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Gazette Volume 20, No. 2 • January 16, 2009 • A weekly publication for Library staff “I Do Solemnly Swear ...” Library Bibles in Demand Obama to Take Oath on Bible Used 148 Years Ago

By Gail Fineberg and Jennifer Gavin

small Bible, its burgundy velvet cover fading from age and its pages A yellowing, will emerge from its protected place in the Library’s Rare Book and Special Collections Division

Gail Fineberg to become one nexus in history on Inau- of the House , left, swears in Rep. , guration Day, Tuesday, Jan. 20. D-Fla., who uses an 1814 Hebrew Bible from the Library’s collections. Surrounding Was- serman Schultz are members of her family, including her children and her husband, Steve On March 4, 1861, , a Schultz, on her right. tall, lanky man from Springfield, Ill., rested one hand upon this Bible while Swearing-in Excitement—Bibles on the taking his oath Run to Events and Kids in the Capitol to become the 16th president By Gail Fineberg of the United Two little girls in swirling party dresses serman Schultz placed her left hand on States. One year of velvet and red plaid taffeta and a jit- the Bible and raised her right, in concert later, as the Civil tery young man in a gray suit settled into with Pelosi. War threatened solemn stillness beside their mom, Rep. Snap, snap, and the tableau resolved. to destroy the Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., just The children skittered away among hun- union and the Constitution he had sworn long enough for Speaker of the House dreds of other children of young parents to protect, Lincoln issued the first of two Nancy Pelosi to swear her in ceremoni- taking their congressional seats, and mom Emancipation Proclamations that began ously as South ’s 20th District rep- headed off to work, beginning her third the process, culminating with the 13th resentative to the 111th Congress. term in Congress. amendment, of freeing blacks from bond- A formal swearing-in of all the repre- The Library’s Stephen Kelley, a con- age in America. sentatives had occurred earlier the same gressional relations specialist, tucked When , also from Illi- day, Tuesday, Jan. 6, on the House floor. the Bible back into a CNN book bag and nois, becomes the first person of African As Wasserman Schultz’s family stepped prepared for the next hand-off at 5 p.m., ancestry in American history to take the before a battery of photographers in the of the same Bible to Rep. , presidential oath of office on Tuesday, ceremonial Rayburn Room in the Capitol D-Calif., who represents ’s 27th Jan. 20, he will place his hand upon the about 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday to have their district (the Fernando Valley) in the 111th same Bible, in a ceremony before mil- picture taken with Pelosi, they gathered Congress. lions gathered below the West Front of around the first Bible printed in Hebrew the Capitol. in America, in Philadelphia in 1814. Was- SWEARING-IN EXCITEMENT, Cont. on page 4 LINCOLN BIBLE , Cont. on page 5 xcvzxvzxv

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Historic American Buildings Survey Marks 75 Years Elizabeth Terry Rose

The Library of Congress Center for Architecture Design and Engineering hosted a standing-room-only, six-speaker symposium on Nov. 14 in celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Historic American Building Survey (HABS), the only continuing program and one of the Library’s most popular and beloved collections. The symposium, “American Place: The Historic American Buildings Survey at 75,” surveyed the success of the program that had its genesis in the . In times of great economic hardship, the arts are often the first expenditure to be cut as funding drops away and pri- orities are triaged. So it was in the Great Depression of the 1930s. Photographers and writers found themselves out of work A detailed drawing from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) enabled the St. Michael’s Russian Orthodox Cathedral in Sitka, Alaska, to be rebuilt and dedicated in as commissions dried up and publica- 1976, following a fire in 1966. The church was built originally in the 1840s. tions folded. Architects, practitioners of the