Documenting C-SPAN: The First Four Decades (1979-2015)

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• David Halberstam, Stanley Crouch and Pete Hamill with Barnes & Noble speaker at podium.

  Barnes & Noble Union Square in New York hosted a "Booknotes" panel discussionon the evening of July 8th with authors Brian Lamb, David Halberstam, Stanley Crouch and Pete Hamill. The photo is taken by Brian before he stepped to the podium to address the audience at the bookstore.
• David Halberstam, Charlie Rose, Pete Hamill & Stanley Crouch.

  The four and Brian Lamb met at a taping of the Charlie Rose Show on PBS in New York.
• Casper Citron and Leonard Lopate.

  Casper Citron (upper left) interviewed Brian for the Casper Citron Show on radio - the interview was conducted in a tea house off the lobby of the Kitano Hotel in New York. Host Leonard Lopate (lower right) interviewed Brian for the "New York and Company" show on WNYC radio, the NPR affiliate in New York City.
• Nicholas Basbanes.

  Syndicated columnist Nick Basbanes in Boston during interview with Brian Lamb for "Booknotes".
• Brian Lamb and Marjorie Clapprood

  Brian poses in Boston with WRKO-AM host Marjorie Clapprood in her radio studio; her program is called "Clapprood and Company." One photo shows Ms. Clapprood with an unidentified man. NOTE: Ms. Clapprood's name is misspelled on the page.
• Brian Lamb and David Brudnoy.

  Brian poses in Boston with WBZ Radio host David Brudnoy in his office. Two photos show Mr. Brudnoy with bookshelves and items and at his desk.
• Brian Lamb with Jim Howell.

  Brian Lamb in the Boston studio of WABU-TV for an interview with host Jim Howell for a "Business World" segment. In top photo, a technician helps Mr. Howell with his IFB while Brian watches.
• Michael Kenney and unidentified woman.

  Boston Globe Living/Arts editor Michael Kenney with an unidentified woman, likely a Globe photographer, in Brian Lamb's Lennox Hotel room. Kenney interviewed Brian Lamb about his first "Booknotes" book.
• Olson's Bookstore, Washington, D.C.

  Brian Lamb signing a book at an event at Olsson's book store at Washington DC's Metro Center, 1200 F Street, NW. Bottom image shows Brian's view of his audience at a book talk at Olsson's Book Store at Metro Center in Washington, DC.
• Bill Thompson.

  Radio host Bill Thompson in his "Between the Lines" studio on New Mexico Avenue in Washington, D.C.
• Jim Bohannon.

  Radio host Jim Bohannon hosts Brian Lamb in his studio in Crystal City, Virginia for an 11pm to midnight interview.
• Michael Skube.

  Michael Skube of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution interviewed Brian Lamb in his C-SPAN office.
• Brian Lamb with John Hockenberry.

  Brian Lamb poses with John Hockenberry, host of the talk show "Edgewise" during an appearance.
• Borders Book Store, Washington, D.C.

  Photos of book buyers and the audience listening to Brian's talk at the Borders book store in downtown Washington (1801 K Street, NW). Three C-SPAN employees are seated in chairs (from left to right Anne Bentzel, Robin Scullin and Anne Marie Dinardo).
• Brian Lamb on the Diane Rehm radio show.

  Brian Lamb poses with NPR host Diane Rehm in her radio studio at WAMU in Washington, D.C.
• Brian Lamb on the Mary Matalin radio program.

  Brian Lamb with Mary Matalin (in overalls) in her Washington, D.C. radio studio for The Mary Matalin Show on the CBS Radio Network. One photo features Ms. Matalin with a producer.
• Brian Lamb in service elevator.

  Brian Lamb in a service elevator at the publishing facility in Harrisonburg, VA.
• Booknotes book in production.

  R.R. Donnelly printing operation in Harrisonburg, Virginia.
• President Bill Clinton.

  President Bill Clinton signs a copy of his book Between Hope and History after his Booknotes interview in the White House map room.
• Brian Lamb and President Bill Clinton.

  Brian Lamb interviews President Bill Clinton for "Booknotes" in the White House map room.
• President Bill Clinton and Robin Scullin.

  "In December 1996," Brian wrote, "we took ("Booknotes") to the White House map room to interview President Clinton about his book Between Hope and History. The president is pictured here with C-SPAN books producer Robin Scullin on the right and C-SPAN cameraman Greg Fabic in the background. Robin was the primary researcher" for the first "Booknotes" book.
• Nell Painter.

  Author Nell Painter, who wrote a book on Sojourner Truth, reported that Sojourner Truth spent a great deal of time knitting. Before her "Booknotes" interview, Brian Lamb discovered the author knitting, "and I could not resist taking a picture capturing the shared hobby of the author and her subject," Brian wrote.
• Clare Brandt.

  In preparation for her biography on Benedict Arnold, Clare Brandt retraced his journeys up the Hudson River and around Lake Champlain. She's pictured in a motorboat in front of West Point Military Academy.
• Forest McDonald.

  Forrest McDonald walking in the yard of his home in Coker, Alabama.
• Forest McDonald.

  Forrest McDonald working on his secluded porch in Coker, Alabama. During his "Booknotes" interview, Mr. McDonald admitted that he usually writes in the nude on this porch.
• Joseph Ellis.

  Biographer Joseph Ellis surveys the marginalia of President John Adams at the Boston Public Library. He described Adams' informal notes as "in some ways, the most revealing statements of his political philosophy."
• Dr. Richard Norton Smith.

  George Washington biographer Richard Norton Smith stands before the tomb of the first president at Washington's Virginia home in Mount Vernon. Smith explained on "Booknotes" that he has visited the grave of every former president. "Intrigued by this idea," Brian Lamb wrote, "I later retraced Mr. Smith's presidential graveyard tour."
• Dr. Harold Holzer.

  Dr. Harold Holzer is in his office at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, surrounded by memorabilia from the 1858 debates. Holzer's book inspired a C-SPAN re-creation of the seven historic Lincoln-Douglas debates.
• Dr. Douglas Brinkley.

  Professor Doug Brinkley. who wrote the book titled Majic Bus: An American Odyssey, stands next to a C-Span bus in 1996. "Booknotes" host and C-Span President, Brian Lamb was so inspired by Brinkley's description of his bus that C-SPAN decided to get into the bus-tour business. In 1993, the network launched the first C-SPAN bus; visits were in such high demand that C-SPAN created a twin C-SPAN school bus in 1995. The two buses served as production and presentation vehicles.
• Mikhail Gorbochev and Brian Lamb.

  Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev explaining something to Brian Lamb minutes before they started taping their "Booknotes" interview. Gorbachev spoke only Russian, but Brian had a simultaneous translation coming into his earpiece.