In the main reading room. It lends a certain something to the seriousness of what they are doing. That is the way it should be, but scholars are really know the score walk right past the Jefferson Building and go into you may not like the way it looks, but the Madison Building is where it is at. That is where the manuscripts collection is, and there are 60 million items. This is from the website. 60 million items over 11,000 separate collections, truly the greatest manuscript treasure of American History and culture. To talk to us about that collection is Jeff Flannery, an old friend of the society in particular friend of scholars who work in American History, like my former colleagues and i. For 40 years, put together a document history project, and it brought us to jeff virtually every week. He and his staff helped us produce those volumes. Jeff is the head of the reference and services section. He has been in the management for 31 years, and that is all i will say. I know you are mu
Our job is to educate, organize, mobilize people. Or years from now is a long time. Weve got other things to worry about today. [applause] you talk about universal healthcare and its something that so many of us believe in. What do you think is the straightest path to get that at this point . The problem lies in a corrupt Campaign Finance system. And the first thing weve got to do is overturn citizens united. [applause] and in my view, moved to public funding of elections. What we also have got to do, and this worries me very much , its directly related to healthcare or the environment or anything else. You have to pay a lot of attention and fight back against voter suppression. There are cowardly republican governors all over this country who are afraid of free, open and democratic elections and theyre trying to make it harder for young people, for old people, people of color to participate in the political process so we got to resist that and move toward a nation in which everybody ,
Charlie taught him, you take a punch. You dont let it get you down, you get back up. Charlie is the one in fences. A garbage hauler who didnt get to play major league baseball. Charlie is fighter who could have been a National Champion but didnt get the fight, because joe lewis was enough. Charlie never got the break he should have. I grew up here every morning, bust my smooch, put up with them crackers every day because i liked you. You are the biggest fool i ever saw. It is my job. It is my responsibility. You understand that . A man got to take care of his family. You live in my house. Sleep your behind in my bed clothes. Fill your belly with my food. Because i like you . Because youre my flesh and blood. August always had this idea thats what a warrior does. That is what his mother did. So charlie was a very important part augusts development and just a neighbor across the street a few doors down from where he grew up. That is part of what we will call the warrior spirit. He didnt
Libraries became safe havens when schools were closed and local businesses were closed. Your library stayed open. You are a personal hero and he thought you were the most capable individual possible to run the library of congress, so that was a good recommendation from a missourian about what you have done. Much more thanes the title would indicate. The library of congress is our countrys oldest Cultural Institution and was created by , 200 years ago. It was created to promote scholarship, to promote creativity and the goal to become a pro class repository for a vast touch of work. Leading the library of congress requires multitasking on a scale which is rarely necessary and almost any other organization. The Worlds Largest collection of books, including the largest database anywhere of copyrighted works. The library manages more than 3000 people. The library and serves as an impartial and objective head. In the library and oversees the librarianoffice oversees the Copyright Office. Ha
Experience about her childhood or the past. Host we want to see when the thing over here. Is this for everyone are we getting a special tour . Guest you are getting a special tour. The tour is here for researchers who need to study the papers are the books. Host would one have to apply to see the virginia wolfe manuscript . Guest the bad manuscripts we dont even ring out for researchers because we have it on meghreb so. We use. Manuscript for presentations and exhibitions and i do many presentations for reading groups for the public and that is how the public gets access to these materials for these kinds of special presentations. Host would you like to see the manuscripts, which elected the these online so everyone can see them . Guest jazz. There actually is a very substantial robust virginia wolfe website, which does contain the digital images, the digitized images of that manuscript available at present. And here is one of Charles Dickens tasks. His chair, his language has been ric