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Volume 14, No. 28 A Weekly Newspaper for the Library Staff August 1, 2003 Maps Chart Dreams Maps tell stories, and the Library’s major new exhibition featur- ing the oldest map of America and maps that inspired and charted Lewis and Clark’s exploration of new lands west of the Missouri tells the nation’s story of “what we were, what we are, and what we might yet be.” With these words from scholar James P. Ronda, Library guests on July 23 were invited to preview the exhibition, “Rivers, Edens, Empires: Lewis & Clark and the Revealing of America,” which opened to the public the next day in the Northwest Gallery and Pavilion of the Thomas Jefferson Building. In his welcoming remarks, Librarian James H. Billington thanked Congress for its $5 million appropriation and Madison Council John Nelson members John Hendricks, Gerry Lenfest, and David Koch for their Prince Johannes Waldburg-Wolfegg explicates the 1507 map his family preserved for more than 350 years before he sold it matching gifts that made possible the recent purchase of the 1507 to the Library. The map is in pristine condition. MAP, Continues on page 8 Alden Almquist Selected New Kluge Staff Fellow

By PEGGY PEARLSTEIN the Library’s rich corpus of collections of French- and English-language works about Alden Almquist, a literary examiner in Africa by scholars, missionary ethnogra- the Copyright Offi ce—and an anthropolo- phers, travelers, professional hunters, and gist by education and former resident of colonial diplomats and offi cers. He will Africa—has been selected as the Library’s KLUGE, ContinuesContinues onon pagepage 4 next Kluge Staff Fellow. On Oct. 1, Almquist will begin his residency at the Library’s Kluge Center for a period of up to 12 months. The title of Almquist’s project is “Indigenous Knowledge and Practices as Resources in the Preservation of Wildlife and Biodiversity in Africa.” Alden Almquist The outcome of his research will be Interested in becoming a map of African localities showing the ing to Almquist, western conservation inhabitants’ knowledge of wildlife and agents often ignore customary conser- a Kluge Staff Fellow? customary conservation practices that vation practices and fail to integrate the Staff are invited to the Kluge Center for an informal tour and to ask could be useful to biologists and ecolo- knowledge and experience of indigenous questions of staff fellows Eniko Basa gists in creating sustainable wildlife con- peoples into national conservation proj- and Brian Taves. servation programs in Africa. ects and planning. Staff may call 7-3302 to set up a Almquist will focus his study on the Almquist will survey recent scholarly meeting Sylvia Albro (Conservation understanding that Africans have of their work on the topic in the Library’s serial Division), the fi rst Kluge Staff Fellow, natural environment and the symbiotic holdings of wildlife conservation jour- is also available to meet or talk with relationships between people, land, nals, religious studies publications, and prospective applicants. water, plants, and animals. Accord- social science journals. He will explore 2 THE GAZETTE AUGUST 1, 2003

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PEOPLE LC Shows Ancient Manuscripts of Timbuktu

By MARY-JANE DEEB

hen LC’s Marieta Harper fi rst saw the ancient manuscripts This astronomy text showing the of Mali in Northwest Africa in rotation of the heavens, titled “The W Important Stars Among the Multi- 2002, she had one thought—that others tude of the Heavens,” was copied should have the opportunity to view this in 1733. The item may be seen in evidence of a literary tradition in West the exhibition, “Ancient Manuscripts from the Desert Libraries of Tim- Africa. buktu,” in the South Gallery of the “I was on the edge of the Sahara Great Hall of the Thomas Jefferson Desert, in 115-degree temperatures, look- Building, through Sept. 3. ing at manuscripts that had survived for centuries in Timbuktu, and my thought was to bring them to the Library of Con- gress for the world to see,” said Harper. An Africa area specialist in the Library’s African and Middle Eastern Division (AMED), she was in Mali at the invita- tion of the State Department to present a paper at a conference about Arabic been in his family for nine generations. made available on the Library’s Web site. manuscripts in Africa. “Ancient Manuscripts from the Desert Copies of the manuscripts will become “The rediscovery of these manuscripts Libraries of Timbuktu” opened in the part of the Library’s extensive Africana shatters the myth that West Africans had Library’s South Gallery of the Great Hall collection, which comprises items from no literary tradition,” she said. of the Thomas Jefferson Building on some 50 countries and contains several Most of the manuscripts Harper saw June 24. ancient West African manuscripts similar in Timbuktu were in private collections. Written primarily in Arabic, the manu- to those in the exhibition. The originals Realizing their importance and the fact scripts in the exhibition are from two of will be returned to the Mamma Haidara that little was known about them, she the most noteworthy private collections Library. proposed a Library exhibition to dis- in the region—the Mamma Haidara Com- Though known to African communi- play them for the fi rst time in the United memorative Library and the Library of ties for generations, the recognition of States. Shaykh Zayni Baye of Boujbeha. The 20 these texts by Western academics has The timing could not have been manuscripts on display address a wide created a breakthrough in recent scholar- better. Plans were already underway range of subjects, such as mathematics, ship. Once believed to be solely based to feature Mali at the 2003 Smithsonian physics, astronomy, secular literature, and on oral tradition, African culture has also Folklife Festival to be held June 25 to Koranic teachings. been passed down through a rich literary July 6 on the National Mall. A Library Among the items on display are 66 tradition as evidenced by the existence exhibition featuring the ancient manu- Ahkam al-shira’ al-yamaniyah wa ma of these manuscripts. scripts would give Washington visitors the yazharu min hawadith fi al-`alam `inda “There is a similarity between opportunity to learn more about Mali’s zuhuriha fi kul sanah” (Knowledge of the content of the legal and religious cultural heritage. the mouvement of the stars and what documents produced in Timbuktu and Harper, along with Christopher it portends in every year); “Arbab al- many Ottoman Turkish documents,” said Murphy, AMED’s Turkish area specialist, khartumi, al-jawahir al-hisan fi ma`rifat Murphy. “The Muslim rulers of Timbuktu Irene Chambers, interpretive programs arkan al-iman” (A jewel of beauty for and Istanbul were both faced with similar offi cer, and Carolyn Brown, director for learning the pillars of faith), a text book issues as they tried to incorporate non- area studies, discussed the concept with for teaching the basic tenets of Islam; Muslims into an Islamic state.” Librarian James H. Billington, who sub- and a manuscript by Sayyid Ahmad ibn “The documents on display are very sequently secured funding from Madison `Ammar al-Raqadi al-Tumbukti al-Kunti, compelling,” said Chambers. “They look Council member James V. Kimsey. Fund- “Shifa’ al-asqam al-‘aridah fi al-zahir wa fragile, having survived the desert envi- ing also allowed the Library to host guest al-batin” (Curing diseases and defects, ronment, and yet they embody all the curator Abdelkader Haidara, the director both apparent and hidden), a study of learning and knowledge passed down of the Mamma Haidara Commemorative diseases and their remedies. through the centuries.” Library, whose 5,000 manuscripts have The manuscripts will be digitized and TIMBUKTU, ContinuesContinues onon pagepage 8 4 THE GAZETTE AUGUST 1, 2003

