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March-December 1999

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Date and Time Featured President Event
March 15
9:00 AM 		George Washington From George Washington’s Mount Vernon, Guests: Richard Norton Smith, Mt. Vernon Resident Director James Rees and others
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March 15
11:45 AM 		George Washington americanpresidents.org CHAT with historian Jack Warren. Read the transcript
March 19
8:00 PM 		George Washington Programming includes:
• GW Biographical Sketch
• Boyhood Home
• GW and Slavery
• Federal Hall
• The 1st Congress
• GW and Modern Day
• Author David Adler
•GW and Women
• Valley Forge
• Espionage
• The Revolution
• Founding of Washington D.C.
• Washington and the Virginia Aristocracy
• Washington and the American West
• Deshler-Morris House
• Washington's Farewell Address
March 22
9:00 AM 		John Adams C-SPAN was LIVE from the Stone Library of the Adams Mansion at the Adams National Historic Site - Quincy, MA Guest: David McCullough, Author and Historian. Mr. McCullough’s next biography will be on John Adams. His books include The Johnstown Flood, The Great Bridge, Brave Companions, Mornings on Horseback, The Path Between the Seas, and Truman. Watch | Order Videotape
March 22
11:55 AM 		John Adams CHATwith Celeste Walker, Associate Editor of the Adams Papers at the Massachusetts Historical Society. READ THE TRANSCRIPT
March 26
8:00 PM 		John Adams Programming on John Adams inlcuding: re-air of live programming with author David McCullough from Monday March 22nd Watch
• Adams Biographical Vignette Watch
• Interview with author Joseph Ellis on John Adams' collection of books Watch
• Author C. Bradley Thompson on John Adams & Liberty Watch
• Booknotes with Joseph Ellis on Passionate Sage Watch
• Vignette on the Adams' Gravesites Watch
April 2
9:00 AM 		Thomas Jefferson LIVE from Monticello - Charlottesville, VA. Guests include: Dan Jordan, President, Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation; Andrew Burstein, author, The Inner Jefferson: Portrait of a Grieving Optimist; Annette Gordon-Reed, author, Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings: An American Controversy; Fraser Neiman, Monticello Archaeology Director; Cinder Stanton, Monticello Research Historian; and Dianne Swann-Wright. Watch | Order Videotape
April 2
11:45 AM 		Thomas Jefferson CHAT with Cinder Stanton, Monticello Senior Research Historian. Read the Transcript
April 2
8:00 PM 		Thomas Jefferson Programming includes (All Times Eastern):
• Biographical Vignette Watch
• Jefferson's Poplar Forest Retreat Watch
• Booknotes with Willard Sterne Randall Watch
• Archaeology at Monticello Watch
• Jefferson Impersonator Bill Baker Watch
• Peter Drummy on Jefferson Collections Watch
• Panel on Jefferson and Sally Hemmings Watch
• David Alder, A Picture Book of Thomas Jefferson Watch
• Garrett Sheldon on What Would Jefferson Say? Watch
• Alfred Mapp and Gene Crotty, "Talking About Jefferson"
• Booknotes with Annette Gordon-Reed on Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemmings Watch
April 9
9:00 AM 		James Madison From Montpelier - Montpelier Station,VA. Guests included: Jack Rakove, Professor of History, Stanford University; Holly Shulman, Research Associate Professor, University of Virginia, and Co-Editor of the Papers of Dolley Madison; Kathleen Stiso Mullins, Executive Director, Montpelier; and Lynne Lewis, Senior Archaeologist, National Trust for Historic Preservation. Watch | Order Videotape
April 9
10:30 AM 		James Madison CHAT with Gerard W. Gawalt, an American History Specialist in the Manuscript Division at the Library of Congress. Read the Transcript
April 9
8:00 PM 		James Madison Programming on James Madison:
• Re-air of LIVE from Montpelier Watch
• Discovering Madison -- Montpelier Video Watch
• Madison and the Burning of Washington D.C. Watch
• Madison Gravesites Watch
• Dolley Madison at Montpelier Watch
• Booknotes with Lance Banning on The Sacred Fire of Liberty Watch
• Booknotes with Jack Rakove on Original Meanings Watch
April 12
9:00 AM 		James Monroe LIVE from James Monroe Museum - Fredericksburg, VA. Guests include: Dan Preston, Project Director, James Monroe Papers; John Pearce, Director, James Monroe Museum; and David Voelkel, Assistant Director and Curator, James Monroe Museum Watch | Order Videotape
April 12
8:00 PM 		James Monroe LIVE CHAT with John Pearce, Director, James Monroe Museum
April 16
8:00 PM 		James Monroe Programming on James Monroe:
• Monroe Bio Watch
• Re-air of LIVE Monroe Programming Watch
• Monroe Home in Ashland Highland Watch
• The Papers of James Monroe Watch
• Richard Norton Smith on Monroe and John Quincy Adams Watch
• A Vignette on The Monroe Doctrine Watch
April 18
9:00 AM 		John Quincy Adams LIVE from Massachusetts Historical Society (MHS) - Boston, MA. Guests Include: Lynn Hudson Parsons, author, John Quincy Adams Professor, SUNY-Brockport; William Fowler, Director, Massachusetts Historical Society; Celeste Walker, Associate Editor, Adams Papers, MHS Watch | Order Videotape
April 23
8:00 PM 		John Quincy Adams Programming on John Quincy Adams includes:
• John Quincy Adams Bio Watch
• Re-Air of LIVE Programming Watch
• John Q. Adams and the Congressional Cemetery Watch
