MADISON COUNCIL

BULLETINFALL 2019

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The Madison Council Bulletin is a CONTENTS publication of the James Madison Council of the Library of Congress. 5 Spring Meeting 2019 17 The Gershwin Prize Dr. Carla D. Hayden 23 The Legacy of James H. Billington Librarian of Congress 29 Junior Fellows Program 35 New Exhibition David M. Rubenstein 41 Interns Chairman 43 New Acquisitions 51 National Book Festival Kaffie Milikin 54 New Members Director of Development/ 60 In Memoriam Campaign Director

Sue Siegel Director, Major Gifts, and Executive Director, James Madison Council

Contributors Wendi A. Maloney Giselle Aviles

Photography Giselle Aviles, cover photo Vince Massa, pages 4–15 Shawn Miller, pages 16-50, 53 World-Telegram, page 52 Above Left: 3D terrain map of Angaur Island from the U.S. Navy Design Terrain Model Workshop, 1944. Cover: Miniature Tunic. Ica Valley, Courtney Garvin Peru, 1200-1350 A.D. William and Inger Ginsberg Collection, Geography and Map Division. Inside front cover: Dr. Hayden reading to festival-goers from the Wells Fargo Stage.

2 Madison Council Bulletin | Fall 2019 LETTER FROM THE LIBRARIAN

As the Council approaches its 30th anniversary, we are grateful to you for helping the Library uncover its treasures and bring them to people across the country and around the world.

The Council enters the next phase of its remarkable trajectory at an opportune moment for the nation’s library. We are embarking on the Library’s first-ever comprehensive campaign designed to open up our unmatched collections as never before; transform Library visitors into Library users; and inspire and equip a new generation of creators to write the next chapters in the American story. We will need your help to be successful on what promises to be a compelling public-private partnership.

The 2019 Gershwin Prize for Popular Song honoring 5 Spring Meeting 2019 international superstars Emilio and Gloria Estefan 17 The Gershwin Prize was a memorable event, and we thank Buffy 23 The Legacy of James H. Billington Cafritz, Marjorie Fisher Furman and Tom Girardi 29 Junior Fellows Program for their key support. At the Council’s spring he conducted five insightful interviews with some 35 New Exhibition meeting on March 4, 2020, we will award the prize of the nation’s most accomplished authors. 41 Interns to country music legend Garth Brooks at what 43 New Acquisitions promises to be another high-energy event! We were deeply saddened by the loss of Honorary 51 National Book Festival Council member Cokie Roberts. She was a devoted 54 New Members Our gratitude goes to Susan Carmel for her friend of the Library of Congress, and we will miss 60 In Memoriam support of an inspirational program honoring her greatly. Dr. James Billington; Nancy Glanville Jewell, the late Gerry Lenfest and Marguerite Lenfest and We are delighted to welcome a number of notable Council members for another successful year individuals to the Council: returning member, of the Library’s acclaimed Junior Fellows Program; Susan Carmel, Ted and Lady Olson, Greg and and Diane and Craig Welburn for funding an Martha Ryan, Roger Sant, Burt and Sheli Rosenberg exciting new Howard University internship program (recommended by Roger and Julie Baskes), which will increase access to our rich African and Amanda Moose and her husband, Edward American collections. Lazarus. We ask of all of our members to nominate individuals who will further strengthen the Library Coinciding with the 100th anniversary of the and its future. passage of the 19th Amendment, the Library unveiled a signature exhibition in June, “Shall The Library of Congress is a unique institution, Not Be Denied: Women Fight for the Vote.” a national treasure and a global leader. We are We thank the Council, whose lead support fortunate to have you, our visionary, civic-minded made this important exhibition possible. supporters, to help us reach our lofty goals.

As the Library approaches its 20th National Book Festival in 2020, we thank Chairman Rubenstein for his singular advocacy and support of this event, both through his role as National Book Festival Board Co-Chairman and as lead benefactor. Carla Hayden At the 2019 National Book Festival in August, 14th Librarian of Congress

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On Wednesday, March 13, 2019, Madison Council chair David Rubenstein welcomed Madison Council members to the historic Thomas Jefferson Building for yet another memorable meeting.

Chairman Rubenstein convened the meeting by recognizing Council members who had stepped forward to support Library initiatives: Buffy Cafritz, Marjorie and Roy Furman, Tom Girardi, Jo Ann Jenkins and Alicia Georges from AARP, David Moskowitz representing Wells Fargo, Ed and Maureen Bousa, and Diane and Craig Welburn.

He continued with a special welcome to former members of Congress, Barbara Comstock, Joe Crowley, John Mica and Bill Nelson, and new members of the Library of Congress Trust Fund Board, Greg Ryan and Lawrence Fisher.

Dr. Hayden welcomed the Council and provided an update on the Library’s latest initiatives, such as the memorial program to honor the legacy of Dr. Billington, which was made possible through the generosity of Susan Carmel. She also talked about the great success the Library has had recently in increasing the availability of online materials such as the papers of Benjamin Franklin, Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson.

