seems to be, to work with them and support them. >> if you compare huntington and folger, huntington had a huge staff. emily worked full-time on this. you had the couple in 1910, personal assistant to folger paid for by standard oil, started doing secretarial work in the books. i would not be surprised if he spent more time on books rather than petroleum and i was hoping to get a hold of his diary or notes or something. he was a man of integrity who would go to the bank can do a lot of errants but i can say that the whole collection we are talking about going through the book auction catalogs, the card catalog, even when the folgers went on vacations they would take a modified card catalog so they could keep up and went to virginia, the homestead in hot springs where emily would take the waters and henry would play golf, yet they would still send cables to their book sellers. thank you. [applause] >> before the final line up to the left. plenty of copies by the register. [inaudible conversations] are you blogging

i have on either side of me henry and emily folger clad in their academic gowns. .. they both loved shakespeare. i find this the greatest in anglo-american literary history. the last five that i will share with you before we go to the questions or comment i will quote from a letter that henry wrote the librarian of congress in january 1930, 6 months before the soldier died. he wrote to herbert putnam b's words and this is an excerpt from a longer letter. he said i have been wondering a great deal whether i will ever be able to get a volume published in my honor. and now i can say that henry, you've waited 84 years but now you have one. thank you. [applause] i told you i was quite sure what was coming before the event [inaudible] you are saying being a collector can take one's life, take over one's life. i know because i am one and my question is what do you collect? >> fair question. the folgers were smitten by the collecting bug. mine has been of vintage postcards which i collected mainly in parisian boutiques, but before i became a biographer, i produced three book

>> if you compare huntington and folger, he had a huge staff. emily worked full-time on this. so you had a couple in 1910 a personal assistant at the standard oil paid for by standard oil started doing secretarial work. i wouldn't be surprised if he spent more time on the books rather than petroleum. and i was always hoping to get a hold of his diary or his nodes. he was a man of integrity who would go to the bank and do a lot of errands. i can say that the whole collection that we are talking about going through the catalogs, the card catalog and even when he went on vacation they would take a modified card catalog and they went to virginia. they went to the homestead in hot springs. they would still send the tables to the booksellers. [applause] if you could please pull up your chair. there were plenty of copies of the register. >> you're watching book tv on c-span2. flush charles lewis talks about the subject of his latest book at the way people in positions of power control information and manipulate the truth to achieve their goals. from the national press club in washing