What's the Deal With Presidential Libraries?

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  • @TodayIFoundOut
    @TodayIFoundOut  10 місяців тому +9

    This video is #sponsored by the City of Quincy. To discover more about Quincy, check out the link - discoverquincy.com

    • @MatthewTheWanderer
      @MatthewTheWanderer 10 місяців тому +2

      Sponsored by a CITY!? That's highly unusual! First time I've ever seen such a thing.

    • @noi000
      @noi000 10 місяців тому +2

      I was born in Quincy.

    • @nicholas4839
      @nicholas4839 10 місяців тому

      Trump does have a president library

    • @davidhollenshead4892
      @davidhollenshead4892 10 місяців тому

      My problem with numerous figures in American History is that many of them are just horrible excuses for human beings. Take Trump's favorite dead president, Andrew Jackson, a cruel slave trader & owner and the man responsible for the Trail of Tears. That some of Trump's MAGA Hatters have hated on a Halfbreed like me and even yelled at me to deport myself to Mexico when some of my ancestors have lived in what is now Canada & the United States for over 14,000 years....

    • @TodayIFoundOut
      @TodayIFoundOut  10 місяців тому +1

      Andrew Jackson was an *interesting* person. But I'd say to that, while certainly there are exceptions on the good and especially bad side, if you're looking through a modern lens, you'll be hard pressed to find anyone in history who holds up to that coming out looking good. And when I say "history" you don't even have to go back that far where that's true. With the exception of outliers like Mister Rogers, you can always find things questionable or awful from a modern lens about almost anyone. So generally best to judge them more through the lens of their own time than ours. -Daven

  • @TodayIFoundOut
    @TodayIFoundOut  10 місяців тому +15

    0:00 Intro
    2:03 First!
    8:04 How It All Started
    19:36 The Next Step
    22:53 The Archives
    28:14 The Accuracy Problem
    32:29 A Greater Purpose
    36:37 What’s the Process to Create a Presidential Library in Modern Times?
    40:40 Teaching History and the Funding Controversy
    50:30 Bonus Fact

  • @BruceBoyde
    @BruceBoyde 10 місяців тому +12

    I have loved these Quincy-sponsored videos so much. Incidentally, my wife and I almost used Quincy as a middle name for our baby born last month, and I had stipulated that we would be pronouncing it correctly if we did thanks to these!

  • @bradlevantis913
    @bradlevantis913 10 місяців тому +13

    This Quincy series has been outstanding.
    I was looking forward to this one since you brought it up in the last chat episode with Simon. Great research

  • @alexbade2056
    @alexbade2056 9 місяців тому +3

    Excellent presentation Dave! You're really growing into your place on this channel and I look forward to your videos! As an aside, I think Quincy should have them as they were gifted to them by our President and rightfully belong there especially now they will have a safe place to store and display them.

  • @SamBroadway
    @SamBroadway 10 місяців тому +4

    This was a very interesting documentary. Now I have the desire to visit a Presidential library or maybe 5 and take some road trips to do so over the next 2 years.

  • @janewaysmom
    @janewaysmom 10 місяців тому +3

    41:54 This is very true. I just told some people about how John Quincy Adams created the standard measurements the USA uses today, and I remembered because of feeling so much like I could relate to him from your video.

  • @_Geist
    @_Geist 10 місяців тому +8

    it was so surreal that my hometown sponsored this, I didn't expect that and felt all truman show-y for a sec LOL. makes sense tho, city of presidents. :] COOL!

    • @michaelmccleary337
      @michaelmccleary337 9 місяців тому +2

      To be fair I’m pretty sure Trump can’t read so a Presidential Library for him seems to be kind of a silly idea

  • @JesseJoyce-cj2xg
    @JesseJoyce-cj2xg 10 місяців тому +10

    I know that the collection was supposed to never be split up, but given the circumstances, Quincy and Boston must be able to reach some sort of agreement. I’m leaning towards Quincy, at least somewhat. Excellent work as always, Daven.

