Research Catalog

Title

Eyewitness : American originals from the national archives / by Sarah Bredhoff ; with a foreword by Allen Weinstein.

Author

Bredhoff, Stacey, 1955-

Publication

London : Philip Wilson Publishers in collaboration with the Foundation for the National aechives of Washington, D.C. ; New York : Distributed in North America by Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.

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Details

Additional Authors

• United States. National Archives and Records Administration.
• Foundation for the National Archives.

Description

79 p. : ill.; 27 cm.

Summary

Features accounts of twenty-five firsthand documents and transcripts, many exhibited for the first time, chronicling dramatic moments in American history, from handwritten reports by George Washington and John Adams to the message of the Apollo 8 crew broadcast from lunar orbit, drawn from the nationwide holdings of the National Archives, including the Presidential libraries and regional archives.

Subject

• United States. National Archives and Records Administration > Exhibitions
• United States > History > Exhibitions

Genre/Form

• exhibition catalogs.
• Exhibition catalogs
• History
• Catalogues d'exposition.

Note

• "This book is based on the exhibition "Eyewitness: American originals from the National Archives" presented at the National Archives from June 23, 2006, through January 1, 2007."--T.p. verso.
• "[Published] in collaboration with the Foundation for the National Archives, Washington, DC".

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 122-123).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Foreword / Allen Weinstein -- Introduction / Stacey Bredhoff -- Eyewitness accounts -- Onset of the French Revolution, 1789 / Thomas Jefferson -- Confrontations for justice -- March from Selma to Montgomery, "Bloody Sunday," 1965 / John Lewis -- Susan B. Anthony at the voting polls, 1872 / Mr. Beverly Jones -- Scenes from hell -- A threat of bioterrorism, 1775 / Gen. Geroge Washington -- Hindenburg disaster, 1937 / Herb Morrison -- Internment of American civilians in the Philippines, 1945 / Marie Adams -- Atrocities at Dachau concentration camp, 1945 / Pfc. Harold Porter -- Report from inside a Hanoi prison, 1966 / Comdr. Jeremiah A. Denton, Jr. -- Free at last -- An escape from slavery, 1862 / John Boston -- Reunification of Germany, 1990 / Chancellor Helmut Kohl -- Passing of an era -- President Herbert Hoover's last days in office, 1933 / Theodore Joslin -- President Richard Nixon's last hours in office, 1974 / George H.W. Bush -- Fallen leaders -- Assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, 1865 / Robert King Stone -- Assassination of President John F. Kennedy / Lady Bird Johnson -- Leaders in crisis -- President Truman meets Soviet Marshal Joseph Stalin, 1945 / President Harry S. Truman -- Dinner for the President and his advisors, 1950 / Alonzo Fields -- War at sea -- Sinking of the USS Cumberland, 1862 / Lt. Thomas O. Selfridge Jr. -- Sinking of the RMS Lusitania, 1915 / Kapitänleutnant Walter Schwieger -- Personal encounters -- Audience with King George III, 1785 / John Adams -- Ambassador and Mrs. Joseph Kennedy at Windsor Castle, 1938 / Rose Kennedy -- Pope John Paul II's visit to the White House, 1979 / President Jimmy Carter -- America on the move -- Exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains, 1843 / John C. Frémont -- A journey from South Dakota to Missouri, 1894 / Laura Ingalls Wilder -- Transcontinental motor convoy, 1919 / Lt. Col. Dwight D. Eisenhower -- A view from lunar orbit, 1968 / Crew of Apollo 8.

ISBN

• 0856676357 ($35.00)
• 9780856676352 ($35.00)

OCLC

• 76869565
• SCSB-10764700

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library