KLUGE, Continued from Page 1 speaker, and writer for such organizations Library staff for their completeness and as the National Institute of Allergies and appropriateness to the program’s goals. research the holdings of the Manuscript Infectious Diseases, the Department of Because of their overall excellence Division, which include, for example, State, Conservation International, and the and the diversity of topics, all of the the records of the American Coloniza- World Wildlife Fund’s Biodiversity Support applications were forwarded to an tion Society of Liberia and collections of Program. He has served as board chair outside review committee consisting of the Rare Book and Special Collections of the Bonobo Conservation Initiative, non-LC employees appointed by Prosser Division, which contain observations and in that capacity helped to develop Gifford, director for scholarly programs of pre-European traditions of resource radio programs in local languages about in the Kluge Center. use. In the Law Library, Almquist will the cultural meaning and importance of The next Kluge Staff Fellowship com- examine legislative records and court the Bonobo chimpanzees. Other Afri- petition will be announced in mid-Octo- cases of African governments. He will canist activities include lecturing at the ber. Applications will be due by the close be looking for confl icts over resources, Foreign Service Institute and consulting of business on Feb. 13, 2004. A briefi ng especially environmental resources, and about Africa for a variety of wildlife non- for interested staff will be held in early the ways in which they are conceptualized governmental organizations. November. Additional information con- and managed. Almquist spent 13 years in Africa cerning the Kluge Staff Fellowship may Almquist joined the Library staff in as a child, university student, second- be obtained from the Offi ce of Scholarly 1985 as a sub-Saharan Africa research ary school teacher, and researcher. In Programs, LJ120, by calling 7-3302, or vis- analyst in the Federal Research Division. addition to being fluent in French, he iting the John W. Kluge Center Web site, He graduated from North Park College in speaks Lingala and Pagibeti, two indig- www.loc.gov/loc/kluge. Chicago (1971), with a bachelor’s degree enous African languages. An endowment grant of $60 million in in political science and received a doc- A subcommittee of the Kluge Center 2000 from John W. Kluge, chairman of the torate in anthropology from Indiana Staff Advisory Working Group reviewed Library’s James Madison Council, funds University in Bloomington (1985). and rated the applications submitted by Almquist has written chapters for anthologies, articles for journals, and American Red Cross presented papers at several conferences. Basic Evacuation Team Training He has given slide presentations for the Training is from 10 a.m. to noon. The Give Blood! LCPA on his subject of expertise. location has been changed to LM 654, Blood Drive Dates In addition to working at the Library, Classroom E for all sessions listed. 8:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. Almquist has served in a professional Sept. 19, Classroom A/B, LM 654 Wednesday, Aug. 6 Wednesday, Aug. 20 Sept. 26, West Dining Room, LM 621 capacity as a conference organizer,

Obituaries

Floyd D. Hedrick to be a very obliging and pro- memories is how Floyd was as vice president of NAPM and Floyd D. Hedrick, who fessional manager. I always a die-hard Redskin fan and president of the Purchasing retired in 1993 as chief of enjoyed his Southern accent. loved to have staff parties cel- Management Association of the former Procurement and I also will always remember ebrating Dallas week, when Washington. He contributed Supply Division at the Library, his gentle manner, even in the the Skins played Dallas. He to other industry books and died July 9, at his home in face of adversity.” was also quite involved in the also wrote for the Small Busi- Annandale, Md. He was 76 James Kopp, head of National Association of Pur- ness Administration. years old. logistics in Integrated Sup- chasing Managers (NAPM) Hedrick was born in 1927 Hedrick spent most of port Services, said, “I came and received numerous in Lynchburg, Va., where he his more than 20 years with to work with Floyd when he awards for his work profes- graduated from the Virginia the Library at its Landover was chief of procurement sionally in the contracting Commercial College. He facility when Procurement and supply in May of 1984. and procurement fi eld.” received master’s and doc- and Supply, now known as He remembered my applica- Among Hedrick’s many toral degrees from the Uni- Contracting and Logistics, tion and portfolio of work at accomplishments, includ- versity of California at Davis. relocated there. the time I interviewed with ing the award-winning book He also served in the Navy A co-worker recalled him in late 1983 and when a “Purchasing Management in the Pacific during World fond memories of Hedrick: position opened up that he in the Smaller Company” War II and eventually retired “I worked with Floyd during thought I could qualify for, he (American Management as a commander in the Naval the late 1970s and found him gave me a call. One of my Association, 1971), he served Reserve in 1972. ❑ AUGUST 1, 2003 THE GAZETTE 5