most expensive and involved of arts, HABS continues to thrive in a trilateral Visual Sourcebooks series. Users include had nothing to do and no way to live as partnership consisting of the Library of elementary school geography students, buildings ceased to be built. Congress, the National Park Service and family genealogists, and contemporary The Historic American Buildings the private-sector American Institute of architects. Hollywood producers use Survey was created in 1933 under Presi- Architects. The AIA guides architects HABS to define and convey a sense of dent Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal to and architectural professors and students period authenticity and visual character. provide much-needed work for architects, who volunteer as survey teams, which, Restoration architects use HABS’ pre- photographers, and historians, who docu- under the Park Service, now document cisely measured drawings and evocative, mented America’s built environment at a buildings from high-profile, high-style detailed photographs to save endangered key moment in modernization and nation- homes of presidents and soaring houses national treasures. For example, after a alization. The effort provided an invalu- of worship to everyday dinettes, infamous 1966 fire destroyed an elaborate onion- able historical record of sociological, slave markets, humbly dignified tenant- domed Russian Orthodox Cathedral of technological, and design development farm shacks and other “forgotten” build- St. Michael, which was built in 1848 in as well as art, information and inspiration ing types that help tell America’s story Sitka, Alaska, the building was wholly and for Americans of that time and ours. but whose memories might be lost if not exactly reconstructed from the Library’s HABS was the first significant boon to for HABS. Surveys are often recorded in HABS survey. historic preservation at the national level. the nick of time as structures crumble, History lovers, design scholars and The program field-tested many of the pres- fortunes and fashions change or cities accomplished or aspiring architects, who ervation strategies still in use today, such rezone, refresh and move on. gathered in the Mumford Room for the Nov. as surveying contextual information and The Historic American Buildings 14 symposium, were treated to six speak- the establishment of national standards Survey is housed, researched and served ers representing varying perspectives for documentation. Still growing after 75 by the Library’s Prints and Photographs on HABS’ past and future, culminating years, HABS and its affiliated engineering Division. The survey is one of the Library’s in a lively discussion of that future. After and landscape surveys record more than most heavily used collections, which guests saw thousands of rich illustrations, 500,000 drawings, photographs and histo- may be accessed through Library visits, they visited the Prints and Photographs ries for more than 41,000 historic structures the hugely trafficked HABS site on the Reading Room to see some of the actual and sites dating from Pre-Columbian times Prints and Photographs Online Catalog, HABS artifacts. to the 21st century. and publications such as the Library’s HABS MARKS 75 YEARS, Cont. on page 6 4 The LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Gazette JANUARY 16, 2009

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SWEARING-IN EXCITEMENT, Cont. from page 1 The Congressional Relations Office Pam Russell, a congressional relations Sherman had used the Hebrew Bible supplied Bibles from the Library’s collec- specialist, was on her way with the Bible two years ago, and he called the Library’s tions to two other members of Congress, to the Senate side of the Capitol for the Congressional Relations Office on Monday, whose requests came into the office on 11:50 a.m. ceremonial swearing-in of the Jan. 5, and asked to use the old Hebrew the day before their swearing-in. newly elected senators in the Old Senate Bible again. The request was relayed to Sen. Jeff Merkely, D-Ore., the former Chambers. Russell’s Blackberry buzzed Peggy Pearlstein, head of the Hebraic Sec- speaker of the Oregon House of Represen- with an urgent message: “Where’s