louis and worked at the national archives at st. louis as a preservation technician and then in 2016 i moved back to california and then in my current role as an archives specialist. i'm going to turn it over to randy here and he can give you his bio. >> thank you, james. welcome, everybody. i want to thank mr. garza for his wonderful introduction and i also want to thank the friends to have north hollywood library and the sherman oaks friends of library as well for inviting us to come out here. i hope you enjoyed the earlier events. james did a great job so if you saw it, let him know that you appreciate what he did. ok? >> good job, james. >> so for myself, i have been with the national archives, basically this unit in southern california since 1985. i took a summer job as a file clerk basically just pulling the refiling materials upon customer requests. that summer job has now lasted 24 years and like i do like to tell people sometimes, i'm still looking for a real job. i haven't grown up yet but i love doing what i do, giving th

what happens in vegas winds up in the national archives, so be careful. hold, actions of the government, its interaction with the public, documents. facility from our 1798 to 2003. we have a lot of materials that eight back to the 1700s? is documents from spanish land grants that were given. if the area of arizona today. family outanted to a there. this document is stamped. written basically in spanish. i always thought i could read spanish and speak it well. i passed the ap exams and everything. does anyone know how to read old english? it's the same thing trying to read old spanish. my mother-in-law, she got through about three sentences and needed help. it is very pleasing to the eye. it's a beautiful document. it shows a little bit of history in the southwest united states. oldestt we've seen the document we own, i'm going to give you information on the oldest records we have created by a government agency. it's a naturalization record. the bulk of our material is ther 1900, running through 1970's. mostly court records. some of the other agencies we h

all of the documents we looked out so far are in the holdings of the national archives, and the national archives preserve them for future generations. i think it's really spectacular that a petition you send to congress today just as these african-american petitioners did in 1877 becomes part of the national archive holdings, and we are really fortunate we have it here today to help tell this story. we have seen lots of petitions on this tour. really, when women were pressing for their voting rights, they only had first amendment rights available to them to press their government for their rights, and political change, but one of the other rights that suffragists used, the freedom to assemble. they used that pretty effectively to gain greater visibility and public attention in particular for their cause. we have this great wall mural. one of many suffrage parades for states throughout the country. this one is here in washington, d.c. from 1913. that was one of the most consequential marches that was staged. women, more than 5000 suffragists, participated in the march held the day before

hollywood library hosted this event. >> we're glad you're here with us today to learn about the national archive. a unique and little known institution also known as the records keeper. they've driven all the way out here from riverside to be with you and us in order to inform and inspire us to investigate and utilize our nation's archives that among their holders are documents going back to 1775 and lastly we've been handing out raffle tts

to 1775.s back >> we are glad you are here with us today about the national archives. as our nation's recordkeeper. professionale archivists. they have driven from riverside to be with you in order to inform and inspire us to investigate our nation's archives.

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is the entire archives of ebony magazine, important historical documents, theg back to a time when lives of black americans and the culture of black america simply wasn't covered by national news outlets, and the johnson archives are just a tremendously valuable repository of the cultural memory of black americans. considered your are the first african-american, first woman librarian congress and your the 14th librarian of congress? run a bunch was the secretary of the smithsonian, the 14th secretary of the smithsonian. have you ever thought about that? carla: yeah, it is interesting ofo because the new director the air and space museum is a woman for the first time. the new director of the american history museum is a woman. the new director of the american woman,of history is a and it is interesting. i don't think it is so much of a head scratcher as a wow. and 14th. people that like numbers, i can play 14, 14. ray: 217 years, 14 librarians, there are some long tenures in there. i hope your feeling spry and ready to do the job for a long time. carla: but the johnson papers, i had the honor of meeting with and knowing johnson in chicago. he gave me some of the best caree

another way to get more involved in the national archives is to become a member of the national archives foundation to the foundation supports education and outreach activities and you can check out their web site archives foundation.org to learn more and join on line. upstairs in the rotunda to murals commemorate two founding documents of our nation, the declaration of independence and the united states constitution. the addiction of the constitution the central group of figures represents those who play key roles in the creation of that document grid along with george washington james madison and henchmen frank and his george mason one of the 5 most frequent speakers at the constitutional convention. at the conclusion of the constitutional convention mason did not sign the document. his primary objection to lack of a declaration of individual rights such as the creation of the third charter in the rotunda , the bill of rights. they look forward to hearing more about george mason's critical role in the formation of our nations -- by our author's william hyland. in defense of thomas jeff