the Kluge Center, including a number of fellowships and the staff fellowship. The grant also supports fi ve chairs and other LCPA Language Tables August 2003 Schedule visiting scholars appointed by the Librar- Note: All languages tables are conversational/cultural, with the exception of those with asterisks (*), which offer instruction. All tables meet noon - 1 p.m., unless otherwise stated. ian, and a $1 million prize for lifetime achievement in the human sciences. Table Day (noon-1 p.m.) Location Contact The Kluge Center is residence to other outside scholars, such as Xiang ASL 7, 14, 21, 28 (Thursday) LM 623 Toby French, 7-5463 (TTY) Lanxin, professor of international his- Arabic 5, 19 (Tuesday) LM G35 Nawal A. Kawar, 7-4708 tory and politics in Geneva, who will Beginning* join the center in September and is the Arabic Advanced* 7, 21 (Thursday) LM G35 Nawal A. Kawar, 7-4708 third scholar to hold the Henry Alfred Armenian* 13, 27 (Wednesday) LM 632 Lola Pickering, 7-8904 Kissinger Chair in Foreign Policy and Chinese No Meeting LM G45 Anna Ho, 7-9467 International Relations in the John W. Kluge Center at the Library. French 14 (Thursday) LM 501 Patricia Carlton, 7-2859 Mellon, Luce, and other foundations Hebrew (ad hoc) Call Lenore Bell, 7-7313 support additional resident scholars at Hebrew* 4, 11, 18, 25 LM 453 Peter Kearney, 7-4326 the Library. ❑ Beginning (Monday)(12:10PM) Hungarian 21 (Thursday) Call Eniko Basa, 7-0197 The LC Cooking Club Proudly Sponsors Italian 7, 21 (Thursday) LM G-51B Dee Gallo, 7-6937 The First Annual (ITS Conf Rm) Primarily Peaches Festival Wednesday, Aug. 13 Japanese No Meetings LA 5224-6 Tomoko Steen, 7-1207 1 – 2 p.m. • Dining Room A, LM 621 (S,T &B’s Conf Rm) Primarily Peaches Portuguese 7, 21 (Thursday) LJ 240 Carlos Olave, 7-3702 Come share your homemade peach tarts, pies, jams and Hanke Rm jellies, compotes, soups, cobblers, peach-and-anything else recipe—in fact, anything with—primarily peaches. Spanish 12, 26 (Tuesday) LM 323 Reid Graham, 7-9476 ***Prize for the best overall confection!*** Library of Congress Cooking Club members get in free. Tagalog * 7, 14, 21, 28 LM 515, Herminia Smith, 7-6176 Nonmembers may join at the door for $5 (Thursday) Serial Contact Robert Handloff, 7-4443 or rhan for entry forms or questions. Conference Room Request ASL and ADA accommodations fi ve days in advance @202-707-6362 or [email protected] Turkish * 5, 19 (Tuesday) LM 527 Joan Weeks 7-3657 Special Events: Carpools Maryland Hungarian: The Hungarian Table will present a fi lm, Rider seeks carpool from Lanham, Md. “Traditions for Sale,” about Matyo folk art on Aug. 21. Call Phyllis at 7-4222. European Division Conference Room, noon. Please call for information about the following tables: Amharic, Napolean Jasper, 7-0412; English (as Rider seeks carpool from Clinton, Md. a second language), Diane Schug-O’Neill, 7-2886; German, Karla Parodi, 7-5041; elementary Greek, Call Gloria at 7-6135. John Buydos, 7-1191; Ukrainian, Jurij Dobczansky, 7-3080; Polish, call if you would like to be the Riders/drivers sought for carpool from table coordinator for Polish, 7-6604; Romanian: Grant Harris, 7-5859; Russian, Nina Palmin, 7-5576; Scandinavian, Carl Ek, 7-7286; Swahili, Barbara Woodland, 7-2501; . BryansBryans RRoadoad arareaea and poinpointsts north (F(Ft.t. Washington/OxonWashington/Oxon Hill). Call Donna at See www.loc.gov/staff/lcpa/schedule.html for further information and special events. 7-8282 or Shelvie at 7-6800. Carpools Virginia Established car pool meeting at 395 & Workplace Violence Training Edsall Road seeks driver/rider. Call Vera at 7-3943. The Library of Congress Internal University offers August sessions for Workplace Violence Carpool seeks driver/rider from Stafford/ Prevention Training Fredericksburg. Call Liz at 7-0968 or Wednesday, Aug. 13 Michael at 7-0924. 10 - 11:30 a.m., Mumford Room, LM 649 Driver seeks carpool from Route 28 or StringfellowStringfellow arareaea at I-66 (Cen(Centrevilletreville ararea).ea). 1:30 - 3 p.m., Mumford Room, LM 649 Call Jen at 7-7669 or email [email protected]. Thursday, Aug. 28 Rider seeks carpool from Old Town 10 - 11:30 a.m., Dining Room A, LM 620 Alexandria, Va. Call Roger at 7-6710. 1:30 - 3 p.m., Dining Room A, LM 620 Driver wanted for established carpool from Register online at www.loc.gov/lciu/workplace/html. Staff wishing to attend the Aug. Kings Park West/Burke area of Fairfax County. Call Mike at 7-9890 or e-mail 28 trainings should register promptly because seating is limited. [email protected]. 6 THE GAZETTE AUGUST 1, 2003

