Eric Wakin on Archiving, Preservation, and History

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🗓️ 19 September 2016

⏱️ 64 minutes

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What does an x-ray of Hitler's skull have in common with a jar of Ronald Reagan's jelly beans? They are both part of the Hoover Institution archives. Eric Wakin, Director of the Library and Archives of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about what it's like to be an archivist and the importance of archival materials for research, culture, and memory.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Econ Talk, part of the Library of Economics and Liberty.
0:09.1	I'm your host, Russ Roberts of Stanford University's Hoover Institution.
0:13.7	Our website is econtalk.org, where you can subscribe, comment on this podcast, and find
0:18.7	links and other information related to today's conversation.
0:21.7	You'll also find our archives where you can listen to every episode we've ever done going
0:26.0	back to 2006.
0:28.2	Our email address is mailadycontalk.org.
0:30.7	We'd love to hear from you.
0:34.5	Today is August 5th, 2016.
0:36.6	And my guest is Eric Waken, the deputy director of Stanford's Hoover Institution and the Robert
0:42.8	H. Malat director of the institutions, the library and archives.
0:46.6	Eric Welton, e-contalk.
0:47.6	Thanks, happy to be here, Russ.
0:49.4	Now this is a temptation.
0:51.4	Archive is really don't have that exciting reputation, nothing personal.
0:55.8	I mean, Eric's a fine person.
0:57.8	I think what we think of archives, think of a lot of papers and folders, dusty, dry stuff.
1:04.8	But it turns out here at the Hoover Institution, we have some pretty incredible stuff.
1:08.9	So I wanted to start with three of the more interesting things that we have here at Hoover,
1:14.1	three things that aren't boring about the Hoover Archives.
1:16.2	So what do you got for me?
1:17.5	I'd be happy to answer that question.
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