. >> good afternoon and welcome to the national archives, and the archivist of the united states and it's a pleasure to have you with us. weather here in the theater or on facebook or youtube channels. in a special welcome tour c-span audience. before we hear from william hyland about george mason, i like to tell you about two other programs next month. on tuesday september 10 at noon the city of blumenthal will tell us about the release volume three of abraham lincoln all the powers of earth of 1856 to 1863. on monday september 16 at 7 the associate justice no portraits will tell us about his book a republic if you can keep it in which a simple aspects of the constitution and the importance of civic education and mutual respect. check her website at archives.gov or sign up at the table outside to get e-mail updates and also information about other archives, programs and activities. another way to get more involved is to become a member of the national archives foundation the foundation that supports all education and activities. you can check out their website cry foundation.org to

welcome to the theater at the national archives. i am pleased you could join us for tonight's program whether you're here in the theater or joining us through facebook or youtube and a special welcome to the c-span audience this evening. tomorrow the constitution day september 17 commemorating that day in 1787 when the delicates of the convention signed the document establishing a new government for the united states of america. . . . today we are especially honored to have with us this evening to sitting justice of the supreme court of the united states, associate justice neil gorsuch has recently brought together his reflections on the constitution and its separation of powers into one volume, a republic if you can keep it. we are pleased to welcome him here to the home of the original united states constitution. neil gorsuch was born in denver, colorado, received apa from columbia university, j.d. from harvard law school and a doctorate from oxford university. he served as a clerk to judge david sentelle of the united states cour

one of 14 operated by the national archives and records of administration. i am tom schwartz, the director. we are about to hear a bash here four stimulating presentations on herbert hoover's various humanitarian efforts. we are in the midst of centennial observances of his many food relief efforts

the manager in the national archives, they helped me out immensely with world war ii records. michael cusick is here, retired. i harassed him for information. the historians here, a lot of civil war experts here, i want a little truth in advertising to start. i'm not a civil war historian. i don't even play one on tv. i covered the cia for a number of years my last two biographies as mentioned, were made during world war ii. one focus on ahead of franklin roosevelt. the other one was on four key tournament who became cia directors. my next book, i decided to switch wars and write an ensemble biography of fort union of the union spies. i'm proud i made the switch. when we think of the civil war, we have this image of the imposing stiff in matthew brady photographs. then thousands of those charges. that all happened but what also happened on this conflict was a revolution in war fighting technology like the world had never seen. it's like rival canon, it could deliver more accurate longer ranges. enter railroad that could move supplies to the front. the telegraph that could conn

the world the stylized arabic a white shawl ever figure of 8 pattern projected onto the tiles national archives building i think that the 2022 month time was also shown on the times square a row of london's leicester square and in recent torrid host cities moscow johannesburg and sao paolo. the german fashion photographer peter lindbergh has died at the age of 74 he was widely credited with inventing the 980 super model who's famous for photography photographing women without having to make a psychotic images and household names of people like gnome campbell christie turlington and cindy crawford and he survived by his wife and 4 sons. this is g.w. if these are our top stories britain's prime minister forrest johnson has suffered another defeat in his battle to break them with threats of not just years of approved a bill in principle from the prevention of president threatening a known deal brett sit in his negotiations with the. business after with a heartfelt 1st is up next hour we'll have more headlines at the top off the hour as always you can talk the latest hour after 12 on the dot com or

the curator karen porter, and hurt tore of the national archives of the 19th amendment.e now available at the c-span online store. go c-span store.org. check out all of the c-span products. >>> this is the story of how this whole new economy was built. and also, i was really interested ever since i worked in washington, how business and government interact with one another. they have an antagonistic relationship, but they also have a collaborative relationship. the story of. in history as of public and private ownership in many ways. so this was, i think the story is a way to get into that. >>> the university of washington professor discusses her book "the code: silken valley and the remaking of america." >>> next on american history tv. university of chicago little science professor discusses his book, secret wars. he delves into the way that state powers have secretly interviewed in foreign wars. offering examples from the korean and vietnam wars and argues that the cold war anticipation helps to keep the wars. >>> it is a great pleasure today to welcome back austin ca