the tion, African and Middle Eastern Division, tatives who was elected to his first term in Bible? Vice President Richard Cheney is which holds the Bible. the U.S. Senate, requested “a historically 20 minutes ahead of schedule.” Based on the Russell sprinted second edition of through tunnels and the Joseph Athias delivered the Bible just Bible, this Bible in time for pictures. (“Biblia Hebraica”) The fourth request was published in for a Bible came to the two volumes by Congressional Relations Jonathan Horwitz Office at 4:30 p.m. on who had recently Monday from the first arrived from Vietnamese member Amsterdam with of the U.S. Congress, a font of Hebrew Rep. Anh “Joseph” type. He sold sub- Cao, who unseated his scriptions to pay for Democratic opponent the printing of two in New Orleans. volumes without C a o , w h o h a d vowel marks over studied for six years to the Hebrew letters become a Jesuit priest to help with vocal- before choosing law ization, but with and politics, wanted marginal notations a Catholic Bible in in Latin. Vietnamese. Allen

An offer of the Gail Fineberg Thrasher, a senior ref- Hebrew Bible was Catching the excitement of congressional swearing-in day on Jan. 6, the children of erence librarian in the made to Wasser- Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., right, hug mom and take a swing-around in Asian Division, selected the old Statuary Hall in the House section of the Capitol while waiting for a photo op two, one published by man Schultz, who with her, the family and Speaker Nancy Pelosi. was first sworn into the British and Foreign the 109th Congress Bible Society in Hong on Jan. 4, 2005. Since her appointment significant Bible” for his ceremonial oath Kong in 1956 and the other published in as chairman of the House Legislative with Pelosi. San Jose in 1993. Congressional relations Branch Appropriations Subcommittee Mark Dimunation, chief of the Library’s specialist Susan Shaw delivered them in January 2007, she has worked closely Rare Book and Special Collections Divi- to Cao’s office for a private swearing-in with Library staff on the Library’s annual sion, pulled several Bibles from the ceremony—private except for the throngs budget requests and often has expressed Collection, including of Vietnamese well-wishers from within the support of the Library and Librarian James two in Greek, one in Latin, and an Eng- Beltway and beyond who came to cheer H. Billington. Her other Library connection lish imprint published in London in 1796. his accomplishment. is her membership on the Joint Committee Containing Jefferson’s signature initials, T Children were much a part of the on the Library. and J, the English-language Bible, a King Cao ceremonies, too, with the congress- A rising star in the Democratic Party, James version, was selected for Merkely’s man holding his 4-year-old daughter and Wasserman Schultz gave the speech to use. (Two years ago, Dimunation selected keeping another close to him while Pelosi second the nomination of Barack Obama another historic book from Jefferson’s conducted the mass swearing-in on the for president at the Democratic National collection, a Koran, for use by Rep. Keith House floor. The girls wore traditional Convention in June. She also serves on the Ellison, D-Minn., during his ceremonial Vietnamese dresses (ao dai), one in yellow House Committee on the Judiciary. oath-taking on Jan. 4, 2007.) silk and the other in coral silk. u January 16, 2009 The LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Gazette 5

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LINCOLN BIBLE, Cont. from page 1 of both covers. All its edges are heavily gilt. If the Lincoln Inaugural Bible did Standing before crowds assembled on In the center of the top cover is a shield in fact then belong to Sally Carroll, at the East Front of the Capitol 148 years ago, of gold wash over white metal with the some point in its history it was trans- Lincoln was sworn into office by Supreme words “Holy Bible” chased into it. The ferred to Lincoln’s family. In 1928 Mary Court Justice Roger Brooke Taney, then book is 15 cm long, 10 cm wide, and 4.5 Harlan Lincoln, the widow of Lincoln’s 84 years old. No friend of emancipation, cm deep