCHILL’S YOUNGEST DAUGHTER, will speak with bestselling author Erik Larson about her mother's wartime diaries.YouTube LIVE: 2022 World War II Emerging Scholars Symposium: Nataliia ZalietokFDRLibrary2022-06-04 | YouTube LIVE:
2022 World War II Emerging Scholars Symposium: Nataliia Zalietok
"Periodicals As a Source For the Research on the Women's Service in the Soviet Armed Forces (1941-1945)"
June 3, 2022
Presentation: 10:30 a.m. Central / 11:30 a.m. Eastern
Scholar Spotlight: 11:30 a.m. Central / 12:30 p.m. Eastern
Presentation Link: youtu.be/lbbJzubzlEE
The Eisenhower, Roosevelt, and Truman Presidential Libraries are proud to present the 2022 World War II Emerging Scholars Symposium. Scheduled the first week of June, this virtual symposium focuses on specialized topics related to the Allied effort during World War II. 2022 Theme: "Here Is Your War: Military, Press, and Homefront Visions of War."
Following each presentation, we feature an intimate conversation during a scholar spotlight to learn more about each presenter.
Wednesday, June 1: Thomas Arnold
"Learning How to Love America in 1941: Building the US Army's WWII Public Relations Machine"
Presentation: 12:30 p.m. Central / 1:30 p.m. Eastern
Scholar Spotlight: 1:30 p.m. Central / 2:30 p.m. Eastern
Presentation Link: youtu.be/EM7cDZLvG1I
This presentation explores an overlooked aspect of Army and American history, specifically how and why the Army built its public relations enterprise of World War II shortly before the war and not after Pearl Harbor. The public relations bureaucracy the Army entered the war with on 8 December 1941 was built through trial and error between 1940 and 1941. This presentation will argue that America’s first peacetime draft not only transformed the Army, but also triggered a mental shift in the institution itself. For the first time in its history, the Army realized that it had a relationship with the American people in peace and that it needed to conduct public relations activities to manage this relationship. To support this claim, the presentation will discuss Army’s interwar public relations plans, regulations, and practices, comparing them to what emerged after September 1940.
Thursday, June 2: Tyler Bamford, Ph.D.
"The Spoils Of War: US Soldiers' Souvenirs of World War II in Wartime Reporting"
Presentation: 10:30 a.m. Central / 11:30 a.m. Eastern
Scholar Spotlight: 11:30 a.m. Central / 12:30 p.m. Eastern
Presentation Link: youtu.be/VsXm-BnMOWo
In the summer of 1943, an American soldier on the island of Capri told war correspondent Ernie Pyle that “The Germans fight for glory, the British for their homes, and the Americans fight for souvenirs.” Pyle remarked on U.S. soldiers’ widespread affinity for souvenirs in several of his wartime dispatches, and his fellow war correspondents similarly reported on the ubiquitous desire for souvenirs from the war. It may have been hyperbole to suggest that souvenirs served as motivation for GIs in World War II, but U.S. war correspondents around the world observed the eagerness with which soldiers gathered mementoes ranging from tiny pieces of shrapnel to machine guns. The practice of gathering souvenirs and shipping them home, however, met with mixed reactions on the home front.
Thursday, June 2: Ryan Poff
"Unduly Harrowing": Film Media Portrayals of Combat in World War II"
Presentation: 12:30 p.m. Central / 1:30 p.m. Eastern
Scholar Spotlight: 1:30 p.m. Central / 2:30 p.m. Eastern
Presentation Link: youtu.be/Tj92D9WXLWU
While war propagandists had recognized the persuasive power of film as a medium as early as 1899, technological limitations made filming actual combat prohibitively difficult and expensive. Advances in filmmaking during the Interwar Period removed many of these barriers, making the filming of frontline combat practical for the first time in history. Yet, the utility and moral legitimacy of this new brand of footage, replete with scenes of actual violence and death, was contested by American propagandists and military officials for much of the Second World War. This analysis of Second World War debates surrounding combat footage illuminates American conceptions of what war should be and historicizes the modern phenomenon of war footage in the United States.
