GAZETTE Volume 24, No. 2 • January 18, 2013 • A weekly publication for Library staff Obama to Take Oath on Bibles Used by King And

By Mark Hartsell

President next week will again take the oath of office on the Bible, drawn from the collections, that President Abraham Lin- coln used at his first inauguration more than 150 years ago. Obama also used the Lincoln Bible at his first inauguration, in 2009. On Monday,

the small, burgundy volume will have a Sports Byline USA companion at the swearing-in ceremony Host Ron Barr (left) interviews former Baltimore Ravens coach Brian Billick during a staged on the West Front of the U.S. Cap- broadcast from Iraq. itol: A Bible that belonged to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Obama will place his hand on the Library Acquires Archive stacked Bibles as he takes the oath of office administered by U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Roberts – symbolically link- Of Historic Sports Recordings ing the president who emancipated the slaves during the Civil War with the rev- ing but a coward.’ ” erend who led the civil rights movement By Mark Hartsell Mantle, of course, didn’t quit base- a century later. ball, didn’t go back home and never “President Obama is honored to use All Mickey Mantle wanted was a pat had to work alongside Mutt in the lead these Bibles at the swearing-in ceremo- on the back and a “hang in there.” mines around Commerce, Okla. The nies,” Steve Kerrigan, president and CEO of The 19-year-old Mantle, struggling Mick played 18 seasons for the New York the Presidential Inaugural Committee, said badly in the minor leagues, had suggested Yankees, won seven World Series, was on Jan. 10 in announcing the selections. to his father that maybe he wasn’t cut out elected to the National Baseball Hall of “On the 50th anniversary of the March on for professional baseball. Fame and is considered one of the game’s Washington and 150th anniversary of the The response from Elvin “Mutt” Mantle great players. Emancipation Proclamation, this historic contained a lot more tough love than The recollection by Mantle about moment is a reflection of the extraordi- TLC: He walked into Mickey’s hotel room, his dad’s cruel-to-be-kind approach to nary progress we’ve made as a nation.” pulled out a suitcase, packed up some motivation is among more than 4,000 The Lincoln Bible, housed in the Rare clothes and dressed down his son. recorded interviews acquired last week Book and Special Collections Division, “ ‘I’m taking you home,’ ” Mickey by the Library of Congress that document, originally was purchased by William recalled his dad saying. “He said, ‘You in their own words, the experiences of Thomas Carroll, clerk of the Supreme can go back and work in the mines with some of the most important figures in OATH, continued on page 7 me. I thought I raised a man. You’re noth- SPORTS, continued on page 4 2 T H E LIBRARY OF CONGRESS GA ZETTE JANUARY 18, 2013

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Upcoming GAZETTE Poet Laureate to Read Pulitzer-Winning Work www.loc.gov/staff/gazette GAYLE OSTERBERG ‘Native Guard’ Executive Editor MARK HARTSELL Noon, Jan. 30 Editor Mumford Room, Madison Building Contributing Editors: Erin Allen, Calendar; Carlin “René” Sayles, Moving On and Length of Service; sion and later spent time writing the Lisa Davis, Donated Leave Proofreader: George Thuronyi book in the Main Reading Room. Design and Production: Ashley Jones Trethewey, named poet laureate PETER BRAESTRUP GAIL FINEBERG JAMES W. McCLUNG in June 2012 by Librarian of Congress Founder Founding Editor Founding Publisher (1990 – 1997) (1990 – 2009) (1990 – 1994) James H. Billington, is the author of four poetry collections and a book of An official publication of the Library of Congress,The Gazette nonfiction. In January 2012, she was encourages Library managers and staff to submit articles and photographs of general interest. Submissions will be edited to Joel Benjamin named poet laureate of Mississippi Trethewey convey the most necessary information. for a four-year term, a position she will Deadline for submission of articles is 5 p.m. Wednesday, one U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha continue to hold during her tenure as week prior to publication date. Please submit text in digital form via e-mail ([email protected]) preferably as an attached Trethewey on Jan. 30 will read selec- U.S. poet laureate. Microsoft Word file. tions from her Pulitzer Prize-winning “The Civil War in America” exhibi- Back issues of The Gazette in print are available in the Public Affairs Office, LM 105. collection “Native Guard” in commemo- tion, which runs through June 1, com- Electronic archived issues and the a color PDF file of the current ration of the sesquicentennial of the memorates the 150th anniversary of the issue are available online at www.loc.gov/staff/gazette. Civil War. war and features more than 200 items

