June 23, 1997 - Vol. 56, No. 11
50th Anniversary of the Marshall Plan
Cover Story
This year is the 50th anniversary of the Economic Recovery Program for postwar Europe. The program eventually came to be known as the Marshall Plan, for George C. Marshall, whose influence was so crucial to the plan's success.
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ONLINE MARSHALL EXHIBITION FEATURED AT STATE DEPT. CONFERENCE -
CONGRESSIONAL HEARING AT LC
The first congressional hearing ever held in the Digital Library Visitors' Center focused on making the wonders of the Internet available to all. -
VISIBLE LEGACY
The widow of writer Ralph Ellison, Fanny McConnell Ellison, visited the Library to inspect the rooms where the personal library of her husband will be on view. -
MELLON FELLOWSHIPS ANNOUNCED
The first winners of the Mellon Foreign Area Fellowship competition will receive stipends to come to Washington to conduct research in the Library's collections. -
RITE OF SPRING
The annual spring program of the Children's Literature Center featured artist, writer, choreographer and teacher Remy Charlip. -
ELOQUENT EULOGIES
Local celebrities delivered eulogies from a new book by Phyllis Theroux. -
THE STATE OF JOURNALISM
Richard Reeves presented the fifth Joanna Jackson Goldman Memorial Lecture on "Journalism: New, Old or Dead." -
MAN OF LA MANCHA
Dutch writer Cees Nooteboom brought Don Quixote to life during his presentation. -
PRIZE PROSE
The 50th anniversary of Il Premio Strega, Italy's most prestigious literary prize, was observed at the Library. -
POLISH FRIENDSHIP
Poland's prime minister came to the Library as part of a program celebrating Polish-American relations.
