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The Work of Charles and Ray Eames

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.

About the Cover

  • Rikki CondonEXHIBITING 'EAMES'
    How the Library prepared for the exhibition.

  • Jones's and BillingtonTOUCHDOWN!
    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.

  • John W. KlugePHILANTHROPHIC HONORS
    The Library honors John Kluge.

  • Robert PinksyUNPRECENDENTED 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.

  • Patch AdamsFAVORITE POEMS
    Patch Adams was among the readers of their favorite poems in an April program at the Library.

  • young poetsYOUNG POETS
    Students from the Washington area read their poems at the Library as part of Young People's Poetry week.

  • drawing of young boyDIGITAL COMPETITION
    Twelve winners were named in the final round of the LC/Ameritech National Digital Library competition.

  • no image availableNEW ONLINE
    Three new collections are available on the Library's American Memory Web site.

  • no image availableINTERPRETIVE PROGRAMS OFFICE, MANUSCRIPT DIVISION WIN AWARDS

  • Paul RobesonRESTORATION PERIOD
    The Library will join in a project to restore endangered American films in celebration of the year 2000.

  • Peggy BulgerNEW DIRECTOR
    Peggy Bulger has been named director of the Library's American Folklife Center.

  • Lynn KidderHANDLE WITH CARE
    The Library's fourth Preservation Awareness Workshop brought the conservation process to the public eye.

  • Walt WhitmanSONG OF HIMSELF
    The author of a new biography of Walt Whitman spoke at the Library in March.

  • no image availableAUTHOR'S PAPERS
    The manuscripts of pioneering Arab-American writer Ameen Rihani have been donated to the Library.

  • Adel Al-JubeirLIBRARY 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.

  • no image availableLETTERS ABOUT LITERATURE AWARDS ANNOUNCED

  • Barrett and ColeNEWS FROM THE CENTER FOR THE BOOK

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