Library Web Sites Grow With New Collections wo of the Library’s leading Web sites, American Memory and Meet- T ing of Frontiers, have added new collections to their offerings. This new American MemoryMemory American Memory (http://memory.loc.gov), collection features the complete has added two new collections to its more run of the WorldWorld WarWar I edition of than 8 million online items. The fi rst addi- The Stars and Stripes. tion is named “The Stars and Stripes: The American Soldiers’ Newspaper of World War I, 1918-1919”; the second adds maps of Macau, the oldest, permanent European settlement in Asia, to American Memory’s “Map Collections, 1500-2003.” Meeting of Frontiers (http://frontiers.loc.gov), the world’s largest bilingual collaborative library site, has added collections from the United States, Germany, and Russia. Maps on this site “The Stars and Stripes” chart the history The collection of newspapers known of Macau. as “The Stars and Stripes: The American Soldiers’ Newspaper of World War I, 1918- 1919” joins American Memory’s more than 120 thematically organized collections. At the direction of Gen. John J. Pershing, The Stars and Stripes news- and their later careers indicate the high paper was published in France by the level of journalistic talent at The Stars and Maps of Macau U.S. Army from Feb. 8, 1918, to June 13, Stripes. A timeline and map place the The Geography and Map Division has 1919. By early 1918, American forces newspaper within the greater historical mounted a special online presentation were dispersed throughout the Western and geographical context of the war. devoted to Macau as part of the “Map front, often mixed at the unit level with The collection was processed with Collections, 1500-2003” of the Ameri- British, French, and Italian forces. The optical character recognition (OCR) soft- can Memory Web site. The materials primary mission of The Stars and Stripes ware to allow users to search the full text are at http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ was to provide these scattered troops with of the newspaper for a word or phrase. gmdhtml/macau/macau.html. a sense of unity and an understanding of This feature expands the collection’s use- Macau was returned by Portugal to their part in the overall war effort. The fulness to historians and genealogists who China in 1999 and is now known as the eight-page weekly featured news from are researching names and details that do Macau Special Administrative Region home, poetry, cartoons, and sports not appear in the headlines. “The Stars of the People’s Republic of China. The news, with a staff that included journal- and Stripes” collection serves as a pilot region consists of the city of Macau on ists Alexander Woollcott, Harold Wallace project in the development of search-and- a small peninsula of the Chinese main- Ross, and Grantland Rice. On borrowed display capabilities to be used in future land and the two small islands of Taipa printing presses, using a delivery network releases of historic newspapers. and Colôane, which are connected by that combined trains, automobiles, and one motorcycle, the staff produced a newspaper with a circulation that peaked Join Fellow LCPA Members for a at 526,000 copies. This new online col- Fun-fi lled WETA-TV Pledge Night lection presents the complete run—71 Date: Tuesday, Aug. 12 • Time: 7:45 - 10 p.m. weeks—of the World War I edition. Place: WETA Studios in the Shirlington section of Arlington, Va. The collection also includes spe- (free parking next door) cial presentations that discuss the Scheduled Broadcast: Vintage Sinatra newspaper’s content: its illustrations Come and hang out to listen to the music of the Chairman of the Board and advertising, publication of soldiers’ Both riders and drivers are needed for carpools forming now. poetry, and coverage of women. Brief Contact: LCPA Public Service Coordinator Fred Augustyn ([email protected] or 7-3273) biographies of editorial staff members AUGUST 1, 2003 THE GAZETTE 7 a causeway. The entire area of this Album. Scott was a West Point graduate tured in the album is Richard T. Greener, administrative region is 21 square kilo- and career military offi cer who served at the U.S. commercial agent in the city at meters, which is about one-tenth the various Western posts between 1876 and that time and the fi rst African American size of Washington, D.C. As of July 2001, 1897. In 1892, he was assigned to Fort Sill, graduate of Harvard College. Macau had an estimated population of Okla., and given command of Troop L of The latest Meeting of Frontiers update about 454,000. the 7th Cavalry, an all-Indian unit consist- also includes, from the State and Univer- The Portuguese established this port ing of Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache sity Library of Lower Saxony, a large por- on the southeastern coast of China at the soldiers. During his years in the West, tion of this institution’s extraordinary Asch mouth of the Zhu Jiang (Pearl River) in Scott developed an increasing interest Collection. Acquired by Georg Thomas 1557, when they were the dominant in the region’s indigenous populations von Asch (1729-1807), a German who power in European trade with Asia. studied medicine at Göttingen and PortugalPortugal continuedcontinued itsits presencepresence inin thenthen enteredentered tthehe RRussianussian NNationalational Macau for more than 400 years. Service,Service, thisthis collectioncollection isis a compre-compre- In December 1887, after a series of hensivehensive recordrecord ofof RussianRussian expedi-expedi- negotiations between Portugal and tionstions ttoo SSiberiaiberia inin thethe secondsecond halfhalf ofof China about Macau’s sovereignty, thethe 18th18th ccentury.entury. IItt iincludesncludes bbooks,ooks, a protocol was agreed upon that manuscriptsmanuscripts andand maps,maps, asas wellwell asas recognized Portugal’s occupation medals,medals, minerals,minerals, plants,plants, clothes,clothes, and governance of Macau. Follow- andand ootherther iitemstems ofof sscientificientifi c ci ninterestterest ing Portugal’s Revolution of 1974 and thatthat AschAsch ggatheredathered whilewhile servingserving aass China’s development of a reunifi ca- anan offioffi ccialial ooff tthehe RRussianussian ggovern-overn- tion strategy, China and Portugal ment.ment. AAschsch ddonatedonated thethe collectioncollection issued the Joint Declaration on the toto Göttingen,Göttingen, wwherehere iitt bbecameecame tthehe QuestionQuestion ofof MacauMacau onon AprilApril 13,13, 1987.1987. corecore ofof thethe library’slibrary’s extensiveextensive Rus-Rus- ThisThis ddeclarationeclaration sstatedtated tthathat oonn DDec.ec. 220,0, siansian collections.collections. TThehe digitizationdigitization 1999,1999, ChinaChina wouldwould resumeresume itsits exerciseexercise ofof 246246 rarerare booksbooks forfor MeetingMeeting ofof FrontiersFrontiers of sovereignty in Macau. This Web site containing historic materials waswas fundedfunded byby a grantgrant toto thethe librarylibrary byby By viewing this small selection from LC and Russian libraries is presented the German Society for Research. in Russian and English. of 16 maps, one can see evidence of Meeting of Frontiers partners since European infl uence in the mapping of 1999, the Russian state and national Macau, refl ecting the Europeans’ strong libraries contributed rare books, maps, economic interest in the port city for more and became an astute practitioner of and manuscripts to their already extensive than 400 years. Plains Indian sign language—a non- collections of digitized materials on the verbal method of communicating with Meeting of Frontiers site. The additions Meeting of Frontiers hand gestures—that he used to gather include unpublished memoirs of Russian New collections on the Meeting of information about Native American exiles in Siberia, Russian documentation Frontiers Web site come from the Library cultures. The selections from the Scott about the Russo-Japanese War of 1904- of Congress; the State and University papers included in Meeting of Frontiers 1905, and the 1837 translation into Aleut Library of Lower Saxony in Göttingen, consist of Kiowa stories that he collected of the Russian catechism by Ioann Venia- Germany; the National Library of Russia; while stationed at Fort Sill. minov (St. Innocent). and the Russian State Library. The Eleanor L. Pray Album features Signifi cant in-kind contributions to the The Meeting of Frontiers site is a images from Vladivostok in 1899-1901 project have been made by the Open Soci- bilingual, multimedia English-Russian and the life of an American merchant ety Institute—Russia, Yukos Oil and the digital library that tells the story of the family living in the city at that time. It Foundation for Internet Education, and American exploration and settlement was created by Eleanor Roxanna Lord the State and University Library of Lower of the West and the parallel exploration Pray (1868-1954), an American woman Saxony (SUB). Digital project partners and settlement of Siberia and the Rus- who lived in Vladivostok for 36 years include the Library of Congress, the Rus- sian Far East. With the latest additions, (1894-1930). The album eventually was sian State Library, the National Library of the site now includes more than 330,000 inherited by Pray’s granddaughter Patricia Russia, the SUB, the Rasmuson Library of digital images that are available for use in D. Silver, who in 2002 donated it to the the University of Alaska Fairbanks, the schools and libraries and by the general Library of Congress for scholarly use and Institute of the North at Alaska Pacific public. digitization. The album offers a unique University, Anchorage, and several dozen New LC collections on the site include and private perspective on Russian and regional libraries, archives, and historical the Kiowa Stories from the papers of Hugh expatriate life at a crucial time in late- societies in Siberia and the Russian Far Lenox Scott and the Eleanor L. Pray czarist Russia. Among the expatriates pic- East. ❑ 8 THE GAZETTE AUGUST 1, 2003

