R. Ford prize. It was for coverage of the presidency. The first time anybody had captured both awards in a single year. He is a frequent guest lecturer at universities including stanford, harvard, the university of chicago and other institutions abroad. He is the author of three books. We will focus on his third book about Richard Nixon. It is a biography of the 37th president of the United States. It has one best biography of the year, the New York Historical pride in American History. It was a finalist for the pulitzer prize. After the program, these join us in the atrium where this book is for sale and signing. Please give a warm welcome to mr. Farrell and enjoy the program. [applause] john thank you very much. That was terrific. Thank you. Groucho marx used to say after that kind of introduction, i can hardly wait to hear what i have to say. It is a great honor to be at the smithsonian. At a time when history and objective knowledge is under fire, the smithsonian is this great and
Recordings program. Quite wonderful to be here with everybody. Kent was with us for years and years, spent time at the university of south carolina. For the next 75 minutes, well share insights from the secret white house tapes, and well l in, to explore dynamics there but also to relate them to contemporary developments, to see what kinds of questions they prompt us to ask about contemporary dynamics, about the history they contain, about parallels to todays events, about the practice of democracy itself. Just a word about the recordings program. We were established in 1998, and the only we are institution of this kind doing transcribenalyze and the secret president ial tapes that president s made from 1940 so franklin, roosevelt through Richard Nixon. We do this work at the miller center. Well,it offsite as because so much work these days is browserbased. But we publish work through the university of Virginia Press and its electronic imprint. The president ial recordings digital init
I am marc selverstone. Associate professor in president ial studies at the university of virginias Miller Center, and as chair of the centers president ial recordings program, id like to welcome you to a special panel, echoing the echoes of the past, featuring my colleagues on the recordings program. Its quite wonderful to be here with everybody. Something of a reunion. Kent was with us for years and years, now spending time at the university of South Carolina. For the next 75 minutes, well share insights from the secret white house tapes, and well look to explore dynamics therein, but also to relate them to contemporary developments, to see what kinds of questions they prompt us to ask about contemporary dynamics, about the history they contain, about parallels to todays events, about the practice of democracy itself. Just a word about the recordings program. We were established in 1998, and our goal, we are the only institution of this kind doing it, is to analyze and transcribe the
Politico magazine and the atlantic. Following his career as a journalist where he worked as White House Correspondent and served on the spotlight team. In his capacity as a journalist, he has cover congress, the Supreme Court and every Residential Campaign from 1980 through 2012. He also served as the senior Political Correspondent for political integrity. Fornprofit Center Investigative journalism in washington, d. C. In 1996 he received a prize and the award from the White House Correspondents association for coverage of the presidency. The first time everyone had captured both awards in a single year. He is a frequent guest lecturer various universities, including stafford, harvard, the United States military academy, university of chicago and other institutions abroad. He is the author of three books. Dam, and tip ohe neill and the democratic century. Tonight his talk focuses on a third book about Richard Nixon. It is a biography of the 37th president of the United States. This boo
In he is the author of three books , attorneys ofrrow the dammed, and to oneill and the democratic century. Tonights talk will center on his third book, about Richard Nixon. Its a biography of the 30 37 37th president of the United States. He was a finalist for the pulitzer prize. Join the program, please us in the atrium for book signings. Please join us in welcoming mr. Pharrell to the program. [applause] thanks very much. That was terrific. Thank you. Groucho marx used to say, after that kind of introduction, i can hardly wait to hear what i have to say. Its a great honor to be at the smithsonian because at a time when history and may be objective knowledge is under the smithsonian is this great, wonderful institution, asset that we have, and today i was reading through the Smithsonian Magazine website and they had this marvelous story ofut how the black curator an africanamerican museum in virginia got together with the white curator of the museum of and togethercy, they set down o