Presidential Archivist: A Memoir

Reference Type Book
Year of Publication
2020
Author
Author: David Ernest Alsobrook
Language
English
Number of Pages
275 pp.
Publisher
Mercer University Press
City
Mercer, GA
Region
United States
Library Type
Archives and Special Collections
State/Government Libraries
Chronological Period
1950-1999
ISBN
9780881467635
Annotation

The author worked in three presidential libraries as well as the Alabama Department of Archives and History. 

Contents: 

  • "The Loveliest Village": The Auburn University Archival Training Program
  • Toiling in Milo Howard's Vineyard: The Alabama Department of Archives and History
  • "Are You from Georgia?": My National Archives Initiation Rites
  • "Eyewitness to History": An Archivist in the White House
  • Building "Presidential Pyramids": The Carter Presidential Materials Project
  • "National Treasures": My Presidents and First Ladies
  • My Fall from Grace: A Cautionary Tale of Redemption and Second Chances
  • Epilogue: We Few Who Dwell in the People's House: The Clinton Presidential Library and Museum Dedication
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