TIMBUKTU, Continued from Page 3 A Library Is Born The president of Mali, Amadou Abdelkader Haidara, director of his family’s Mamma Haidara Commemora- Toumani Toure, joined the Librarian in tive Library and guest curator of the Library’s Timbuktu exhibition, spoke at the offi cially opening the exhibition on June Library about the history of his family’s collection of ancient manuscripts. 24. President Toure took this opportunity Delivered in Arabic, the June 23 talk was translated by Hashim al-Tinay, a to announce the formation of a commis- former scholar at the Kluge Center. sion to preserve all the manuscripts of According to Haidara, the libraries of Mali, mostly in Timbuktu, house more Timbuktu in one center where they would than one million manuscripts. More than 90 percent are in Arabic; the remaining receive adequate conservation treatment. 10 percent are in Ottoman Turkish, Hebrew, and other languages. Later that day, African and Middle East- In addition to the Mamma Haidara Commemorative Library, which houses ern Division specialists greeted `Abd 5,000 ancient manuscripts, there are 22 other manuscript libraries in the city of al-Rahman al-Sayuti, the grand imam Timbuktu and 100 in the greater Timbuktu region; most are family-owned. of Timbuktu; Mohamed Ibrahim Sisse, Situated on the edge of the Sahara Desert in West Africa, the legendary city the mayor of Timbuktu; and Mohamed of Timbuktu, Mali, was founded in 1100 A.D. For more than 600 years, Timbuktu Ag Sindibla, a Touareg tribesman and was one of the world’s most important commercial centers because of its central president of the Regional Assembly of location on trans-Saharan trade and pilgrimage routes. Timbuktu’s universities Timbuktu. and mosques attracted scholars throughout the continent, making it one of the The exhibition will be on view in major centers of learning in the Muslim world until it was pillaged in the 16th the South Gallery of the Great Hall in century by armies from Morocco. Libraries were burned and looted, and harsh the Thomas Jefferson Building through weather conditions over the years caused further damage to the collections. Sept. 3. Hours for the exhibition are 10 Despite the economic decline of Timbuktu and the political strife that sur- a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday-Saturday. Selec- rounded the city, scholars continued to write and acquire new manuscripts and tions from the exhibition are available on build their libraries. Haidara, whose family’s library dates to the 16th century, the Library’s Web site at www.loc.gov/ said his ancestors traveled throughout the Muslim world, including Egypt and exhibits. the Sudan, studying with famous Muslim scholars and buying manuscripts. Each — Mary-Jane Deeb is an Arab world member of the family who inherited the library tried to expand and organize area specialist in the African and Middle the collection, while dealing with fi res, looters, and damage from water and Eastern Division. ❑ insects. After his father died in the early 1970s, Haidara inherited the family’s collec- tion of manuscripts. Unlike many in Mali who attended French schools, Haidara Moving On Correction studied Arabic in the Islamic schools and religious institutes of Timbuktu in Kenneth R. Hunter-Hall, librarian, order to acquire the knowledge and training needed to preserve his family’s GS-09, was appointed to the Religion, manuscript collection. Philosophy and Psychology Team in In 1973, Haidara was asked to help build a national library to preserve the Social Sciences Cataloging Divi- Timbuktu’s famed manuscripts. He accepted the assignment and began travel- sion in Pay Period 12. The July 25 ing throughout Mali to purchase manuscripts and bring them to the library to “Moving On” incorrectly listed his prevent their further destruction.. division of employment. In 1999, professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., director of the Du Bois Center for Afro-American Research at Harvard University, visited the Haidara family library and asked what he could do to assist with the effort to preserve these materials. MAP, Continued from Page 1 With help from Gates, Haidara obtained a Mellon Foundation grant of $50,000 to help build the Mamma Haidara Commemorative Library, which opened its world map by cartographer Martin Wald- doors to the public on Jan. 15, 2000. seemüller, who gave the name “America” — By MARY-JANE DEEB to the new lands explored by Columbus and Vespucci. “The Waldseemüller map is truly an The LCPA Veterans Forum presents a lecture by astounding treasure, not only because it has survived intact and pristine for 500 Peg Mullen, author of “Unfriendly Fire” years, but also because it is the crucial and mother of a son killed in Vietnam in 1970. dramatic announcement that depicts a Wednesday, Aug. 6 separate ‘New World,’” Billington said. The Noon - 1 p.m. Dining Room A, LM 620 map is the keystone of the exhibition and, Copies of “Unfriendly Fire” will be available for signing. MAP, Continues on page 9 AUGUST 1, 2003 THE GAZETTE 9