In “Native Guard,” Trethewey uses that reveal the complexity of the Civil Library of Congress Gazette poetry to give voice to the Louisiana War through those who experienced Washington, DC 20540-1620 Editorial: Mark Hartsell, 7-9194, [email protected] Native Guards, one of the first regiments it firsthand. Design and production: Ashley Jones, of black soldiers recruited by the Union The reading by Trethewey, spon- 7-9193, [email protected] Army during the Civil War. sored by the Library’s Poetry and ISSN 1049-8184 Printed on paper that contains recycled paper by the In 2001, Trethewey researched Literature Center, is free and open to Printing Management Section, Office Systems Services “Native Guard” using primary-source the public. Tickets are not needed. A documents from the Manuscript Divi- book-signing will follow. Gazette Welcomes Letters from Staff Staff is invited to use the Forum pages for lively and thoughtful debate relevant to Library issues. However, just as other newspa- per editors exercise discretion over which letters to publish and how to edit them, so do we. In deciding whether or how much to publish, we consider content (including misstatements of fact, libel, innuendo, ridicule of individuals or the institution, personal attacks, and redundancy) and length (the limit is 300 words). Donated Time Letters must be signed by the author, whose place of work and telephone extension should be included so we can verify author- ship. Letter writers should understand that when they sign their The following Library employees have satisfied the eligibility requirements letters and release them to us for publication they are relinquishing privacy. If a letter calls for management response, for example, to receive leave donations from other staff members. Contact Lisa Davis at an explanation of a policy or actions or clarification of fact, we 7-0033. will ask for management response.—Ed.

Gwendolyn Bailey Veronica Newman Christy Chason Stephen Nease Jr. Gazette Deadlines Jeffrey Gerber Thipphavanh Padavong The deadline for editorial copy for the Feb. 1 Gazette is Wednesday, Jan. 23. Jasmine Hines Schamell Padgett E-mail editorial copy and letters to the editor Robin Lancaster Suzanne Salgado to [email protected]. Cheryl Lane Oemi Schmidgall-Tellings To promote events through the Library’s Donald Marcus online calendar (www.loc.gov/loc/events) and the Gazette Calendar, e-mail event and contact information to [email protected] by 9 a.m. Monday of the week of publication. Boxed announcements should be submitted electronically (text files) by 9 a.m. Monday Read the Gazette in color at www.loc.gov/staff/gazette the week of publication to [email protected]. JANUARY 18, 2013 T H E LIBRARY OF CONGRESS GA ZETTE 3

NEWS Library Exhibition Celebrates Work of Kaye, Fine

Danny Kaye was a ver- satile American actor and comedian who enthralled audiences in the 1940s, ’50s and ’60s with his lively singing and dancing – on stage, on television and in films such as “White Christ- mas” and “Hans Christian Andersen.” His wife, Sylvia Fine, played a major role in his success, writing the music and lyrics for his songs and managing and producing his engagements. The Library of Con- gress will celebrate their work with the exhibition “ and Sylvia Fine: Two Kids from Brook- lyn,” which opens Feb. 14

