robin -- mispronounced that. robin first volunteered as a college student at next door baldwin university in 1991 just as the university was preparing to open. she eventually became coo and director of finance before assuming leadership at the organization. in the meantime, robin earned a master's from james madison university, served as dean of students and worked at both mary baldwin and james madison. while overseeing the wilson library and museum, robin also serves on the virginia association of museums governing council where she represents the mountain and valley districts as well as on the advisory board of visitors for mary baldwin university. she lives in stanton with her family. welcome, robin. >> thank you. >> elizabeth -- thank you very much. elizabeth a. archer is the executive director of the president woodrow wilson house on p street in washington, d.c. -- on f street, a site that provides a window into wilson's retirement in an actual and perfectly preserved setting as well as an intimate look at

and robin von seldenec in for joining us. and for being as open as they've been about their work and their passions and their ideals and thee challenges that come with that work and those passion and ideals. and i want to thank every one of you who joined us for this episode. i want to point toi you to our website where o you can find previous episodes e of this sers where we address wilson's connection to past and contemporary issues of misinformation and government censorship to lost opportunities for peacemaking in the global arena to the politics of race in wilson's day in our homes and i would like all of you to join us for our next installment which is actually devoted to the life of monroe. using a famous encounter or an infamousnt encounter between wilson and trouter in the oval office not just to further explore some of the issues we have been exploring today, but to put trotter himself in center stage and to let people know he was h much more than just someo who got kicked out of wilson's office. t but is someone fo

and house, robin and robin von seldeneck says of the of the woodrow woodrow wilson wilson presidential library and resident presidential library museum for and memorial and museum in virginia. thank you so joining us. much for joining us and for. and for being as open as they've being as open as they've been about been about their work their work and, and their their passions and ideals, and the their challenges that come ideals. and the with them challenges that come or got comes with those passions and with that work. ideals. i also want to thank i also want to thank every one of you who every one of you, joined us for this who is behind us for this episode in a series episode we've been doing and i want to now. i point you to our would like to point you to website our website where and you could find episodes of the previous episodes of the series series where we where we address wilson's connection address wilson to the connection past and to a path contemporary and issues of to the issues of misinformation and misinformation, government censorship and censorship to lost and to los

if you see him in films, my students all think robin williams is theodore roosevelt from the movie "a night in the museum." but there's so many films about theodore roosevelt that include that rough rider image, the cowboy on horseback. so, yeah, absolutely. and the charisma, he knew -- roosevelt -- the power of motion pictures. and he tried to capture that essence in many ways. >> and he was a man of the tomb. it was such a period of change. >> the introduction of airplanes, submarines, motion pictures come in during his time at the white house. this is a remarkable period of change. and he seems to be the first modern president because he understands capturing the imagination of the american people is really a pr exercise and he needs to reach out to them in order to get congress to do something or in order to extend american power throughout the world. roosevelt is a revolutionary figure for the white house because he reshapes the office itself. >> we're going to take questions from people watching this. but, first, we have another special bit of insight from one of the brightest s

my students all think robin williams is theodore roosevelt from "night at the museum." and there he is a man of action. many images include the rough rider image storming up a san juan hill or something like that. absolutely and the charisma, he knew, roosevelt knew the power of motion pictures and he tried to capture that essence in many ways. >> he was a man of the time. it was such a period of change. >> absolutely. the introduction of airplanes, submarines, motion pictures, in fact, and this is a remarkable period. he seems to be the first modern president, because he understands capturing the imagination is a pr exercise and he needs to reach out to get congress to do something or to extend american power throughout the world. roosevelt is a revolutionary figure for the white house because he reshapes the office itself. >> well, we're going to take questions from -- i see them coming in from a lot of the people watching. but first we have another special bit of insite from one of the brightest stars that i know at the white house historical association. the histori

charisma of a hollywood actor and you know if you see him in films you'll you know, my students all think robin williams is theodore roosevelt from the movie a night at the museum and there of course, he is a man of action, but there's so many films about theodore roosevelt many of which include that rough rider image the cowboy on horseback storming up a san juan hill or something like that. so, yeah, absolutely and the charisma he knew roosevelt in his own lifetime the power of motion pictures and he tried to capture that essence in in many ways. and he was a man of the time it was such a period of change. absolutely. i mean the introduction of airplanes submarines motion pictures. in fact come in during his is time at the white house. so this is a remarkable period of changing he seems to be really the first modern president because he understands that capturing the imagination of the american people is really a pr exercise and he needs to reach out to them in order to get congress to do something or in order to you know, extend american power throughout the world. so roosevelt is a revoluti

one final thank you to liz a bit and robin for a great conversation, and i wish everybody a wonderful week. up next christopher leahy -- to succeed the president who died in office. hello again, everyone. welcome to another edition of our lecture series. and vice president for collections and exhibitions at the museum of history and culture. so glad you could join us today. as always awesome -- rethinking our members who made the program possible. your support is essential for making these events happen so we deeply appreciate that. and listen today's speak, are very pleased to have with us is doctor christopher lee he who is professor college of new york law. he will be talking to us about his book, a president without a party, the life of john tyler. john tyler's the nation's own president to be kicked on -- out of his own political party. tyler's use of the veto destroy the legislative chances to win the election law in 1844. law a trade by his contemporaries -- and many historians as a night idea of, law devotion to state with construction on the constitution says to compromise --