C-SPAN 3 TV Schedule
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US Naval Activities in Post-World War I Europe, 1918-1921
1 hour, 10 minutesMilitary historian and retired naval commander John Kuehn gave a talk titled, "From the Barents to the Black Sea: U.S. Naval Activities in Post-Great War Europe, 1918-1921." U.S. Army Command and General Staff College professor Kuehn profiled several U.S. Navy commanders and the broad scope of the operations. This program was a part of the 2019 National World War I Museum and Memorial symposium.
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U.S. Army in Northern Russia, 1918-1919
50 minutesWorld War I scholar and author James Carl Nelson discussed his book, "The Polar Bear Expedition: The Heroes of America's Forgotten Invasion of Russia, 1918 to 1919." In August of 1918, about five thousand soldiers of the 339th regiment of the U.S. Army sailed to a Russian city 1,000 miles northeast of Moscow. They would spend the next year in the frozen north fighting the Red Army in an attempt to aid anti-communist forces. This program was a part of the 2019 National World War I Museum & Memorial symposium.
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History Bookshelf: Dean Owen, "November 22, 1963" & Scott Farris, "Kennedy and Reagan"
1 hour, 5 minutesDean Owen, author of "November 22, 1963: Reflections on the Life, Assassination, and Legacy of John F. Kennedy" and Scott Farris, author of "Kennedy and Reagan: Why Their Legacies Endure," talked about the presidency and assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Dean Owen and Scott Farris spoke at Powell's Books in Beaverton, Oregon.
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Using Photographs to Study Western History
57 minutesOutgoing Western History Association president Martha Sandweiss gave an illustrated talk about how historians can use photographs, and the stories behind the photographs, to study and understand the American west. Professor Sandweiss has been studying and writing about photographs for forty years and argued that more historians should use photographic archives in their work. This was the 2019 Presidential Address at the Western History Association's annual meeting.
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The Civil War: 1864 Battle of Fort Stevens
53 minutesNational Park Service ranger Steve Phan discussed the Union Army's initiative to build forts around Washington, D.C. The Battle of Fort Stevens, a campaign by Confederate Lieutenant General Jubal Early tested these defenses in July 1864. This program was part of a Emerging Civil War symposium on forgotten battles.
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The U.S. & Middle East Oil Since 1945
1 hour, 5 minutesIn this National History Center congressional briefing, speakers discussed the role of Middle East oil in American foreign policy since the end of World War II - especially the importance of Saudi Arabian oil.
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Lectures in History: Colonial Diplomacy & the Iroquois Confederacy
55 minutesGettysburg College professor Timothy Shannon taught a class on Colonial-era diplomatic ties between the Iroquois Confederacy of the eastern Great Lakes region and European settlers. He described what treaty meetings may have looked liked, the role of interpreters, and and the importance of exchanging gifts.
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Spiro Agnew's Impact on the Republican Party
1 hour, 4 minutesCo-authors Charles Holden and Zach Messitte talked about their book, "Republican Populist: Spiro Agnew and the Origins of Donald Trump's America." The two analyzed the former vice president's political tactics and appeal to working class white Americans, which they compare to President Donald Trump. The Center for the Study of Democracy at St. Mary's College of Maryland hosted this event.
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Influenza Pandemic & World War I
55 minutesHistorian Nancy Bristow talked about the 1918 influenza pandemic and how it devastated American civilians and soldiers during the final year of World War I and beyond. She also explained why the epidemic isn't memorialized like the war itself, despite causing a higher number of deaths. Ms. Bristow is the author of "American Pandemic: The Lost Worlds of the 1918 Influenza Epidemic." The National World War I Museum & Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri hosted this talk as part of their annual symposium.
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Remembering George Washington
1 hour, 6 minutesMatthew Costello talked about his new book "The Property of the Nation: George Washington's Tomb, Mount Vernon, and the Memory of the First President." He discussed the ways that Americans remembered and celebrated George Washington in the 19th century. And he talked about how the freed and enslaved people on Washington's Mount Vernon estate helped shape the historical narrative about the first president. Mr. Costello is a historian at the White House Historical Association, which hosted this event.