• John Q. Adams and the Smithsonian Institution Watch
• Author Paul Nagel, John Quincy Adams: A Public Life, A Private Life Watch
• John Adams Birthplace Watch
• Re-air of LIVE programming on John Adams Watch
• James Monroe and John Quincy Adams Watch
April 26
9:00 AM 		Andrew Jackson LIVE from The Hermitage - Hermitage, TN. Guests include: Robert Remini, Author, "Andrew Jackson" a three volume biography; Marsha Mullin - Hermitage Curator - Tour of the interior of the home, and description of tornado damage; and Larry McKee, Hermitage Chief Archaeologist - he will tell us about and show us the First Hermitage, located on the grounds, where Jackson and his wife Rachel lived for 17 years before moving into the new home. The interview will also concentrate on plantation and slave life. Watch | Order Videotape
April 30
8:00 PM 		Andrew Jackson Programming on Andrew Jackson. Programming includes:
• Re-air of LIVE programming from the Hermitage Watch
• Historian Doug Brinkley on "Jackson and the Battle of New Orleans" Watch
• Andrew Jackson Papers at the Library of Congress with Gerard Gewalt Watch
• Vignette on Jackson's career in the U.S. Senate Watch
• Vignette on Jackson's disputed birthplace Watch
• Booknotes with John Marszalek on The Petticoat Affair Watch
• Vignette on the "Attempted Assassination of Andrew Jackson." Watch
• Author and Historian Richard Norton Smith on American Presidents Watch
May 3
9:00 AM 		Martin Van Buren LIVE from Martin Van Buren National Historic Site - Kinderhook, NY. Guests Include: Michael Henderson, Superintendent, Van Buren National Historic Site, Patricia West, Curator, Van Buren National Historic Site, and Mary Leigh Pell Whitmer, Van Buren Descendant. Watch | Order Videotape
May 7
8:00 PM 		Martin Van Buren Programming on Martin Van Buren
• Programming from Martin Van Buren National Historic SiteWatch
• Historians Doug Brinkley and Richard Norton Smith on Martin Van Buren Watch
• Vignette on Martin Van Buren with Senate Historian Don Ritchie Watch
• Historian David McCullough on "Power and the Presidency." Watch
May 10
9:00 AM 		William Henry Harrison LIVE from the Tippecanoe Battlefield, Battleground, IN. Guests include: James Huston-Author, Counterpoint: Tecumseh and William Henry Harrison, Doug Clanin-Editor of Harrison Papers 1800-1815, Indiana Historical Society and Cindy Bedell-Site Manager, Tippecanoe Battlefield. Watch | Order Videotape
May 14
8:00 PM 		William Henry Harrison Programming on William Henry Harrison.
• 8pm ET Programming from the Tippecanoe Battlefield, Battleground, IN Watch
• 10:25pm ET Vignette on William Henry Harrison's birthplace, Berkeley Plantation Watch
• 10:39pm ET William Henry Harrison’s Military Career-Interview With Author And Historian Doug Brinkley Watch
• 10:51pm ET The papers of William H. Harrison-Interview with Library of Congress Curator Gerard Gawalt Watch
• 11:09pm ET 1995 Washington Journal Segment On William Henry Harrison Watch
• 11:27pm ET William Henry Harrison’s Congressional Career-Interview With Senate Historian Don Ritchie Watch
• 11:35pm ET William Henry Harrison’s Inaugural Address-Interview with Library of Congress Curator Gerard Gawalt Watch
• 11:47pm ET LBJ Biographer Michael Beschloss at the Presidential Sites Conference 37 mins Watch
May 17
9:00 AM 		John Tyler LIVE from Sherwood Forest - Charles City, VA. Guests include: Edward Crapol, History Professor, College of William and Mary; Harrison Tyler, Grandson of President John Tyler and owner and Resident of Sherwood Forest Plantation; Payne Tyler, wife of Harrison Tyler and co-owner and resident of Sherwood Forest. Watch | Order Videotape
May 21
8:00 PM 		John Tyler Programming on John Tyler:
• Re-air of LIVE programming from Sherwood Forest Watch
• John Tyler’s Senate Career - Interview with Senate Historian Don Ritchie Watch
• Vignette on The Origins Of "Hail To The Chief" Watch
• The Papers of John Tyler - from the Library of Congress Watch
• Hemings Relatives at Monticello Watch
May 28
9:00 AM 		James K. Polk LIVE from Polk Ancestral Home - Columbia, TN. Guests include: Bill Seale, Author, The President’s House; John Holtzapple, Director, James K. Polk Ancestral Home; and Tom Price, Curator, James K. Polk Ancestral Home. Watch | Order Videotape
May 28
8:00 PM 		James K. Polk Programming on James K. Polk includes:
• Re-air of LIVE from Polk Ancestral Home - Columbia, TN Watch
• Vignette: James K. Polk Birthplace With Carolyn Dilda Watch
• Vignette: Origins of "Hail To The Chief" Watch
• Vignette: James K. Polk And Religion with John Holtzapple Watch
• Address: James Polk Administration with Robert Johannsen Watch
• Washington Journal From 9/25/96 - Marvin Kranz, Library of Congress on Polk Papers and Diary Watch
• Booknotes With Richard Shenkman, Author, Presidential Ambition: How The Presidents Gained Power, Kept Power, and Got Things Done Watch
May 31
9:00 AM 		Zachary Taylor LIVE from Zachary Taylor National Cemetery - Louisville, KY. Guests include: Elbert Smith, Author of The Presidencies of Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore; Dr. William Gist, Owner of Springfield; Gary Peak, Director of Zachary Taylor National Cemetery; and Clara Rising. (note: Ms. Rising advocated the theory that President Taylor died because he was poisoned, not from gastreonitis. Her theory led to the 1991 exhumation of President Taylor’s body.) Watch | Order Videotape
