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    Doris Kearns Goodwin Presidential Papers Donation

    The University of Texas at Austin’s Briscoe Center for American History acquired the papers of presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin and her late husband Richard Goodwin. Ms. Goodwin t…

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    Eric Draper Oral History Interview

    Eric Draper talked about his experience documenting White House activities, presidential travel, and major events including the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Mr. Draper was chief ph…

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    David Valdez Oral History Interview

    David Valdez talked about his photographs of George H.W. Bush which he took as the vice president’s personal photographer and then as White House Photo Office director from 1989 to 1993. He …

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    Frank Johnston Oral History Interview

    Photojournalist Frank Johnston, who worked for United Press International and the Washington Post, talked about his career. His work includes photos of the Lee Harvey Oswald shooting, the Vi…

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    Diana Walker Oral History Interview

    Former Time magazine White House photographer Diana Walker talks about her career and photos. She covered the administrations of Presidents Reagan, Bush, and Clinton. She talked about her ca…

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    Darryl Heikes Oral History Interview

    Darryl Heikes talked about his career working for United Press International and U.S. News & World Report, photographing President Kennedy minutes before his assassination, and the signing o…

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    Lucian Perkins Oral History Interview

    Lucian Perkins, a two time Pulitzer Prize-winner and former Washington Post staff photographer, talked about his career and his photos of wars in the former Yugoslavia, Chechnya, Iraq, and A…

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    Don Carleton Oral History Interview

    Don Carleton, executive director of the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History at the University of Texas at Austin, described the Center’s photojournalism collection. He also discussed t…

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    An Evening with David and Julie Eisenhower

    David Eisenhower and Julie Nixon Eisenhower famously met as children at the 1957 inauguration of his grandfather - President Dwight D. Eisenhower - and her father, Vice President Richard Nix…

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    Investigative Role of Congress

    Participants talked about the historical use of the investigatory powers of Congress and oversight roles of various committees. Among the topics they addressed were the influence of partisan…

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    Founders and Modern Congress

    Panelists discussed, “What Would the Founders Think of Congress Today?” The event was held by the Institute on Congress and American History, which sponsored a week-long symposium for high s…

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    The Modern American Presidency

    Lewis Gould discussed the problems and triumphs of twentieth-century presidents in his book The Modern American Presidency, published by University Press of Kansas. The author analyzed the p…

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    Congress and the Press

    Participants talked about relations between the Congress and the media. Among the topics they addressed were the history of working relations between the two groups, the impact of new forms …

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    Congressional Impeachment Authority

    Deborah Hamilton, of the LBJ School of Public Policy at the University of Texas and who served in 1973-74 on the legal staff of the Judiciary Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives o…

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    Congress: Representative Government

    Dr. Livingston, Mr. Gillette, and Mr. Flanagan spoke about the history of the Institute and the forthcoming publication of the The Encyclopedia of the United States Congress. The Institute o…

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    Congress and the Public

    At a workshop held by the Institute on Congress and American History held in Austin, Texas, participants talked about the history of the relationships between the Congress and various sector…

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    Center for American History

    Don Carleton talked about the Texas history collections and materials at the Center for American History at the University of Texas. Several of the books and materials were shown as part of …

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