She announced the creation of two new Library centers; the Center for Learning, Literacy, and Engagement, which activates and animates the collections through

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Clockwise from top: David Rubenstein and Marjorie Furman; Luncheon in the Members Room; Ray White, Susan Carmel, and Mike Strunsky

Opposite, clockwise from top: John Fitzgerald and Martha Morris; Debbie Driesman and Frank Islam; treasures from the Music Division; Linda Knox and Alicia Georges

educational and cultural programming, visitor Dr. Hayden then shared important details about engagement, and partnerships. The Center brings the Library’s private-public partnership that aims the nation’s Library to life through storytelling and to transform the visitor experience at the Library. festivals, tours and open houses, concerts and films, tutorials, learning labs, conferences, and The project includes an enhanced orientation other occasions to invite people in. experience, treasures gallery, youth center, and oculus—a large domed window that allows visitors The Center for Exhibits and Interpretation focuses on to gaze up into the glorious main reading room creating exhibitions, learning spaces, and publications without disturbing researchers. “The idea of giving that provide access to and connections with the people an opportunity to look up and be inspired, collections both physically and digitally. especially young people,” is a primary goal, said Dr. Hayden. These key Centers are central to executing the Library’s strategy of informing, inspiring, and The Library developed a plan for how to engage engaging our audience and making the Library visitors, focusing on first impressions as people more user-focused and connected to the public enter from two primary routes: the Capitol Visitor we serve. Center tunnel and the Carriage entrance. People

Madison Council Bulletin | Fall 2019 7 enter and see a circular structure with books— The Treasures Gallery, planned for the Jefferson Thomas Jefferson’s Library—as the focal point. building, will include iconic items, including the Gutenberg Bible, which will remain in the Gallery Of the 1.9 million in-person visitors to the Library permanently; most others will rotate. “If you last year, 20 percent were under 18. Dr. Hayden make a return visit, you will see different things affirmed her commitment to making the Library from the collections,” said Dr. Hayden. of Congress an engaging destination not just for academics, authors, and researchers, but also A public-private partnership will fund these for families visiting Washington. changes to the Thomas Jefferson Building. “On the private fundraising side, we have been The Youth Center will be comprised of “learning really encouraged by the interest in patriotic labs” that will let young people interact with philanthropy,” Dr. Hayden said. the Library’s collections. “The whole idea is to turn those visitors into users so they know Dr. Hayden then invited Senior Music Specialist about what the Library has for them,” said Ray White to talk about the significance and impact Dr. Hayden. of the Gershwin Collection.

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Clockwise from top: Lauren Leahy and Roy Furman; Dr. Hayden discussing the Visitor Experience Master Plan; Dinner in DAR Constitution Hall; John Medveckis and Raja Sidawi

Opposite, clockwise from top: David Rubenstein and Roy Furman; Dr. Hayden; David Rubenstein; Rep. Barbara Comstock and Craig Welburn

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Clockwise from top: Calvin Butler, John Medveckis, Lauren Leahy, and Greg Ryan; Martha and Greg Ryan with David Rubenstein; Lawrence and Maria Elena Fisher with Buffy Cafritz

Opposite, clockwise from top: John Medveckis, Marina Kats, and Barbara Guggenheim; Craig and Diane Welburn; Ray White, Raja Sidawi, John Fitzgerald, Heidi and David Moskowitz and Richard Fisher; Barbara Comstock, David Moskowitz, and Frank Islam

Ray summed up the Gershwin’s significance in upcoming Library exhibitions. Some of the items three points. First, during their lifetimes they included letters from the Rosa Parks Papers, achieved great success and recognition for what a manuscript deed from the First African Baptist they did together and separately, writing for Church of Philadelphia, Verdi opera material, Broadway, Hollywood, opera houses, and concert a Billy Strayhorn manuscript, and items from the halls. Second, much of their music has endured; George Washington Papers. many years later, the music continues to be performed and recorded. Third, George and Ira, A delicious meal was served in the Members Room and their work continue to be the subjects of where Council members and guests talked about numerous popular and scholarly books and articles. all they had seen and heard earlier. The room soon echoed with hearty laughter and the clink of glasses. Following his brief remarks, Ray invited Council members and special guests to move to the Wilson The 2019 Spring Meeting of the Madison Council Library Room, where curators and specialists ended with a stimulating dialogue between from across the Library prepared a special display Chairman Rubenstein and best-selling mystery of selections from the Gershwin Collection and and suspense novel author Brad Meltzer. also some of the materials that will be used in The focus of the discussion was on his new book:

Madison Council Bulletin | Fall 2019 11 The First Conspiracy: The Secret Plot To Kill George Washington.