when closed. first son, Robert Todd (1843–1926), gave Taney had written the majority opinion in Lincoln’s inaugural Bible is identical the Library both the Bible from his first the Dred Scott v. Sandford case in 1857, in to a Bible that used for inauguration and the family Bible, which which he said Scott “was a slave and not his inauguration four years earlier, on contains the record, part a citizen” of either the state of March 4, 1857. It resides at the Smithsonian of it in Lincoln’s hand. or the and therefore had Institution. Evans said Lincoln probably had no standing to sue his owner for free- According to Clark Evans, a Lincoln asked to borrow the Bible from the dom in either a state or federal court. expert who heads the Reference Services Supreme Court for his first inauguration. Taney defined Scott as “mere chattel” that Section of the Rare Book and Special “In all probability, the family Bible was in could be treated as any other transit from Springfield with the property by his owner. In this rest of Lincoln’s possessions,” case, the Supreme Court ruled Evans said. that Congress did not have Carroll and his wife, Sally, authority to prohibit slavery had another poignant connec- in territories, and that those tion with Abraham and Mary provisions of the Missouri Lincoln. When the Lincolns’ Compromise of 1820 were son Willie, 11, died on Feb. 20, unconstitutional. 1862, the Carrolls offered the That irony, of being sworn use of a family crypt at Oak Hill in by Taney, was not lost on Cemetery in Georgetown until Lincoln, who devoted one long the body could be moved to paragraph in his inaugural Springfield. The funeral train address to a discussion of the traveling to Springfield in May Supreme Court and whether 1865 with the body of the slain “the policy of the government president also carried Willie’s upon vital questions, affecting coffin. the whole people, is to be irre- McNichol Michaela In celebration of the bicenten- vocably fixed by decisions of A U.S. Supreme Court seal on a bright blue paper wafer is affixed nial of Lincoln’s birth on Feb. 12, to a page in Lincoln’s Inaugural Bible, and the opposite page bears 1809, the Library is planning sev- the Supreme Court….” the inscription of William Thomas Carroll, clerk of the U.S. Supreme President Lincoln assured Court, who attests that the Bible was that upon which Abraham eral events and a major exhibition, dissidents on the brink of Lincoln took his presidential oath of office on March 4, 1861, “With Malice Toward None: The seceding that he had neither administered by Chief Justice R.B. Taney. Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial the power nor inclination to Exhibition.” change or override the Constitution or Collections Division, both of the King The Lincoln Inaugural Bible will be state laws. “In your hands, my dissatisfied James translations were printed by Oxford displayed in this exhibition from Feb. 12 to fellow countrymen, and not in mine, is the University Press in 1853 and appear to May 9. The exhibit will then travel to five momentous issue of civil war. The gov- have been ordered by Supreme Court other American cities. ernment will not assail you. You can have Clerk William Thomas Carroll for justices The Library, in conjunction with Bantam no conflict without being yourselves the officiating at such events. Dell, has published a companion volume, aggressors. You have no oath registered In both the Lincoln Bible and the Buch- “In Lincoln’s Hand: His Original Manuscripts in Heaven to destroy the government, anan Bible, Carroll certified that each With Commentary by Distinguished Ameri- while I shall have the most solemn one to was the Bible upon which Taney had cans.” (See story on page 6.) ‘preserve, protect, and defend it.’” administered the oaths of presidential On March 4, the 148th anniversary of The 1,280-page inauguration Bible office, first to Buchanan in 1857 and then Lincoln’s first inauguration, the Library receiving special conservation treatment to Lincoln in 1861. In each he also penned will convene an all-day symposium with for its 2009 appearance is bound in bur- this inscription to his wife: “to Mrs. Sally several renowned Lincoln scholars. Other gundy velvet with a gold-washed white Carroll from her devoted husband Wm. events will include lectures, poetry read- metal rim around the three outside edges Thos. Carroll.” ings, film screenings and a concert. u 6 The LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Gazette JANUARY 16, 2009

