The Recordings Program. It is quite wonderful actually to be here with everybody. It is something of a reunion in fact since kent was with us for years and years and spending his time at university of South Carolina. For the next 75 minutes, well share with you insights from the secret white house tapes. And well look to explore the dynamics therein and to relate them to see what kind of questions they prompt us to ask about contemporary dynamics about the history they contain, about parallels to todays events, about the practice of democracy itself. Just a word about the Recordings Program, we were established in 1998. And our goal, we are the only institution of its kind doing it, is to analyze and transcribe the secret president ial tapes that president s made from 1940 through 1973. That is from Franklin Roosevelt through Richard Nixon. We do this work at the Miller Center. We actually do it off site as well because so much of the work these days is browserbased. But we publish our
Later you can go to our page, i think, and we will upload it on youtube, is that correct . Again, i am sharon, founding director of the institute of Public Policies and history which is housed here at the university of the district of columbia. We will launch in january of last year by mayor bowser and president ronald mason. We have sort of the same focus as do other institute in politics except for a very strong focus as well on the history of this city and by so doing the history of this country because unlike most other cities we are entirely a creature of the politics of creating a new nation and for those of you who saw the musical, hamilton, there is a song in it that says in the room where it happened and we are what happened. Washington dc. While we have topics that are contemporary interests we always try to grill down on that topic to talk about if its the historical origins and that certainly is true for the compelling topic of tonight. We will talk this evening about the a
Those of you who want to find it later you can go to our page, i think, and we will upload it on youtube, is that correct . Again, i am sharon, founding director of the institute of Public Policies and history which is housed here at the university of the district of columbia. We will launch in january of last year by mayor bowser and president ronald mason. We have sort of the same focus as do other institute in politics except for a very strong focus as well on the history of this city and by so doing the history of this country because unlike most other cities we are entirely a creature of the politics of creating a new nation and for those of you who saw the musical, hamilton, there is a song in it that says in the room where it happened and we are what happened. Washington dc. While we have topics that are contemporary interests we always try to grill down on that topic to talk about if its the historical origins and that certainly is true for the compelling topic of tonight. We w
Good evening. Welcome to mount vernon. My name is kevin butterfield, director of the fred w Swift National library. It is my pleasure to welcome you back here. And the Ford Motor Company each month sponsors a free book talk like this one. An opportunity for the community to come and learn from the greatest historians in the field. Thank you for being here tonight. We are thrilled to have you. We will hear a brief hesitation from susan swain, copresident and chief executive officer of cspan. She will be joined by brian lam, the founder and executive chairman of cspan and moderating an esteemed group of historians discussing the american presidency. The american presidency is, as you know, a fascinating subject of inquiry in every possible way. [laughter] in the constitution, there is not much said about it. Article one is quite long. Article two is quite shorter. As you can imagine, the executive power shall be vested in a president of the United States of america. Full stop. That is th
My name is kevin butter fooerfi. Im t it is my pleasure to welcome you here tonight on behalf of the mt. Vernon Ladies Association and the Ford Motor Company which each month sponsors a free monthly book talk just like this one, an opportunity for people to the community to come and learn from some of the greatest historians in the field. Thank you so much for being here tonight. Were thrilled to have you. To begin the program, just shortly, well hear a brief presentation from susan swain, copresident , chief executive officer of cspan, and coauthor of the president s which will be discussed tonight. Shell be joined by brian lann, founder and executive chairman of cspan, in moderating an esteemed group of historians in discussing the american presidency. And the american presidency is, as you know, a fascinating subject of inquiry in every possible way. In the constitution theres not as much said about it as you might imagine. Article 1 is quite long. Article 2 much shorter. And the ke