About your book from october 31st, 1996. You know, this is my last campaign and maybe i will run for school board someday. [laughter] brian your book is called the last campaign. You say in the book that moment got you the title. Why . Anthony i saw that moment in a Political Science budget class in 2003 and decided to write my thesis for that semester on that idea that a president ial library is the president last campaign, not the final electoral contest. And when i finished that paper, my professor said this is a book, you should consider making this into a book. A week later, i got into an rv i had and traveled to all the president ial libraries in six weeks, the once i had not been to yet. I came back convinced that maybe there was more than a book in it. For me, going to the president ial libraries was only the beginning of the journey. Because seeing the libraries as a tourist was different from researching in the records and going to the National Archives and seeing how the lib
President ial libraries and the taxpayer dollars that go into partially funded president ial libraries. Were joined by the author of the book, the last campaign, how president s rewrite history. Intolark, how did you get this particular area of study . [video clip] i read a lot of stuff about guest president ial libraries that was wrong. I started looking into it and i was in a Masters Program for Political Science and i wrote a paper about how president ial libraries are the last campaign. We had seen a video during the class of bill clintons last rally in 1996. He said this is my last campaign. Just like your president sensors, you will build a library. I wrote the paper and the professor said this could be a book. Went to thek, i other president ial librarys i had not visited. You worked on some of these issues on capitol hill . Guest [video clip] guest guest i was told that the records of president ial libraries were not available to me. It was a twoyear freedom of information act
President ial libraries and the taxpayer dollars that go into partially funded president ial libraries. Were joined by the author of the book, the last campaign, how president s rewrite history. Intolark, how did you get this particular area of study . [video clip] i read a lot of stuff about guest president ial libraries that was wrong. I started looking into it and i was in a Masters Program for Political Science and i wrote a paper about how president ial libraries are the last campaign. We had seen a video during the class of bill clintons last rally in 1996. He said this is my last campaign. Just like your president sensors, you will build a library. I wrote the paper and the professor said this could be a book. Went to thek, i other president ial librarys i had not visited. You worked on some of these issues on capitol hill . Guest [video clip] guest guest i was told that the records of president ial libraries were not available to me. It was a twoyear freedom of information act
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