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[inaudible conversations] please welcome dr. Carla hayden and susan orlean. [applaus [applause] well, i have to start by, im carla Hayden Library of congress and i want to thank jamie and feline and the angels and the readers for allowing me to be with someone who hassle evaluat evaluated elevated libraries to such an extent. Thank you. Let me say there have been patron saints of libraries, Andrew Carnegie and stuff like that, about you you are now number one. I finally smacked down Andrew Carne...

Glad to start by carla library of congress and i just want to thank jamie and the angels and the readers for allowing me to be with someone who has elevated libraries to such an extent. [applause]. Let me just say, there have been saints in the library. You are now number one. I finally smacked down andrew carnegie. Susan you have. So how does it feel to be the patron of all of the librarian. When i started this book, i could not have anticipated that part of it. Susan i was drawn into the story...

Well, i have to start by thanking the library of congress and i want to thank jamie and helene and the angels. Readers, for allowing me to be with someone who has elevated libraries to such an extent. [applause] let me just say there have been patron saints of the library at the carnegie and thingslike that but you are now number one. I finally smacked down andrew carnegie. Like that. Greats how does itfeel to be the patron saint of libraries . When i started this book i couldnt have anticipated...

As always its nice to see some new faces. And a special welcome we are the oldest Historical Society in america with 14000 manuscripts it is truly breathtaking correction. And we also host academic seminars and workshops with many many public programs. It with those upcoming programs with africanamerican history so we are hosting a four Program Series and now the 400th anniversary for the arrival of the british colonies in north america. So discuss the history of africans and africanamericans to...

We make all of this material available to the public for free and we have rotating exhibititions and, of course, many, many public programs. Based on the subject of tonights talk, i thought it was worth highlighting programs that explore africanamerican history. Fourprogram series of legacies of 1619, this year is 400th anniversary of first enslaved africans in british colonies in north america. Perspectives of 17, 18, and 19th centuries. We have 3 more to go. If you have a chance to join us, th...

So now without further adieu tonight, i am very excited to welcome dorothy and thomas, who were celebrating the release of are you prepared for the storm of lovemaking, letters of love and lust from the white house . Our president s loom so large in history that we often forget theyre human. Are you prepared for the storm of lovemaking as a collection of handwritten love letters that offers a surprising and intimate portrait of the men who occupied the white house . From George Washington to bar...

Are you prepared for the storm of lovemaking, letters of love and lust from the white house . Our president s loom so large in history that we often forget theyre human. Are you prepared for the storm of lovemaking as a collection of handwritten love letters that offers a surprising and intimat . From George Washington to barack obama. These are not the president s we see in the history books. Instead, when they courted the wome women outside of their marriage. They often showed a side the publi...

I was just standing looking at what was going on and i heard a big old boom. A San Jose Police officer shot and an hours long standoff with the suspect ends with tear gas. Everything we know about the case this morning. You just feel like you are taking your life in your hands. Keeping you safe on the roads. Our cameras capturing several close calls in the same area of mission bay where a 4yearold was hit and killed. Its hard. Its hard to take in. You know . Just seeing all this devastation. Des...

5i its the opposite of what you what you think. Im sorry, i someone like jfk. Who had wonderful speeches politically, had very little to say. Im sorry. Romantic glee. The only thing that he ever wrote to jacqueline before they were married was a postcard, which said, just simply wish you were here, jack. So that was that was that okay . Yeah. We often dont think about nixon in romance, but i think this is a really lovely picture up there. Two of them in the east room of the white house. Yes, tha...

So now without further adieu tonight, i am very excited to welcome dorothy and thomas, who were celebrating the release of are you prepared for the storm of lovemaking, letters of love and lust from the white house . Our president s loom so large in history that we often forget theyre human. Are you prepared for the storm of lovemaking as a collection of handwritten love letters that offers a surprising and intimate portrait of the men who occupied the white house . From George Washington to bar...