June 4
8:00 PM 		Zachary Taylor Programming on Zachary Taylor includes
• Re-air of LIVE from Zachary Taylor National Cemetery - Louisville, KY Watch
• The Papers of Zachary Taylor (Part 1) - Interview with Mark Wertherington, Director of The Filson Club Historical Society in Louisville, KY Watch
• The Papers of Zachary Taylor (Part 2) - Interview with James Holmberg, Curator of Special Collections at The Filson Club Watch
• The 1991 Exhumation of Zachary Taylor - Interview with Dr. William Greathouse, Coroner For Jefferson County, KY Watch
• Filmmaker David Grubin talks about making documentaries about Presidents (note: This program does not focus on Zachary Taylor). Watch
June 11
9:00 AM 		Millard Fillmore LIVE from Fillmore House Museum - East Aurora, NY. Rachelle Francis, Author, Will the Real Millard Fillmore Please Stand Up?; Robert Scarry, Author, Millard Fillmore; Anthony Cohen, Underground Railroad Historian; Marie Schnurr, Co-Curator, Millard Fillmore Home; Amanda Lockett, Millard Fillmore Elementary School, Moravia, New York; Eggert Road Elementary School History Club, Orchard Park, New York Watch | Order Videotape
June 11
8:00 PM 		Millard Fillmore Programming on Millard Fillmore. Programming includes:
• Re-air of LIVE from Fillmore House Museum - East Aurora, NY Watch
• Millard Fillmore Interpreter at Forest Lawn Cemetery Watch
• Forest Lawn Cemetery Training Watch
• Political Climate During Fillmore’s Tenure - Interview with Howard University Professor Edna Medford Watch
• Millard Fillmore Interpreter at Dinner in East Aurora, NY Watch
• Millard Fillmore & Maps at The Library of Congress Watch
June 14
9:00 AM 		Franklin Pierce LIVE from The Pierce Manse - Concord, NH. Guests include: Writer Barry Paris and Chips Holden, President, Pierce Brigade Watch | Order Videotape
June 18
8:00 PM 		Franklin Pierce Programming on Franklin Pierce -- Re-air of LIVE from The Pierce Manse in Concord, NH Watch
• Howard Professor Edna Medford on Franklin Pierce's America Watch
• Senate Historian Don Ritchie on Pierce's Senate career Watch
• Interview with Jim Marvin, Pierce Homestead, Hillsborough, NH, on the youth of Franklin Pierce Watch
June 21
9:00 AM 		James Buchanan LIVE from Wheatland - Lancaster, PA. Guests include: Karl Reisner-History Teacher, Mercersberg Academy & Board Member of the Mercersberg Historical Society; Richard Keller-Professor Emeritus, Millersville University; Steve Trapnell-Tour Coordinator, Wheatland; and Kathy Bratton-Executive Director, Wheatland Watch | Order Videotape
June 25
8:00 PM 		James Buchanan Programming on James Buchanan.
• Re-air of LIVE from Wheatland, James Buchanan’s Home Watch;
• Tour of Mercersburg, Pa: James Buchanan’s Childhood Home, with Historian Karl Reisner Watch;
• Political Climate During The Buchanan Administration, with Howard University History Professor Edna Medford Watch;
• Buchanan’s Career as Senator and Secretary of State, with Senate Historian Don Ritchie Watch;
• 11:00 ET Buchanan’s Life and His Influence on American Foreign Policy, with Historians Micheal Birkner & Fred Binder Watch;
• Reenactment of Abraham Lincoln’s “House Divided” Speech Watch;
•12:25 ET Presidential Photography in the 19th Century, with Mary Panzer of The National Portrait Gallery Watch
June 28
9:00 AM 		Abraham Lincoln The Abraham Lincoln Home National Historic Site - Springfield, IL. Guests include: Edna Greene Medford, Howard University, History Professor; David E. Long, Author, “The Jewel of Liberty: Abraham Lincoln’s Re-election and the End of Slavery”; Cullom Davis, The Lincoln Legal Papers Director; Tim Townsend, Lincoln Home National Historic Site Historian; and Linda Norbet Suits, Lincoln Home National Historic Site Curator. Watch | Order Videotape
June 28
11:55 AM 		Abraham Lincoln LIVE CHAT with Tom Schwartz, Illinois State Historian. Read the transcript
July 2
8:00 PM 		Abraham Lincoln Programming on Abraham Lincoln
• Lincoln Bio Vignette Watch
• Programming from The Abraham Lincoln Home National Historic Site Watch
• Interview with Lincoln Historian Harold Holzer at The Lincoln Museum In Ft. Wayne, Indiana; a look at the Lincoln Exhibit "Lincoln From Life" Watch
• Lincoln’s "House Divided" speech re-enactment -- Springfield, IL Watch
• Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site Vignette kick off to C-SPAN’s Lincoln Douglas Watch
• The Last Best Hope of Earth: Lincoln and The Promise of America Booknotes with Author Mark Neely Watch
• Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial Vignette -- Lincoln City, IN Watch
• Mary Todd Lincoln and Abraham Lincoln-- Author Jean Baker Watch
• "Lincoln Re-Considered" Panel discussion Watch
• "Lincolnand The Military"-- Historian Gerald Prokopowicz Watch
July 9
9:00 AM 		Andrew Johnson LIVE from Andrew Johnson National Historic Site - Greeneville, TN. Guests include: Michael Les Benedict, History Professor, Ohio State University and author The Impeachment and Trial of Andrew Johnson; Jim Small, Chief of Operations, Johnson National Historic Site; Corinne Null, Andrew Johnson's Great-Great-Great Granddaughter; and Historian Robert Orr Watch | Order Videotape
July 9
8:00 PM 		Andrew Johnson Programming on Andrew Johnson Watch
• Andrew Johnson Museum and Library Watch.