ladies and gentlemen please welcome philip months national archives. [applause] >> you missed the most important part of the. i lived in memphis tennessee the bluff city. screamac. >> i was running there in town memphis which is a historic part of memphis. must be three or four years ago whether to write another book. reflecting on some of what i witnessed at the cia particulate during the excruciating time after 911 and realizing this among my colleagues former friends had written their stories but many of the people that i worked with would never speak and would never write in their stories would never be told if no one talked to them. they put the story together in one simple narrative and explained what happened. so he decided the morning running my 5 miles in midtown memphis that i would do the. this is mostly their stories. dishonor history, it's not every document the ever appeared related to what we called the program, interrogation of prisoners. it's a story of men and women who i served with and they decide to talk me because they trusted me.

world the stylized to arabic white shawl enough figure of ain't patent was projected on ticket national archives girl big these acting 20 turns to local time it also rush on a out from out on your new rope sept time square i'm london's lest as gret and the end no recent torment post cities muska johanna's proud and south jaren fashion photographer beaten lynn bag has died aged 740 and he was widely credited with inventing the 980 supermodel and was famous for photographing women without having make got as our conny images my house or so what is like you know me kalb it's a talented and cindy crawford and he survived by his wife and 4 sons i'm next a all day w. up business africa up with that gap heart to al 1st up in back of the top of the after i'm going to stay up today don't miss our highlights program d.w. dark come highlights look canceling missing carefully you don't look good suki me through gets to dig it

you can find it on the national archives web site, right? but we will talk about that in this portion, but we will talk about the different parts of women during, american women during world war ii, and again, we're just hitting the survey of this, there's so much that we could talk about, throughout the entire semester, and we do all of u.s. and world war ii except we can't do all of it, so we do our bits and pieces. we've already talked about some of these things. so some of it will be familiar. especially when we get to the women at work part. but then we'll go from there. be sure to stop me if you have any questions. and we'll do our thing. so women at home. so when we think about this, one of the biggest things i want you to do today is think about this reality for the homefront. which was mainly what we're talking about today. and the reality of what life meant for women in the war. and one of the first things that we often think about is all of the men going away to war, right? the men are going off. that means who's left behind? the

the national archives of the united kingdom. and the public exhibit for several months here in the jamestown settlement. it's my pleasure to welcome our next speaker who has a marvelous way of making history, life, jon meacham is a talented historian, and is one of the preemptive buffers. he is popular as a best-selling author. his sense of writing his help those young and old find knowledge and understanding, wisdom and purpose in history. he tells stories as well as anyone writing about america. the leg is the of james town is complex. that through american evolution, this commemoration. we have been working hard to make sure that it is examined thoughtfully, and in full historical context. here as with other aspects of history we can find contradictions. between principles and deed done . we can , should and ours sorting through this. to better educate us all. that is why having an historian historian is a tremendous opportunity. readers can go along with you when you are telling stories if you write it as it was lived. witho

good afternoon welcome to the theater at the national archives. i am chief of the archives. and that is just a fancy way that we run a lot of the public spaces on the other side of the building. he sends his regrets that he could not be here but his presence was needed at another one of the facilities. i will gladly steal his signature line and say welcome to my house. i'm pleased you could join us whether you are here in this room today we're here to listen to christian be keller. the great partnership stonewall jackson and the fate of the confederacy. he became the director of the military history program. with the american civil war. in the germans nativism ethnicity and civil war memory. in the inter- induction to the book. they relate clearly and concisely several things including the value of this book the four doors with the text itself. as an archivist. with the interpretive value. and the reliability of source material particularly confederate related sources. versus poorest -- postwar sources. this military history takes you through a chronological telling of a rel