  • @printedwit
    @printedwit 10 місяців тому +5

    this has been one of my favorite videos from this channel. granted, i'm biased - i don't have a background in records management, but it is ancillary to my day-to-day. and i have friends who (as they put it) "went to library school" and came out records managers for the government. (speaking of very well-paying jobs with relatively low college debt... that's a career path for people interested in details, process, and history.)
    for sure, i'll be sending this link out to several people. i was personally interested in the structure of creating libraries and that history... it's totally fascinating to me how funding structure is intermingling with policy. Reminds me a bit of places like the Blair House, which has some private funding while serving executive functions. The between-the-lines is hard to read here for people who've probably never seen or understood the shoestring budget usually assigned by congress to facilities serving in those capacities. frankly, NARA has my respect, given its mission requirements weighed against its constraints.

  • @bradlevantis913
    @bradlevantis913 10 місяців тому +5

    Carter was the first president I remember as a child. He always seemed like a decent person to me.

  • @maxwilliams9523
    @maxwilliams9523 10 місяців тому +11

    The Boston library should keep the digitized copies! 😂

  • @Jason-fm4my
    @Jason-fm4my 10 місяців тому +16

    26:46. What is this! A museum for Ents?!?

  • @john2g1
    @john2g1 10 місяців тому +8

    With all of the Boomer blame the only gripe I have is dropping President Carter for Reagan.
    I went to the Carter Center to celebrate his 99th birthday.

  • @jsinope2786
    @jsinope2786 10 місяців тому +2

    Great sponsor! I wish I could travel atm. Next time I’m on the area!

  • @kevinfoster1138
    @kevinfoster1138 10 місяців тому +7

    It was a fantastic choice that you hosted this video instead of Simon.

    • @roberttalada5196
      @roberttalada5196 10 місяців тому

      What’s wrong with Simon?

    • @jeffdroog
      @jeffdroog 10 місяців тому +4

      ...Well,it would make more sense for someone from the country,to be discussing its presidents.Its not like Simon writes his own scripts,but,from the viewer perspective,it's logical to have someone who is from the U.S.

    • @TodayIFoundOut
      @TodayIFoundOut  10 місяців тому +14

      Kind of what Simon and I thought too. :-) Deep American history makes more sense for me to host. :-) And as I wrote it too, in my voice and all as well. :-) -Daven

    • @joshts00
      @joshts00 10 місяців тому +1

      ​@@TodayIFoundOutit's even better because you two work so well together!

  • @HerrMarajin
    @HerrMarajin 10 місяців тому +18

    So if these institutions are modern pyramids, how in the world has Donald Trump resisted building a gaudy golden temple to his ego?

    • @daffyf6829
      @daffyf6829 10 місяців тому +4

      Just wait

    • @redhotmoon1656
      @redhotmoon1656 9 місяців тому +4

      Cuz he broke😂

    • @TheSapphireSprit
      @TheSapphireSprit 9 місяців тому +1

      ⁠hey, one fundraising goal at a time. Right now his donors are trying to keep his butt out of jail. Besides that, he’s shredded or flushed a lot of the material!

    • @TheSapphireSprit
      @TheSapphireSprit 9 місяців тому

      FDR, as usual, was a bad ass!

    • @andrewmorris3676
      @andrewmorris3676 8 місяців тому +1

      Because documenting his crimes failures lies and hate won’t age well

  • @A1FAHx
    @A1FAHx 10 місяців тому +11

    The fact that the original 13 colonies pulled together was nothing short of a miracle!

    • @mattt233
      @mattt233 10 місяців тому +2

      It took LOTS of compromise and dealing.

    • @FudgePoptheChaplin
      @FudgePoptheChaplin 10 місяців тому

      They had a common goal of erasing 😅

  • @syriacsteve
    @syriacsteve 10 місяців тому +2

    What an awesome video! As a non-American I was transfixed! ❤

  • @AnnaAnna-uc2ff
    @AnnaAnna-uc2ff 10 місяців тому +2

    Thank you.

  • @DeaDGoD_XIV
    @DeaDGoD_XIV 10 місяців тому +2

    Glad to see another Daven video, looking forward to learning with you

  • @kasahadragon9499
    @kasahadragon9499 10 місяців тому

    Thankyou Daven, very interesting 💜

  • @jennifersaylor6907
    @jennifersaylor6907 6 місяців тому

    I love QUINCY, my friend used to live there. Great place to visit!

  • @terryhollands2794
    @terryhollands2794 10 місяців тому +2

    You said $5000 equals $90000 today. No way in 1800 you could buy 40 acres, cleared, with a cabin I upstate New York, for $500. Do you think you can buy 40 acres for $4500 today.

