Russell Lee Gallery Music

Web Page
Russell Lee Gallery Music Web Page … The music playing in the Power & Light exhibit is a mixture of jazz, folk, blues, and country music from the time of the coal survey and more recent interpretations. They include: “Sixteen Tons,” George Davis , 1967 “Sentimental Journey,” Doris Day featuring Les Brown and his Orchestra, 1945 “Hoo Doo Blues,” Carl Martin, Ted Bogan and Tommy Armstrong, 1972 “Ain't that Just Like a Woman,” Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five, 1946 “One Dime Blues,” Etta Baker, 1991 “Five …

What's Cooking, Uncle Sam?: The Government's Effect on the American Diet

Online Exhibit
Whats Cooking Uncle Sam The Governments Effect on the American Diet Online Exhibit … View in the National Archives Catalog View in the National Archives Catalog Food. We love it, fear it, and obsess about it. We demand that our Government ensure that it is safe, cheap, and abundant. In response, Government has been a factor in the production, regulation, research, innovation, and economics of our food supply. It has also attempted, with varying success, to change the eating habits of Americans. From the …

The War Beneath the Waves: Mary Sears and the Navy's Oceanographic Unit

Past Exhibit
The War Beneath the Waves Mary Sears and the Navys Oceanographic Unit Current Exhibit … After World War II, Mary Sears was promoted to lieutenant commander and served as officer in charge of the Navy’s new Division of Oceanography. She retired as a commander in the Navy Reserve in 1963.  Mary Sears posing behind stacks of work, January 1, 1960. Photo courtesy of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Archives After World War II, Mary Sears was promoted to lieutenant commander and served as officer in charge …

Freedmen's Bureau Marriage Records

Past Exhibit
Freedmens Bureau Marriage Records Ongoing Exhibit … The Freedmen’s Bureau helped newly freed people legalize their marriages. After the Civil War, the federal government established a War Department agency to help Americans transition from slavery to freedom. The Freedmen’s Bureau (1865–72) issued rations, operated hospitals and helped establish schools and unite families. It worked to resolve labor disputes and negotiate labor contracts. It also presided over and documented marriages between freed …

Betty Ford: Raising Breast Cancer Awareness

Past Exhibit
Betty Ford Raising Breast Cancer Awareness Past Exhibit … Cancer wherever it strikes the body, also strikes the spirit, and the best doctors in the world can't cure the spirit, only love and understanding can.  — Betty Ford, November 7, 1975 View Gallery Betty Ford's remarks to the American Cancer Society Just weeks after she became First Lady, Betty Ford was diagnosed with breast cancer. On September 26, 1974, doctors discovered a lump in her breast during a routine medical examination. She underwent a …