or national archives.lthough archives are important to me and archives like the c-span archives are important to me. governmental archives were really important to me. but i had to draw in different things when it happened. draw in oral history that others conducted of people who are no longer with us. corporate records. sometimes people would just give me file folders that they kept in their attics for the last 30 years. one of the real challenges and one of the really important things going forward is how can we make sure this history that is in the making will be -- in the making be preserved? it really matters. we're building the future. why do we care about dusty old papers? but it really matters. not only understanding how the technologies themselves were developed but also, what were the business decisions surrounding those technologies, who were the people, what's the really rich tapestry of the place? this is going to be extremely important, not just for historians now like me but historians going

curator corine porter and her tour of the national archives exhibit of the 19th amendment and historians discussing reconstructionists and abolitionists during the civil war and reconstruction era. enjoy american history tv this weekend every weekend on c- span3. >>> american history tv continues now with a look at american cartoons during world war ii and how they supported and influenced the war effort by encouraging children to recycle paper and buy savings bonds and stamps. this is about 90 minutes. >>> we are going to look at today, the place where the so- called real world comes together with the cartoon and comic world. that is why the title of today's class is songs and taxes, american cartoons and comics during world war ii. i can remember, from my days in parochial chapel school, the pastor gave us a sermon that is stuck with me ever since. the lesson of it drove from two parts. two separate biblical texts. one is from second kings, if you are interested, chapter 4, where the prophet elisha, not elijah, but elisha, had someone bring in 20 loaves of barley and he had to feed 100

and the tour of the national archives, and historians discussing abolitionist during the civil war. enjoy american history tv this weekend every weekend on c- span3 . >>> welcome back to the virginia museum of history and culture we are here talking about the struggle for black equality, this explores the period from the end of the civil war, which ended slavery in the united states , through 1950. this was a. that witnessed both progress and backlash. for black americans. after the civil war, black virginians and americans embrace the new opportunities. in the form of access to education, new civil rights, political participation, building new communities, starting new businesses and so forth. on one hand black lives of flourished under the new promises afforded , black people also began to suffer backlash from white establishments that wanted to reassert power and supremacy over people of color. at the same time that we see amazing strides, we also see regress in the form of distant friend and american society . we will look at a few stories that exemplify that push and pull , the

time in 400 years at the national archives of the united kingdom in a public exhibit for several months here at the jamestown settlement. now it is truly my pleasure to welcome our next speaker who also had a marvelous way of making history come alive. john meacham is a talented, extremely gifted historian. he is one of today's prima biographers. he's won a pulitzer prize for his literary ventures and is a popular selling offer. helped manyhas young people find understanding and wisdom and purposes in history. he tellsetter still, stories as well as anyone writing about america. 16 19gacy of jamestown in as i alluded to earlier is complex. evolution, american we have been working hard to make sure it is examined thoughtfully, carefully, and in full historical context. here, as with other aspects of history, we confront andradictions, contradictions between and deeds and braced done. but we can, should, and are sorting through this and trying mightily to better educate us all. historiany having an like john meacham here today is a tremendous opportunity for education and learning. he fam

across the globe the stylized arabic a white shawl and the figure of 8 is projected on supertask national archives building at exactly 2022 local time images also be out of times square in new york in london's leicester square and in recent tournament to host cities of moscow johannesburg and sao paolo. france next to where a rowdy rooster is ruffling feathers it's a case of town versus country which urbanites who have moved to the country are annoyed at having their sleep disturbed by the roosters dawn crowing it's gone to court and the judgement is due this week. a quiet lunch with morris who could be france's most famous cockerel his owner coreen fares or has lived on the island of all over all for 35 years she points out the holiday home owned by the neighbors who is suing her they allege that morris is dawn cool at 5 am every morning is noise pollution madame fizzle sees this as an attack on the rural way of life. where she usually upon mrs ferry food i said i'm not going to let myself be pushed around all our elected officials back me it's a big problem way that people have to understand tha

globe the stylized arabic white school in a figure of 8 pattern was projected on to cut cost national archives building at insect lee 2022 note the time the image was also beamed out at times square new york in london's leicester square and in a recent storm in which most cities moscow and johannesburg as well as sao paulo. a piece of defeat by the artist known as banksy has been stolen from outside the pompidou center and paris the look at the door and the back of a car park sign is the latest in a series of mysterious disappearances of what banksy. writ from the carpark sign that held it the stone sliver rat wearing a mask holding a knife it was not part of the museum's collection but the head of the pompidou center is worried that the work could end up in private hands. or sticky water overwhelms me a little better to see that this work which is intended for sharing has installed. the stencil 1st appeared in june last year security guards successfully stop the previous attempt to steal the graffiti but not this time. scooter corsica. it was a difficult there for them that the technical cond

