Preserving Presidential Legacies with Mark Lawrence

The Preamble

Sharon McMahon

Government, History, Storytelling, Education

4.9 • 15.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 January 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Today on Here’s Where It Gets Interesting, Sharon and guest Mark Atwood Lawrence talk about Presidential Libraries. Mark is the director of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum situated in Austin, Texas. Mark answers questions about Presidential Libraries: how are they funded, what kinds of documents and artifacts does a Presidential Library preserve and why does it need preserving? Sharon and Mark also talk about the LBJ Presidency itself, as well as Lady Bird Johnson’s role as the first lady and the public’s expectations of first ladies and vice presidents.

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0:00.0	Hey friends, welcome!
0:06.1	So excited to have you here as always.
0:08.8	What actually is a presidential library?
0:12.3	Some of you have asked me this question before, where we're like, is it books about that
0:16.7	president?
0:17.7	Is it like all the books about that president?
0:19.4	Well, I have the answer for you today because I am chatting with the director of the
0:24.5	Lyndon Baines Johnson presidential library.
0:27.7	In addition to getting into what libraries are, we also have so much to discuss about
0:33.2	the legacy and importance of LBJ as an American president.
0:38.8	So I think you're going to love this conversation.
0:41.3	Let's sit down.
0:42.3	I'm sharing with you.
0:45.0	And here's where it gets interesting.
0:48.9	Thank you so much for joining me today.
0:50.2	I am really excited to chat about this.
0:53.3	Isn't it a topic that I find very interesting?
0:55.2	I think we're going to find very interesting.
0:57.2	I want to start off by talking about presidential libraries because people know they exist.
1:05.5	Right?
1:06.5	Yeah, I've heard of that.
1:08.5	But people think why would a president need a whole library for some papers?
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