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New Library Publications Commentary Accompanies Manuscripts in Lincoln’s Hand “Writing, the art of communicating available to the public. Edited by lead- thoughts to the mind through the eye, ing Lincoln scholars Harold Holzer and is the great invention of the world.” So Joshua Wolf Shenk, each manuscript said Abraham Lincoln, whose own featured in the book is accompanied renowned words gave purpose and by a reflection on Lincoln by a promi- meaning to a time of profound conflict nent American from the arts, politics, and laid the foundation for a renewed literature or entertainment. Contributors nation that rose from it. include writers such as John Updike, From more than 2,000 pieces in E.L. Doctorow, Toni Morrison and its Lincoln document collection, the Walter Mosley; Presidents , Library of Congress has selected 40 George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush; manuscripts to feature in a new book Lincoln and Civil War scholars Drew titled “In Lincoln’s Hand: His Original Gilpin Faust, Doris Kearns Goodwin Manuscripts With Commentary by and James McPherson; and actors Liam Distinguished Americans.” Neeson and Sam Waterston. Published by the Library in associa- Made possible through the generous tion with Bantam Dell Publishing Group, support of the Union Pacific Corpora- the book is the official publication of the tion, “With Malice Toward None: The that Bible for his inaugural ceremony Library’s Lincoln bicentennial exhibi- Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibi- Tuesday, Jan. 20. tion, “With Malice Toward None,” on tion” will chart Lincoln’s growth from The 208-page hardcover book, with view Feb. 12 through May 9. prairie lawyer to preeminent statesman 40 high-resolution document scans On the occasion of the 200th anni- and address the monumental issues he and hundreds of full-color illustrations, versary of Lincoln’s birth, “In Lincoln’s faced, including slavery and race, the will be available for $35 in bookstores Hand” offers an unprecedented look at dissolution of the Union and the Civil nationwide and in the Library’s shop, perhaps our greatest president through War. Among the items to be displayed is Washington, D.C., 20540-4985. Credit- vivid images of his handwritten let- the 1853 Bible upon which Lincoln took card orders are taken at (888) 682-3557 ters, speeches, and even childhood the oath of office on March 4, 1861. Pres- or shop on the Internet at www.loc. notebooks—many never before made ident-elect Barack Obama has chosen gov/shop/. u

HABS Marks 75 Years, Cont. from page 3 former architectural historian for the dards Viable in 21st-Century Architec- Speakers for the morning session Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, who tural Practice?” Katherine M. Arrington, “Celebrating the Past and Present” were recalled her memories as a youthful digital library specialist in the Prints and C. Ford Peatross, founding director of the survey member, “Dispatches from the Photographs Division, addressed “HABS: Center for Architecture, Design and Engi- Field: What Those Buildings Want Us to A Digital Present and Future.” neering in the Prints and Photographs Understand.” The Historic American Buildings Division, who spoke about “HABS as The afternoon session was titled Survey, Historic American Engineering a Catalyst in the Library of Congress: “Planning for the Future.” David Wood- Record, and Historic American Land- Reflections on 75 Years”; Jack Larkin, cock, professor of architecture and direc- scapes Survey are copyright-free, contain chief historian of Old Sturbridge Vil- tor of the Historic Resources Imaging useful data and beautiful art, are added lage and affiliate professor of history Laboratory at A&M University, to quarterly, and are accessible online at at Clark University, whose topic was discussed “Reading Buildings: The Role www.loc.gov/rr/print and in the Prints & “Evoking the