Gift
of
The
Annenberg
Foundation
John
Bull
and
Uncle
Sam
The
exhibition,
John
Bull
and
Uncle
Sam,
is
a
joint
project
of
the
Library
of
Congress
and
the
British
Library.
It
brings
together
for
the
first
time
treasures
from
the
two
greatest
libraries
in
the
English-speaking
world
in
an
exploration
of
selected
time
periods
and
cultural
movements
that
illuminate
the
relationship
of
the
United
States
and
Great
Britain.
The
Library
of
Congress
and
The
British
Library
are
unique
among
world
cultural
institutions
in
their
range
(more
than
200
million
items
in
the
combined
collections)
and
depth.
Much
of
the
material
in
the
exhibition
never
has
been
displayed
in
either
country,
and
some
of
the
rarest
and
most
valued
objects
from
each
collection
traveled
across
the
Atlantic
for
the
first,
and
possibly
only,
time.
The
exhibition
opened
at
the
Library
of
Congress,
November
17,
1999,
and
closed
on
March
4,
2000.
An
opening
at
the
British
Library
in
2002
is
planned.
To
illuminate
the
interwoven
history
of
the
two
nations
from
the
earliest
British
settlement
in
Virginia
to
the
present,
the
exhibition
examines
exploration
and
settlement;
war,
both
as
enemies
and
allies;
language
and
literature;
science
and
technology;
reform
movements;
and
popular
culture.
By
focusing
on
these
areas,
the
exhibition
demonstrates
the
extraordinary
cross-fertilization
that
laid
the
foundation
for
the
"special
relationship"
between
the
two
nations
in
the
last
half
of
the
twentieth
century.
