have been coming to again and again this month. this is the fourth installment of the series. we have focused mostly on architecture. you might recall we had house speaker on the folklife, but this one is different to me. it speaks very clearly and closely to my heart as a historian. i know visitors that come to d.c., they want to go to library of congress, they are in on and they should be. researchers cannot wait to read in the main reading room. it lands a certain something lends a certain something to the seriousness of what they are doing. scholars that really know the score walk right past the jefferson building and go into you may not like the way it looks, but the madison ling is where it is at. that is where the manuscripts is where it is at. that is where the manuscripts are. i am getting this from the website. 60 million items over 11,000 separate collections, truly the greatest manuscript treasure of american history and culture. to talk to us about that col
in the main reading room. it lends a certain something to the seriousness of what they are doing. that is the way it should be, but scholars are really know the score walk right past the jefferson building and go into you may not like the way it looks, but the madison building is where it is at. that is where the manuscripts collection is, and there are 60 million items. this is from the website. 60 million items over 11,000 separate collections, truly the greatest manuscript treasure of american history and culture. to talk to us about that collection is jeff flannery, an old friend of the society in particular friend of scholars who work in american history, like my former colleagues and i. for 40 years, put together a document history project, and it brought us to jeff virtually every week. he and his staff helped us produce those volumes. jeff is the head of the reference and services section. he has been in the management for 31 years, and that is all i will say. i kno
the program was brought to us by several people from that organization. let me make sure i get them right. stephanie, matthew, elizabeth. who really came up with the idea for the program and we are very happy to be heard to present it to you. we are also particularly happy to have as our host justice breyer who will speak to you in a minute. i will tell you briefly what you don t know already about justice breyer. he is a californian. study that stanford, oxford, then harvard law school. became a law clerk europe the supreme court in 1964 which happens to be one year after gideon v. wainwright, so he missed that activity. then he was a counsel to the senate judiciary committee, also very active in the academic world. president carter appointed him circuit in 1980. years.ed therefore 14 president clinton appointed him to this court where he became one of now seven justices who also served as a law clerk in this court. he has been on the court obviously now since 1994 for 11 ye
your cell phones are totally off because it will interfere with the sound system in the courtroom. we are here tonight with a program we are cosponsoring with the supreme court alumni association. we are delighted to be a cosponsor with them. the program was brought to us by several people from that organization. let me make sure i get them right. stephanie, matthew, elizabeth. who really came up with the idea for the program and we are very happy to be heard to present it to you. we are also particularly happy to have as our host justice breyer who will speak to you in a minute. i will tell you briefly what you don t know already about justice breyer. he is a californian. study that stanford, oxford, then harvard law school. became a law clerk europe the supreme court in 1964 which happens to be one year after gideon v. wainwright, so he missed that activity. then he was a counsel to the senate judiciary committee, also very active in the academic world. president carter app
jerome libin: good morning everyone. i am the president of the supreme court historical society. i am delighted to welcome all of you here to this very interesting program we are having tonight. i must ask everybody to be sure your cell phones and tablets are totally off because it will interfere with the sound system in the courtroom. we are here tonight with a program we are cosponsoring with the supreme court alumni association. we are delighted to be a cosponsor with them. the program was brought to us by several people from that organization. let me make sure i get them right. stephanie, matthew, elizabeth. who really came up with the idea for the program and we are very happy to be heard to present it to you. we are also particularly happy to have as our host justice breyer who will speak to you in a minute. i will tell you briefly what you don t know already about justice breyer. he is a californian. study that stanford, oxford, then harvard law school. became a law cl