Friday, June 3: Nataliia Zalietok
"Periodicals As a Source For the Research on the Women's Service in the Soviet Armed Forces (1941-1945)"
Presentation: 10:30 a.m. Central / 11:30 a.m. Eastern
Scholar Spotlight: 11:30 a.m. Central / 12:30 p.m. Eastern
Presentation Link: youtu.be/lbbJzubzlEE
This study aims to analyze the content of the Soviet newspapers during the Soviet-German war and to find out their significance for the study of the service of Soviet women in the armed forces. Newspapers as a source for the study of the women’s military service in the USSR are the subject of separate academic research for the first time.YouTube LIVE: 2022 World War II Emerging Scholars Symposium: Ryan PoffFDRLibrary2022-06-03 | YouTube LIVE:
2022 World War II Emerging Scholars Symposium: Ryan Poff
"Unduly Harrowing": Film Media Portrayals of Combat in World War II"
June 2, 2022
Presentation: 12:30 p.m. Central / 1:30 p.m. Eastern
Scholar Spotlight: 1:30 p.m. Central / 2:30 p.m. Eastern
Presentation Link: youtu.be/Tj92D9WXLWU
The Eisenhower, Roosevelt, and Truman Presidential Libraries are proud to present the 2022 World War II Emerging Scholars Symposium. Scheduled the first week of June, this virtual symposium focuses on specialized topics related to the Allied effort during World War II. 2022 Theme: "Here Is Your War: Military, Press, and Homefront Visions of War."
Following each presentation, we feature an intimate conversation during a scholar spotlight to learn more about each presenter.
Wednesday, June 1: Thomas Arnold
"Learning How to Love America in 1941: Building the US Army's WWII Public Relations Machine"
Presentation: 12:30 p.m. Central / 1:30 p.m. Eastern
Scholar Spotlight: 1:30 p.m. Central / 2:30 p.m. Eastern
Presentation Link: youtu.be/EM7cDZLvG1I
This presentation explores an overlooked aspect of Army and American history, specifically how and why the Army built its public relations enterprise of World War II shortly before the war and not after Pearl Harbor. The public relations bureaucracy the Army entered the war with on 8 December 1941 was built through trial and error between 1940 and 1941. This presentation will argue that America’s first peacetime draft not only transformed the Army, but also triggered a mental shift in the institution itself. For the first time in its history, the Army realized that it had a relationship with the American people in peace and that it needed to conduct public relations activities to manage this relationship. To support this claim, the presentation will discuss Army’s interwar public relations plans, regulations, and practices, comparing them to what emerged after September 1940.
Thursday, June 2: Tyler Bamford, Ph.D.
"The Spoils Of War: US Soldiers' Souvenirs of World War II in Wartime Reporting"
Presentation: 10:30 a.m. Central / 11:30 a.m. Eastern
Scholar Spotlight: 11:30 a.m. Central / 12:30 p.m. Eastern
Presentation Link: youtu.be/VsXm-BnMOWo
In the summer of 1943, an American soldier on the island of Capri told war correspondent Ernie Pyle that “The Germans fight for glory, the British for their homes, and the Americans fight for souvenirs.” Pyle remarked on U.S. soldiers’ widespread affinity for souvenirs in several of his wartime dispatches, and his fellow war correspondents similarly reported on the ubiquitous desire for souvenirs from the war. It may have been hyperbole to suggest that souvenirs served as motivation for GIs in World War II, but U.S. war correspondents around the world observed the eagerness with which soldiers gathered mementoes ranging from tiny pieces of shrapnel to machine guns. The practice of gathering souvenirs and shipping them home, however, met with mixed reactions on the home front.
Thursday, June 2: Ryan Poff
"Unduly Harrowing": Film Media Portrayals of Combat in World War II"
Presentation: 12:30 p.m. Central / 1:30 p.m. Eastern
Scholar Spotlight: 1:30 p.m. Central / 2:30 p.m. Eastern
Presentation Link: youtu.be/Tj92D9WXLWU
While war propagandists had recognized the persuasive power of film as a medium as early as 1899, technological limitations made filming actual combat prohibitively difficult and expensive. Advances in filmmaking during the Interwar Period removed many of these barriers, making the filming of frontline combat practical for the first time in history. Yet, the utility and moral legitimacy of this new brand of footage, replete with scenes of actual violence and death, was contested by American propagandists and military officials for much of the Second World War. This analysis of Second World War debates surrounding combat footage illuminates American conceptions of what war should be and historicizes the modern phenomenon of war footage in the United States.
Friday, June 3: Nataliia Zalietok
"Periodicals As a Source For the Research on the Women's Service in the Soviet Armed Forces (1941-1945)"
Presentation: 10:30 a.m. Central / 11:30 a.m. Eastern
Scholar Spotlight: 11:30 a.m. Central / 12:30 p.m. Eastern
Presentation Link: youtu.be/lbbJzubzlEE
This study aims to analyze the content of the Soviet newspapers during the Soviet-German war and to find out their significance for the study of the service of Soviet women in the armed forces. Newspapers as a source for the study of the women’s military service in the USSR are the subject of separate academic research for the first time.YouTube LIVE: 2022 World War II Emerging Scholars Symposium: Tyler Bamford, Ph.D.FDRLibrary2022-06-03 | YouTube LIVE:
2022 World War II Emerging Scholars Symposium: Tyler Bamford, Ph.D.
"The Spoils Of War: US Soldiers' Souvenirs of World War II in Wartime Reporting"
June 2, 2022
Presentation: 10:30 a.m. Central / 11:30 a.m. Eastern
Scholar Spotlight: 11:30 a.m. Central / 12:30 p.m. Eastern
Presentation Link: youtu.be/VsXm-BnMOWo
The Eisenhower, Roosevelt, and Truman Presidential Libraries are proud to present the 2022 World War II Emerging Scholars Symposium. Scheduled the first week of June, this virtual symposium focuses on specialized topics related to the Allied effort during World War II. 2022 Theme: "Here Is Your War: Military, Press, and Homefront Visions of War."
Following each presentation, we feature an intimate conversation during a scholar spotlight to learn more about each presenter.
Wednesday, June 1: Thomas Arnold
"Learning How to Love America in 1941: Building the US Army's WWII Public Relations Machine"
Presentation: 12:30 p.m. Central / 1:30 p.m. Eastern
Scholar Spotlight: 1:30 p.m. Central / 2:30 p.m. Eastern
Presentation Link: youtu.be/EM7cDZLvG1I
This presentation explores an overlooked aspect of Army and American history, specifically how and why the Army built its public relations enterprise of World War II shortly before the war and not after Pearl Harbor. The public relations bureaucracy the Army entered the war with on 8 December 1941 was built through trial and error between 1940 and 1941. This presentation will argue that America’s first peacetime draft not only transformed the Army, but also triggered a mental shift in the institution itself. For the first time in its history, the Army realized that it had a relationship with the American people in peace and that it needed to conduct public relations activities to manage this relationship. To support this claim, the presentation will discuss Army’s interwar public relations plans, regulations, and practices, comparing them to what emerged after September 1940.
Thursday, June 2: Tyler Bamford, Ph.D.
"The Spoils Of War: US Soldiers' Souvenirs of World War II in Wartime Reporting"
Presentation: 10:30 a.m. Central / 11:30 a.m. Eastern
Scholar Spotlight: 11:30 a.m. Central / 12:30 p.m. Eastern
Presentation Link: youtu.be/VsXm-BnMOWo
In the summer of 1943, an American soldier on the island of Capri told war correspondent Ernie Pyle that “The Germans fight for glory, the British for their homes, and the Americans fight for souvenirs.” Pyle remarked on U.S. soldiers’ widespread affinity for souvenirs in several of his wartime dispatches, and his fellow war correspondents similarly reported on the ubiquitous desire for souvenirs from the war. It may have been hyperbole to suggest that souvenirs served as motivation for GIs in World War II, but U.S. war correspondents around the world observed the eagerness with which soldiers gathered mementoes ranging from tiny pieces of shrapnel to machine guns. The practice of gathering souvenirs and shipping them home, however, met with mixed reactions on the home front.
Thursday, June 2: Ryan Poff
"Unduly Harrowing": Film Media Portrayals of Combat in World War II"
Presentation: 12:30 p.m. Central / 1:30 p.m. Eastern
Scholar Spotlight: 1:30 p.m. Central / 2:30 p.m. Eastern
Presentation Link: youtu.be/Tj92D9WXLWU
While war propagandists had recognized the persuasive power of film as a medium as early as 1899, technological limitations made filming actual combat prohibitively difficult and expensive. Advances in filmmaking during the Interwar Period removed many of these barriers, making the filming of frontline combat practical for the first time in history. Yet, the utility and moral legitimacy of this new brand of footage, replete with scenes of actual violence and death, was contested by American propagandists and military officials for much of the Second World War. This analysis of Second World War debates surrounding combat footage illuminates American conceptions of what war should be and historicizes the modern phenomenon of war footage in the United States.
Friday, June 3: Nataliia Zalietok
"Periodicals As a Source For the Research on the Women's Service in the Soviet Armed Forces (1941-1945)"
Presentation: 10:30 a.m. Central / 11:30 a.m. Eastern
Scholar Spotlight: 11:30 a.m. Central / 12:30 p.m. Eastern
Presentation Link: youtu.be/lbbJzubzlEE
This study aims to analyze the content of the Soviet newspapers during the Soviet-German war and to find out their significance for the study of the service of Soviet women in the armed forces. Newspapers as a source for the study of the women’s military service in the USSR are the subject of separate academic research for the first time.YouTube LIVE: 2022 World War II Emerging Scholars Symposium: Thomas ArnoldFDRLibrary2022-06-02 | YouTube LIVE:
2022 World War II Emerging Scholars Symposium: Thomas Arnold
"Learning How to Love America in 1941: Building the US Army's WWII Public Relations Machine"
June 1, 2022
Presentation: 12:30 p.m. Central / 1:30 p.m. Eastern
Scholar Spotlight: 1:30 p.m. Central / 2:30 p.m. Eastern
Presentation Link: youtu.be/EM7cDZLvG1I
The Eisenhower, Roosevelt, and Truman Presidential Libraries are proud to present the 2022 World War II Emerging Scholars Symposium. Scheduled the first week of June, this virtual symposium focuses on specialized topics related to the Allied effort during World War II. 2022 Theme: "Here Is Your War: Military, Press, and Homefront Visions of War."