in the Performing Arts Music Division Reading Room Gallery of the Madison Building and Actor and comedian Danny Kaye with his wife, composer and lyricist Sylvia Fine. closes July 27. The celebration includes other ele- New York Philharmonic,” the UNICEF film Dark.” His performance in the show ments as well. “Assignment Children” and a scene from rocked the theater world and propelled On March 19, the Library will launch Fine’s documentary “Musical Comedy him to fame. In 1942, on Broadway, he a website featuring 2,000 items from the Tonight II” that includes Kaye’s show- starred in Cole Porter’s musical “Let’s Danny Kaye and Sylvia Fine Collection stopping number “Tchaikovsky,” in which Face It!” in the Music Division. he rattles off the names of some 50 Rus- He became a standing-room-only On March 23, the Library will hold sian composers in 39 seconds. draw at large, prestigious venues, from the several events focusing on Kaye – film In addition to their success in the Roxy Theater in New York to the London screenings, lectures and displays from entertainment industry, Kaye and Fine Palladium. He made 17 films, including the Kaye/Fine Collection. Further details were dedicated humanitarians, who spent “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” (1947) will be announced in February. much of their free time promoting chari- and “” (1956). His gifts as The exhibition and events mark the ties. Most notably, in 1954 Kaye became an actor led him to many different projects 100th anniversary of the couple’s birth- the first goodwill ambassador to the beyond film and stage, including record- days. Kaye claimed 1913 as the year of his United Nations International Children’s ings of popular songs, hosting his own birth, though his official birth date is Jan. Emergency Fund (UNICEF), a position television show and conducting major 18, 1911. Fine was born on Aug. 29, 1913. he held the rest of his life. symphony orchestras across the world. The 56-item exhibition will feature Born in , Kaye started in Fine, also born in Brooklyn, was a a broad range of materials, including show business as a teenager at the resorts graduate of , where music holographs, typed lyric sheets, in the Catskill Mountains. In 1939, he she studied music. She evolved into the performance materials, scripts, corre- made his Broadway debut in a short-lived consummate show-biz professional, mas- spondence, photographs, recordings, show, “The Straw Hat Revue,” where he tering every aspect of behind-the-scenes videos and more. met Fine, who was the lyricist and com- work from writing scripts and songs to The exhibition’s video station will dis- poser. They married in 1940. organizing and producing performances. play clips from “The Danny Kaye Show,” In 1941 Kaye appeared in the hit She wrote more than 100 songs for Kaye “An Evening with Danny Kaye and the Broadway musical comedy “Lady in the during their 40-year collaboration. u 4 T H E LIBRARY OF CONGRESS GA ZETTE JANUARY 18, 2013

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SPORTS, continued from page 1 along. Jackie [Robinson] proved that the first U.S. sports history. They Said It two years that he came into the league – he The interviews, all made between Excerpts from Sports Byline USA inter- couldn’t say nothing hardly. I think he was 1988 and 2003, are drawn from broad- views with popular sports figures: a very, very smart guy to do that. It takes casts of Sports Byline USA, a daily radio a lot of courage to say no. It takes a lot of network program based in San Francisco. “You see the ball, you hit it.” courage to back up a little bit. It takes a lot Interviews recorded from 2004 to 2014 –Willie Mays on his hitting philosophy of courage when a man slaps you going to will be added to the collection over the next two years. back up and not hit him. That’s strong.” The recordings will be digitized at the – Mays on playing baseball in the era Library’s Packard Campus in Culpeper, of integration Va., and gradually made available to the public online at www.loc.gov. An initial “The way they behave is obviously a lot group of about two dozen will be placed different. There is a certain sense of deco- online next month. rum that you don’t see in New York growing “It’s an outstanding collection of pri- up. It’s such a different environment that I mary sources that covers the range of was taken aback by the fact that people American sports,” said Matthew Barton, thought that I was so different. There was curator of the Recorded Sound Section. this immediate clash between what they “It’s really an extraordinary opportunity thought I should act like and what I thought to go back and sample but also to study they should act like.” in-depth what some of the most important Prints and Photographs Division – John McEnroe on his introduction to figures in these sports had to say about Hank Aaron stands in front of his locker with the Milwaukee Braves the traditions of Wimbledon their own experiences.” in 1955. The interviews cover more than six decades of athletic competition staged “I knew that I was coming upon something on fields, diamonds, courts and courses that nobody else had ever done in sports, around the globe. and I knew that it was going to cause some The collection includes interviews trouble. I was preparing myself. I said, if they with great players, legendary coaches, come at me like they came at Roger Maris, I controversial executives, prominent fans was going to try to handle it a little bit better and sports pioneers, from Bill Russell to than Roger did.” John Wooden to George Steinbrenner – Hank Aaron on his pursuit of Babe Ruth’s to political commentator and baseball fanatic George Will to Earl Lloyd, the Alex- home-run record andria, Va., native who in 1950 became the first African-American to play in the “A coach has the greatest ally in the world National Basketball Association. if he’ll use it. I’ve found many, many coaches The collection also contains the larg- are afraid to use it: the bench. They all like to Prints and Photographs Division est archive of audio interviews with Negro play. … You can’t be afraid to use it.” Mickey Mantle in uniform in League players in existence. – UCLA basketball coach John Wooden 1968, the final season of his career. The voice asking the thousands of questions in the interviews belongs to “A lot of people don’t know me. They don’t “I was just kind of in a fog or something. Ron Barr, a Washington, D.C., native who know Oscar Robertson. I haven’t been caught It did hurt my game when my dad died. ... started in journalism as a copy boy for using drugs. I’m not an alcoholic, and I don’t I’ve always felt like that if he would have in the 1960s, cov- do a lot of other things. This is what, usually, lived longer that I would have been much ered sports across the Potomac for the gets you a lot of attention.” better. I know I wouldn’t have been over the Alexandria Gazette and broke into radio – Basketball great Oscar Robertson hill at 33 or 34 years old.” at a station in Falls Church. – Mickey Mantle on his alcoholism and Over the course of a career covering “You had to look the other way a little bit the impact of the loss of his father to Hodg- and broadcasting sports on television in because if you didn’t you wouldn’t progress kin’s disease in 1952 Boston, Seattle and San Francisco, Barr developed the ability to draw out people in interviews. Everybody, he found, has JANUARY 18, 2013 T H E LIBRARY OF CONGRESS GA ZETTE 5

