Incredible documents, spanning from everything from papal ambassador from the congo in 1608, to the first printing of the u. S. Constitution, and so forth. Its an opportunity to get close to history through interaction with documents. Whats exciting about this evening is that we not only have the documentation, but we also have living witnesses to history to 11 and deepen our understanding of these events. From the karen archive, we decided to expand the event. Figure was on her way this evening and was instrumental in organizing the event by introducing me to jean the otherand panelists, but who unfortunately got stuck in denver in a snowstorm and was unable to join us. Part of her collection is on display in the corner which she generously lent to us to show. Through sue, serendipitously, by chance i came back to washington and have been to meet mary gallagher, who contacted me here in washington. Collectionincredible she shared with me and has been kind enough to share some of her t
A milestone by meeting at the historic Decatur House in washington, d c, to recount their white house experiences. Bys program was hosted bottoms, and International Auction trust. It is about one hour. This is an event that has been birthed from a number of sources. It really all started for us with the collection you see against the back wall, the care and archive, which is one of documents and ephemera related to history. The collector who put it together with focused on finding documents and printed matter that bring you as close as you can to the contemporary events described and i encourage you all to have a look at these incredible documents spanning the papal from ambassador from the congo in 1608 who died two days after arriving in rome to the first printing of the u. S. Constitution and so forth. It is an opportunity to get close through history through interaction with documents and i think what is exciting about this evening is we not only have documentation but we have livi