July 1998 - Vol. 57, No. 7
Children's Literature: 'From Sea to Shining Sea'
Cover Story
"From Sea to Shining Sea -- An American Sampler: Children's Books from the Library of Congress," is a new exhibition featuring works drawn from the Library's 200,000 children's books.
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HOPE FOR THE LIBRARY
Entertainer Bob Hope will donate his personal papers, radio and television scripts and joke files to the Library. -
GIFT FOR CONSERVATION
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation has given the Library $10 million for the development of a new audiovisual conservation center near Culpeper, Va. -
GOOD FELLOWS
Fifty educators from across the nation were named to participate in the American Memory Fellows Program. -
THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS
The brain's role in determining emotion and how emotion affects health was the subject of a May symposium. -
SCHOLARS ON SITE
The 1998 Mellon Foreign Area Fellowships have been awarded. -
PRIZE FOR 'THE EYES'
Eyes of the Nation: A Visual History of the United States won first prize in a museum publications design competition. -
'PILLAR OF FIRE'
Author Taylor Branch discussed the newly released second volume in his trilogy documenting the civil rights movement. -
FOR A BETTER LIFE
Acting Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Bill Lann Lee gave the keynote address for the Library's Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. -
CULTURES IN CONFLICT
Scholar Amartya Sen compared Asian values and American priorities in a Library lecture. -
ISRAEL AT 50
Historian Shlomo Aronson discussed the Holocaust and the 1948 founding of Israel. -
ONE WRITER'S JOURNEY
Author Cynthia Chin-Lee spoke at the Library in May as part of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. -
COMPOSERS COMMISSIONED
Eleven composers and performing organizations have been granted Koussevitzky Awards for the commission of new musical works.
