May 1999 - Vol. 58, No. 5
The Work of Charles and Ray Eames
Cover Story
A major exhibition of the work of American designers Charles and Ray Eames
opens at the Libary on May 20.
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EXHIBITING 'EAMES'
How the Library prepared for the exhibition. -
TOUCHDOWN!
Jerry Jones, owner of the Dallas Cowboys, and his wife Gene have donated $1 million to the Library in the effort to reconstruct Thomas Jefferson's library. -
PHILANTHROPHIC HONORS
The Library honors John Kluge. -
UNPRECENDENTED REAPPOINTMENT
Robert Pinksy has been named Poet Laureate for a third term and will be joined by three Special Consultants in Poetry for the Library's Bicentennial year. -
FAVORITE POEMS
Patch Adams was among the readers of their favorite poems in an April program at the Library. -
YOUNG POETS
Students from the Washington area read their poems at the Library as part of Young People's Poetry week. -
DIGITAL COMPETITION
Twelve winners were named in the final round of the LC/Ameritech National Digital Library competition. -
NEW ONLINE
Three new collections are available on the Library's American Memory Web site. -
INTERPRETIVE PROGRAMS OFFICE, MANUSCRIPT DIVISION WIN AWARDS
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RESTORATION PERIOD
The Library will join in a project to restore endangered American films in celebration of the year 2000. -
NEW DIRECTOR
Peggy Bulger has been named director of the Library's American Folklife Center. -
HANDLE WITH CARE
The Library's fourth Preservation Awareness Workshop brought the conservation process to the public eye. -
SONG OF HIMSELF
The author of a new biography of Walt Whitman spoke at the Library in March. -
AUTHOR'S PAPERS
The manuscripts of pioneering Arab-American writer Ameen Rihani have been donated to the Library. -
LIBRARY CELEBRATES GIFT OF PAPERS
The Library hosted a special event to mark the donation and the centennial of the founding of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.