January 2000 - Vol. 59, No. 1
Arthur Szyk: Artist for Freedom
Cover Story
Arthur Szyk created some of the most memorable anti-Axis propaganda during
World War II, as well as finely rendered and patriotic celebrations
of the United States, his adopted country.
-
ON THE NEW FRONTIER
A new Web site chronicles the exploration, settlement and development of the American West and Russia's parallel experience in exploring and settling the Russian Far East. -
THE LATEST ONLINE
A collection of Civil War maps and experiences of African Americans in Ohio are new in the American Memory collections. -
LEADING BY EXAMPLE
Congress has funded phase two of the Russian Leadership Program, which brought 2,200 political, business, and academic leaders to the United States last year. -
INSTITUTIONAL MEMORY
The Library has published several versions of its history during its 200 years. -
COMPREHENDING COGNITION
A seminar on "Understanding Our Selves: The Science of Cognition" concluded the Library's project on the Decade of the Brain with the National Institute of Mental Health. -
PAUL PRY and THE HUNTRESS
In the 1800s, Anne Newport Royall exposed political corruption and religious fraud in two newspapers. -
RECORDING TECHNOLOGY
The National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped has installed a new state-of-the-art digital recording facility. -
NEW COPYRIGHT LAW
Congress passed a new intellectual property and communications reform act.