landmarks across the globe the stylized arabic white in a figure of 8 baton was projected on to the national archives building and exactly 2022 at the time the image was also beamed out at times square in new york london's leicester square and in recent tournament host cities moscow honest and south pole . funny to an extraordinary aust have to defeat the elusive british street artist banksy has been stolen from outside the pompidou center in paris banks's image of a mosque rat was on the back of the side of a museum's chapati until it's just disappear and stop at the pond to descend to say the teves must have used a saw to cut the sign the artwork had been fitted with plexiglass after an attempt to steal it. you're watching the news coming to you live from berlin up next looking off to europe's a waste in gonna environment magazine eco eco africa has that story and will coming up shortly from the un but that she is by fidel. cause. for calm it's a waste for just one train coming up a man in uganda one of the no tarnishing plastic struggles and come up with a simple natural traditional solution to th

the globe the stylized arabic white shawl in a figure of 8 pattern was projected on to qatar's national archives building at exactly 2022 local time the images also beamed out at times square new york london's leicester square and in recent told them and host cities moscow johannesburg and sao paolo. funny the work of the artist banksy is famous for suddenly appearing from nowhere but in the french capital paris it's the opposite his works are vanishing as mysteriously as they appear banks's work is known for its black humor and social criticism and ask alexis have paid more than a 1000000 euros for it but someone's decided it's cheaper to steal and to bid at an auction. rate from the car park sign that held it the stand sliver wrapped wearing a mosque holding a knife it was not part of the museum's collection but the head of the pump to center is worried that the work could end up in private hands. overwhelms me a little bit just to see that this work which is intended for shearing has been stalled. the stansell 1st appeared in june last year security guards successfully stopped the previous at

, that served in the civil war, and we did this based on our compiled service records in the national archives. the first two that i asked my employees to put on record where the seventh -- where the seventh west virginia, by virtue of the fact they were the only infantry unit, and the second virginia infantry, also primarily from what becomes west virginia, and part of the army of northern virginia. they never fought against each other eye to eye. there were times where they were not that far apart, especially in the shenandoah valley. that was my interest. my co-author, his interest was that he has a whole ton of relatives, ancestors who had fought in the regiment. he has been interested for years and years. we decided a couple years ago to collaborate and put out this book. question?nd to your anymore? well, i'm going to ask the young man, i didn't know him at sheppard. i already retired. maybe if the cameras can get it, he has a veterans metal that was issued by the state of west virginia of your great-great-grandfather? >> great uncle. >> would you bring it up and show it to everybody? so

one of 14 operated by the national archives and it -- and records of attrition. i am tom schwartz, the director. we are about to hear a onmulating presentation herbert hoover's various humanitarian efforts. we are in the midst of centennial observances of his many food relief efforts beginning in 2014 with the commission for relief in belgium, 2019, with the american relief administration efforts, and 2021, with russian famine relief. ironically, hoover's humanitarian food relief efforts, which pre-and postdate his presidency, affected the lives of more people and his four years as president. perhaps no one in president -- in history provided food for 70 people in need than herbert hoover. effortsr humanitarian span a half-century, so this conference offers a foretaste of a much broader topic. forre particularly grateful c-span for recording this conference for later broadcast. the hoover presidential foundation provided financial support for the conference and all of today's events at the library and museum. their ongoing support makes possible all the exhibits,

they're on loan for the first time in america in 400 years from the national archives of the united kingdom and on public exhibit for several months here at jamestown settlement. now it's truly my pleasure to welcome our next speaker who also had a marvelous way of making history come alive. jon meacham is a talented and extremely gifted historian. he's one of today's preminent biographers. he's won a pulitzer prize for literary endeavors and a popular best-selling author. jon meacham's extensive writings have helped many people, young and old, find knowledge and understanding as well as wisdom and purposes in history. perhaps better still, he tells stories as well as anyone writing about america. the legacy of jamestown in 1619 as i alluded to earlier is complex. but through american evolution, this year-long commemoration we have been working hard to make sure it's examined thoughtfully, carefully and in full historical context. here, as with other aspects of history, we confront contradictions and stated purposes in recorded outcomes and contradictions twine principles embraced in deeds