NEWS a story to tell – even those who don’t get Barr’s first guest was baseball hall ships as basketball coach of the UCLA the glory and the big-money contracts. of famer Willie Mays, who flew in from Bruins. Once, a frustrated Boston Celtics Reno, Nev., just for the occasion. Barr Hank Aaron and Mays discuss their player skipped out on a scheduled live broadcast his show from Iraq on about a early days in baseball, just after the era interview following a tough loss. Desper- half-dozen separate trips. He interviewed of integration got under way. ate to fill time, Barr brought on air a man Bobby Knight, the great Indiana Hoosiers “We knew that if we failed that it was he’d spotted tidying up the arena with a basketball coach, while Knight fished in going to fall upon the players that were push broom. a trout stream in Montana. coming behind us,” Aaron said. “We The man, it turned out, had worked He once got a call from a fan in didn’t have time to get angry. We had at Boston Garden for 40 years and seen Nebraska who wanted to discuss Corn- time to reflect on what we needed to do every great moment in the history of the husker football – then-Gov. Ben Nelson, and how we would go about doing it.” storied arena. who went on to serve two terms in the Twenty-five years after that first show, “It was a great interview,” Barr said. U.S. Senate and became an occasional when Barr wasn’t sure he’d get even one In 1988, Barr founded Sports Byline guest on the show. phone call from a listener, Sports Byline USA as a call-in sports talk program Many of the veteran athletes reflect USA has more than 200 affiliates around broadcast over a network of only 12 sta- – with the benefit of years of hindsight – the country and the globe. tions. on their beginnings, their glory days and Barr said he is thrilled that the collec- He had no idea whether the show their dark days, and the drive that it takes tion of interviews – the product of a show would work. to compete at the highest level of sport. he’s nurtured for so many years – will be “I didn’t know if anybody would call,” “If I fail, I’ll take the blame,” Chicago preserved in the Library of Congress and Barr said. “But I knew that even if they Bulls superstar Michael Jordan once told made available to the public. didn’t call, I could always interview.” Barr. “If I succeed, I want the glory.” “I’m honored, I’m proud, and I’m As host of Sports Byline USA, Barr John Wooden describes the methods happy it has such a wonderful home,” interviewed all kinds of people in all that helped him mold young men into a Barr said. “It’s a little bit like having a kinds of situations. team – and win 10 national champion- child and knowing that it’s growing up.” u

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The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) at the end of January will begin to remove most wall and ceiling clocks from the Madison Building, a project that eventually also will include the Jefferson and Adams buildings. The Calling All Curators! only clocks that will remain in place are those currently mounted in public Got a favorite find, a coolresource areas – elevator lobbies, public reading rooms and public meeting rooms, or rediscovered treasure in your for example. collections? The Gazette wants to The AOC will not reset any clocks except for the ones in public areas. The write about it! Send suggestions AOC asks Library employees not submit requests to have a clock reset to [email protected] for possible unless it is located in a public area. inclusion in a future issue. 6 T H E LIBRARY OF CONGRESS GA ZETTE JANUARY 18, 2013

