Good evening and welcome to the bancroft Prize Program. Columbia University Library is cosponsors. This important event with the Columbia Department of history as our dedicated historians say, the work of historical scholarship is never finished and we reexamine it through present day lenses. Today, especially today, it seems it seems important to lift up that critical work of examining and reexamining history. History is happening right now, and i am grateful for all of the hard labor that goes into researching and writing history, including not only the history in, but also the labor of librarians, archivist sites, curators, editors, and other workers whose critical work, work and support deserves to be acknowledged. A jury is chosen each year by our history to award the prizes to outstanding historians of the americas. One of the leading historians and that department is selected to chair a panel of three jurors representing the finest scholars in the field from Excellent Research u
Its. Good evening and welcome to the bancroft Prize Program. Columbia University Library is cosponsors. This important event with the Columbia Department of history as our dedicated historians say, the work of historical scholarship is never finished and we reexamine it through present day lenses. Today, especially today, it seems it seems important to lift up that critical work of examining and reexamining history. History is happening right now, and i am grateful for all of the hard labor that goes into researching and writing history, including not only the history in, but also the labor of librarians, archivist sites, curators, editors, and other workers whose critical work, work and support deserves to be acknowledged. A jury is chosen each year by our history to award the prizes to outstanding historians of the americas. One of the leading historians and that department is selected to chair a panel of three jurors representing the finest scholars in the field from Excellent Resea
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I knew him in a different context. In the 111th congress, he directed a project for the senate libraries. It was in that context that i got to know him. I will never forget the feeling of relief i had when anthony brought the experiment of the subcommittee and decided the budget to come on a tour. As the librarian, i got to give the tour. Correct me if used some very colorful language, and i walked through the library and explained to him how we were going to turn what had been a private library into a nonprofit library. It was a joy in disbelief for them to see. It was a joy to know they were supportive of what we were doing. I will always be grateful to him for that. I am equally grateful, and thats why he is here today, that he took time to write a book. He was working on this before he started working for the government. Some people go into government and then write a book. But he wrote this before. There are not many people in our country who think deeply about the Library System.
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