Henry Adams Program
Video Clip List
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| Clip # |
Start Time
| End Time
| Description
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| 1 |
00:21.7 |
1:43.5 |
A reading from a letter written by Henry Adams about a childhood experience he had with his grandfather, former president John Quincy Adams
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| 2 |
1:50.0 |
3:03.7 |
Description of Henry Adams as a man caught between the legacy of his family and the technological changes of the 19th and 20th centuries
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| 3 |
3:09.4 |
3:56.4 |
Notable personalities in the Adams family tree through five generations
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| 4 |
4:02.8 |
4:32.8 |
Description of the physical geography of the Adams National Historic Site |
| 5 |
4:48.7 |
5:57.2 |
Description of the Stone Library building on the grounds of the Adams National Historic Site |
| 6 |
6:07.0 |
6:52.0 |
Author Brooks Simpson describes Adams' life as an iconoclastic observer of American politics and a sometime congressional correspondent |
| 7 |
7:08.1 |
8:08.2 |
Events in American life during the prime of Henry Adams' writing career in the 1880s and 1890s
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| 8 |
8:52.1 |
9:32.7 |
Brooks Simpson discusses Henry Adams' activities during the American centennial of 1876 and the nation's pace of change at the time |
| 9 |
9:40.5 |
10:16.4 |
Brooks Simpson discusses The Education of Henry Adams being not a autobiography in the strictest sense, but a philosophical re-creation of his life |
| 10 |
10:21.5 |
11:07.3 |
Brooks Simpson looks at the relationships and opinions Adams held of the presidents in his day, from Andrew Johnson to Woodrow Wilson |
| 11 |
11:18.7 |
2:06.0 |
Adams' relationship and opinion of President Ulysses S. Grant |
| 12 |
12:06.4 |
13:15.5 |
Reflection on Henry Adams' ancestry and its influence on him |
| 13 |
13:15.5 |
14:00.3 |
Henry Adams' opinion of the "robber barons" of the 1860s and 1870s |
| 14 |
15:24.7 |
18:39.6 |
Deputy Park Superintendent Caroline Keinath discusses the entrance way of the Adams' home and pictures of storied members of the family, including Charles Francis Adams, U.S. ambassador to Great Britain during the Civil War |
| 15 |
18:39.6 |
19:58.6 |
Historian Simpson hypothesizes that Henry Adams, despite some reports, was not the author of the famous Diary of An Anonymous Man |
| 16 |
20:00.4 |
21:54.1 |
Brooks Simpson compares Henry Adams political novel Democracy to Gore Vidal's latter day work 1876 |
| 17 |
22:27.3 |
24:07.8 |
National Parks Service Deputy Superintendent Keinath explains the construction and history of the main stairwell of the home and Henry Adams' bedroom |
| 18 |
24:12.2 |
24:54.6 |
Reinath explains significance of the clock and Bible in Stone Library, adjacent to main Adams home |
| 19 |
27:16.9 |
28:16.1 |
Henry Adams' view of Frederick Douglas and possibilities of black suffrage |
| 20 |
30:00.4 |
31:58.6 |
Brooks Simpson discusses Adams' views of African-Americans and Jews |
| 21 |
32:24.3 |
34:26.2 |
Simpson looks at Adams' opinions of Mark Twain, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison |
| 22 |
34:33.0 |
36:45.9 |
Discussion of the accuracy and quality of the PBS documentary The Adams' Chronicles |
| 23 |
37:17.9 |
41:31.6 |
Keinath offers background on the study used by four generations of Adamses; served as office for the "Summer White House" of both John and John Quincy Adams |
| 24 |
42:00.8 |
44:01.3 |
Discussion of the impact of the distinguished Adams family heritage on Henry and the public perception of the family in general |
| 25 |
44:36.9 |
45:22.7 |
Discussion of the book The Five of Hearts, an affectionate history about the friendship among Henry and Clover Adams and three of their close friends |
| 26 |
45:30.6 |
48:46.9 |
Massachusetts Historical Society librarian Peter Drummey discusses the holdings of his organization, including a pre-publication copy of The Education of Henry Adams |
| 27 |
48:46.9 |
51:07.6 |
A look at John Hay's relationship to Henry Adams and how the Hay-Adams house was later transformed into the Hay-Adams hotel in Washington, D.C., across the street from the White House |
| 28 |
51:07.6 |
54:07.7 |
Drummey examines Adams' contention that modern technology would lead to a loss of spirituality and spiritual values in society |
| 29 |
55:01.0 |