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sponsored. The daytimes are usually filled with the first two types, and in the evenings we host a wide variety of events sponsored by outside organiza- tions. Of course, some of the most fun LC events take place in the evenings, as well; major events such as the Gershwin Prize, Kluge Prize and the National Book Festival gala are all a tremendous amount of work to execute, but also very rewarding Dan Rose joined the Library of Congress in 2005 experiences. and serves as a senior special-events coordinator in the Office of Special Events and Public Programs. You’ve planned more than 800 events at After completing treatment for non-Hodgkin’s the Library. What are some of your favorite lymphoma in 2004, Rose decided to take up ultra- memories? marathons – footraces that frequently are 100 miles The behind-the-scenes interactions are the or more in length – as a way to inspire other cancer memories I enjoy the most. I’ve been lucky enough patients and to raise funds to fight the disease. to spend some downtime backstage before events In 2008, he became the first person to com- chatting with some of the most interesting people in plete the Pan-Mass Challenge bicycle race on foot, the world. I’ve been able to appreciate the youthful completing the 192-mile course in more than 50 exuberance of Paul McCartney, the genuine class straight hours of running – the equivalent of more of Laura Bush, the humor of Sir Sean Connery than seven consecutive marathons. In 2009, he won (especially during the 15 minutes we spent one the bronze medal at the U.S. National Champion- night trying to find a restroom that wasn’t closed ship and qualified for the U.S. National Track and for cleaning). Really, I could go on for hours. Field team. At the 2010 World Championships, he Abby Brack Lewis Rose helped Team USA win its first medal (bronze) in the After beating cancer, you decided to take history of the 24-Hour event. up running ultramarathons. What inspired Rose recently spoke with the Gazette about his you take up such a grueling sport? say I follow the Postal Service creed, only I run on work at the Library and the challenges of his sport. One “talent” those of us who have survived Sundays too. cancer all have in common is the ability to deal with What is your personal background? pain. By the time you finish chemo and radiation What accomplishments are you most I’m a proud New Englander, born and raised treatments, you’re pretty much an all-star in the proud of? south of Boston in Taunton, Mass. I went to college sport of suffering. In my case, I’ve learned to apply Race achievement – even in a world cham- at Brandeis University and continued to live in the a relentless spirit and the pain-management skills pionship –will never approach the same level Boston area for the better part of my 20s. Over I honed during chemo to a sport in which those are of accomplishment I felt after finishing my first the years, many of my summers were spent in the analogous skills needed for success. post-cancer run. woods of Maine and New Hampshire, and I still Everyone has their own unique talents that When I left the hospital in remission in 2004, have a true love for the wilds of nature up there. allow them to make a positive difference in the I wanted to celebrate my new lease on life. What lives of those less fortunate. My talent might not followed was the most painful 5-mile run/shuffle/ What’s your professional background? be a common one, but it’s one through which I’m crawl of my life. When I dropped to the ground back During college, I needed a summer job that able to raise money for cancer research and inspire at my doorstep, I must have spent an hour lying allowed me to live for free on campus between my friends who are still fighting for their lives in the there looking up at the sky with only the strength school years. The exchange for that perk was hospital. I’m a lucky man. left to smile – but it was a big smile. hauling thousands of pounds of events equipment all over campus every day. I definitely paid my dues What are the most challenging aspects What is something most of your co- over three years in that role. After graduating, I was of ultramarathoning? workers don’t know about you? hired back as the full-time operations manager/event The training is by far the most challenging My awesome wife and I met on a tour of the coordinator. After six years coordinating campus part of the sport, especially for those of us who Jefferson Building in 2005. Jefferson couldn’t live events, I felt it was time to move on and was hired have families and full-time jobs. Finding time to without books, and we felt the same way about here at the LC as a special-event coordinator. run upwards of 150 miles per week can be tough, each other! and I take pride in always putting my family first Describe your job at the Library. before any running goals. This frequently means If you’d like to nominate a colleague or I help coordinate three types of events here running late at night or early in the morning. I’m researcher to appear in a Q&A, contact Mark at the Library: Congressional, LC, and outside also out there in rain, snow, wind, cold. You could Hartsell at [email protected]. JANUARY 18, 2013 T H E LIBRARY OF CONGRESS GA ZETTE 7