• Hans Trefousse on New York & the Impeachment of President Johnson Watch
• Don Ritchie on Andrew Johnson's Congressional Career. Watch
• William Rehnquist. Grand Inquests: The Historic Impeachment of Justice Samuel Chase and President Andrew Johnson. Watch
July 12
9:00 AM 		Ulysses S. Grant LIVE from General Grant National Memorial - NYC, NY. Guests include: John Simon-Editor, The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant & Executive Director, Ulysses S. Grant Association; Allan Ballard-History Professor, State University of New York at Albany Ulysses Grant Dietz-Great, Great Grandson of President Grant & Member, Grant Monument Association Watch | Order Videotape
July 16
8:00 PM 		Ulysses S. Grant Programming on Ulysses S. Grant.
• Programming from Grant's Tomb, New York City.
•Life and Times of Ulysses Grant in St. Louis, Historian Pamela Sanfillippo. Watch
•Author Geoffrey Perret Ulysses S. Grant: Soldier and President Watch
•Author Frank Scaturro, President Grant Reconsidered-Speech to the Mongtomery County (MD) Civil War Roundtable. Watch
•100th Anniversary Commemoration of Grant's Tomb Dedication. Watch
July 19
9:00 AM 		Rutherford B. Hayes LIVE from Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center - Spiegel Grove State Park, Fremont, OH. Guests include: Roger Bridges, Director, Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center; Author Ari Hoogenboom Rutherford B. Hayes, Warrior & President; and Tom Culbertson, Head of History and Education, Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center. Watch | Order Videotape
July 23
8:00 PM 		Rutherford B. Hayes Programming on Rutherford B. Hayes from Fremont, Ohio.
•Hayes as Governor. Watch
•Ari Hoogenboom , Rutherford B. Hayes: Warrior & President" Watch
•Hayes Biography Vignette. Watch
•Washington Journal Segment on Ohio Presidents--focusing on Hayes. Watch
July 26
9:00 AM 		James A. Garfield LIVE Event from James A. Garfield National Historic Site - Mentor, OH. Guests include: Dr. Allan Peskin, Professor, Cleveland State University and Dr. John Shaw (emeritus) of Hiram College.
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July 30
8:00 PM 		James A. Garfield Programming on James A. Garfield.
• Re-air of Live Programming from James Garfield National Historic Site, Mentor, Ohio. Watch
• Vignette on Garfield Monument Watch
• John Sellers, of The Library of Congress on the Papers of President Garfield Watch
• From The Washington Journal, 12/11/95, The James A. Garfield National Historic Site Watch
August 6
9:00 AM 		Chester A. Arthur LIVE from Union College - Schenectady, NY. Guests include: Thomas C. Reeves, Author: Gentleman Boss: The Life of Chester Alan Arthur; - Mark Will, 1999 Union College graduate; and Jim Underwood, Professor of Political Science, Union College Watch | Order Videotape
August 6
8:00 PM 		Chester A. Arthur Programming on Chester A. Arthur
• Re-air of Live Program from Union College Watch
• Senate Historian Don Ritchie on Arthur’s Political Career and the Senate from the time period Watch
• The Papers of Chester Arthur with John Sellars of the Library of Congress Watch
August 13
9:00 AM 		Grover Cleveland LIVE from Grover Cleveland Birthplace State Historic Site- Caldwell, NJ. Guests include: George Cleveland -- Grandson of President Cleveland; Sharon Farrell -- Director and Curator of the Grover Cleveland Birthplace State Historic Site; and Mark Summers -- History Professor, University of Kentucky and author of an upcoming book on the Election of 1884. Watch | Order Videotape
August 13
8:00 PM 		Grover Cleveland Programming on Grover Cleveland
• Re-air of Live Program from Caldwell, NJ Watch
• Senate Historian Don Ritchie on President Cleveland's political career
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• Grover Cleveland, portrayed by grandson George Cleveland
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• Vignette on President Cleveland's time at Princeton
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August 20
9:00 AM 		Benjamin Harrison LIVE from President Benjamin Harrison Home - Indianapolis, IN. Guests include: Charles Calhoun, History Professor, East Carolina University; Phyllis Geeslin, Executive Director, President Benjamin Harrison Home; Tom Huston, Indianapolis Presidential Memorabilia Collector Watch | Order Videotape
August 20
8:00 PM 		Benjamin Harrison Programming on Benjamin Harrison
• Re-air of LIVE programming from President Benjamin Harrison Home - Indianapolis, IN. Watch
• Portrayal Of Benjamin Harrison Watch
• Interview About The Columbia Club Indianapolis (Formerly The Benjamin Harrison Marching Society) Watch
• 10:40pm ET Interview With Senate Historian Don Ritchie On Benjamin Harrison And The Election Of 1888 Watch
• Crown Hill Cemetery (Indianapolis) Interview On Indiana Presidential Politics Watch
• The Presidential Papers Of Benjamin Harrison Interview with Library of Congress Pres. Papers Specialist John Sellers Watch