  • @thehomeschoolinglibrarian
    @thehomeschoolinglibrarian 10 місяців тому +3

    Great video on a very important subject, though I am still a little sour about Obama not having some kind of library in his own state as well as my own. Also the rant about history in school is one of the many reasons I plan to homeschool my daughter. History is about people and our leaders are human and not gods.

    • @ms8studios157
      @ms8studios157 6 місяців тому

      Hence why i think modern presidents (trump and biden included, as offensive as they are to many there have been many presidents in the past just as controversial) should have their own libraries with documents of their lives and decisions, with works from both sides of the political spectrum as well as outside it included.

  • @thelook87
    @thelook87 10 місяців тому +3

    For some reason I haven't been recommended your videos on my front page for quite awhile and have to go to subscription feed :/

    • @jeffdroog
      @jeffdroog 10 місяців тому

      Ewww...No one watches recommended videos.Thats for children with no brain cells lol Just watch what you want to watch.Been an adult.

  • @Leo.Labine
    @Leo.Labine 10 місяців тому +3

    I know about Quincy because of fallout 4 😅

  • @TomFarrell-p9z
    @TomFarrell-p9z 9 місяців тому +1

    I want to visit the Addams Presidential Center because I want to see Morticia's chair. 🙂

  • @philipgard6762
    @philipgard6762 10 місяців тому +3

    How about the Boston library putting Adam's works on loan status to the Quincy memorial with the condition of their being safe and well cared for.

  • @neganandlucille1304
    @neganandlucille1304 10 місяців тому +1

    Can you ever do a video about the zippo lighter?

  • @WeekendWarrior92
    @WeekendWarrior92 10 місяців тому +2

    20:25 : [...] with the exception so far of Donald Trump [...]
    And nothing of value for humanity was lost that day

  • @RhiannonGraham-j3h
    @RhiannonGraham-j3h 9 місяців тому

    America’s history is truly amazing so much in such a short amount of time!!
    As an Aussie bird with not the best school curriculum…. I would absolutely love to see you cover some of Australia’s history… could be interesting right?😅🤷‍♀️

  • @MobtacticsBruh
    @MobtacticsBruh 10 місяців тому +4

    What is this presenter’s name?

    • @TodayIFoundOut
      @TodayIFoundOut  10 місяців тому +5

      Daven Hiskey

    • @MobtacticsBruh
      @MobtacticsBruh 10 місяців тому +1

      @@TodayIFoundOut what is it that you say you do here daven hiskey?

  • @EGSBiographies-om1wb
    @EGSBiographies-om1wb 9 місяців тому

    I vote that Simon hires this narrator. Does he have his own channel?

    • @ericmason8718
      @ericmason8718 9 місяців тому +1

      This is his channel, he's the co-founder with Simon

    • @EGSBiographies-om1wb
      @EGSBiographies-om1wb 9 місяців тому

      @@ericmason8718 Oh,I didnt know that. Thanx.

  • @nes999
    @nes999 10 місяців тому

    Why did i think of Quincy Illinois until i looked it up, not Quincy Ma.

  • @pronoia.
    @pronoia. 10 місяців тому +1

    I feel there's a Chat GPT loop going on at around 26:50

    • @TodayIFoundOut
      @TodayIFoundOut  10 місяців тому +4

      It's fixed, but UA-cam takes its sweet time to process. :-)

  • @ssj4jamie592
    @ssj4jamie592 10 місяців тому +1

    Simon looks different today 🤔

  • @theremoteanater
    @theremoteanater 3 місяці тому

    Did I miss something where's Simon

  • @stevenpotter8451
    @stevenpotter8451 10 місяців тому +1

    Boston is going downhill fast, better the records be returned to Quincy where they rightfully belong.

  • @oxylepy2
    @oxylepy2 10 місяців тому +1

    This was kinda the perfect clickbait. Something talking about the future, What's the deal with

  • @noneofurbusiness5223
    @noneofurbusiness5223 10 місяців тому

    @ 35 30
    & yet we're not paying attention to this! 😮

  • @dizzy7739
    @dizzy7739 9 місяців тому

    Where is Simon 😢

  • @user-ip5qm7zm1q
    @user-ip5qm7zm1q 10 місяців тому +1

    I think a good compromise is the town can install a bunch of computer terminals dedicated to searching the web for all credible info on him.