NOTABLE EVENTS and Daniel Sheehy on trumpet Mariachi Los Amigos Mariachi Los Amiigos Continues Capital Roots are from Mexico and California, Concert Series respectively; others are guitarronero Mario Castro, Mexico; trumpeter The American Folklife Center and century, so did mariachi music. Francisco Soto, Arizona; violinist the Public Collections Services Mexican radio, recordings, Terry Liu, Ohio; violinist Dannice Directorate present Mariachi Los cinema, and television featured Crespo, Bolivia; and violinist Amigos in a concert of music from mariachi music, and the Danny Sheehy, Virginia. the Mexican mariachi tradition, at music spread to all corners of noon on Thursday, Aug. 7, on the Mexico and beyond. Mariachi Los Amigos performs a wide-ranging repertoire of musical Neptune Plaza. The electronic media and material, from the latest “canción This outdoor concert is the second immigration from Mexico ranchera” (country song) to some in the “Capital Roots” series, has made mariachi music an of the oldest of the hard-driving which are monthly presentations of important form of musical “sones.” Of course, the band traditional music and dance from expression in the United plays all the most requested pieces Washington-area artists. States. There are more than 20 such as “Cielito lindo,” “Allá en to shopping center promotions, major mariachi festivals around Mariachi Los Amigos, founded el rancho grande,” “Guadalajara,” to presidential state dinners and the United States, and mariachi in 1979, is the Washington “La Paloma,” “El son de la negra,” inaugurations. Whatever the ensembles are found today in a area’s longest existing mariachi “La bamba,” “Jarabe Tapatio,” and occasion, Los Amigos play the majority of the states. ensemble. As its name implies, it dozens of other favorites. was formed by a group of friends music they love the most, the The earliest members of Mariachi The American Folklife Center’s who shared a passion for the lively, “straight-ahead” mariachi sound. Los Amigos originated in many “Capital Roots” series is a part extroverted sound of the mariachi Mariachi music emerged in the nations and regions, including of “I Hear America Singing,” and for the wide range of music early 1900s from the ranches and Mexico, Bolivia, Puerto Rico, a Library of Congress project that it plays. With the Washington, small towns of western central Texas, and California. Although celebrating America’s music. D.C., area as a base, Mariachi Los Mexico, including Jalisco, Nayarit, its membership has changed Amigos has played for a wide Colima, and Michoacán. As over the years, its original spirit The inclement weather location variety of events, from weddings, Mexico’s population became remains. Founding members for the concert is the Coolidge baptisms, and “quinceaneras,” more and more urban in the 20th Luis González on the vihuela Auditorium.

MAP, Continued from Page 8 he has said, of the Library’s unparalleled collection of maps and atlases. Prince Johannes Waldburg-Wolfegg, The Librarian who with Princess Viviana Waldburg- and Madi- Wolfegg attended the celebration, said the son Council member Jay map had been in his family’s possession Kislak for 350 years. His great-grandfather was discuss the unwilling to part with it when the Library exhibition. fi rst tried to buy it in the 1920s, he said. But he had decided that “This place, the Library of Congress, is a better repository than a castle in southern Germany. “As my family kept this map. . .close to its heart, I want to place it close to the heart of the Library of Congress, to care John Nelson for it as has my family for over 350 years,” said the prince. the treasure to come to America. found and farmed there, and the empire He and Billington both thanked James P. Ronda, professor of Western that could be created. “Maps tell stories of Margrit Krewson, former German- American history at the University of Tulsa the dreams and schemes of explorers and Dutch area specialist at the Library, for and the principal scholarly adviser for the empire builders; they were a prescription her help in obtaining an exit permit from exhibition, said maps in the exhibition for what should be,” Ronda said. “Maps the Federal Republic of Germany, and the inspired and refl ected Thomas Jefferson’s are about dreams, and nowhere are Librarian expressed appreciation to the dream of fi nding river passages to the dreams written bigger and bolder than state of Baden-Wurttenberg for allowing Pacifi c, the gardens of Eden that could be in the American West.” ❑ 10 THE GAZETTE AUGUST 1, 2003

1970 LC Interns Celebrate 33rd Anniversary One Library of Congress Special (2003 Picture ) From left Recruit/Intern Class keeps in touch. Five are (seated) Maurvene members from the 1970 class met July 9 Williams, program offi - cer, Center for the Book; for lunch on Capitol Hill to mark the 33rd and Oxana Horodecka, time some or all of the class assembled coordinator of electronic to celebrate their graduation anniver- programs, Cataloging in sary. Of the original 15 members of the Publication Division; and (standing) Louis Mor- class, four who still work at the Library timer, retired chief oper- and one retiree got together. One class ating offi cer, Copyright member, Oxana Horodecka, said other Offi ce; Carolyn Hoover interns have told her the class of 1970 sets Sung, chief, Network Division, National Library the record for staying connected. Services for the Blind and Physically Handi- capped; and James Godwin, Information The Library of Congress Technology Services. Philatelic Club All meetings are at 11:30 a.m. on TuesdaysTuesdays in the Decimal Classifi cation Conference Room, LM 5th Floor, Green Core, Aug. 19, Sept. 2, Sept. 16, Oct. 7, Oct. 21, Nov. 4, Nov. 18, Dec. 2, Dec. 16. Contact John Roberts at 7-3129 for more information.

Moving On Omission Temporary Promotions: Helen K. Allen, supervisory librarian, GS-13, Arts and Sciences Cataloging Division (ASCD), Library Services (LS).

(1968 Picture) From left are (standing) Dana Elligen, Bruce Langdon (deceased); Judith Donated Leave Farley, Oxana Horodecka, Don Wittig, Maurvene Williams, Jeanne Hamilton, James The following Library employees have satis- Godwin, Louis Mortimer, and Don O’Neal; and (sitting) Lenore Weissler, Carolyn Sung, fi ed the eligibility requirements of Library of Maryann Ferrarese, Janet Hill, and Elizabeth Parker. Congress Regulation (LCR) 2015-13 to receive leave donations from other staff members. Participants in the voluntary leave trans- fer program have exhausted other sources of The LC Asian American Association presents leave during their medical emergencies and greatly appreciate leave donations. Fall Festival Kickoff Individuals wishing to receive leave or Thursday,Thursday, Aug.Aug. 7 donate leave through this program should 11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. contact the acting Program Manager, Runako Two locations: Outside the Madison G-level coffee shop and near the 6th fl oor cafeteria (by the escalator) Balondemu, at 7-1545. Come to the kickoff to learn more about the festival, to pre-order your Asian lunch Alice Butler Patricia Lash box “meal deals” for pickup on the day of the festival, to buy a beautiful LCAAA 10th Lucille Cook Tameka Lyons Anniversary commemorative mug, to make an appointment for a hand-sketched Stephen Daggett Laura Monagle Tamikia Epperson Virginia Parks portrait by a talented staff artist, to buy yummy Asian goodies, and to drop off your Patricia Grant Michael Pham donations for the sale/silent auction. Denise Hamlet Charlyn Pyne Proceeds from the LCAAA Fall Festival (scheduled Oct. 6), will go towards Asian Mitchell Harrison Glenda Richardson art, cultural, and educational programs for LC staff and the public, and for charitable Sandra Johnson Bonnie Roberts purposes. Robert Jordan Francine Via Elaine Kim For more information, contact Tomoko Steen, [email protected] or 7-1207. AUGUST 1, 2003 THE GAZETTE 11

