June 2008 - Vol. 67, No. 6
Creating the United States
Cover Story
A robust, interactive exhibition offers insights into
the role that imagination and vision played in forging the nation’s founding documents.
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‘I CANNOT LIVE WITHOUT BOOKS’
A new display of the personal book collection that Thomas Jefferson sold to Congress to rebuild its library reveals how books were vital to the third president’s education and well-being. -
LAW RULES
The 50th anniversary of Law Day was celebrated at the Library with a panel on law in emerging countries. -
THE AMERICAN JEWISH EXPERIENCE
Events and a Web site marked Jewish American Heritage Month at the Library. -
FIXING D.C. SCHOOLS
District of Columbia Chancellor of Schools Michelle Rhee outlined her plans at the Library in the keynote address for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. -
TO READ OR NOT TO READ
A report from the National Endowment for the Arts sees a grim outlook of the state of reading in America. -
INSTRUCTION MANUAL
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright offers advice to the next president in her new book, which she discussed at a Library appearance. -
LOST (AND FOUND) IN TRANSLATION
Charles Simic discussed the art of poetry and the art of translation in his final appearance at the Library as Poet Laureate. -
CONSERVATION CORNER
The Library’s Preservation Directorate has developed new methodologies for treatment of artifacts that use iron-gall ink, including many of America’s founding documents. -
MARKETPLACE
A new publication in a Library series of visual sourcebooks on design and architecture features public markets.
