so for the first time since edith taft's dress was given to the smithsonian, we collected masks.ce. since taft. but we do something from each first lady starting, of course,y because we don't have the room, but they are in the collection. how many things aron display in the building on the mall in washington, and how many things are not on display? excellent question. andcí it's it's a slightly tricy one to answer. the symptom rule is, of the two plus million 4%. so what's essential about that is a radical digitization effort, which for undertaking we to get as many of those objects not't want all of them online, but you want a big bulk of them. so we're working to get at least about. 1000000 to 2000005 objects ■8 also to make sure that so those are the most accessible we can't get. those can go all around the world, but also to make sure that scholars and have and and that w'5e hav traveling exhibitions right now that some very small theya maine that need a you know, 3500 square foot space invironmentald museum. so i love the that our our workd our broadly as possible. anthea ha

taft. it's edith who says put it out of your mind, theodore, you will never be president of the united states again. ouch, but she was right. she could see the political namics better than her husband who was president of the united states. >> you write about roosevelt's reluctance to join william mckinley's ticket as vice president in 1900. ultimately he agrees and then, of course, six months into mckinley'stern, he's assassinate and roosevelt ascends to the presidency. as we had the into a presidential election with the two oldest nominees in american history, what should we be thinking about when it comes to considering the significance of the choice of the vice president? >> well, it is a consequential decision. i mean, the decision of vice president -- you know, t todore hated being vice president. he said it was -- >> you write about how the loves of theodore roosevelt knew he would hate being vice president because as john adams quipped it's the most useless job in washington. >> he said it should be abolished. >> how should the public think about the importance of the vice presidentia