MOVING ON TEMPORARY APPOINTMENTS: information technology specialist, GS-14, (AFAOVOP), LS; and Reginald Young, Wendy M. Brock, clerk, GS - 06, LIN, CRS; Robert R. Mander, wwriter-editor,riter-editor, library technician, GS-09, CSD, LAW. Materials Development Division (MDD), GS-09, Law Library (LAW); Jamie Martin, Library Services (LS); Laura A. Brown, writer-editor, GS-09, LAW; John W. McCue, REASSIGNMENTS: clerk-typist, GS-03, Copyright Cataloging information technology specialist, GS-14, Yamica Green, library technician, Division (CAT), Copyright Offi ce (COP); LIN, CRS; Joann M. Newman, librarian, GS-07, SRD, LS; Yolonda V. Kerney, Deborah Carroll, fi scal clerk, GS-04, GS-11, Special Materials Cataloging Division music specialist, GS-09, Music Division Financial Reports Offi ce (FRO), Financial (SMCD), LS; Allyson N. Nolan, library tech- (MUS), LS. Services (FS); Jason W. Chung, clerk, nician, GS-08, Collections Access, Loan and GS-01, Federal Research Division (FRD), Management Division (CALM), LS; Shanec RESIGNATIONS: LS; Raval L. Davis, clerk, GS-03, Con- O’Neil, mail clerk, GS-04, Receiving and Emily K. Dittman, library technician, gressional Relations Offi ce (CRO), Offi ce Processing Division (R&PD), COP; Inna GS-07, Prints and Photographs Division of the Librarian (LIBN); Claire Dekle, G. Saakova, librarian, GS-09, Arts and (P&P), LS; Jason Greenberg, editorial librarian, GS-11, Conservation Division Sciences Cataloging Division (ASCD), LS; assistant, GS-06, NLSBPH, LS; John P. (CD), LS; Dante L. Gorham, library aide, Anne C. Whitaker, librarian,librarian, GS-12,GS-12, SMCD,SMCD, McGowan, library technician, GS-07, GS-03, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and LS; Julia L. Wisniewski, librarian, GS-11, P&P, LS; Barbara D. Oliver, adminis-adminis- Recorded Sound Division (MBRS), LS; ASCD, LS; and Lina Zilionyte, librarian, trative offi cer, GT-09, Photoduplication Clark R. Gregor, editorialeditorial assistant,assistant, GS-GS- GS-11, SSCD, LS. Service, LS; Kirstra E. Otto, library 06, National Library Services for the Blind aide, GS-04, CALM, LS; Don C. Rich- and Physically Handicapped (NLSBPH), TEMPORARY PROMOTIONS: ards, economist, GS-12, Government LS; Aimee S. Hess, editorial assistant, Stephanie M. Colbert, supervisory and Finance Division (G&F), CRS; Tif- GS-07, Publishing Offi ce (PO), LS; Mary legislative production coordinator, GS-09, fany M. Vanzego, clerk, GS-02, CAD, Huang, clerk, GS-02, LIBN; Christine S. LIN, CRS; and Francine S. Liem, super- COP; and Michael A. Williams, library Lee, library aide GS-03, Cataloging Dis- visory librarian, GS-13, ASCD, LS. technician, GS-08, Information Research tribution Service (CDS), LS; Casandra Division, CRS. G. Middleton, clerk, GS-02, MDD, LS; PERMANENT PROMOTIONS: RETIREMENTS: Alexander J. Neubert, library aide, Justine E. Adams, library technician, Welton B. Belsches, equal employ- GS-01, European Division (EUR), LS; GS-09, SRD, LS; Patricia A. Belcher, ment specialist, GS-14, Offi ce of Workforce Heather M. Olson, library technician, police offi cer, SP-03, Offi ce of Security Diversity, Human Resources Services GS-06, MBRS, LS; Ralph D. Paterson, (OS), Protective Services (PS); David (HRS); Claretha Bettis, library techni- conservator, GS-07, Binding and Collec- R.Collins, library technician, GS-07, cian, GS-06, Asian Division, LS; Byron tions Care Division (BCCD), LS; Elizabeth BCCD, LS; Lawrence H. Crawford, C. Colvin, administrative offi cer, GS-13, Ridgway, eexpert,xpert, EEE-00,E-00, OOffiffi c ece o fof S tStra-ra- police officer, SP-03, OS, PS; Dale T. Financial Services; Margaret Cytron, tegic Initiatives (OSI); and Christian A. Dupree, library technician, GS-05, CALM, supervisory printing specialist, GS-13, Schultz, clerk, GS-02, COP. LS; Micheal W. Fleming, library techni- NLSBPH, LS; Jean L. Hirons, librarian, cian, GS-05, Collections Services Division GS-14, SRD, LS; Kaye Klinker, ccontractontract PERMANENT APPOINTMENTS: (CSD), LAW; Lynn A. Glascoe, library specialist, GS-14, Contracts and Logistics Marie A. Barbot Cooper, seniorsenior clerk,clerk, technician, GS-06, Cataloging in Publica- Services (C&L), Integrated Support Ser- GT-06, Photoduplication Service (Photo), tion (CIP), LS; Michael Hawkins, library vices (ISS); Helen S. Mathura, contract technician, GS-07, SRD, LS; LS; Khadijah A. Camp, senior clerk, GT-06, Joseph D. specialist, GS-13, C&L, ISS; , library technician, GS-06, Man- Photo, LS; John J. Deermer, iinformationnformation Jackson Oksana Romanyk, copyright infor- technology specialist, GS-14, Offi ce of Leg- uscript Division (MSS), LS; Jacqueline mation specialist, GS-11, Information islative Information (LIN), Congressional D. Pope, police offi cer, SP-03, OS, PS; and Reference Division (I&RD), COP; Research Service (CRS); Tien Doan, infor- Bryan D. Sanders, police officer, SP- Catherine S. Shih, librarian, GS-12, mation technology specialist, GS-13, Asian 03, OS, PS; Willie Swinson, Jr., library Regional and Cooperative Cataloging Division, LS; Stephanie A. Jefferson, technician, GS-09, CSD, LAW; Monica B. Division (RCCD), LS; Ruth A. Sievers, librarian, GS-11, Social Sciences Catalog- Ureta, information technology special- writer-editor, GS-11, I&RD, COP; Gregory ing Division (SSCD), LS; Wendy V. Lee, ist, GS-14, Systems Development Group A. Thomas, library technician, GS-08, 3, ITS; Emily Vartanian, general attor- SRD, LS; and Bradley Wood, library MAIL?? ney, GS-14, Offi ce of the General Counsel technician, GS-08, CALM, LS. Questions, Tracking of Express Items, Comments, Mail Delivery (OGC), LIBN; Fea Hwa R. Wang, library Call LOC Mail Call Center, 301-336-8820 Monday technician, GS-09, African/Asian Acquisi- COMPILED FROM NFC DATA FOR PAY through Friday 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. tions and Overseas Operations Division PERIOD 13. 12 THE GAZETTE AUGUST 1, 2003

