Podcast appearances and mentions of Fred W Smith

Since the beginning of the American experiment, presidents have tussled with Congress over how to handle foreign threats. That creative conflict is supposed to be the democratic ideal. But there were also moments when lawmakers realized it was easier to just… not do the job. In the best of times, Congress oversaw the president and pushed back on missteps — or prevented those missteps in the first place. In the worst of times, it checked out. Then, the dawn of the nuclear age blew up that precarious balance. GUESTS: Kevin Butterfield, Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington at Mount Vernon; Kori Schake, American Enterprise Institute; Laura Ellyn Smith, University of Oxford; Jeremi Suri, University of Texas at Austin ADDITIONAL READING: The Presidency Is Too Big to Succeed, Jeremi Suri, The Atlantic. The Runaway Presidency, Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., The Atlantic. Adults in a Room IV, Inkstick Media.

Episode 7: “Preserving” Edmund Parker never knew George and Martha Washington, but he knew Mount Vernon and the Washington Family very well. Parker was one of the many enslaved people who labored on the plantation in the nineteenth century after the Washingtons' deaths. Later, as a free man, Parker was among Mount Vernon's first interpreters when the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association purchased the property. In this episode, we explore what happened to the Mount Vernon landscape in the nineteenth century and various efforts to preserve the estate and George Washington's memory as the nation headed for civil war. Featuring: Dr. Scott Casper, President, The American Antiquarian Society Dr. Lydia Mattice Brandt, Associate Professor of Art History, University of South Carolina Rebecca Baird, Archivist, Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington Thomas Reinhart, Director of Preservation, George Washington's Mount Vernon Dr. Douglas Bradburn, President and CEO, George Washington's Mount Vernon William Norwood Holland, Jr., J.D., retired, National Labor Relations Board Dr. Jason Boroughs, Research Archaeologist, George Washington's Mount Vernon Full transcripts, show notes, and bibliographies available at www.georgewashingtonpodcast.com.

Episode 8: "Legacies" Interpreting slavery at Mount Vernon was not part of the mission of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association when the organization purchased the estate in the mid-nineteenth century. Over time, however, investigating the people enslaved at Mount Vernon and educating the public about their lives and legacies has become central to the Association's work. In our final episode, we look at how interpreting slavery has become intertwined with interpreting the Washingtons at Mount Vernon, and collaborative efforts by the Association and the Descendants Community to tell a story of lives bound together. Featuring: Jessie MacLeod, Associate Curator, George Washington's Mount Vernon Dr. Lydia Mattice Brandt, Associate Professor of Art History, University of South Carolina Dr. Scott Casper, President, The American Antiquarian Society Rebecca Baird, Archivist, Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington Ann Louise Chinn, Founder, The Middle Passage Ceremonies and Port Markers Project Donald Francisco, History Interpreter, George Washington's Mount Vernon and United States Army, Retired Dr. Jason Boroughs, Research Archaeologist, George Washington's Mount Vernon Dr. Marcus Nevius, Associate Professor of History and African Studies, University of Rhode Island Judge Rohulamin Quander, President and Founder, Quander Historical and Educational Society Dr. Douglas Bradburn, President and CEO, George Washington's Mount Vernon Stephen Hammond, Syphax Family Historian and Scientist Emeritus, The United States Geological Survey William Norwood Holland, Jr., J.D., retired, National Labor Relations Board Full transcripts, show notes, and bibliographies available at www.georgewashingtonpodcast.com.

The Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library, with a collection of more than 200,000 maps, has joined forces with the Fred W. Smith Library for the Study of George Washington at Mount Vernon, which holds the Richard H. Brown Revolutionary War Map Collection to create "ARGO: American Revolutionary Geographies Online." These on-line, digitized Revolutionary-era maps will help us understand the Revolutionary era as its participants saw it.  We talk with  Garrett Dash Nelson, President and Head Curator of the Leventhal Map Center, and Alexandra L. Montgomery, a post-doctoral fellow in the digital history and cartography of the American Revolution at Mount Vernon, about this exciting collaborative project.  