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Reel America: "Fallen Eagle" - 1950
19 minutesThis Lorillard Tobacco Company film profiles the Sioux people of the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota. According to a 1952 advertising magazine, the company featured a Native American theme to highlight their Old Gold cigarette brand's wooden Indian trademark, and to pay tribute to the Native American origins of tobacco. Lorillard, founded in 1760, was purchased by Reynolds American in 2015. This 1950 documentary is part of the Library of Congress online collection of the National Film Preservation Foundation. Portions of the original audio track in this film are damaged, so there are occasional gaps in the sound.
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Reel America: "Winter Count" - 1975
7 minutesA "winter count" is a Plains Indian tradition of recording a tribe's history with symbols drawn on buffalo hide or other material. In this short film funded by the U.S. Information Agency, Lydia Fire Thunder Bluebird, an Oglala Sioux woman, uses her great uncle's winter count to explain the tradition and the history of her people.
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Reel America: "Hopi Indian Arts & Crafts" - 1945
14 minutesThis film about Hopi arts and crafts was made with the support of the U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Indian Affairs and the Museum of Northern Arizona. The documentary is one of thousands of educational works produced by Coronet Films.
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Justice Joseph Bradley & the Fourteenth Amendment
1 hour, 19 minutesUniversity of Michigan politics professor Pamela Brandwein discusses Justice Bradley's dissent in the "Slaughter-house Cases," which concerned New Orleans butchers' right to practice their trade and a regulatory law by the Louisiana state legislature. She explains how Bradley's broad interpretation of protections conferred by the Fourteenth Amendment influenced later landmark cases. This event is part of a lecture series of the Supreme Court Historical Society on dissent in the Supreme Court.
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Oral Histories: Hillary Clinton on Nixon Impeachment Inquiry
46 minutesHillary Rodham Clinton discussed her time as a lawyer on the staff of the House Judiciary Committee during the impeachment inquiry of President Richard Nixon in 1974. The interview is from the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum oral history collection, and was conducted by former library director Timothy Naftali on July 9, 2018.
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Oral Histories: William Weld
35 minutesBill Weld recalled his time as a lawyer on the staff of the House Judiciary Committee impeachment inquiry of President Richard Nixon. The interview is from the Richard Nixon Presidential Library oral history collection.
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The Civil War: The Civil War and Western Theater Tactics
40 minutesUniversity of Cincinnati professor Christopher Phillips talked about the way tactics and ideologies from the Western theater, such as guerrilla fighting, influenced other theaters of the Civil War. This talk was part of a day-long conference hosted by the University of Virginia Center for Civil War History.
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Remembering George Washington
1 hour, 5 minutesMatthew Costello talked about his new book "The Property of the Nation: George Washington's Tomb, Mount Vernon, and the Memory of the First President." He discussed the ways that Americans remembered and celebrated George Washington in the 19th century. And he talked about how the freed and enslaved people on Washington's Mount Vernon estate helped shape the historical narrative about the first president. Mr. Costello is a historian at the White House Historical Association, which hosted this event.
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American Aid in Post-World War I Europe, 1919-1924
55 minutesWorld War I scholar Tammy Proctor gave an illustrated talk titled: "The Myth of Isolation: American Intervention in Postwar Europe, 1919 - 1924." This presentation was part of the National World War I Museum and Memorial's annual symposium.
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Oral Histories: Hillary Clinton on Nixon Impeachment Inquiry
45 minutesHillary Rodham Clinton discussed her time as a lawyer on the staff of the House Judiciary Committee during the impeachment inquiry of President Richard Nixon in 1974. The interview is from the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum oral history collection, and was conducted by former library director Timothy Naftali on July 9, 2018.
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Oral Histories: William Weld
35 minutesBill Weld recalled his time as a lawyer on the staff of the House Judiciary Committee impeachment inquiry of President Richard Nixon. The interview is from the Richard Nixon Presidential Library oral history collection.
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The Civil War: The Civil War and Western Theater Tactics
34 minutesUniversity of Cincinnati professor Christopher Phillips talked about the way tactics and ideologies from the Western theater, such as guerrilla fighting, influenced other theaters of the Civil War. This talk was part of a day-long conference hosted by the University of Virginia Center for Civil War History.