Following each presentation, we feature an intimate conversation during a scholar spotlight to learn more about each presenter.
Wednesday, June 1: Thomas Arnold
"Learning How to Love America in 1941: Building the US Army's WWII Public Relations Machine"
Presentation: 12:30 p.m. Central / 1:30 p.m. Eastern
Scholar Spotlight: 1:30 p.m. Central / 2:30 p.m. Eastern
Presentation Link: youtu.be/EM7cDZLvG1I
This presentation explores an overlooked aspect of Army and American history, specifically how and why the Army built its public relations enterprise of World War II shortly before the war and not after Pearl Harbor. The public relations bureaucracy the Army entered the war with on 8 December 1941 was built through trial and error between 1940 and 1941. This presentation will argue that America’s first peacetime draft not only transformed the Army, but also triggered a mental shift in the institution itself. For the first time in its history, the Army realized that it had a relationship with the American people in peace and that it needed to conduct public relations activities to manage this relationship. To support this claim, the presentation will discuss Army’s interwar public relations plans, regulations, and practices, comparing them to what emerged after September 1940.
Thursday, June 2: Tyler Bamford, Ph.D.
"The Spoils Of War: US Soldiers' Souvenirs of World War II in Wartime Reporting"
Presentation: 10:30 a.m. Central / 11:30 a.m. Eastern
Scholar Spotlight: 11:30 a.m. Central / 12:30 p.m. Eastern
Presentation Link: youtu.be/VsXm-BnMOWo
In the summer of 1943, an American soldier on the island of Capri told war correspondent Ernie Pyle that “The Germans fight for glory, the British for their homes, and the Americans fight for souvenirs.” Pyle remarked on U.S. soldiers’ widespread affinity for souvenirs in several of his wartime dispatches, and his fellow war correspondents similarly reported on the ubiquitous desire for souvenirs from the war. It may have been hyperbole to suggest that souvenirs served as motivation for GIs in World War II, but U.S. war correspondents around the world observed the eagerness with which soldiers gathered mementoes ranging from tiny pieces of shrapnel to machine guns. The practice of gathering souvenirs and shipping them home, however, met with mixed reactions on the home front.
Thursday, June 2: Ryan Poff
"Unduly Harrowing": Film Media Portrayals of Combat in World War II"
Presentation: 12:30 p.m. Central / 1:30 p.m. Eastern
Scholar Spotlight: 1:30 p.m. Central / 2:30 p.m. Eastern
Presentation Link: youtu.be/Tj92D9WXLWU
While war propagandists had recognized the persuasive power of film as a medium as early as 1899, technological limitations made filming actual combat prohibitively difficult and expensive. Advances in filmmaking during the Interwar Period removed many of these barriers, making the filming of frontline combat practical for the first time in history. Yet, the utility and moral legitimacy of this new brand of footage, replete with scenes of actual violence and death, was contested by American propagandists and military officials for much of the Second World War. This analysis of Second World War debates surrounding combat footage illuminates American conceptions of what war should be and historicizes the modern phenomenon of war footage in the United States.
