我着迷于过去。我着迷于人们如何生活,他们的生活是什么样的。我真正感兴趣的过去能教给我们什么。我是南希Zimmelman Lenoil。我被任命为国务卿的第一位女性国家档案在加州的历史。我没有花很长时间才爱上萨克拉门托。它只是一个历史丰富的城市。横贯大陆铁路的终点。也很活跃,因为它是国家资本。我认为档案工作人员执行非常有价值,有价值的服务。 The records that any archives is preserving is something that’s gonna be used for five, ten, fifteen, fifty, a hundred years from now. There’s a tremendous ability to have long term impact. I still to this day enjoy having the ability to do my own research. More often than not, if I have the time, I will go look it up myself, I will go into the stacks, I will pull the information to find the answer that I’m looking for. It’s often, you open a box, you open a book, and you find something you don’t expect. The sense of discovery has never gone away. At Oakland University I was a history major. It certainly gave me analytical skills. I think probably the most important thing it gave me was research skills. It planted the seed for getting me to the point I am now. Because of my history degree, I’m accomplished.