Elizabeth Willing Powel to John Hare Powel, 6-17 April 1809 In which Elizabeth Powel and her nephew bicker through letters over just how unreadable his handwriting is. She argues that "to your mother, it is algebra." Come for the familial banter, stay for the discussion of 18th century epistolary education! I am delighted to be joined this week by the ever lovely and intelligent Samantha Snyder, reference librarian at the Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington at Mount Vernon. Further Reading: For more on Elizabeth Willing Powel and Jon Hare Powel's correspondence, see this Finding Aid from the Philadelphia Historical Society: https://hsp.org/sites/default/files/legacy_files/migrated/findingaidlcppowel.pdf More on Elizabeth Willing Powel: https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/elizabeth-willing-powel/ Richard Dury, "Handwriting and the Linguistic Study of Letters," in Studies in Late Modern English Correspondence, ed. Marina Dossena and Ingrid Tieken Boon van Ostade (Berlin: Peter Lang, 2008), 113-136. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Studies_in_Late_Modern_English_Correspon/zKpBOhu00ggC?hl=en&gbpv=0 James Alderson, "Orthographical exercises: in a series of moral letters. To which is added, a selection of essays, &c. taken from the best English writers," London, 1793.

In this week's letter George Washington forgets that he left all of his wife's correspondence in a desk that he sold to his close friend, Elizabeth Willing Powel. She immediately drags him for it, but is a good enough buddy to offer to hide his mistake from Martha. Many thanks to this week's guest expert Samantha Snyder, reference librarian at the Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington at Mount Vernon! Keep an eye out for her chapter in a forthcoming book about George Washington's female friends and family, set for publication in January 2021! The full text of Elizabeth Willing Powel to George Washington, 11-13 March 1797 can be found on Founders Online here: https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/06-01-02-0020 For more on Elizabeth Wiling Powel: https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/elizabeth-willing-powel/ For more on Tobias Lear: https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/tobias-lear Or, check out my personal favorite book on Tobias Lear with a cool rhyming title: Brighton, Ray. The Checkered Career of Tobias Lear. Portsmouth, NH: Portsmouth Marine Society, 1985.

In this episode Lady and Alaina broadcast from within the special collections room at the Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington at Mount Vernon. 

In this episode, Anthony King sits down with Samantha Snyder, Access Services Librarian at the Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington at Mount Vernon, to discuss the research operations at the Library as well how people can visit for their own research purposes. For more information check out our website at www.mountvernon.org/podcast. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mountvernon/message

