considered critical. makes this decision very methodically on what is going to go to fort knox. these are considered the most valuable documents in the country. the magna carta is the document that he has been asked to preserve. >> tonight on today. -- q and a. c-span is touring cities across the country, exploring american history. a look at our recent visit to tucson, arizona. you're watching american history tv, all weekend every weekend on c-span3. special collections at the university of arizona library. we have the largest collection of congressional papers relating from territorial times up until the present.

generally we work with congress people to obtain their collection after they retire. today we are talking about a couple of arizona politicians known not just locally in tucson, but nationally. first, stewart udall, then his brother morris udall, and congresswoman gabrielle giffords. stewart udall was in arizona congressman who was a big supporter of john f. kennedy. when kennedy was elected, he appointed udall to be his secretary of the interior. he continued that position under lyndon johnson. this is the exhibition case for stewart udall. we have several things related kennedy, a picture of udall with kennedy. we have his prayer card from the funeral mass. stewart udall was a member of the cabinet, and he was on a

trip to japan during the assassination of john f. kennedy. he found out about the assassination while he was on the plane on the way to japan. what we have in the case are his notes that he wrote to himself on the plane. they are basically notes that he has documenting his initial shock and dismay and deep sorry at the death of john f. kennedy. we have a best-selling book written by stuart udall while he was secretary of the interior. it is called "the quiet crisis," a history of the environment and america as well as the future. he was an early environmentalist was ahead ofly he his time in the conservation movement. morris udall was the brother of stewart udall. he took the congressional seat. morris udall represented arizona as a congressman for 30 years , from 1961 until 1991.

he was known for many things -- his work in conservation, also he was known for his likability and sense of humor. his autobiography was titled "too funny to be president." morris udall did desperately want to be president. the closest he came was running for the nomination of the in 1976 wherety he was narrowly beat by jimmy carter. here we have some buttons representing the morris udall campaign. he was generally known as mo. morris udall was very popular in arizona, as well as in congress. he was continuously reelected for 30 years, despite the fact that his liberal views did not always represent the views of his constituents. morris udall was known from working with all kinds of people that did not represent his liberal views. we have a letter to him from barry goldwater, a famous conservative from arizona.

we also have pictures of him shaking hands with jimmy carter, who as we know, beat him for the democratic nomination in 1976. we also have pictures here of morris udall shaking hands with john f. kennedy and ronald reagan. gabby giffords served from 2007 to 2012, perhaps best known nationally as the survivor of the mass shooting that took place here in tucson on january 8, 2011. here we have a representative example of congresswoman gabrielle giffords. we are seeing some of her work with the nasa team. we have her work with nancy pelosi and her husband mark kelly. what makes the congressional different isfords that it is not only her work in

congress, but her recovery as well as the aftermath of the mass shooting. her collection has lots of get well cards sent not just locally, but all over the country. many were sent from school kids, famous people, people from all over the world. here we have a shoe that was sent to her, one of the most unusual items in the collection. it is basically a get well card that was mailed as a shoe. this is a proclamation by president obama honoring the shooting victims of january 8, 2011. it is important to have a collection related to political activities in tucson and what was happening in washington, d.c. because they , document what was happening at the time locally and nationally. >> this weekend we are featuring the history of tucson, arizona together with our cox communications cable partners. learn more about tucson and

other stops on our cities tour at c-span.org/citiestour. you are watching american history all weekend every weekend on c-span3. >> henry kissinger served as national sick. he advisor and secretary of state for richard nixon and gerald ford very next, harvard university history professor neil ferguson discusses the first volume of his henry kissinger biography. mr. ferguson argues that kissinger's approach to foreign policy is grounded in idealism rather than the ruthless realism he is known for. the national history center cohosted this event. it is an hour and a half. >> good afternoon, everyone. thank you for coming out today. i am in the george washington