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Library of Congress Information Bulletin

The Library's Gershwin Collection

September 1998 - Vol. 57, No. 9

The Library's Gershwin Collection

Cover Story
American composer George Gershwin was born 100 years ago this month, and the Library — the premiere institution for Gershwin studies — celebrates the Gershwin legacy.

About the Cover

  • no image availableA MOVING EXPERIENCE

  • Leonore Gershwin'THE WEST COAST ARCHIVE'

  • Sigmund FreudFREUDIAN DISPLAY
    "Sigmund Freud: Conflict and Culture," a major Library exhibition, opens Oct. 15.

  • Theodor HerzlISRAEL'S 50TH
    "Zion's Call: A Library of Congress Exhibition Marking Israel's Fiftieth Year" goes on display Sept. 17.

  • Dr. Billington, Tamara Turkevich Skvir, Daniel SkvirCLERICAL PAPERS
    The Library has received the diaries and papers of Russian Orthodox Metropolitan Leonty.

  • Leonard BernsteinBERNSTEIN ONLINE
    Part of the Leonard Bernstein Collection is now available on the American Memory Web site.

  • Judy GravesJOLLY GOOD FELLOWS
    Fifty schoolteachers, librarians and media specialists came to the Library for a week as part of the American Memory Fellows program.

  • Anthony S. PitchBURNING DOWN THE HOUSE
    Historian Anthony Pitch discussed his new book, The Burning of Washington: The British Invasion of 1814, in a recent Library lecture.

  • Nasser Al-Nasrallah and Rubens MedinaGLIN EXPANSION
    The Global Legal Information Network has established regional centers throughout the world.

  • Law Day panelCELEBRATING LAW DAY
    The Library played host to the annual Law Day celebration with a program titled "Reflections on the Law from the Collections of the Law Library of Congress."

  • no image availableEXPERIENCING THE LIBRARY
    Visitors attending the recent American Library Association's annual conference had the chance to experience a day in the life of the Library.

  • no image availableJOHN BECKLEY'S DESCENDANTS
    The great, great, great, great granddaughter of the first Librarian of Congress visited with Library officials in July.

  • no image availableFLICC HONORS
    A new awards program will recognize federal libraries, librarians and technicians.

  • no image availableTRACER BULLETS
    Several new subject bibliographies are now available.

  • Rex BeachNEWS OF THE CENTER FOR THE BOOK

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