It is certain that we all will experience death in our life. What is less certain is how and where our bodies will be disposed of. In Is the Cemetery Dead? (University of Chicago Press, 2018), Dr. David Charles Sloane discussed how cemeteries have transformed across time and place. He also explores alternative methods to dispose of the human body and commemorate loved ones. Dr. Sloane explores the practices of cremation, aquamation, virtual cemeteries, memorial tattoos, roadside memorials, and even ghost bikes. David Charles Sloane teaches courses in urban planning, policy, history, and community health planning at University of Southern California Price School of Public Policy. He facilitates Borthwick George Washington Lecture Series, a USC Price project in collaboration with the Fred W. Smith Library for the Study of George Washington at Mount Vernon. His research examines urban planning and public health, health disparities and community development, and public and private commemoration. He is also the author of The Last Great Necessity: Cemeteries in American History (1991), co-author of Medicine Moves to the Mall (2003), and editor of Planning Los Angeles (2012), as well as the author of several articles and book chapters on related topics. Michael O. Johnston is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at William Penn University. He is currently conducting research on the placemaking associated with the development of farmers’ market. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It is certain that we all will experience death in our life. What is less certain is how and where our bodies will be disposed of. In Is the Cemetery Dead? (University of Chicago Press, 2018), Dr. David Charles Sloane discussed how cemeteries have transformed across time and place. He also explores alternative methods to dispose of the human body and commemorate loved ones. Dr. Sloane explores the practices of cremation, aquamation, virtual cemeteries, memorial tattoos, roadside memorials, and even ghost bikes. David Charles Sloane teaches courses in urban planning, policy, history, and community health planning at University of Southern California Price School of Public Policy. He facilitates Borthwick George Washington Lecture Series, a USC Price project in collaboration with the Fred W. Smith Library for the Study of George Washington at Mount Vernon. His research examines urban planning and public health, health disparities and community development, and public and private commemoration. He is also the author of The Last Great Necessity: Cemeteries in American History (1991), co-author of Medicine Moves to the Mall (2003), and editor of Planning Los Angeles (2012), as well as the author of several articles and book chapters on related topics. Michael O. Johnston is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at William Penn University. He is currently conducting research on the placemaking associated with the development of farmers’ market. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It is certain that we all will experience death in our life. What is less certain is how and where our bodies will be disposed of. In Is the Cemetery Dead? (University of Chicago Press, 2018), Dr. David Charles Sloane discussed how cemeteries have transformed across time and place. He also explores alternative methods to dispose of the human body and commemorate loved ones. Dr. Sloane explores the practices of cremation, aquamation, virtual cemeteries, memorial tattoos, roadside memorials, and even ghost bikes. David Charles Sloane teaches courses in urban planning, policy, history, and community health planning at University of Southern California Price School of Public Policy. He facilitates Borthwick George Washington Lecture Series, a USC Price project in collaboration with the Fred W. Smith Library for the Study of George Washington at Mount Vernon. His research examines urban planning and public health, health disparities and community development, and public and private commemoration. He is also the author of The Last Great Necessity: Cemeteries in American History (1991), co-author of Medicine Moves to the Mall (2003), and editor of Planning Los Angeles (2012), as well as the author of several articles and book chapters on related topics. Michael O. Johnston is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at William Penn University. He is currently conducting research on the placemaking associated with the development of farmers’ market. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It is certain that we all will experience death in our life. What is less certain is how and where our bodies will be disposed of. In Is the Cemetery Dead? (University of Chicago Press, 2018), Dr. David Charles Sloane discussed how cemeteries have transformed across time and place. He also explores alternative methods to dispose of the human body and commemorate loved ones. Dr. Sloane explores the practices of cremation, aquamation, virtual cemeteries, memorial tattoos, roadside memorials, and even ghost bikes. David Charles Sloane teaches courses in urban planning, policy, history, and community health planning at University of Southern California Price School of Public Policy. He facilitates Borthwick George Washington Lecture Series, a USC Price project in collaboration with the Fred W. Smith Library for the Study of George Washington at Mount Vernon. His research examines urban planning and public health, health disparities and community development, and public and private commemoration. He is also the author of The Last Great Necessity: Cemeteries in American History (1991), co-author of Medicine Moves to the Mall (2003), and editor of Planning Los Angeles (2012), as well as the author of several articles and book chapters on related topics. Michael O. Johnston is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at William Penn University. He is currently conducting research on the placemaking associated with the development of farmers’ market. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It is certain that we all will experience death in our life. What is less certain is how and where our bodies will be disposed of. In Is the Cemetery Dead? (University of Chicago Press, 2018), Dr. David Charles Sloane discussed how cemeteries have transformed across time and place. He also explores alternative methods to dispose of the human body and commemorate loved ones. Dr. Sloane explores the practices of cremation, aquamation, virtual cemeteries, memorial tattoos, roadside memorials, and even ghost bikes. David Charles Sloane teaches courses in urban planning, policy, history, and community health planning at University of Southern California Price School of Public Policy. He facilitates Borthwick George Washington Lecture Series, a USC Price project in collaboration with the Fred W. Smith Library for the Study of George Washington at Mount Vernon. His research examines urban planning and public health, health disparities and community development, and public and private commemoration. He is also the author of The Last Great Necessity: Cemeteries in American History (1991), co-author of Medicine Moves to the Mall (2003), and editor of Planning Los Angeles (2012), as well as the author of several articles and book chapters on related topics. Michael O. Johnston is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at William Penn University. He is currently conducting research on the placemaking associated with the development of farmers’ market. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

NGA explores the cartographic legacy of president, general and surveyor George Washington through an interview with Joseph Stoltz, Ph.D., digital historian at the Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington at Mount Vernon. According to Stoltz, as the third-born son, Washington knew he would need to find a practical career for himself and an encounter with the book “Art of Surveying and Measuring Land” helped solidify his future career path -- first as a surveyor, then as a military officer.

Sol Price School of Public Policy and the Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington for the annual George Washington Leadership Lecture. Established through a generous gift by Maribeth Borthwick '73, who also serves as the Vice Regent for California of  the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, this lecture series explores the Washington's lifelong accomplishments, providing a better understanding of him as a man, as well as his remarkable leadership, professional achievements and lasting legacy. Speakers: Dr. Douglas Bradburn Founding Director, Washington Library at Mount Vernon George Sanchez Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity and History Vice Dean for Diversity and Strategic Initiatives, USC Dornsife Moderator: David Sloane Professor, USC Price Immigration has long been a topic of political controversy in the United States. Right now, presidential candidates are taking positions, left and right, focused on defining this elusive topic, and developing "solutions" to what seems an intractable problem. George Washington served as President when the United States first grappled with immigration and naturalization politics. Although the specifics have changed, the challenges of balancing inclusiveness, economic growth, social justice, and national security were just as problematic in his time as they are today. The evening begins with a short presentation framing the problem of immigration in the Founding Era, and Washington's particular perspective by the Founding Director of the Washington Library, Dr. Douglas Bradburn. Then Professor George Sanchez, one of the nation's foremost historians, discusses the history and current controversies around immigration. After his talk, they sit down with Professor David Sloane for a conversation about some of the issues raised in the talks.