Past: The Significance of of Documentation in Education and Photographs Division Reading Room. HABS for American Social and Cultural Practice.” Anne Weber, a senior associate —Elizabeth Terry Rose is curatorial History”; and Camille Wells, lecturer in with Farewell, Mills, Gatsch Architects assistant for architecture, design and the Department of Architectural History in Princeton, N.J., asked and answered engineering in the Library of Congress at the College of William and Mary and the question, “Are HABS Drawing Stan- Prints & Photographs Division. u January 16, 2009 The LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Gazette 7

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The following personnel actions at the attorney adviser (general), GS-12, ALD, CRS; B. Hill, supervisory librarian (cataloger), Library of Congress occurred during pay period Sharon Coursey, librarian (cataloging), GS-13, SSCD, LS; Cory V. Howell, communi- 18, in 2008. Compiled from NFC data. GS-13, Social Science Cataloging Division cations specialist, GS-13, Office of the Director (SSCD), LS; Beth F. Doughty, librarian (cata- of the Congressional Research Service (DIR), Permanent Appointments loging), GS-13, Serial Record Division (SRD), CRS; Michael Neubert, supervisory librar- Erika J. Allen, supervisory program LS; Douglas A. Druliner, program special- ian, GS-15, AFAOVOP, LS; and Schamell M. specialist, GS-13, Knowledge Services Group ist, GS-13, Office of Workforce Development Padgett, lead library technician (typing), (KSG), Congressional Research Service (WRK), CRS; Clarence M. Flynn, librar- GS-09, Cataloging In Publication Division (CRS); Irma E. Arispe, supervisory social ian (acquisitions), GS-13, Anglo-American (CIP), LS;. science analyst, GS-15, Domestic Social Policy Acquisitions Division (ANAD), LS; Kawanna Division (DSP), CRS; Vivian S. Chu, legal Foman, mail clerk, GS-05, RAC, COP; Dar- Reassignments clerk, GS-11, American Law Division (ALD), lene Foster, administrative specialist, GS-11, Elizabeth Dechman, librarian, GS-13, CRS; Anna C. Henning, legal clerk, GS-11, Office of Strategic Initiatives (OSI); Brian Cataloging Policy and Support Office (CPSO), ALD, CRS; Nicholas A. Jackson, cartogra- A. Hatcher, mail clerk, GS-05, RAC, COP; LS; Ricardo Farraj Ruiz, supervisory pher, GS-12, Geography and Map Division Patricia A. Hayward, librarian (catalog- information technology specialist, GS-15, (G&M), Library Services (LS); Julien F. ing), GS-12, History and Literature Cataloging Office of Technology (TO), CRS; Judith A. Langlois, information technology specialist, Division (HLCD), LS; Georgette A. Jacoub, Johnson, biological science analyst, GS-15, GS-07, Office of the Director of Information of accountant, GS-12, African/Asian Acquisitions DSP, CRS; Lennard G. Kruger, physical Technology Services (ITS); Katy M. Manuel, and Overseas Operations (AFAOVOP); LS; science analyst, GS-15, Resources, Science legal clerk, GS-11, ALD, CRS; Mary Ellen J. Jamaal N. Johnson, library technician, and Industry Division (RSI), CRS; Hyman Merlino, library technician (collections), GS-06, Copyright Acquisitions Division (CAD), S. Park, accountant, GS-12, FRO, OCFO; GS-05, Humanities and Social Sciences Divi- COP; Yule L. Kim, attorney adviser (general), Charles S. Redhead, biological science sion (HSS), LS; and Carol J. Tolland, legal GS-12, ALD, CRS; Sandie Kinlcoch, library analyst, GS-15, DSP, CRS; Bernice S. Reyes clerk, GS-11, ALD, CRS. technician, GS-08, Music Division (MUS), LS; Akinbileje, biological science analyst, GS-14, Roger H. Kizer Ball, information technology DSP, CRS; Fred J. Sissine, physical science Temporary Appointments specialist, GS-13, Digital Futures, OSI; Tonya Y. analyst, GS-15, RSI, CRS; Pamela W. Smith, Kristin M. Finklea, social science ana- Lewis, library technician, GS-08, Information biological science analyst, GS-14, DSP, CRS; lyst, GS-12, DSP, CRS; Corriece P. Gwynn, and Records Division (I&RD), COP; Edward and Luctrong Vo, information technology writer-editor, GS-09, National Library Service C. Liu, attorney adviser (general), GS-12, specialist, GS-07, ITS. for the Blind and Physically Handicapped ALD, CRS; Tameka P. Magruder, security (NLSBPH), LS; Marian