Friday, June 3: Nataliia Zalietok
"Periodicals As a Source For the Research on the Women's Service in the Soviet Armed Forces (1941-1945)"
Presentation: 10:30 a.m. Central / 11:30 a.m. Eastern
Scholar Spotlight: 11:30 a.m. Central / 12:30 p.m. Eastern
Presentation Link: youtu.be/lbbJzubzlEE
This study aims to analyze the content of the Soviet newspapers during the Soviet-German war and to find out their significance for the study of the service of Soviet women in the armed forces. Newspapers as a source for the study of the women’s military service in the USSR are the subject of separate academic research for the first time.The Roosevelt StoryFDRLibrary2022-05-27 | "The Roosevelt Story" - the FDR Library’s virtual programming series started throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, has brought free public programming on the life and times of the Roosevelts into homes and classrooms worldwide. Former Library Director Paul Sparrow hosted a popular series of “Conversations” with fellow presidential library directors including the Hoover, Truman, Eisenhower, LBJ and JFK directors. Deputy Director and current Acting Director William Harris moderated virtual author talks and discussed little-known stories from around the grounds and inside the archives at the Library. Supervisory Museum Curator Herman Eberhardt hosted a series of virtual programs entitled “The Museum Collection at Home” featuring objects from the Library’s museum collection, with behind-the-scenes virtual access to the holdings (oftentimes shot from the Museum Processing Room), and Education Specialist Jeffrey Urbin presented a popular educational program series for all ages using distance learning technology that included live Q&A with the virtual audience.YouTube Premiere: FDRs Final Campaign with David WoolnerFDRLibrary2022-05-26 | Facebook Premiere:
"FDR's Final Campaign
with David Woolner"
Wednesday, May 25, 2022, 2PM ET
LINK: youtu.be/cAKtW019uHo
Join FDR Library Supervisory Curator Herman Eberhardt on a walk through the Museum’s newest special exhibit with historian David Woolner, whose recent book, THE LAST 100 DAYS, contributed to the exhibit’s development. Prof. Woolner and Roosevelt biographer Geoffrey Ward served as historical advisers for "FDR’s Final Campaign."YouTube Live: Mapping the New Deal: A Conversation with Richard WalkerFDRLibrary2022-05-12 | "Mapping the New Deal":
A Conversation with Richard Walker
Live, virtual program
Date: Wednesday, May 11, 2022, EDT
Time: 2:00 p.m. EDT
Link: youtu.be/KfULhsnpqtI
On Wednesday, May 11, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. EDT, the Roosevelt Library will present "Mapping the New Deal": A Conversation with Richard Walker. FDR Library Acting Director William Harris will lead the discussion with Richard Walker, the Director of the Living New Deal Project. This live, virtual event will be streamed to the Library's official YouTube, Facebook and Twitter accounts. Q&A in the comments/chat following the presentation.
The mission of the Living New Deal is three-fold: research, presentation and education. It begins with the historical work of uncovering the immense riches of New Deal public works. That research is then made available to all through digital mapping (livingnewdeal.org/map) and a website that serves as a clearinghouse for information on the New Deal. And, finally, the information gained from their work is disseminated as widely as possible through newsletters, social media, written media, interviews, lectures and other public events. For information visit livingnewdeal.org.YouTube Live: Yom HaShoah - Remembering with Resources from the RooseveltsFDRLibrary2022-04-28 | YouTube Live:
Yom HaShoah - "Remembering with Resources from the Roosevelts"
Wednesday, April 27, 2022, 2PM ET
LINK: youtu.be/vtiWaSoBNUM
Karen Hochhauser of the Jewish Federation of Dutchess County will discuss the importance of Yom HaShoah to our community -- and our world -- with Jeffrey Urbin, Roosevelt Library Education Specialist. This program will stream live to the Library's official YouTube, Facebook and Twitter accounts.2022 Hudson Valley History Reading Festival: Shannon ButlerFDRLibrary2022-04-24 | 2022 Hudson Valley History Reading Festival:
Shannon Butler
LINK: youtu.be/PuXpuVNWAbQ ..............................................................................
Saturday, April 23, 2022
Hudson Valley History Reading Festival
Location: Henry A. Wallace Center*
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
*Hybrid (In person at the Henry A. Wallace Center, and streamed to social media).
The FDR Library and the Friends of the Poughkeepsie Public Library District present the ninth annual Hudson Valley History Reading Festival on Saturday, April 23, 2022. In four sessions, beginning at 10:00 a.m., authors of recently published books on Hudson Valley history will present author talks followed by book signings. This event will be held in the Henry A. Wallace Center at the FDR Presidential Library and Home (and streamed live to the official FDR Library YouTube, Facebook & Twitter accounts). Copies of the authors' books will be for sale in the New Deal Store located in the Wallace Center. This is a free public event. To attend in-person, please register at www.fdrlibrary.org.
10:00 a.m.
A.J. Schenkman
Patriots and Spies in Revolutionary New York
LINK: youtu.be/xhFLwpT4Akk
11:00 a.m.
Robert Titus and Johanna Titus
The Catskills in the Ice Age: Third Edition, Revised and Expanded
LINK: youtu.be/XcmwBu9ZHQM
NOON: LUNCH BREAK
1:00 p.m.
Russell Dunn & Barbara Delaney
Paths to the Past: History Hikes through the Hudson River Valley, Catskills, Berkshires, Taconics, Saratoga & Capital Region
LINK: youtu.be/UdDNt5sNvRY
2:00 p.m.