tim manager and his team over at the national archives. helped me out immensely with world war ii records. they were extremely helpful over there. he is retired from the civil war. i have to admit right at the beginning and a little intimidated here. i am not a civil war historian. i covered the cia for a number of years. they were a major intelligence figure during world war ii. the other one was on four key lieutenants. for my next war and buck. i book. i decided to switch morris. with for union four union spies during the civil war. i'm really glad i made the switch. when we think of the civil war. we have the in union. with matthew brady photographs. it always put me to sleep. and when they were on the battlefield. where thousands died in mass assaults. and that all happened but what also happened was a revolution and war fighting technology. the world had never seen. that could deliver more accurate and deadly fire. with the rapid communications. this was a war that also sought change in how armies maneuvered against each other. they

evil operate she is the director of the national archives here. is what's up with stuff and that's the old posture asa. it's not far from here it's these days it's called home army street it's. like it is because i mean there's obviously on a trip of some sort. well this is the czechoslovak bunker in the mountains near enough. built to protect against the german attack it was 80. the germans annexed the sudan inland in 1938 and later took over the rest of the country as those in the bunkers ended up as tourist attractions and he thought of invincibility attacks into the system. that's an unusual development but i still want to find out who those people were and what they were doing there. was a piece of that the germans annexed the sudan inland and turned western czechoslovakia into a protectorate. so those people are visiting the new german territory but. are these the shirkers. i want to find out what happened to them after the summer of 1939. people helped me to track down the construction files for bra plots one. and then you thought that. it'

there isn't a library of congress or national archives in this industry. though archives like the c-span archives and the governmental archives were really important to me. but i had to draw in different things when it happened. i had to draw conclusions from people want a longer with us. people would give me file folders that they kept in their attics for the last 30 years. one of the real challenges and one of the really important things going forward is how can we make sure this history that is in the making will be -- in the making be preserved? it really matters. not only the technology -- understanding the technology but what were the business decisions surrounding those technologies? who were the people? this is going to be extremely important to historians going forward. susan: right after the war, you write about stuff that was a competition between two different geographic areas in boston and palo alto. who were the patrons? why was it boston and palo alto? why did silicon valley triumph in this? professor o'mara: coming out of world war ii, bosto

to sign the document establishing a new government for the united states of america go at the national archives we have celebrated constitution day since 1956, four years after the original document in its place of honor in the rotunda go over the decades we have celebrated in many ways. the naturalization to money for new citizens of the united states it is always a moving experience to witness people from all parts of the world to stand in front of the parchment signed by our founders 232 years ago to swear to support and defend the constitution. we also invade one - - inviter speakers to understand the constitution and the central place in the nation's history. today we are honored to have with us this evening the sitting justice of the supreme court of united states associate justice gorsuch who has recently brought together his thoughts on the constitution and separation of powers into one volume we are pleased to welcome him here born in denver colorado got his ba from columbia jp from harvard and served as a law clerk to judge sentelle united states court of appeals and the clerk to just

archives, and historic places. up next, we travel about 45 miles west of the nation's capital to tour a u.s. army can indications base in warrenton, virginia, which now houses a museum dedicated to remembering the cold war. is is just under an hour. >>> welcome, my name is francie -- francis gary powers junior, i go by gary, i am the founder of the cold war museum at vince hill virginia, about 45 miles northwest of washington dc. i founded the cold war museum in 1996, to honor cold war veterans, preserve cold war history, and educate future generations about this time period. what i realized when i was giving lectures to high school students in this area, nine times out of 10, the students would not know anything about the cold war or the u2 incident. they would think the u2 incident would have something to do do with the rock band. a the cold war period. in 1996 we founded the cold war museum which opened here at vint hill farms station, a former army communications base near the washington area. it used to be used by nsa, cia, asa and other groups to monitor communications around the washi

