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That collection arrived at the 135th Street Public Library 90 years ago. He was a bibliophile who migrated from puerto rico in 1891 found a job on wall street work in the mailroom saves his pennies and worked really hard and bought anywhere are unique but he could find that was by or about black people. He eventually became famous for this collection. People would go to his home in brooklyn to see the library to borrow from the Library People like Langston Hughes and eventually people like and w...

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 so as many people as possible. It has, in the room that were in now, has six stratovarious violins and original scores from beetho...

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...

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...

What i know i teach students. If i look at the demand for the courses that deal with the data, if that is any indication, it is an enormous. Everybody wants to have that. Because employers in the want to know can you deal with it. The you have the experience. Even if you are a grocery form, a hospital, everybody realizes this information has a lot of intelligence embedded. Do you have the ability to instruct extract that intelligence and use it in a meaningful way or improve the quality of our p...

A discussion with three caretakers of smithsonian documents and artifacts. Andary of congress, archivist of the United States, in the others. They talk about the challenges and opportunities they see in the years ahead. This is 50 minutes. We are in the library of congress. For a conversation with three people responsible for conserving the nations history and treasures. My question is for carla hayden, starting this job in the fall of 2016. Why did you take this job . Let me have you finish thi...

Treasures. This is American History tv, only on cspan3. Killer in the library of congress for a conversation with three people responsible for conserving the nations history and treasures. My question is for you, taking this job in 2016. What was your motivation . I wanted to open this wonderful Treasure Chest to his many people as possible. The room we are in now has six stradivarius violence iolins. Arius vol there are so many things here. That is why i took the job. You have been at this a lo...

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 i...

Susan david ferriero, do you remember why you said yes . I said yes because of the opportunity to participate in and administers and i was serious about, and thought that the National Archives have a role to play in transparency. Susan dr. Skorton, why did you say yes to such a different gig . Dr. Skorton part of the goes back to my dad, who was a nationalist citizen. Were a little corny. He said if you can do something for the country, you should do it. I felt like i had some small part in tell...

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...