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OATH, continued from page 1 historical significance. Court, for use during Lincoln’s swearing-in At the first inauguration, George Wash- ceremony on March 4, 1861. ington used The Holy Bible from St. John’s The Bible, a King James translation Masonic Lodge No. 1 – opened at random printed by Oxford University Press in and in haste to Genesis 49:13, according 1853, is bound in burgundy velvet with a to the Joint Congressional Committee on gilt metal rim around the outside edges. Inaugural Ceremonies. The cover bears a metal shield Most presidents have used a single inscribed with the words “Holy Bible.” book, but Obama won’t be the first to be The 1,280-page book is 5.9 inches long, sworn in on two Bibles. 3.9 inches wide and 1.8 inches deep. Richard M. Nixon, for example, used On inside pages, Carroll affixed a blue two family Bibles. In 1949, Truman used a seal of the Supreme Court and inscribed Library of Congress facsimile of a Gutenberg Bible as well as a note certifying that the Bible was the President Barack Obama on Monday the Bible on which he was sworn in fol- will take the oath of office using this volume upon which Lincoln took the Bible, the same Bible President Abra- lowing the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt oath. He also inscribed a personal note ham Lincoln used in 1861. nearly four years earlier. – a dedication to his wife: “to Mrs. Sally In 2009, Obama became the first presi- Carroll from her devoted husband Wm. the book for inspiration and in preparing dent since Lincoln to be sworn in on that Thos. Carroll.” sermons and speeches – including during small, burgundy book. The book eventually found its way to his time as pastor of Dexter Avenue Baptist On Monday, he’ll place his hand the the . In 1928, Mary Harlan Church in Montgomery, Ala. King Bible and the Lincoln Bible, connect- Lincoln, the widow of Lincoln’s first son, “We know our father would be deeply ing one of the nation’s great presidents Robert Todd, gave the Bible to the Library. moved to see President Obama take the with its greatest civil rights leader. The Bible will be placed on display in oath of office using his Bible,” King’s “Bibles used in inaugural ceremonies the Civil War exhibition in the Jefferson children said in a statement. “His ‘travel- take on a certain resonance,” said Mark Building from Jan. 23 to Feb. 18. ing Bible’ inspired him as he fought for Dimunation, chief of Rare Book. “Certainly The Lincoln Bible’s companion at the freedom, justice and equality, and we the use of the Lincoln Bible by President inauguration on Monday will be a volume hope it can be a source of strength for the Obama has elevated this object to an that, according to the King family, once president as he begins his second term.” iconic status – one that carries a great deal served as the “traveling Bible” for the civil Presidents traditionally have used of emotional meaning to visitors when rights icon. Bibles during the swearing-in – there they view it. Employing it a second time King usually traveled with a selection is no constitutional requirement – and and connecting it to such important anni- of books, often with this Bible. He used often choose a volume with personal or versaries will only enhance this quality.” u

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David L. Parker ists, scholars and Library colleagues. the Library’s book “African American Mosaic.” He arrived at the Library as the holdings “More than a few considered David a David Lambert Parker, who for 30 years expanded with the realization of the need for walking encyclopedia of film and televi- worked in the Motion Picture, Broadcasting film preservation. He used his background sion, often calling on him for information and Recorded Sound Division at the Library to identify important works and those most about films and people in the field,” MBRS of Congress, died on Nov. 27. He was 78. deserving of preservation. He also recognized audio engineer Brad McCoy said. “He also Parker took graduate courses in cinema the significance of the less-remembered films contributed to the field as a strong supporter at Ohio State University, where he made a that revealed standard formulas and cultural and judge for CINE [Council on International number of films. norms of their time. Non-Theatrical Events] awards. He was a He joined the Library in 1969 as a techni- In the final years of his career, Parker gentle man who kept a sense of humor when cal officer in the Motion Picture, Broadcasting participated in the Library’s major restoration it was sometimes hard to do. I am grateful for and Recorded Sound Division (MBRS). In of director Lewis Milestone’s classic “All Quiet my time with him.” 1978, he was named assistant head of the on the Western Front.” Parker retired from the Library in 1999, curatorial section of MBRS. He held that He wrote and lectured extensively and an occasion marked with a screening of one position until a reorganization in 1996, when taught at Dartmouth College for a semester. of his films and the presentation of a Library he became a reference librarian. In 1978, he co-authored a book on one of his of Congress Superior Service Award. Parker possessed a unique combination favorite film subjects, dance, and also wrote Parker was preceded in death by his wife of skills – expertise in film production and lab on such directors as Milestone, Douglas Sirk of 53 years, Shirley Moore Parker. They are work, but also motion picture history – that and William Wyler. He co-authored, with col- survived by four children and four grand- made him much in demand by preservation- league Brian Taves, the filmmaking chapter for children. u 8 T H E LIBRARY OF CONGRESS GA ZETTE JANUARY 18, 2013