• Re-Air Of Ohio Presidents Segment On Benjamin Harrison From 12/16/95 Watch
August 23
9:00 AM 		William McKinley LIVE from McKinley National Memorial and Museum - Canton, OH. Guests include: Richard McElroy, Author, William McKinley and Our America: A Pictorial History; Jennifer Souers, Curator, McKinley Museum; and Sam Vasbinder, Author, McKinley’s Tomb Watch | Order Videotape

Speeches by President McKinley:
• 1901 Pan American Exposition, Buffalo, NY Listen
• 1896 Campaign Speech from his front porch Listen posted with permission from the G. Robert Vincent Voice Library, Michigan State University Libraries

August 27
8:00 PM 		William McKinley Programming on William McKinley includes:
• 8pm ET Re-air of LIVE programming from McKinley National Memorial and Museum - Canton, OH Watch
• 10:40pm ET McKinley Birthplace Memorial In Niles, Ohio Interview With Memorial Director Patrick Finan Watch
• 10:45pm ET The Papers of William Mckinley Interview with Library of Congress Specialist John Sellers Watch
• 11:10pm ET McKinley’s Fund Raising Practices -- Excerpt From Bill Bradley Speech at The National Press Club Watch
• 11:15pm ET William McKinley and The Battle of Antietam -- Interview with Military Historian Carol Reardon Watch
September 3
9:00 AM 		Theodore Roosevelt LIVE from Sagamore Hill National Historic Site - Oyster Bay, NY. Guests include: Edmund Morris, Author, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt; Sylvia Jukes Morris Author, Edith Kermit Roosevelt; Amy Verone, Curator, Sagamore Hill National Historic Site; and John Gable, Executive Director, Theodore Roosevelt Association Watch | Order Videotape
September 3
8:00 PM 		Theodore Roosevelt Programming on Theodore Roosevelt includes:
• Re-air of LIVE programming from Sagamore Hill National Historic Site - Oyster Bay, NY Watch
• Theodore Roosevelt Inauguration vignette Watch
• Speech by Edward Renehan on his book The Lion’s Pride Watch
• Theodore Roosevelt National Park bus vignette Watch
• Theodore Roosevelt and the British Empire Watch
• Speech by Betty Boyd Caroli on her book The Roosevelt Women Watch
• Booknotes: The Roosevelts: An American Saga by Peter Collier Watch
September 6
9:00 AM 		William Howard Taft LIVE from William Howard Taft National Historic Site - Cincinnati, OH. Guests include: David Burton, author, William Howard Taft:In the Public Service; Kurt Topham, Taft NHS Superintendent; Ray Henderson, Taft NHS Chief of Interpretation Watch | Order Videotape
September 10
8:00 PM 		William Howard Taft Programming on William Howard Taft includes:
• 8pm ET Re-air of LIVE programming from William Howard Taft National Historic Site - Cincinnati, OH Watch
• Supreme Court Historical Society - Lecture on S.C. Chief Justice William Howard Taft Watch
• Taft Gravesite Vignette - Arlington Cemetery Watch
• 'Presidential Letters' Watch
• 'Campaign Songs' Interview & Performance with singer/songwriter Oscar Brand Watch
September 13
9:00 AM 		Woodrow Wilson LIVE from Woodrow Wilson Birthplace and Museum - Staunton, VA. Guests include: John Milton Cooper, Jr., author, The Warrior and the Priest: Woodrow Wilson and Theodore Roosevelt; Nell Irvin Painter, author, Standing at Armageddon: The United States, 1877-1919; George Norris, Interpreter, Wilson Birthplace and Museum Watch | Order Videotape
September 17
8:00 PM 		Woodrow Wilson Programming on Woodrow Wilson includes:
• Re-air of LIVE programming from The Wilson Birthplace And Museum In Staunton, Virginia Watch
• The Papers Of Woodrow Wilson -Interview With Library Of Congress Specialist John Haynes Watch
• Presidential Letters - Interview With Author Andrew Carroll Watch
• Tour Of The Woodrow Wilson House In Washington, Dc - Interview With Curator Claire Murphy Watch
• Author August Heckscher, Woodrow Wilson: A Biography Watch
September 20
9:00 AM 		Warren G. Harding LIVE from President Harding’s Home - Marion, OH. Guests include: Robert Ferrell, Author, The Strange Deaths of President Harding; Eugene Trani, Author, The Presidency of Warren Harding; and Melinda Gilpin, Harding Home State Memorial Site Director Watch | Order Videotape
September 20
11:55 AM 		Warren G. Harding LIVE CHAT with Robert Rupp, History Professor, West Virginia Wesleyan College. Read the transcript
September 24
8:00 PM 		Warren G. Harding Programming on Warren G. Harding includes:
• Re-air of LIVE programming from President Harding’s Home - Marion, OH Watch
• The Senate Career Of Warren G. Harding --Interview with Senate Historian Don Ritchie Watch
• Warren G. Harding, Florence Harding, and Evelyn McLean -- Library of Congress Segment on the Papers of Evelyn McLean -- Interview with Mary Wolfskill, Library of Congress, and Carl Anthony, Author Florence Harding Ms. McLean was the owner of the Hope Diamond and Friend/Confidant of Mrs. Harding Watch
• Harding: The Musical The Prez National Press Club Watch
• Booknotes: The Strange Deaths Of President Harding Author Robert Ferrell Watch
September 27