Shannon Butler
Roosevelt Homes of the Hudson Valley: Hyde Park and Beyond
LINK: youtu.be/PuXpuVNWAbQ2022 Hudson Valley History Reading Festival: Russell Dunn & Barbara DelaneyFDRLibrary2022-04-24 | 2022 Hudson Valley History Reading Festival:
Russell Dunn & Barbara Delaney
LINK: youtu.be/UdDNt5sNvRY ..............................................................................
Saturday, April 23, 2022
Hudson Valley History Reading Festival
Location: Henry A. Wallace Center*
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
*Hybrid (In person at the Henry A. Wallace Center, and streamed to social media).
The FDR Library and the Friends of the Poughkeepsie Public Library District present the ninth annual Hudson Valley History Reading Festival on Saturday, April 23, 2022. In four sessions, beginning at 10:00 a.m., authors of recently published books on Hudson Valley history will present author talks followed by book signings. This event will be held in the Henry A. Wallace Center at the FDR Presidential Library and Home (and streamed live to the official FDR Library YouTube, Facebook & Twitter accounts). Copies of the authors' books will be for sale in the New Deal Store located in the Wallace Center. This is a free public event. To attend in-person, please register at www.fdrlibrary.org.
10:00 a.m.
A.J. Schenkman
Patriots and Spies in Revolutionary New York
LINK: youtu.be/xhFLwpT4Akk
11:00 a.m.
Robert Titus and Johanna Titus
The Catskills in the Ice Age: Third Edition, Revised and Expanded
LINK: youtu.be/XcmwBu9ZHQM
NOON: LUNCH BREAK
1:00 p.m.
Russell Dunn & Barbara Delaney
Paths to the Past: History Hikes through the Hudson River Valley, Catskills, Berkshires, Taconics, Saratoga & Capital Region
LINK: youtu.be/UdDNt5sNvRY
2:00 p.m.
Shannon Butler
Roosevelt Homes of the Hudson Valley: Hyde Park and Beyond
LINK: youtu.be/PuXpuVNWAbQ2022 Hudson Valley History Reading Festival: Robert Titus and Johanna TitusFDRLibrary2022-04-24 | 2022 Hudson Valley History Reading Festival:
Robert Titus and Johanna Titus
LINK: youtu.be/XcmwBu9ZHQM ..............................................................................
Saturday, April 23, 2022
Hudson Valley History Reading Festival
Location: Henry A. Wallace Center*
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
*Hybrid (In person at the Henry A. Wallace Center, and streamed to social media).
The FDR Library and the Friends of the Poughkeepsie Public Library District present the ninth annual Hudson Valley History Reading Festival on Saturday, April 23, 2022. In four sessions, beginning at 10:00 a.m., authors of recently published books on Hudson Valley history will present author talks followed by book signings. This event will be held in the Henry A. Wallace Center at the FDR Presidential Library and Home (and streamed live to the official FDR Library YouTube, Facebook & Twitter accounts). Copies of the authors' books will be for sale in the New Deal Store located in the Wallace Center. This is a free public event. To attend in-person, please register at www.fdrlibrary.org.
10:00 a.m.
A.J. Schenkman
Patriots and Spies in Revolutionary New York
LINK: youtu.be/xhFLwpT4Akk
11:00 a.m.
Robert Titus and Johanna Titus
The Catskills in the Ice Age: Third Edition, Revised and Expanded
LINK: youtu.be/XcmwBu9ZHQM
NOON: LUNCH BREAK
1:00 p.m.
Russell Dunn & Barbara Delaney
Paths to the Past: History Hikes through the Hudson River Valley, Catskills, Berkshires, Taconics, Saratoga & Capital Region
LINK: youtu.be/UdDNt5sNvRY
2:00 p.m.
Shannon Butler
Roosevelt Homes of the Hudson Valley: Hyde Park and Beyond
LINK: youtu.be/PuXpuVNWAbQ2022 Hudson Valley History Reading Festival: A.J. SchenkmanFDRLibrary2022-04-24 | 2022 Hudson Valley History Reading Festival:
A.J. Schenkman
LINK: youtu.be/xhFLwpT4Akk ..............................................................................
Saturday, April 23, 2022
Hudson Valley History Reading Festival
Location: Henry A. Wallace Center*
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
*Hybrid (In person at the Henry A. Wallace Center, and streamed to social media).
The FDR Library and the Friends of the Poughkeepsie Public Library District present the ninth annual Hudson Valley History Reading Festival on Saturday, April 23, 2022. In four sessions, beginning at 10:00 a.m., authors of recently published books on Hudson Valley history will present author talks followed by book signings. This event will be held in the Henry A. Wallace Center at the FDR Presidential Library and Home (and streamed live to the official FDR Library YouTube, Facebook & Twitter accounts). Copies of the authors' books will be for sale in the New Deal Store located in the Wallace Center. This is a free public event. To attend in-person, please register at www.fdrlibrary.org.
