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 king thely one of the busiest of all of the president ial libraries. And this years group of authors reflects wide variety of research down here. And if you love the roosevelt reading festival, and want to support this and other programs that question do here, i encourage you to become a Roosevelt Library member. You can join today at the membership table in the hall. Or onis line at fdr library. Org and if you havent already please do go see our new special, temporary Museum Exhibition images of internment incarceration of japanese americans during world war ii. So let me quickly go over the format for the tevels sessions today. At the top of each hour, a session begins with a 30minute talk followed by a ten minute question and answer period. The author then moves to the lobby to sign books and talk
Research institution for the entire resin roosevelt era it is with the busiest of all the librarys two reflect the wide variety few of the residents of reading festival in one to support this and other festivals i encourage you to become a member for you can join to get the membership table or on line. If you have not already please cozy this special temporary museum about the incarceration of japanese americans during world war ii. At the top of each hour of a session begins with a 30 minute talk with 10 minutes of question and answer. The author will then move to the lobby to sign books and talk with you more. During the q a period this will be taped for cspan soties approached the microphone. Now it is my pleasure to introduce our next speaker, Adrian Miller a writer and a sturdy and certified barbeque judge. [laughter] living in Denver Colorado. He is currently the executive director of the Colorado Council of churches in the first africanamerican and layperson to hold the position
For serious readers. [laughter] good morning. My name is kirsten carter, senior archivist at the president ial library. On behalf of the library i would like to welcome you to the roosevelt reading festival. Fdr planned for the library to become the premier Research Institution for studying the entire roosevelt era. The Library Research room is consistently one of the busiest of all the president ial libraries and is europes group of authors reflect the wide variety of Research Done here. If you love the roosevelt reading festival and want to support this and other programs 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 fdrlibrary. Org. 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. Let me quickly go over the format for the festival session today. At the top of each hour a session
Is composed of k. U. Students committed to the work of the Dole Institute. Before we begin tonight, id like to remind you to please turn off your cell phones. After the interview, we will have some time for our audience questions and answers. If you have a question, please raise your hand and a student helper with a microphone will come to you. Please ask just one brief question. And now id like to introduce you to the associate director of the Dole Institute of politics, barbara ballard. [applause] thank you, quinn. Good evening and welcome to the robert j. Dole institute of politics at the university of kansas. We are pleased to have you join us for the president ial first series, the ladies. The 2014 president ial election series is sponsored in part by the william t. Kemper ii Charitable Trust and Commerce Trust company and bob lloyd cotrustees. This evenings interview will conducted by bill lacy, director of the Dole Institute, Richard Norton smith was the First Permanent director
Introduce my colleague sarah fling. She started at the White House Historical association in 2019 as a graduate public history fellow before joining as a historian in 2021 her research focuses on free and enslaved workers the first ladies and the white house collection serious. Sarahs previous Work Experience includes internships at Historic Sites such as George Washingtons mount vernon and the frick pittsburg. She received her bachelors degree in history from the university of pittsburgh and her masters in public history from american university. Sarah is originally from york, pennsylvania. Welcome sarah. Thank you, lena. Thanks so much for that introduction and good evening everybody. Thanks so much for being here with us tonight as we explore what i consider to be the Unsung Heroes of the white house the resident staff. So if we had to the next slide, id like to talk a little bit more about the history and the background of the residence staff. Now i think today when we think of whi