9:00 AM 		Calvin Coolidge LIVE from President Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site - Plymouth, VT. Guests include: Bill Jenney, Administrator, Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site; Cynthia Bittinger, Coolidge Foundation Director; Sheldon Stern, JFK Library historian (he convened a large conference on Calvin Coolidge at the Kennedy Library last year); and Jim Cooke, actor and historian. Watch | Order Videotape
October 1
8:00 PM 		Calvin Coolidge Programming on Clavin Coolidge includes:
• Re-air of LIVE from President Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site - Plymouth, VT Watch
• Interview With John Coolidge -- Son of President Calvin Coolidge Watch
• Calvin Coolidge In Northampton -- Interview with Richard Garvey and Allison Lockwood, Northampton, Massachusetts Watch
• Calvin Coolidge and The Senate -- Interview with Don Ritchie, Associate Historian, U.S. Senate Watch
• Wagon Ride through Plymouth Notch with site employee Fred DePaul Watch
• Coolidge Descendants on Grace Coolidge -- Smith College Watch
• Carl Sferrazza Anthony on Grace Coolidge - Smith College Watch
• Pres. & Mrs. Coolidge Portrayed by William & Sue Wills at Hooverfest ’99 Watch
October 4
9:00 AM 		Herbert Hoover LIVE from Herbert Hoover National Historic Site, Presidential Library & Museum - West Branch, IA. Guests include: Richard Norton Smith, Author, An Uncommon Man: The Triumph of Herbert Hoover and former director of the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library; Tim Walch, Director of the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library-Museum who has written and edited several books on Hoover, Franklin Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman; and Dan Banta, Chief Ranger, National Park Service. Watch | Order Videotape
October 8
8:00 PM 		Herbert Hoover Programming on Herbert Hoover includes: • Programming from the Hoover Presidential Library Museum and National Historic Site Watch
• Herbert Hoover in His Own Words-- A Statement of Support for the Eisenhower Campaign Watch
• Tour of Herbert Hoover Presidential Museum -- Conducted by Museum Director Tim Walch Watch
• Hertbert and Lou Henry Hoover Interpretations by Actors William and Sue Wills Watch
• Presidential Gifts -- Speech by Hoover Library Director Tim Walch, Author of Be Careful What You Wish For: Presidential Gifts and Other Problems with the Presidency Watch
October 11
9:00 AM 		Franklin D. Roosevelt LIVE from Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site, Presidential Library And Museum - Hyde Park, NY. Guests include: David Kennedy, author, Freedom From Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945; Hugh Gregory Gallagher, Historian and Author, FDR’s Splendid Deception; Allida Black author, Casting Her Own Shadow: Eleanor Roosevelt and the Shaping of Post-War Liberalism Diane Boyce, Park Ranger, Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site Watch | Order Videotape
October 15
8:00 PM 		Franklin D. Roosevelt Programming on Franklin D. Roosevelt, Re-air of LIVE program from Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site, Presidential Library And Museum - Hyde Park, NY Watch
• FDR’s 1933 Inaugural Speech Watch
• FDR Address -- Chataqua, NY -- Aug 14, 1936 "I Hate War" Watch
• Author/Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin at Dartmouth College "FDR" Watch
• FDR "Fireside Chat" March 12, 1933 "On The Bank Crisis" Watch
• "Fighting President" Universal Film About FDR’s Early Political Career Watch
• Tour of The FDR Library, Hyde Park, NY-- April 1995 Watch
• FDR’S Use of Radio Panel Discussion Watch
• "Brotherhood Day" Radio Address (ON FILM) Watch
• Booknotes: Eleanor Roosevelt Author Blanche Wiesen Cook Watch
• Brief Comments By Eleanor Roosevelt -- U.N. General Assembly -- 1952
October 18
9:00 AM 		Harry S. Truman LIVE from Harry S. Truman Presidential Library And Museum - Independence, MO Guests include: Alonzo Hamby, author, Man of the People: A Life of Harry S. Truman; Larry Hackman, Director, Truman Library & Museum; and a phone interview with Margaret Truman Daniel, daughter of the president Watch | Order Videotape
October 22
8:00 PM 		Harry S. Truman Programming on Harry S Truman includes:
• Re-air of LIVE program from the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library And Museum - Independence, MO Watch
• Harry Truman 1949 Inauguration -- Universal Newsreel and Remarks Watch
• Truman White House In Key West, FL Watch
• Booknotes with David McCullough on Truman Watch
• Newsreel on Korean War Watch
• The 1948 Election -- Speech by Harold Gullan Watch
• President Truman Uses Camera To Film The Press Watch
• Truman Presidency 50th Anniversary Symposium Watch
• Truman Library Archives Storage Tour Watch
• President Truman Biographies -- Panel Discussion Watch
• The Senate Career of Harry Truman - U.S. Senate Associate Historian Don Ritchie Watch
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October 25