CALENDAR F R I D AY 1 Goodman, 7-9650. Madison building 6th fl oor cafeteria. Ethics Briefi ng: 10 - 11 a.m., Mumford Aerobic Classes: High-Low Aerobic. ITS Training: Intro to GroupWise 5.5. 9 Room, LM 649. Register online at 11:45 a.m., LC Wellness Center, LA-B36. a.m. - noon, 1 - 4 p.m., LM-G41. Contact lcweb.loc.gov/staff/lciu/ethics.html. Lecture: Kluge Fellow Chidebere Tony Goodman, 7-9650. Basic Evacuation Team Training: 10 Nwaubani speaks about “Nationalism Aerobic Classes: Low Impact. 11:45 a.m. - noon, LM 654, Classroom E. and Decolonization of Nigeria: A Fresh a.m., LC Wellness Center, LA-B36. Register online at www.loc.gov/staff/lciu/ Perspective.” Noon, LJ 119. Sponsored evacuation.html. by the Offi ce of Scholarly Programs and Ballroom Dancing: 1 - 2 p.m., LC Well- the African and Middle Eastern Division. ness Center, LA-B36. Tai Chi Class: Beginner level. 11:30 a.m., LC Wellness Center, LA-B36. Call Concert: Mariachi Los Amigos, the Film: Rivers, Edens, Empires — “Jere- S.W. Chen at 7-3284. Washington area’s longest existing miah Johnson.” 7 p.m., Pickford Theater, mariachi band, performs. Noon, Nep- LM 301. Lecture: Peg Mullen, the mother of a son killed in Vietnam in 1970 and author tune Plaza. Second in a series of three Capital Roots concerts, the program is M O N D AY 4 of “Unfriendly Fire,” speaks in the LCPA Veterans Forum series. Noon - 1 p.m. co-sponsored by the American Folklife Dining Room A, LM 620. Center and the Public Service Collec- Tai Chi Class: Intermediate level. 11:30 tions Directorate. a.m., LC Wellness Center, LA-B36. Call LC Toastmasters: Club meeting. Noon S.W. Chen at 7-3284. - 1 p.m., Pickford Theater, LM 301. Ballroom Dancing: 12:30 - 1:30 p.m., Dining Room A, LM 620. Aerobic Classes: Low Impact. 12:30 T U E S D AY 5 p.m., LC Wellness Center, LA-B36. Film: Rivers, Edens, Empires — “Hal- lelujah Trail.” 6:30 p.m., Pickford Theater, ITS Training: Intro to WordPerfect 9.0. LM 301. 9 a.m. - 4 p.m., LM-G41. Contact Tony T H U R S D AY 7 Goodman, 7-9650. ITS Training: Intro to Windows 2000. F R I D AY 8 Aerobic Classes: High-Low Aerobic. 9 a.m. - 4 p.m., LM-G41. Contact Tony 11:45 a.m., LC Wellness Center, LA-B36. Goodman, 7-9650. Aerobic Classes: Low Impact. 11:45 a.m., LC Wellness Center, LA-B36. Discussion Group: Focusing on Real LC Asian American Association Life Issues (F.R.L.I.) presents Thomas Festival Kickoff: Learn about LCAAA’s Ballroom Dancing: 1 - 2 p.m., LC Well- Long, author of the poetry collection Fall Festival (scheduled for Oct. 6), ness Center, LA-B36. “Refl ections of My Soul,” and “Sisters: make pre-orders, and drop off donations. Film: Rivers, Edens, Empires — “The 7 Relationship Tips.” Noon - 1:30 p.m., 11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m., Madison building Big Sky.” 6:30 p.m., Pickford Theater, Pickford Theater, LM 301. G-level coffee shop and outside of the LM 301. Film: Rivers, Edens, Empires — “Colo- rado Territory.” 7 p.m., Pickford Theater, LM 301. National Book Festival 2003 Needs Workers WEDNESDAY 6

ITS Training: HP Scanner Techniques. 9 - 10 a.m., LM-G41. Contact Tony

Travel Offi ce Has Moved Again The Travel Offi ce has been relocated in LM-613. If you have any questions, please contact Deborah A. Pierce, 7-1889.

The discussion group Focusing on Real presents Life Issues (F.R.L.I.) Thomas Meet new people and have tons of fun on Oct. 4 by working at the National Book Festival. Long, author of the poetry collection “Reflections of My Soul,” and “Sisters: To showcase the Library’s collections, products, and services in the Library of Congress pavilion, contact Angela Kinney ([email protected] or 7-5572). Relationship Tips” To work in other pavilions throughout the festival, contact Teri Sierra ([email protected] or 7- Tuesday, Aug. 5 5277). As in the past, volunteers will work one shift only in order to be able to enjoy the Noon - 1:30 p.m., Pickford Theater, LM 301 festival as well. For more information, Please give your name, telephone extension, e-mail, and mail code when responding. If you contact Onnetta Benoit at 7-9755. have physical restraints, please let organizers know.