Tag: Tennessee
Jack Corn, DOCUMERICA Photographer
Jack Corn, a retired photojournalist and professor, came to visit the “Searching for the Seventies” exhibit here at the National Archives, bringing along his family and one of his former students. Why? He was one of the 70 photographers commissioned by the EPA to take photos for the DOCUMERICA project. (His photos from the assignment [...]
Posted by Nikita on April 10, 2013, under The 1970s, Uncategorized.
Tags: 1970s, Appalachia, Chicago Tribune, documerica, EPA, Jack Corn, photography, photos, Scott Robinson, Searching for the Seventies, Seventies, Tennessee, The Tennessean, West Virginia
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Secession, Congress, and a Civil War Awakening at the Archives
The U.S. Capitol under construction, 1860 (National Archives Identifier 530494) As a new year begins, the 112th Congress reconvenes for a second session of legislative activity. Representatives and senators from across the country are again descending upon the Capitol, ready to commence debates, proceedings, and hearings. This is how the legislative branch of the Federal Government [...]
Posted by Gregory Marose on January 6, 2012, under - Civil War, News and Events, Rare Photos, Unusual documents.
Tags: 112th Congress, 1860, 36th Congress, Adam Goodheart, Alabama, Arkansas, civil war, Confederate, federal government, Florida, Georgia, kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, missouri, North Carolina, secession, South Carolina, Tennessee, texas, Union
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