9:00 AM 		Dwight D. Eisenhower LIVE from Dwight D. Eisenhower Center - Abilene, KS. Guests include: Geoffrey Perret, Author, Eisenhower (Sept. 1999); Dan Holt, Director, Eisenhower Center; and Dennis Medina, Curator, Eisenhower Museum Watch
October 29
8:00 PM 		Dwight D. Eisenhower Programming on Dwight D. Eisenhower
• Eisenhower Live from Abilene, KS Watch
• 1952 GOP Convention Universal Newsreel Watch
• Eisenhower's 1953 Presidential Inauguration Speech Watch
• Interview with John S.D. Eisenhower - Part I
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• Eisenhower/Truman Presidential Vacations Watch • The Character of President Eisenhower - Historian Stephen Ambrose Watch
• 1952 Eisenhower Campaign Newsreel Watch
• Eisenhower Legacy on Civil Rights Panel Watch
• U.S. House Debate Clip on Naming the OEOB After Ike - October 26, 1999Watch
November 5
8:00 PM 		John F. Kennedy LIVE from John F. Kennedy National Historic Site - Brookline, MA. Guests include: Robert Dallek, Presidential Historian; Jeanne Dumas, John F. Kennedy National Historic Site -- Park Ranger; David Kratz, John F. Kennedy National Historic Site -- Chief of Visitor Services; and Thomas Reeves, Author, A Question of Character: The Life of John F. Kennedy Watch
November 5
8:00 PM 		John F. Kennedy Programming on John F. Kennedy
• American Presidents From JFK Birthplace Brookline, MA Watch
• Message from Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt for Kennedy 1960 TV Campaign Ad Watch
• Kennedy - Nixon Debate, September 26, 1960 Watch
• JFK's Inaugural Speech Watch
• Booknotes President Kennedy: Profile of Power Author Richard Reeves Watch
• Presidential News Conference, April 21, 1961 (After Bay of Pigs) Watch
• Film on JFK's Trip to Berlin Watch
• Kennedy an d Khruhschev: Booknotes with author Michael Beschloss Watch
• Hugh Sidey on JFK - JFK School of Government Watch
• JFK's Remarks to the Nation During the Cuban Missle Cris is Watch
• Sen. Edward Kennedy on Cuban Missle Crisis Watch
• Kennedy Remarks on Need to End Nuclear Testing - June 10, 1963 Watch
November 12
9:00 AM 		Lyndon B. Johnson LIVE from LBJ Ranch - Stonewall, TX Guests include: Joseph Califano Jr., author, The Triumph & Tragedy of Lyndon Johnson & LBJ’s domestic policy advisor, 1965-69; Leslie Starr, Superintendent, Lyndon B. Johnson National Historic Park; Lyndon Nugent, grandson of President Johnson. Guest from The LBJ Room (S-211 US Capitol): Robert Caro, author, Path to Power & Means of Ascent Watch
November 12
8:00 PM 		Lyndon B. Johnson Programming on Lyndon B. Johnson
• LBJ's Comments, November 22, 1963 & first address to Congress following Assassination, Nov. 27, 1963 Watch Comments
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• 1964 Campaign Ads 1, 2
• President Johnson's Inaugural Speech, January 20, 1965 Watch
• "Character Above All", Historian Robert Dallek O n Lbj Watch
• Portion Of LBJ's "Great Society" Speech Watch
• President Johnson's address to Congress on Voting Rights, March 15, 1965 Watch
• President Johnson at Johns-Hopkins Univ., Speech On Vietnam, April 7, 1965 Watch
• "The President", White House newsreel film chronicling Johnson Presidency In 1968 Watch
• The LBJ Ranch & Interview with Harry Middleton On LBJ Library Watch
• LBJ biography Watch
• LBJ's Senate Career: Interview with Senate Historian Don Ritchie
November 19
5:00 PM 		Richard M. Nixon LIVE from Richard M. Nixon Library And Birthplace - Yorba Linda, CA. Guests include: Melvin Small, Author, The Presidency of Richard Nixon; John Taylor, Executive Director, Nixon Library-Birthplace; and Joan Hoff, Author, Nixon Reconsidered and Jo Lyons, Docent, Nixon Library Watch
November 19
8:00 PM 		Richard M. Nixon Programming on Richard M. Nixon includes:
• Richard Nixon Program From The Nixon Library and Birthplace In Yorba Linda, California Watch
• Richard Nixon In His Own Words -- Interviewed By Historian Frank Gannon Watch
• Booknotes with Richard Nixon -- Author, Seize The Moment: America’s Challenge in a One-Superpower World
• Inteview With Julie Nixon & David Eisenhower Watch
• Covering Richard Nixon -- Speech by Ben Bradlee Watch
• 1974 State of The Union Address Watch
• 25th Anniversary of Watergate Watch
November 22
8:00 PM 		Gerald R. Ford LIVE from Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum - Grand Rapids, MI. Guests include: James Cannon, Author, Time and Chance; Gerald Ford’s Appointment with History;and Richard Norton Smith, Director, Gerald Ford MuseumWatch
November 26
8:00 PM 		Gerald R. Ford Programming on Gerald R. Ford includes:
• Gerald Ford Ford Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan Watch
• President Ford's Swearing in Ceremony - 8/9/74 Watch
• President Ford's First News Conference - 8/28/74 Watch
• C-SPAN Interview with President Ford - 7/21/92 Watch
• President Ford's First Address to Joint session of Congress - 8/12/74 Watch
• President Ford's Pardon of Richard Nixon - 9/8/74 Watch
• Interview on 1976 GOP Convention Watch
• President Ford's 1976 GOP Convention Acceptance Speech Watch
• "Feeling Good About America" - Ford 1976 Campaign Ad Watch
