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show bio Alan Weinstein
In February 2005, historian Allen Weinstein was confirmed by the U.S. Senate and began his service as the 9th Archivist of the United States leading the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). A past president of the Center for Democracy, Weinstein was awarded the United Nations Peace Medal in 1986. The stories of the United States and its people are told in the records and artifacts cared for in NARA facilities around the country. NARA operates the Presidential Library System that includes the Clinton Presidential Center.
The Presidential Library System
Date: 5/17/2007
In a public event hosted by the Clinton School, Allen Weinstein, Archivist of the United States, discusses the evolution of the Presidential Library system since President Franklin D. Roosevelt and how the system works. He also recounts the flooding of the National Archives in 2007, funding of the Archives and the sorting of paper and electronic records.