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JANUARY Middle Eastern Division “Early Collected Poems: 37-posture short form. 2 p.m., FRIDAY introduces the subjects of 1965-1992.” 7 p.m., LM SB-02. Contact 7-4055. 18 arms and military strategy Montpelier Room, LM 619. Aerobics Class: Strength during the Civil War. Noon, Contact 7-5394. training and floor exercise. “The Civil War in America” Film: “The Wishing Ring” Noon, LC Wellness Center, LA exhibition, Southwest Gallery. B-36. Contact 7-8637. (World, 1914), “A Cure for Contact 7-9203. Pokeritis” (Vitagraph, 1912) Tai Chi: Yang Style 37-posture Bloomsday Camerata: and “Evidence of the Film” short form. 2 p.m., LM SB-02. Reading aloud Ovid’s (Thanhauser, 1913). 7:30 Contact 7-4055. “Metamorphoses.” Noon, LM p.m., Packard Campus JANUARY 227. Contact 7-0013. Theater, Culpeper, Va. 21 MONDAY Forum: Bible study. Open Contact 7-9994. to all. 12:05 p.m., LM 541. JANUARY Contact [email protected]. FRIDAY Aerobics Class: Strength 25 Aerobics Class: Strength Film: Mary Pickford shorts training and floor exercise. training and floor exercise. (Biograph/Imp, 1909-1912). 12:30 p.m., LC Wellness Noon, LC Wellness Center, LA 7:30 p.m., Packard Campus Center, LA B-36. Contact B-36. Contact 7-8637. Theater Culpeper, Va. 7-8637. Tai Chi: Yang Style Contact 7-9994. Yoga/Pilates: Start at your own level. 1 p.m., LM SB-02. Contact 7-3013. Tai Chi: Yang Style 37-posture short form. 2 p.m., Library of Congress Research Orientation LM SB-02. Contact 7-4055. JANUARY The Humanities and Social Sciences Division offers Martin Luther King Jr. Day/ 24 THURSDAY an introduction for researchers to Library collections Inauguration Day: All Library and resources. Orientations are held in the Jefferson buildings and services, including reading rooms and Building, Room LJ-G07. exhibitions, will be closed to the public in observance Morning sessions (10–11:30 a.m.) are scheduled for of Inauguration Day and the Jan. 28; Feb. 4, 11 and 25; March 4 and 18; and April 1 federal Martin Luther King Jr. and 22. Day. Contact 7-8000.

JANUARY Evening sessions (6:30–8 p.m.) are scheduled for Feb. 22 TUESDAY 4, March 4 and April 1. Aerobics Class: High-Low. Noon, LC Wellness Center, LA B-36. Contact 7-8637. Registration is required by phone at 7-3370 or online at www.loc.gov/rr/main/inforeas/signup.php. Tai Chi: Yang Style 37-posture Kluge Center Lecture: short form. 2 p.m., LM SB-02. Kluge fellow Lindsay Tuggle Contact 7-4055. presents “The Afterlives of For more information, contact Kathy Woodrell JANUARY Specimens: Science and (7-0945) or Abby Yochelson (7-2138). Request ADA WEDNESDAY Mourning in Whitman’s accommodations five business days in advance at 23 America.” Noon, LJ 119. 7-6362 or at ADA @ loc.gov. Contact 7-3302. Aerobics Class: High-Low. Noon, LC Wellness Center, LA B-36. Contact 7-8637. Yoga: Noon, LM SB-02. Contact 7-5984. Carpool Seeks Participant Tai Chi: Yang Style 37-posture short form. 2 p.m., An established carpool in the Kings Park West area of LM SB-02. Contact 7-4055. Fairfax is seeking another rider/driver with a 6:30 a.m. to Poetry Reading: Gerald 4 p.m. compflex schedule. Call Ernie Emrich at 7-9966 Stern, winner of the 12th Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt for more information. Gallery Talk: Christopher National Prize for Poetry, Murphy of the African and reads selections from his

Request ADA accommodations for events five business days in advance at 7-6362 or [email protected]. See www.loc.gov/loc/events for the Library’s online calendar.