Extensive manuscript collections largely comprised of the correspondences and the diaries and the manuscripts speeches, legal and business papers of both senior and junior president adams as well as all the members of this preeminent political dynasty. These documents remain so vital in the efforts to understand the evolution of american democracy, diplomacy and identity. They strive to make the papers and the entire 14 million item collections available to anyone with an interest in american life, culture and history and give it for free. If you value of this and enjoy y programming like todays talks and you are not a supporter, i would encourage you to do so. Tonight represents just one of many program seminars, exhibitions and workshops that we host. If you dont already have a copy, grab one on the way out and its also available on the website. I want to mention we will have copies of the democracy on sale after the program and i think we can get them signed by the authors. Now it i
Thank you. Welcome. Good afternoon britt and catherine, president of the Massachusetts Historical Society and i am so happy you could be here with us today as we welcome to celebrated historians as they present their coauthored book, and one. The problem of democracy doubtless, many of you here in this room know mhs is home to the adams family papers and an extensive collection largely comprised of correspondences, letters, books, diaries, literary manuscripts, speeches, legal and business papers of both the senior and junior president s adams as well as all the members of this preeminent political dynasty. These documents remain so vital in our efforts to understand the evolution of american democracy, diplomacy and identity. Mhs strives to make the adams papers and our entire 40 million item collection available to anyone with an interest in american life, culture and history and we do it for free. If you have value resource and enjoyed programming like todays talk and you are not an
Doubtless, many of you here in this room know mhs is home to the adams family papers and an extensive collection largely comprised of correspondences, letters, books, diaries, literary manuscripts, speeches, legal and business papers of both the senior and junior president s adams as well as all the members of this preeminent political dynasty. These documents remain so vital in our efforts to understand the evolution of american democracy, diplomacy and identity. Mhs strives to make the adams papers and our entire 40 million item collection available to anyone with an interest in american life, culture and history and we do it for free. If you have value resource and enjoyed programming like todays talk and you are not an mhs supporter i encourage you to do so. Tonight represents one of many programs seminars, exhibitions and workshops that we host. If you dont already have a copy of our new Spring Summer calendar grab one on the way out and its on her website. I want to mention we wi
Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for coming out on yet haanother rainy day in kentuckyn 2019. Let me take a moment to ask you to take your time now to check your cell phones and make sure it is turned off. Are you picking me up on this, mike . Well, thank you all for coming out. Go ahead and sit down. You for coming out today to another historic moment in the history of the Mcconnell Center here at the university of louisville. Theres number of distinguished guests in the audience tonight and i decided to handle it this way. If you think i would feel you are distinguished, assume that is the case. I will not call you out. But i do owe an instruction and appreciation for president of the university of louisville for being here with us. [applause] thank you for bringing or dragging yourselves here throughout the rain today. This is and historic moment for the Mcconnell Center. Its one of many in our history and i was thinking about it this week that Marcus Cicero and the great roman state
If I had a minor in my doctoral work it was historical theology. I'm particularly fascinated with how history is written. At times there appears a bias