55:50.5 |
Simpson and Drummey discuss Adams' relationship and correspondence with Henry James |
| 30 |
56:23.4 |
58:50.8 |
A discussion of Clover Adams, Henry's wife, who committed suicide in her 40s
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| 31 |
1:00:09 |
1:03:40 |
Keinath discusses how the Adams family home was built and how it has been renovated through its history |
| 32 |
1:03:40 |
1:07:11 |
All guests share their views on the tempestuous relationship between Henry Adams and Theodore Roosevelt |
| 33 |
1:09:30 |
1:10:15 |
Keinath exhibits entrance way to the "old" Adams house and its "sacred" stairway that could only be used by members of the immediate Adams family |
| 34 |
1:10:35 |
1:12:48 |
Simpson and Drummey explore the religious dimension of Henry Adams' life and his interest in Massachusetts politics |
| 35 |
1:12:54 |
1:14:27 |
Brooks Simpson examines Henry Adams' views of U.S. Senators Daniel Webster and Charles Sumner |
| 36 |
1:17:34 |
1:19:02 |
Discussion of the most profound influences on Henry Adams' attitudes, world view, and writing |
| 37 |
1:20:04 |
1:21:42 |
Further discussion of the "Five of Hearts Club," a unique friendship group comprised Henry Adams and his wife, John Hay and his wife, and Clarence King |
| 38 |
1:22:20 |
1:26:18 |
Interview with Donald Ritchie, associate director of the United States Senate's historical office, who discusses Henry Adams' role as a congressional correspondent and his distaste for Ulysses S. Grant
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| 39 |
1:29:45 |
1:31:56 |
Brief biographical sketch of Henry Adams, with graphics displaying milestones in his life and the life of the United States
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| 40 |
1:32:50 |
1:34:33 |
Excerpt of a Booknotes interview with author David Fromkin who gives viewers background on the statue erected in Rock Creek Park in Washington, D.C., to honor Clover Adams, Henry's wife |
| 41 |
1:35:07 |
1:36:44 |
Drummey and Simpson offer overviews on the significance of the writings of Henry Adams, particularly his autobiography
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| 42 |
1:36:45 |
1:39:02 |
Discussion of major events in the United States during Henry Adams' life |
| 43 |
1:40:01 |
1:44:39 |
A look at the circumstances surrounding Clover Adams' suicide |
| 44 |
1:47:22 |
1:50:49 |
Drummey and Simpson exchange some of Henry Adams' famous and amusing aphorisms |
| 45 |
1:51:13 |
1:53:01 |
A look at Adams' writings on political power |
| 46 |
1:53:04 |
1:54:38 |
Drummey discusses Adams' enduring interest in sculpture and art |
| 47 |
1:55:22 |
1:58:03 |
Caller claims suicide of Clover Adams in explainable; guests comment |
| 48 |
1:58:15 |
2:00:49 |
Clip from Booknotes interview with historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr. who claims that most of Adams' writing is still of value today, especially his theories about the "velocity of change" in a technological society |
| 49 |
2:01:35 |
2:05:34 |
Discussion about the reading and writing habits of Henry Adams
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| 50 |
2:06:22 |
2:07:41 |
A look at Henry Adams' poetry and his relationship to Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| 51 |
2:09:32 |
2:10:31 |
Keinath discusses Adams' family tree and Henry's brother Brooks Adams |
| 52 |
2:10:34 |
2:11:56 |
Simpson comments on Adams' views on Reconstruction and suffrage |
| 53 |
2:11:57 |
2:14:11 |
Drummey shows Adams' copy of Das Kapital by Karl Marx and shares Adams' views of Marx's theories |
| 54 |
2:14:27 |
2:16:53 |
A discussion of where Adams family descendants are today and what they are doing |
| 55 |
2:16:55 |
2:20:19 |
Discussion of Henry Adams' predictions about technological sophistication leading to societal chaos |
| 56 |
2:20:26 |
2:22:56 |
Henry Adams' relationship with artist and painter John LaFarge |
| 57 |
2:23:01 |
2:24:50 |
A look at John Quincy Adams II as a vice presidential candidate and relations between Henry and Charles Francis Adams |
| 58 |
2:28:23 |
2:29:07 |
Simpson hypothesizes on what Henry Adams would think of present day political atmosphere in Washington, D.C.
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| 59 |
2:30:04 |
2:31:01 |
Reinath discusses renewed interest in Adams family with publication of David McCullough's John Adams and other media interest in the family |
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