10:00 a.m.
A.J. Schenkman
Patriots and Spies in Revolutionary New York
LINK: youtu.be/xhFLwpT4Akk
11:00 a.m.
Robert Titus and Johanna Titus
The Catskills in the Ice Age: Third Edition, Revised and Expanded
LINK: youtu.be/XcmwBu9ZHQM
NOON: LUNCH BREAK
1:00 p.m.
Russell Dunn & Barbara Delaney
Paths to the Past: History Hikes through the Hudson River Valley, Catskills, Berkshires, Taconics, Saratoga & Capital Region
LINK: youtu.be/UdDNt5sNvRY
2:00 p.m.
Shannon Butler
Roosevelt Homes of the Hudson Valley: Hyde Park and Beyond
LINK: youtu.be/PuXpuVNWAbQRemembering FDRFDRLibrary2022-04-12 | FDR’s death shocked the nation. Millions of American never forgot where they were and what they felt when they learned the news. Many reflected on how deeply his presidency had impacted their lives.
In 2005, the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum asked a group of Americans to talk about their memories of FDR’s death and reflect on his legacy. This program features excerpts from their recorded remarks.
This film, "Remembering FDR," is also featured in the current exhibition “FDR’s Final Campaign” open now.
To keep updated on our At Home with the Roosevelts programs, subscribe bi-weekly E-Newsletter - lp.constantcontactpages.com/su/mwZHCz3/athomepageYouTube Premiere: Womens History Month Discussion - The Girl with the Rivet Gun FilmFDRLibrary2022-03-31 | YouTube Premiere:
Women's History Month Discussion:
"The Girl with the Rivet Gun" Film
March 30, 2022, 2PM ET
LINK: youtu.be/xEAextfwvxQ
On Wednesday, March 30, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. EDT, the Roosevelt Library will present a Women's History Month discussion with FDR Library Education Specialist Jeffrey Urbin and filmmakers Anne de Mare and Kirsten Kelly, about "The Girl with the Rivet Gun" -- an animated documentary short film exploring the personal stories of women who went to work to help win World War II. This program will stream to the Library's official YouTube, Facebook and Twitter accounts.Author Talk: The Girls Who Stepped Out of Line with Major General Mari K. EderFDRLibrary2022-03-17 | YouTube Live:
Women's History Month Author Talk:
"The Girls Who Stepped Out of Line"
with Major General Mari K. Eder
March 16, 2022, 2PM ET
LINK: youtu.be/XFQiIe0i35U
On Wednesday, March 16, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. ET, the Roosevelt Library will present a Women's History Month author talk with Major General Mari K. Eder, author of "The Girls Who Stepped Out of Line: Untold Stories of the Women Who Changed the Course of World War II.' This virtual event will be streamed live, with Q&A in the chat following the presentation.YouTube Premiere: Day of Remembrance Program with Greg RobinsonFDRLibrary2022-02-17 | YouTube Premiere: Day of Remembrance Program with Greg Robinson February 16, 2022, 2PM ET LINK: youtu.be/FoijlJY8Kx0
In commemoration of the Day of Remembrance (February 19, 2022*), FDR Library Acting Director William Harris talks to historian Greg Robinson, author of several books on Japanese American Incarceration, including: By Order of the President and A Tragedy of Democracy. This virtual event is made possible through the generous support of Patti Hirahara.
*This program will rebroadcast on the Day of Remembrance, February 19, at 2PM.
Photo credit: George and Frank C. Hirahara Collection, WSU LibrariesLIVE with Jeff Urbin: Soaring Above Prejudice: The Story of the Tuskegee AirmenFDRLibrary2022-02-03 | LIVE with Jeff Urbin: "Soaring Above Prejudice: The Story of the Tuskegee Airmen"
African-Americans struggled to gain entrance into the Army Air Corps since the first planes were used in warfare in World War I. Then on January 16, 1941, the War Department announced the formation of the 99th Pursuit Squadron, a black flying unit to be trained in Tuskegee, Alabama. During World War II, The “Red Tailed Angels” flew more than 5,500 sorties, destroying 261 enemy aircraft. #AtHomeWithTheRoosevelts presentation by Education Specialist Jeffrey Urbin with live Q&AYouTube Premiere: New Exhibition: FDRs Final CampaignFDRLibrary2022-02-03 | YouTube Premiere: "New Exhibition: FDR's Final Campaign" February 2, 2022, 2pm ET LINK: youtu.be/ctKm7i5cCSc
Get a sneak peek inside the Library's newest special exhibit (NOW OPEN!). "FDR's Final Campaign" immerses visitors in the final momentous months of President Roosevelt's life and presidency. Featuring rarely seen documents, photos, film and artifacts it explores FDR's vision for the future of his nation and the world – and the campaign he undertook to secure it. At the center of that vision was the creation of the United Nations organization. #TheRooseveltStoryVisualizing Large Collections of Images: PixPlot as a Tool for Digital Humanists (with Case Study)FDRLibrary2022-01-25 | 2021 Morgenthau Holocaust Collections Project (MHCP) Conference: "Examining American Responses to the Holocaust: Digital Possibilities" October 12-15, 2021
"Visualizing Large Collections of Images: PixPlot as a Tool for Digital Humanists with a Case Study from Postwar Communal Memorial Books"
This workshop explores how to use PixPlot, an image captioning tool that uses machine learning to identify patterns and group images within large photograph collections. The presenter will demonstrate how PixPlot can be used with Holocaust-related photographs that are either in pre-existing collections or in Hoffenberg’s case, new collections, like postwar communal memorial books.