L. Lawson, social sci- specialist, GS-09, Personnel Security Office Resignations ence analyst, GS-12, Foreign Affairs, Defense (PSO), Office of Security and Emergency Alisa J. Carrel, program specialist, GS-12, and Trade Division (FDT), CRS; Peter J. Preparedness (OS); Mary Beth D. Niki- Office of the Law Librarian (LAW);Michael Meyer, social science analyst, GS-09, FDT, tin, social science analyst, GS-14, FDT, CRS; E. Franklin, program support assistant, CRS; Valerie Moore, secretary (office auto- Veronica E. Patten, librarian technician, GS-07, Office of Legislative Information (LIN), mation), GT-06, Photoduplication Service GS-08, I&RD, COP; Carol A. Pettit, attorney CRS; Alexander D. Ruvinsky, clerk, GS-02, (PHOTO), LS; Edgar R. Morales, clerk, adviser (general), GS-12, ALD, CRS; Ming S. G&M, LS; and Bruce S. Thomson, motion GS-02, Financial Reports Office (FRO), Office Poon, librarian, GS-12, Asian Division (AD), picture preservation specialist, GS-11, Motion of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO);Lauren LS; Donald E. Ratliff, library technician, Picture, Broadcast and Recorded Sound T. Proctor, clerk, GS-02, Integrated Support GS-08, I&RD, COP; Kathleen A. Ruane, (MBRS), LS. Services (ISS); and Elizabeth M. Soltis, attorney adviser (general), GS-12, ALD, CRS; social science analyst, GS-11, Government Richard D. Sharp, library technician, GS-08, Retirements and Finance Division (G&F), CRS. I&RD, COP; Ronald W. Smith, library techni- Phyllis M. Benjamin, information tech- cian, GS-08, I&RD, COP; Rosalyn M. Watson, nology specialist, GS-12, Automation Planning Permantent Promotions special assistant to the chief operating officer, and Liaison Office (APLO), LS; Jeffrey A. Michael J. Brooks, mail clerk, GS-05, GS-12, Office of the Deputy Librarian/Chief Cole, supervisory copyright specialist, GS-15, Receipt Analysis and Control Division Operating Officer (DLC/COO), LIBN; and Literary Division (LD), COP; Lafayette O. (RAC), Copyright Office (COP); Cynthia Brian T. Yeh, attorney adviser (general), Johnson, information technology specialist, M. Brougher, attorney adviser (general), GS-14, ALD, CRS. GS-14, ITS; Dale A. Mannarano, administra- GS-12, ALD, CRS; Vanessa K. Burrows, tive officer, GS-13, ITS;Jennifer O’Sullivan, attorney adviser (general), GS-13, ALD, CRS; Temporary Promotions social science analyst, GS-15, DSP, CRS; and Alana Calfee, liaison specialist, GS-11, Office Vanley Bucknor, assistant director for Evelyn M. Timberlake, librarian, GS-13, of the Librarian (LIBN); David H. Carpenter, research and development, SL-00, ITS; Karen HSS, LS. u 8 Library of Congress Gazette JANUARY 16, 2009

CALENDAR JANuary Aerobics Class: Strength JANuary discusses “The Miscellaneous Friday, Jan. 9 training and floor exercise. Tuesday,tue Jan.sda 27 y World of Thomas Jefferson’s 16 FRIDay 12:30 p.m., LC Wellness Center, 27 Library.” Noon, Southwest Aerobics Class: Aerobics Class: High-Low. Strength LA B-36. Contact 7-8637 Pavilion. Contact 7-9203. training and floor exercise. Noon, LC Wellness Center, LA Noon, LC Wellness Center, LA Yoga/Pilates: Start at your B-36. Contact 7-8637. Aerobics Class: Strength B-36. Contact 7-8637. own level. 1 p.m., LM SB-02. Meditation: Open to all. 12:15 training and floor exercise. Contact 7-3013. 12:30 p.m., LC Wellness Film: “The Band Wagon” p.m., LA 300. Contact mrag@ loc.gov. Center, LA B-36. Contact (1953). 7:30 p.m., Mount Pony 7-8637 Theater, Culpeper, Va. Contact JANuary Film: “A Tale of Two Cities” 7-9994. Thursday,22 Thu Jan.rsda 22 y (1935). 7 p.m., Mount Pony Yoga/Pilates: Start at your Membership Drive: LC Asian Theater, Culpeper, Va. Contact own level. 1 p.m., LM SB-02. JANuary American Association. 11:30 7-9994. Contact 7-3013. Saturday,Sa Jan.tu 17rday a.m. – 1:30 p.m., Madison 17 JANuary JANuary Film: “Butch Cassidy & the Building Ground Floor Coffee Thursday Sundance Kid” (1969). 2 p.m., Shop. Contact adruliner@crs. Wednesday,28 wednsda Jan. 28 y 29Thursday, Jan. 29 loc.gov. Mount Pony Theater, Culpeper, Research Orientation: Local LC BIG: Financial adviser Va. Contact 7-9994. Aerobics Class: High-Low. History and Genealogy. 