When you think about George Washington, what image comes to mind? Washington the general? Washington the president? Perhaps, Washington the gentleman farmer of Mount Vernon? But did you know that George Washington loved to read? In this episode, we chat with Douglas Bradburn, the Founding Director of the Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington, which serves as the George Washington Presidential Library. Show Notes: http://www.benfranklinsworld.com/033   Helpful Show Links Ben Franklin's World Facebook Page Join the Ben Franklin's World Community Sign-up for the Franklin Gazette Newsletter Ben Franklin's World iOS App Ben Franklin's World Android App

Join the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy and the Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington for the annual George Washington Leadership Lecture. Established through a generous gift by Maribeth Borthwick '73, who also serves as the Vice Regent for California of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, this lecture series explores the Father of Our Country's lifelong accomplishments, providing a better understanding of him as a man, as well as his remarkable leadership, professional achievements and lasting legacy. Under Secretary of Education Ted Mitchell, Professor Denver Brunsman, and Professor David Sloane explore the definition, meaning, and evolving concepts of citizenship and civic education from the nation's founding through the 20th Century.

The Founding Director of the Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington, Douglas Bradburn will join U. S. Under Secretary of Education, Ted Mitchell in exploring the definition, meaning, and evolving concepts of citizenship and civic education from the nation's founding through the 20th Century. Dr. Bradburn will discuss his extensive studies of the meaning of citizenship in Washington's time, while Under Secretary Mitchell will outline the evolution of civic education from the American Revolution to the Progressive Era. This is part of the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy and the Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington for the annual George Washington Leadership Lecture. Established through a generous gift by Maribeth Borthwick '73, who also serves as the Vice Regent for California of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, this lecture series explores the Father of Our Country's lifelong accomplishments, providing a better understanding of him as a man, as well as his remarkable leadership, professional achievements and lasting legacy.

Kevin Starr, Ph.D. is the California State Librarian Emeritus and University Professor of History at the University of Southern California. His six-volume book series, Americans and the California Dream, captures the enigmatic blend of dreams and hardscrabble reality that loosely define California. 

In this lecture, Professor Starr will place George Washington in the context of the relationship of the American colonies to the western frontier during the Colonial period. He will discuss such figures as Bishop George Berkeley, William Byrd, William Bartram, Thomas Jefferson, and others — and then focus in on Washington's own complex relationship to the frontier as surveyor, military officer, investor, president, and member of the Masonic Order. Through a generous gift by Maribeth Borthwick ’73, Vice Regent for the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association, a new partnership between USC Sol Price School of Public Policy and the Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington at Mount Vernon was created. Convening students, scholars, historians, and the general public from across the country, the partnership provides an ongoing exploration of George Washington’s lifelong accomplishments. Through this partnership, the public can gain a better understanding of George Washington as a man, as well as his remarkable leadership, professional achievements and lasting legacy.

 The mission of the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy is to improve the quality of life for people and their communities, here and abroad. We achieve this mission through education and research that promote innovative solutions to the most critical issues facing society. In fulfilling this mission, the Price School provides a dynamic learning environment where interdisciplinary education abounds. At Price, students choose a program of study from the interconnected fields of public administration, public policy, urban planning, health policy and management, and real estate development. 

 Since purchasing George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate from the Washington family and assuming stewardship in 1858, the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association has embraced a heroic mission to preserve, protect, and maintain the estate for the American people, relying exclusively on private donations, admission fees, and restaurant and retail proceeds. Through robust education and outreach programs, the Association expands awareness about the exceptional life and character of George Washington, sustaining his legacy through research, interpretation, and public education. In experiences on the estate and through its digital outreach platforms, Mount Vernon strives to preserve George Washington’s place in history as “First in War, First in Peace, and First in the Hearts of His Countrymen.” 

 With its latest initiative, The Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington, Mount Vernon is affirming its status as the preeminent center of learning about George Washington, his life, character of leadership, and legacy. In addition to safeguarding original books and manuscripts, the Library serves as a center for leadership, where scholars, influencers, and other luminaries come together to talk about the past as well as the future, inspired by Washington’s extraordinary life, achievements, and character.