Presenter: Elena Hoffenberg Ph.D. Student, History, University of Chicago
Moderator: Paul Sparrow Director, FDR Presidential Library and MuseumSoul Witness: Film Screening and Q&A with the Director, R. Harvey BravmanFDRLibrary2022-01-25 | 2021 Morgenthau Holocaust Collections Project (MHCP) Conference: "Examining American Responses to the Holocaust: Digital Possibilities" October 12-15, 2021
"Soul Witness": Film Screening and Q&A with the Director, R. Harvey Bravman
"Soul Witness" is a documentary film based on more than 80 hours of Holocaust testimonies conducted 30 years ago by Holocaust testimony expert, Lawrence Langer. The interview tapes sat in a metal closet for decades before being rescued for the making of this film. Survivors describe their lives before the war, growing intolerance; their lives during the war and the effect their experiences still had on them at the time of the interviews. Some witnesses survived death camps, some hid, others fought in resistance movements and many saved the lives of others.
Moderator: William Harris Deputy Director, FDR Library
Speaker: R. Harvey Bravman, Producer/DirectorFacebook LIVE: 2022: Resolutions the Roosevelts and YouFDRLibrary2022-01-20 | YouTube LIVE: "2022: Resolutions the Roosevelts and You" January 19, 2022, 2pm ET LINK: youtu.be/yMLNq24zwSM
Keeping those New Year's resolutions can be difficult even in the best of times. Fortify your 2022 resolutions with wisdom and insight from two people who saw this country through some of the worst times of the 20th century, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. Hosted by FDR Library Education Specialist Jeffrey Urbin. Q&A (in the YouTube chat) to follow the presentation. #TheRooseveltStoryYouTube Premiere - From the Collection: A Look Inside Eleanor Roosevelts WalletFDRLibrary2022-01-05 | YouTube Premiere - From the Collection: A Look Inside Eleanor Roosevelt's Wallet January 5, 2022, 2pm ET LINK: youtu.be/FIMCcLbveDQ
The things a person chooses to carry inside their wallet can offer clues about many different aspects of their life. Explore what the contents of Eleanor Roosevelt's wallet reveals about her with Supervisory Museum Curator Herman Eberhardt. Q&A (in the YouTube chat) to follow the presentation. #TheRooseveltStory
As people in publishing and journalism lost their jobs during the Great Depression, the WPA started the Federal Writers’ Project. Their mandate became documenting local histories and creating a series of state guide books that changed the travel industry. FDR Director Emeritus Paul Sparrow talks to David Taylor about his book “Soul of a People: The WPA Writers’ Project Uncovers Depression America.”Everyone Has the Right: Eleanor Roosevelt and the Universal Declaration of Human RightsFDRLibrary2021-12-10 | In 1946, Eleanor Roosevelt became chairperson of the newly formed UN Commission on Human Rights, taking a leading role in drafting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. "We won the war," she said. "Now we need to work to win the peace."
It took seven drafts over two and half years, but when the General Assembly voted on the declaration, not a single nation opposed it. It has since been translated into 529 languages.
An official selection of the New York Animation Film Awards for Animation Documentary.Everyone Has the Right: Eleanor Roosevelt and the Universal Declaration of Human RightsFDRLibrary2021-12-09 | The Roosevelt Story - Conversation: "Everyone Has the Right: Eleanor Roosevelt and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights" December 8, 2021 at 2pm ET LINK: youtu.be/nGXcdeRVNNQ
The FDR Library and Pare Lorentz Center premiere their new animated film telling the story of Eleanor Roosevelt's leadership in creating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights for the United Nations. FDR Library Director Paul Sparrow will discuss her role, the historic significance of this document, and talk to the filmmakers. Q&A in the YouTube chat following the conversation.