  • @evelyntodd9946
    @evelyntodd9946 9 місяців тому

    I think if Quincy wants the documents back. They should reimburse Boston for their care for the last century.

  • @crustifix
    @crustifix 10 місяців тому

    where is whistle boy?

  • @Cesia845
    @Cesia845 10 місяців тому +1

    Is anyone else not surprised that Trump doesn't have a presidential library built or being built?

    • @danielgreen1124
      @danielgreen1124 10 місяців тому +2

      Well he plans on being president again, so I assume he's just waiting.

  • @The_Other_Ghost
    @The_Other_Ghost 10 місяців тому

    You should do a pi episode to celebrate 3.14 subs.

  • @NicklasZandeVGCP2001
    @NicklasZandeVGCP2001 5 місяців тому

    *Where I think BIden and Trump will put their Presidential Libraries:*
    45. *Trump:* Probably in the empty lot just next to Mar-a-Lago. Though I don't know how zoning laws will allow it.
    46. *Biden:* Definitely in the University of Delaware, on the southern part of the campus.

  • @auro1986
    @auro1986 10 місяців тому

    real library is where they have books with knowledge and information hidden from public

  • @leafyrox
    @leafyrox 10 місяців тому +2

    Such true facts about teaching history. I hated history in high school because the teacher was super super boring and all we learned about were wars and dates of wars, which we had to memorize. Yawn. I had to take history in college and the teacher was animated, interesting, and taught us fun stuff like how many alcoholics were in colonial usa. I got an A in that class.

  • @kevinfromspace
    @kevinfromspace 9 місяців тому

    Can't wait for the "45 national library" with the largest playboy collection on earth...dedicated to all good Christians.

  • @Jason-fm4my
    @Jason-fm4my 10 місяців тому

    Reagan library is 🔥🎉

  • @andypandy9013
    @andypandy9013 9 місяців тому

    If Trump sets up a library it should be in the shape of a stool.
    And not the type you sit on either! 🤣🤣🤣

  • @88happiness
    @88happiness 9 місяців тому

    people who don't respect libraries don't respect the past, future, words or learning.

  • @Jer742
    @Jer742 10 місяців тому

    lol the Adam’s family

  • @deegee424
    @deegee424 10 місяців тому +1

    Curious as to where the presenter found the pronounciation of Quin-Z rather than the far more common, (and dare I say correct?) pronunciation of Quin-C. Having had both sets of grandparents live in Quincy, Illinois when I was growing up, and growing up in Virginia, very near Montpelier, the home of President John Adams, hearing him say Quin-Z over and over makes this video nearly unwatchable. *sigh*

    • @TodayIFoundOut
      @TodayIFoundOut  10 місяців тому +4

      But Quinzee is the correct way to say it. 😘😋 -Daven

    • @ericmason8718
      @ericmason8718 10 місяців тому +2

      This may shock you, but the video about Quincy, sponsored by Quincy, talking about John Quincy Adams is pronouncing the name correctly.
      If you're pronouncing Quincy, Illinois Quin-C you're wrong. Quincy, Illinois is named after John Quincy Adams (hint Adams County) , who is named after John Quincy who pronounced his name Quin-z.
      Also, what does Montpelier have to do with John Adams?

  • @Buzzkill-dk3gk
    @Buzzkill-dk3gk 10 місяців тому +1

    Trumps library will be the !GREATEST! Library ever.

    • @kasahadragon9499
      @kasahadragon9499 10 місяців тому +2

      It'll be the biggest, most beautiful one over seen. There won't have been another one like it. It will be perfect 😝

  • @mikerepairsstuff
    @mikerepairsstuff 10 місяців тому +1

    This is really good coverage. ❤ former President Barrack Obama.

  • @morgansheppy1584
    @morgansheppy1584 10 місяців тому +7

    I wonder if tdump could read if he would want a library with his name on it 😂 would be repossessed by New York anyway lolol

    • @pendarischneider
      @pendarischneider 10 місяців тому +3

      Nah. He'd build at Mar a Lago and charge serious money to visit (and you would have to book three nights top dollar accomodation as well - always the grifter). But there was that bit about an endowment based on floor space - I see problems - he would have to have the biggest, that would cost real money to the government, and real money is in short supply for the Donald. As for the building itself - it remains to be seen if there is enough bad taste left in the world to achieve the appropriate aesthetic. But overall it would be good if his version of events was preserved in a form he could not keep changing as reality catches him out. 🤞

  • @mattt233
    @mattt233 10 місяців тому +2

    How can you seriously argue for withholding documents from 80 yrars ago? I mean really. Is it really "National Security" for 80 years?