10 – Carol White presents a Noon, LC Wellness Center, LA 11:30 a.m., LJ G-42. Register seminar on debt-free living. JANuary B-36. Contact 7-8637. by phone at 7-5537, online Noon, West Dining Room, LM Monday,m Jan.onda 19 y Yoga: Noon, LM SB-02. at www.loc.gov/rr/genealogy/ 621. Contact 7-4529, 19 [email protected]. Holiday: All Library buildings, Contact 7-5984. signup.php. Contact 7-4071. including Reading Rooms, Meditation: Open to all. 12:15 Tai Chi Class: All levels. 11:30 Aerobics Class: High-Low. exhibits and public places will p.m., LA 300. Contact mrag@ a.m., LC Wellness Center, LA Noon, LC Wellness Center, LA be closed in observance of loc.gov. B-36. Contact 7-2617. B-36. Contact 7-8637. the birthday of Martin Luther Bloomsday Camerata: Yoga: Noon, LM SB-02. King Jr. JANuary Reading through “The Cantos” Contact 7-5984. Friday, FJan.ri 23day by Ezra Pound. Noon, Dewey Meditation: Open to all. 12:15 JANuary 23 ITS Seminar: Pat Harris Conference Room, LM 547. p.m., LA 300. Contact mrag@ 20Tuesday,tue Jan.sda 20 y of the Department of State Contact 7-0013. loc.gov. Holiday: All public Library presents “Passwords: Hacking Forum: Bible study. Open to buildings in the Washington Cracking, Securing.” Noon, all. Noon, LM 613. Contact How to Live Debt-free D.C. area, including reading LM G-45. Contact infosec@ [email protected]. “Debt-free Living, Part II,” presented rooms, exhibits and public loc.gov. Meeting: LC Toastmasters. by Carol White, financial adviser. places will be closed on Aerobics Class: Strength Noon – 1 p.m., Mary Pickford Inauguration Day. training and floor exercise. Theater, LM 301. Contact Noon on Thursday, Jan. 29 Film: “Let’s Fall in Love” Noon, LC Wellness Center, LA 7-3952, [email protected]. West Dining Room, LM 621. (1933) and “Smartest Girl in B-36. Contact 7-8637. Gallery Talk: Mark Contact Darlene Flowers at Town” (1936). 7 p.m., Mount Film: “Faster Pussycat! Kill! Dimunation, curator of the [email protected], 7–4529. Pony Theater, Culpeper, Va. Kill!” (1965). 7:30 p.m., Mount Jefferson’s Library exhibition, Sponsored by the Library of Congress Contact 7-9994. Pony Theater, Culpeper, Va. Chapter of Blacks in Government Contact 7-9994. JANuary Keep Those Resolutions (BIG). If people have made New Year’s Wednesday,Wednsda Jan. 21 y JANuary 21 resolutions to lose weight and get BCBS Service Day: A Saturday,Sa Jan.tu 24rday 24 in shape, they may join the Weight Gallery Talk Blue Cross Blue Shield Film: “Gold Diggers of 1933” Watchers at Work session that meets representative will be available (1933). 2 p.m., Mount Pony for 45 minutes once a week in the Noon, Wednesday, Jan. 28 to respond to any health Theater, Culpeper, Va. Contact Library, at 1 p.m. on Tuesdays in LM benefits inquiries. 10 a.m. – 2 Mark Dimunation, curator of the 7-9994. 209. (There will be no session on Jan. p.m., HR Customer Service Jefferson’s Library exhibition, will 20, Inaugauration Day.) Center, LM 107. Contact discuss “The Miscellaneous World JANuary The 17-week session costs $186 but 7-8305. of Thomas Jefferson’s Library.” In Monday,M Jan.ONDA 26 Y will be prorated for those who join mid- Tai Chi Class: All levels. 11:30 26 the exhibition “Thomas Jefferson’s session. People with questions about a.m., LC Wellness Center, LA Library Research Library,” Second Floor, Southwest Orientation: An introduction to the fee may e-mail Ruth Polan for more B-36. Contact 7-2617. Gallery, Jefferson Building. using the Library of Congress. information at [email protected]. Bloomsday Camerata: 10:30 a.m. – noon, LJ G07. Reading through “The Cantos” Register by calling 7-3370 or by Ezra Pound. Noon, Dewey online at www.loc.gov/rr/main/ “No Time for Dreams” Conference Room, LM 547. inforeas/orient.html. Contact A reading by Burmese activist Sansan Tin, author of “No Time for Dreams: Living in Contact 7-0013. 7-2138. Burma Under Military Rule.” She will also describe the community she left behind. Forum: Bible study. Open to Yoga/Pilates: Start at your Noon, Wednesday, Feb. 4, in the Asian Division Reading Room Foyer, LJ-150. For all. Noon, LM 613. Contact own level. 1 p.m., LM SB-02. more information contact Reme Grefalda at [email protected] or 7-6096. Sponsored [email protected]. Contact 7-3013. by the Asian Division Friends Society.

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