This is cspan3. We are in the library of congress for a conversation among three people who are responsible for conserving the nations history and treasures, and my opening question is to our host for this conversation, carla hayden, who is the brand new 14th librarian of congress, just starting her job in the fall of 2016. Why did you take this job . Let me have you finish this sentence. I took this job because i want to . Open this wonderful Treasure Chest to as many people as possible. It has, in the room that were in now, six stradivarius violins and original scores from beethoven, haydn, no relation, and there are so many things here, and thats why i took the job. David ferriero, youve been at this a bit longer. You are the tenth archivist of the United States, started the job in 2009. Do you remember why you said yes . I said no twice when i got the first calls but it and it took someone from the Transition Team to come to new york to talk to me about what this administration was
Latest history news. Next from the library of congress, we talk with three caretakers of americas treasures. Smithsonian secretary david skorton, librarian of Congress Carla Hayden and archivist of the United States david ferriero. This is American History tv, only on cspan3. We are in the library of congress for a conversation among three people who are responsible for conserving the nations history and treasures, and my opening question is to our host for this conversation, carla hayden, who is the brand new 14th librarian of congress, just starting her job in the fall of 2016. Why did you take this job . Let me see how you finish this sentence. I took that job because i want to open this wonderful Treasure Chest to as many people as possible. It has, in the room that were in now, has six stradivarius violins and original scores from beethoven beethoven, haydn, no relation, and there are so many things here, and thats why i took the job. David ferrerio youve been at this a bit longer
Possible. It has the room that were in now has six stradivarius violins and original scores from beethoven, hayden, no relation. And there are so many things here, and thats why i took the job. David fair yoe, youve been at this a little longer. You started the job in 2009. Do you remember why you said yes . I said no twice. When i got the first calls about it. And it took someone from the Transition Team to come to new york to talk to me about what this administration was looking for in the new archivist. And i said yes, because of the opportunity to participate in an administration that was serious about open government and transparency and thought that the National Archives had a role to play in that theme. Dr. David skorton. We were a patriotic family, and corny in this regard, and my dad said if you ever had a chance to do something nice for the country, do it. And it felt like i could participate in some small way in preserving the nations history, telling the story of it to amer
Possible. It has the room that were in now has six stradivarius violins and original scores from beethoven, hayden, no relation. And there are so many things here, and thats why i took the job. David fair yoe, youve been at this a little longer. You started the job in 2009. Do you remember why you said yes . I said no twice. When i got the first calls about it. And it took someone from the Transition Team to come to new york to talk to me about what this administration was looking for in the new archivist. And i said yes, because of the opportunity to participate in an administration that was serious about open government and transparency and thought that the National Archives had a role to play in that theme. Dr. David skorton. We were a patriotic family, and corny in this regard, and my dad said if you ever had a chance to do something nice for the country, do it. And it felt like i could participate in some small way in preserving the nations history, telling the story of it to amer
Possible. It has the room that were in now has six stradivarius violins and original scores from beethoven, hayden, no relation. And there are so many things here, and thats why i took the job. David fair yoe, youve been at this a little longer. You started the job in 2009. Do you remember why you said yes . I said no twice. When i got the first calls about it. And it took someone from the Transition Team to come to new york to talk to me about what this administration was looking for in the new archivist. And i said yes, because of the opportunity to participate in an administration that was serious about open government and transparency and thought that the National Archives had a role to play in that theme. Dr. David skorton. We were a patriotic family, and corny in this regard, and my dad said if you ever had a chance to do something nice for the country, do it. And it felt like i could participate in some small way in preserving the nations history, telling the story of it to amer