September 2009
Anniversary Noontime Film Series
From the Vaults: Humor and Entertainment
Thursday, September 10, at noon
William G. McGowan Theater, Washington, DC, building
Today we look at the lighter side of our motion picture holdings by screening a selection of humorous short films including Finding His Voice, a fanciful 1929 animated cartoon designed to demonstrate “talking” movies, and a sampling of short subjects from the Army-Navy Screen Magazine featuring stars Bob Hope, Betty Hutton, Lena Horne, and Abbott & Costello. (60 minutes.)
“75 Years of Discovering Archival Treasures”
Monday, September 14, at 7 p.m.
McGowan Theater, Washington, DC, building
The National Archives has been our nation’s record keeper for 75 years, and priceless treasures await researchers. Tonight a distinguished panel discuss their favorite discoveries in the National Archives and explain why records matter. Cokie Roberts, political commentator for ABC News and author of Ladies of Liberty: The Women Who Shaped Our Nation, moderates a panel including Michael Beschloss, author of Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and How They Changed America, 1789–1989; Drew Faust, president of Harvard University and author of This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War; and David Grubin, documentary filmmaker and biographer for the PBS American Experience series.
Anniversary Noontime Literary Lecture Series
Impeached: The Trial of President Andrew Johnson and the Fight for Lincoln's Legacy,
by David O. Stewart
September 23 at noon
Jefferson Room, Washington, DC, building
David O. Stewart, author of the bestselling and highly acclaimed book, The Summer of 1787, will discuss his latest book with a dramatic re-creation of the impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson, which became the central battle of the struggle over how to reunite a nation after four years of war. A book signing will follow the program.
“Discovering Archival Treasures: The National Archives Expert Series”
Tuesday, September 29, at noon
Jefferson Room, Washington, DC, building
Bruce Bustard, senior curator for the National Archives Experience, discusses the photographic holdings of the National Archives and their use in exhibits.