December 2
8:00 PM 		Jimmy Carter Interview with President Jimmy Carter recorded on 10/22 at the Carter Center and Library in Atlanta, GA. Watch
December 3
9:00 AM 		Jimmy Carter LIVE from Jimmy Carter National Historic Site - Plains, GA. Guests Include: Doug Brinkley, author, The Unfinished Presidency: Jimmy Carter's Journey Beyond the White House; Leo Ribuffo, Professor, George Washington University; Fred Boyles, Superintendent, Carter National Historic Site; Maxine Reese, Peanut Brigade and Plains resident; and Teacher Annette Wise Watch
December 3
8:00 PM 		Jimmy Carter Programming on Jimmy Carter
• Re-air of Carter Live from Plains, GA Watch
• Jimmy Carter Interview Oct. 22, 1999 Carter Center, Atlanta Watch
• The Diaries of Jimmy Carter Watch
• Carter on Outside Status In 1976 Watch
• 1976 Carter Campaign Ad Watch
• Carter Inauguration Watch
• Carter Fireside Chat on Energy 1977 Watch
• Doug Brinkley/Richard Norton Smith on Carter Watch
• Speech on Foreign Policy & Human Rights Watch
• The Character of President Carter Hedrik Hertzberg Watch
• Malaise Speech Watch
• Address on Russian Invasion of Afghanistan Watch
• A Comprhensive Biography with Peter Bourne Watch
• Carter Presidential Vacations Watch
December 6
5:00 PM 		Ronald Reagan LIVE from Ronald ReaganRanch - Santa Barbara, CA. Guests Include: Lou Cannon, Author, Ronald Reagan: The Role of a Lifetime
• John Barletta, Retired Secret Service Agent. Mr. Barletta served during Ronald Reagan's presidency and at the Reagan Ranch. He will give us a tour of the grounds
• Marc Short, Executive Director of the Young America's Foundation. Young America's Foundation purchased the ranch from the Reagan family. Watch
December 9
8:00 PM 		Ronald Reagan Tour of the Ronald Reagan Library with Nancy Reagan recorded December 9th in Simi Valley, CA Watch
December 10
8:00 PM 		Ronald Reagan Programming on Ronald Reagan
• Re-air of Reagan Live from Rancho Del Cielo, CA Watch
• Reagan 1964 Speech for Senator Barry Goldwater Watch
• A Look At Ronald Reagan's Birthplace Watch
• William Buckley Reflects on His Friendship with Ronald Reagan Watch
• Edmund Morris--Author Dutch: A Memoir Watch
• Ronald Reagan at the Berlin Wall Watch
• Reagan and Foreign Policy--Panel Discussion Watch
• A Conversation with Nancy Reagan & Tour of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Watch
December 12
11:59 AM 		George Bush Interview with President George Bush recorded November 19th at the George Bush Presidential Library in College Station, Texas Watch
December 13
8:00 PM 		George Bush LIVE from George Bush Presidential Library - College Station, TX -- Guests include: John Robert Greene Author, The Presidency of George Bush; David Alsobrook, Director, George Bush Library; Warren Finch, Supervisory Archivist, George Bush Library; Patricia Burchfield, Curator, George Bush Library Watch
December 17
8:00 PM 		George Bush Programming on George Bush
• 8pm Re-air of LIVE program from George Bush Presidential Library - College Station, TX Watch
• Visit to George Bush Personal Office in Houston Watch
• Interview with Former President George Bush Watch
• Rating The Bush Presidency - Hofstra Univ. Panel Watch
• Bush Acceptance Speech - 1988 GOP Convention Watch
• "Bush Biography" - 1988 Campaign Commercial
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• "I Am What I Am" - Bush 1988 Campaign Commercial Watch
• Bush/Dukakis Presidential Debate 10/13/88 Watch
• Bush Inaugural Speech - Jan. 20, 1989 Watch
• Bush Q&A Session with Press on Kuwait Watch
• Bush Address to Congress on End of Persian Gulf War Watch
December 20
9:00 AM 		Bill Clinton LIVE from Clinton Center and Birthplace, Hope, Arkansas. Watch Guests Include: David Maraniss, author, First in His Class: The Biography of Bill Clinton; Dr. Georgia Sorenson, co-author, Dead Center: Clinton-Gore Leadership and the Perils of Moderation and founding director, James McGregor Burns Academy of Leadership at the University of Maryland; Beckie Moore, Director, Clinton Center; and Gary Johnson, Hope Visitor Center and Museum Director
December 20
8:00 PM 		Bill Clinton Interview with President Clinton Watch
December 24
8:00 PM 		Bill Clinton Programming on Bill Clinton includes:
• Interview with Skip Rutherford on Plans For the Clinton Presidential Library Watch
• Read My Lips 1992 Campaign Ad Watch
• Clinton Acceptance Speech - 1992 Democratic Convention Watch
• Paul Greenberg - Booknotes: No Suprises: Two Decades of Clinton Watching Watch
• Governor Bill Clinton Campaign Ad From 1984 Watch
• Interview with Governor Bill Clinton from 8/7/88 Watch
• Series of Clinton Campaign Ads Watch
January 20
11:30 AM 		George W. Bush George W. Bush's Second Inauguration Ceremony Watch
• President Bush's Second Inaugural Address Watch
• Interview with President Bush and comments by historians, from Q-&-A, Jan. 30, 2005 Watch
January 20
11:30 AM 		Barack Obama Barack Obama's Inauguration Ceremony
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