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NPR's Mountain Stage
6 minutesHeard every week on more than 240 NPR radio stations, "Mountain Stage" has become a nation-wide ambassador for Appalachian music. Longtime host Larry Groce talked about the show's founding and the ways in which the program has worked to change perceptions of West Virginia's live music scene.
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Remembering George Washington
1 hour, 5 minutesMatthew Costello talked about his new book "The Property of the Nation: George Washington's Tomb, Mount Vernon, and the Memory of the First President." He discussed the ways that Americans remembered and celebrated George Washington in the 19th century. And he talked about how the freed and enslaved people on Washington's Mount Vernon estate helped shape the historical narrative about the first president. Mr. Costello is a historian at the White House Historical Association, which hosted this event.
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American Aid in Post-World War I Europe, 1919-1924
55 minutesWorld War I scholar Tammy Proctor gave an illustrated talk titled: "The Myth of Isolation: American Intervention in Postwar Europe, 1919 - 1924." This presentation was part of the National World War I Museum and Memorial's annual symposium.
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Reel America: "Fallen Eagle" - 1950
20 minutesThis Lorillard Tobacco Company film profiles the Sioux people of the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota. According to a 1952 advertising magazine, the company featured a Native American theme to highlight their Old Gold cigarette brand's wooden Indian trademark, and to pay tribute to the Native American origins of tobacco. Lorillard, founded in 1760, was purchased by Reynolds American in 2015. This 1950 documentary is part of the Library of Congress online collection of the National Film Preservation Foundation. Portions of the original audio track in this film are damaged, so there are occasional gaps in the sound.
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Reel America: "Winter Count" - 1975
6 minutesA "winter count" is a Plains Indian tradition of recording a tribe's history with symbols drawn on buffalo hide or other material. In this short film funded by the U.S. Information Agency, Lydia Fire Thunder Bluebird, an Oglala Sioux woman, uses her great uncle's winter count to explain the tradition and the history of her people.
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Reel America: "Hopi Indian Arts & Crafts" - 1945
14 minutesThis film about Hopi arts and crafts was made with the support of the U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Indian Affairs and the Museum of Northern Arizona. The documentary is one of thousands of educational works produced by Coronet Films.
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Justice Joseph Bradley & the Fourteenth Amendment
1 hour, 20 minutesUniversity of Michigan politics professor Pamela Brandwein discusses Justice Bradley's dissent in the "Slaughter-house Cases," which concerned New Orleans butchers' right to practice their trade and a regulatory law by the Louisiana state legislature. She explains how Bradley's broad interpretation of protections conferred by the Fourteenth Amendment influenced later landmark cases. This event is part of a lecture series of the Supreme Court Historical Society on dissent in the Supreme Court.
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Influenza Pandemic & World War I
55 minutesHistorian Nancy Bristow talked about the 1918 influenza pandemic and how it devastated American civilians and soldiers during the final year of World War I and beyond. She also explained why the epidemic isn't memorialized like the war itself, despite causing a higher number of deaths. Ms. Bristow is the author of "American Pandemic: The Lost Worlds of the 1918 Influenza Epidemic." The National World War I Museum & Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri hosted this talk as part of their annual symposium.
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Remembering George Washington
1 hour, 10 minutesMatthew Costello talked about his new book "The Property of the Nation: George Washington's Tomb, Mount Vernon, and the Memory of the First President." He discussed the ways that Americans remembered and celebrated George Washington in the 19th century. And he talked about how the freed and enslaved people on Washington's Mount Vernon estate helped shape the historical narrative about the first president. Mr. Costello is a historian at the White House Historical Association, which hosted this event.
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The Civil War: The Civil War and Western Theater Tactics
35 minutesUniversity of Cincinnati professor Christopher Phillips talked about the way tactics and ideologies from the Western theater, such as guerrilla fighting, influenced other theaters of the Civil War. This talk was part of a day-long conference hosted by the University of Virginia Center for Civil War History.
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Oral Histories: William Weld
33 minutesBill Weld recalled his time as a lawyer on the staff of the House Judiciary Committee impeachment inquiry of President Richard Nixon. The interview is from the Richard Nixon Presidential Library oral history collection.