April 2005 - Vol. 64, No. 4
Treasures of the Americas: The Jay Kislak Collection
Cover Story
A new Library exhibition celebrates the recent Kislak Foundation donation of more than 4,000 rare artifiacts from the cultures of the Americas prior to European colonization.
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SOUND AND SONG
Fifty significant recordings have been added to the National Recording Registry. Also, a recording featuring jazz greats Dizzy Gillespie and Thelonious Monk has been unearthed. -
FEMINISM AND REVOLUTION
Pioneer women's rights activist Betty Friedan spoke as part of National Women's History Month. -
HISTORY AND MEMORY
At a Library-sponsored symposium on archival issues in Iraq, the mayor of Baghdad called for a museum of remembrance of the brutal regime of Saddam Hussein. -
POET AND SONGWRITER
Poet Laureate Ted Kooser hosted singer-songwriter John Prine for an evening discussing the creative process of poetry and songwriting in the Coolidge Auditorium. -
RECONCILIATION AND RELATIONSHIPS
African leaders and scholars came to the Library to discuss means and strategies for rebuilding cultures after war and genocide. -
ACCESS AND ANNIVERSARIES
At its annual FLICC Forum, the Federal Library and Information Center Committee addressed issues of open access to federally funded information. -
FLICC CELEBRATES 40 YEARS
Celebrating 40 years of service to the federal library community. -
THE CASE FOR REUNIFICATION
A British scholar made the case for returning the marble frieze sculptures known as the Elgin Marbles, taken from the Parthenon two centuries ago, to the Greek government.