
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.
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FREUDIAN DISPLAY
"Sigmund Freud: Conflict and Culture," a major Library exhibition, opens Oct. 15. -
ISRAEL'S 50TH
"Zion's Call: A Library of Congress Exhibition Marking Israel's Fiftieth Year" goes on display Sept. 17. -
CLERICAL PAPERS
The Library has received the diaries and papers of Russian Orthodox Metropolitan Leonty. -
BERNSTEIN ONLINE
Part of the Leonard Bernstein Collection is now available on the American Memory Web site. -
JOLLY GOOD FELLOWS
Fifty schoolteachers, librarians and media specialists came to the Library for a week as part of the American Memory Fellows program. -
BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE
Historian Anthony Pitch discussed his new book, The Burning of Washington: The British Invasion of 1814, in a recent Library lecture. -
GLIN EXPANSION
The Global Legal Information Network has established regional centers throughout the world. -
CELEBRATING 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." -
EXPERIENCING 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. -
JOHN BECKLEY'S DESCENDANTS
The great, great, great, great granddaughter of the first Librarian of Congress visited with Library officials in July. -
FLICC HONORS
A new awards program will recognize federal libraries, librarians and technicians. -
TRACER BULLETS
Several new subject bibliographies are now available.