Good morning. My name is Kirsten Carter and i am the supervisory archivist at the fdr president ial library, and on behalf of the library, id like to welcome you again to the 2017 roosevelt reading festival. Fdr plans for the library to become the premier Research Institution for studying the entire roosevelt era. The librarys Research Room is consistently one of the busiest of all of the president ial libraries. And this years group of authors reflects the wide variety of research down here. And if you love the roosevelt reading festival, and want to support this and other programs that we do here, i encourage you to become a Roosevelt Library member. You can join today at the membership table in the hall or online at fdr library. Org and if you havent already please do go see our new special, temporary museum exhibition, images of internment, the incarceration of japanese americans during world war ii. So let me quickly go over the format for the festivals sessions today. At the top
Become the premiere Research Institution for studying the entire roosevelt era. The librarys Research Room is consistently one of the busiest of all the president ial libraries and this years group of authors reflects reflects ree variety oresearch down here. If you love the roosevelt reading festival and want to support this and other programs that we do here, i encourage you to become a Roosevelt Library member. You can join today at the membership table in the hall, or online at fdr library. Org and if you havent already, please do go see our new special temporary museum exhibition, images of interment, the incarceration of japaneseamericanss during world war 2. At the top of each hour a session begins with a 30minute author talk followed by a tenminute question and answer period. The author then moves to the lobby to sign books and talk with you more if you have more questions. So, during the question and answer period today, this session will be taped for cspan so wed appreciate i