my interest in this was piqued i the fact that in may of 2012 a researcher at the national archives uncovered a 21-page report written by dr. charles leale. her name was helen uncovered a. she 21-page handwritten report, which was done in the first .4 hours of the lincoln assassination -- 24 hours of the lincoln assassination by dr. charles leale. previously, this was unknown. dr. leale did submit seven reports, but this particular one turned out to be a treasure trove. who was this gentleman? the first doctor to be admitted to the presidential box was indeed dr. charles augustus leale. he was a 23-year-old. he had just graduated bellevue medical college in new york only some six weeks prior. that's a little deceiving because his stepfather was a doctor and as a young man, he had -- his father had overseen the breen hospital in portland, maine. and dr. leale -- young charles, actually, gained surgical experience. he recalls receiving his first surgical instruction at the hospital as he visited the wards as a young man. in addition, his father had him privately tutored by two of the finest phy

the board of trustees, several members of the federal and state judiciary, the staff of the national archives, many elected officials including little rock mayor, frank scott. [applause] and guests from all over the region. we are pleased to welcome the from several campuses, including the constitutional law class at the bowen school of law. [applause] this event could not have happened without the long hours and hard work of the clinton foundation and clinton school staff, along with the support of many dedicated volunteers. thank you all very much. [applause] a few months ago, i heard a deliver a personal and inspiring speech. in her remarks, she listed people she most admired and in addition to her family members, she proudly said, and i quote, rbg. [applause] this evening, she is here, sitting with us. as a salute to the many young people who are also inspired by justice ginsburg. we are glad to have you here. thank you for joining us and thank the family for making this possible. [applause] >> good evening. i am also thrilled to be here with all of you at our largest distinguished lectur

women's leadership forum, national archives. cokie constantly pushed us to be our better selves. along with maya angelou, coretta scott king. she was a great mentor and a wonderful friend. >> karen, you texted me right away after cokie's passing and said when you struggled through cancer she planted herself in your room. >> yeah. i think that what people -- what her listeners and viewers could sense about cokie was very genuine with her. i was not one of her closest friends, but i can tell you -- i mean, to look up in my hospital room after cancer surgery and there is cokie holding a big arm load of reading material and a big fresh load of gossip for me which i needed just as badly at that time. >> as did she. >> she loved her gossip. >> the thing about cokie was -- again, she was so generous in sharing her insights. she had such a deep understanding and respect for the institution of washington which isn't very fashionable these days. she knew the back story of everything. >> karen, i want to turn to you. you have known cokie since you were an intern here. look at you now. >> ye

the danish national archives come in a collection of legal document from st. croix, there sits a 56 page booklet of the court proceedings for the divorce of rachel michael levine,nee rachel fossett which includes the court record of the testimony of the three witnesses. here is perhaps the most you can clearly see some interesting things on these two pages. levine, and joh levine.el here is st. croix, and the number five. i think i have gotten all of those. there is the number five. the rest is greek, or it is rather gothic danish. i was able to train it -- translate enough to get a rough idea, and realize its importance. wordxample, here is one which means children. in other words, the witness was talking about her children, james hamilton jr. and alexander hamilton. i have the record of the proceedings translated, and it was more interesting than i thought. remember that this is 56 pages long and we do not have time to go through the entire proceedings so please refer to the relevant chapter for more details. i would like to speak briefly about the three wit

please welcome philip mudd to the national archives. [applause] >> you missed the most important part, i live part-time in memphis, tennessee. >> thank you. i was running in a place called midtown memphis, a historic part of memphis wondering whether to write another book. i've written a couple. reflecting on some of what i witnessed during that excruciating time after 9/11 and realize some of my colleagues had written their stories, many of the people i worked with would never speak, would never write and their stories would never be told if no one talked to them, put their stories into one narrative and explain what happened so i decided running my 5 miles in midtown memphis i would do that. this is mostly their story. it's not a history. is not every document that ever appeared related to the program, it is the story of men and women i served with and he decided to speak to me because they trusted me. step back in time with me. we are going into a time machine, back to the 1990s. a lot of my colleagues talk about the time, to paraphr