    • @Jason-fm4my
      @Jason-fm4my 10 місяців тому +2

      Most countries require pressing need. For example, France still refuses to declassify rifle production from the 1800s. The Wikipedia page for Berthier rifles used to say 2-8 million, now it just says 2 million+😅

    • @mattt233
      @mattt233 10 місяців тому +1

      @@Jason-fm4my we pay for it. There's a pressing need there. It's public property.

    • @jackvos8047
      @jackvos8047 10 місяців тому +1

      Considering the events taking place in 1944 there would be documents that are a matter of global security today. Imagine all of Oppenheimer's work being released to the general public, some terrorist group will create their own Hiroshima with that information.

    • @mattt233
      @mattt233 10 місяців тому

      @jackvos8047 you can literally Google how to build an Atomic Bomb.

    • @john2g1
      @john2g1 10 місяців тому +2

      For the most part after 80 years almost everything should be declassified with 1 exception (that i can think of):
      Some aspects of our military system are still in use from that long ago.
      1. It works, and modernization invites potential issues that didn't exist.
      2. It's impossible to remotely hack a thing that existed before the internet, and most people have no knowledge of such ancient technology
      So outside of stuff like that open the books. I know why not though we (the US) did some shady stuff post WWII.
      MK Ultra, CIA drug trafficking, and Iran weapon deals while they held Americans hostage all sound like insane conspiracies that were 100% true.

  • @josephcronin2965
    @josephcronin2965 10 місяців тому

    Wait he said the united states is going the way of the dodo one day?

    • @TodayIFoundOut
      @TodayIFoundOut  10 місяців тому

      Everything that has a beginning, has an end. 😘😋 Nothing lasts forever. :-) -Daven

  • @littleman8674469
    @littleman8674469 10 місяців тому +1

    Why would anybody in their right mind even want to visit a presidential library let alone celebrate the founding of America?

    • @danielgreen1124
      @danielgreen1124 10 місяців тому +1

      Because they've been the leaders of one of the most important and influential nations in history. Because it's an amazing country which is a force for good in the world.

    • @littleman8674469
      @littleman8674469 10 місяців тому

      @@danielgreen1124 The United States isn't amazing 🙄 far from it really

    • @leslie6938
      @leslie6938 10 місяців тому

      Because millions of people aren’t brainwashed by the media and other corrupt institutions.
      You’ll be surprised at what you learn when you conduct your own research. You can’t possibly know if/how much you’re being misled until you access info from a wide variety of sources including independent journalists.
      The MSM shows you only a minuscule part of the full picture, cherry picking what they report to support and advance an agenda. They completely omit reporting for many, many issues, subjects and stories because they counter the narrative the MSM works to advance.
      Don’t take my word for it, see for yourself. You have nothing to lose by expanding your knowledge.

  • @eliotapples2139
    @eliotapples2139 6 місяців тому

    Can we filter this guy out somehow??? Is Simon going to give this guy the narrator role on this channel? I have nothing against him except for he isn't Simon and I didn't subscribe to his channel? I'm 80% here to hear Simon talk 20% for facts

  • @Exiled.New.Yorker
    @Exiled.New.Yorker 6 місяців тому

    I dont appreciate content sponsored in this manner. If the City of Quincy, that is actually part of Boston now, wants an advertising channel, Quincy can start its own, clearly marked as such, and not hijack a large subcriber base on a much loved channel with an entire series devoted to Massachusetts. Especially when some of us know very well how much of their favorite legends are bullshite that never happened that way.
    It really is annoying how white men have to Hero-ify everything into legendary status, even if they have to get a loet to lie through his artisticly licenced teeth. And I was being groomed for Madison Avenue, ffs!

  • @americanloyalist458
    @americanloyalist458 Місяць тому

    Trump will be epic

  • @EGSBiographies-om1wb
    @EGSBiographies-om1wb 9 місяців тому

    133rd

  • @bazsnell3178
    @bazsnell3178 10 місяців тому

    FFS Get rid of the Intro. Not necessary and funks up those of us who are recording this for posterity.