After a brief rest, events resumed at DAR Constitution Hall where Council members and their guests enjoyed a thrilling evening of dinner, drinks, and delightful music from the Gershwin Prize recipients Gloria and Emilio Estefan. It was an occasion that will be long remembered by everyone who attended, and it set a standard for future Council meetings that will be difficult to surpass.

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Clockwise from top: Martha and Greg Ryan; David Rubenstein and Brad Meltzer; Cocktail reception in the Pennsylvania Foyer of DAR Constitution Hall; Barbara Comstock with Patricia and John Mica

Opposite, clockwise from top: Buffy Cafritz and Dr. Hayden; Frank Islam and David Moskowitz; Eric Motley, Lawrence Fisher, and David Rubenstein; Calvin Butler, Craig Welburn and Harry Thomas

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Clockwise from top: Maureen and Edward Bousa; Paul and Ann Stern, Joan Ruff, Dr. Hayden and Alicia Georges; Cocktail reception; Calvin Butler with Linda and Tom Knox

Opposite, clockwise from top: Lawrence Fisher and Greg Ryan; Karen Mandelbaum, Buffy Cafritz, Marjorie Furman, and Linda Landis; Sue Siegel, John and Patricia Mica, and Ann and Paul Stern; David Rubenstein and Brad Meltzer; Amanda Moose and Dr. Hayden

Madison Council Bulletin | Fall 2019 15 16 Madison Council Bulletin | Fall 2019 THE GERSHWIN PRIZE

Celebrated international superstars Opposite: Dr. Hayden with Emilio and Gloria Estefan, the 2019 Gloria and Emilio Estefan recipients of the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, were applauded and serenaded by some of the nation’s top artists at an all-star celebration in the nation’s capital on March 13.

An extraordinary roster of performers honored the Estefens and their Cuban- infused sound at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C.

The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song was made possible with the generous support of The Leonore S. Gershwin Trust for the benefit of the Library of Congress Trust Fund Board, Michael Strunsky, Trustee; The Ira and Leonore Gershwin Fund, AARP, represented on the Madison Council by Jo Ann Jenkins and Alicia Georges; Buffy Cafritz; Wells Fargo represented by David Moskowitz; Thomas V. Girardi; Marjorie and Roy Furman; The Burton Awards for Legal Achievement, and Maureen and Edward Bousa.

The tribute concert featured live appearances by Sarah Chang, Emily Estefan, José Feliciano, Patti LaBelle, Cyndi Lauper, Gian Marco, Fernando Varela, and the original cast members of “On Your Feet!” The hosts for the evening’s festivities were Oscar winner Rita Moreno and actor Andy García.

Madison Council Bulletin | Fall 2019 17 The repertoire of songs included Gershwin Prize for Popular Song” the 1996 Olympics theme External aired on May 3 as part song “Reach,” sung by Cyndi of the co-produced Emmy Lauper; “Our Love Is Here to Award-winning music series. Stay,” performed by José It has since been broadcast to Feliciano; Patti LaBelle and U.S. Department of Defense NEWorks Voices of America locations around the world via memorialized “Coming Out of American Forces Network. the Dark”; Emily Estefan sang “Mi Terra” and “Oye Mi Canto”; Celebratory activities honoring and performances by Ana the husband-and-wife team Villafañe and Mauricio Martínez. included Dr. Hayden and Emilio The Estefans performed onstage Estefan in conversation at a together and Gloria Estefan public event in the Library’s also sang her classic hits Coolidge auditorium. They From top: Quincy Jones, “Rhythm Is Gonna Get You” discussed a variety of subjects, Gloria and Emilio Estefan, Dr. Hayden and Colleen and a Brazilian rendition of her including his early life in Cuba, Hayden; Gloria Estefan global hit “Conga,” called his experience cultivating talent, and José Feliciano “Samba.” Integrated with live and his lifelong partnership performances were video with his wife and collaborator. tributes from Will Smith, Marc The program can be viewed at Anthony, and Jon Secada. https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=FHi2r1h2d3s. During The PBS broadcast of the their visit to the nation’s capital, concert—“Emilio & Gloria Estefan: the couple also toured the The Library of Congress Library of Congress’ historic

18 Madison Council Bulletin | Fall 2019 Thomas Jefferson Building, visited the ongoing exhibit “Here to Stay: The Legacy of George and Ira Gershwin,” and viewed some rare items in the Library’s vast collections.

Presenting the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song to Emilio and Gloria Estefan represents two historic firsts for the prize— the first time it has been awarded to a married couple or to musicians-songwriters of Hispanic descent.

“Emilio and Gloria Estefan are perfect choices to receive the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, because their unique sound of Latin rhythms transcends cultural boundaries,” said Dr. Hayden. “They personify the ideals of the Gershwin Prize and are true American change- makers, blazing new trails and shaping America for the better with their music, entrepreneurship, and activism.”

“Music has always been in my life, the most healing and wonderful and cathartic force,” said Gloria Estefan. “George and Ira Gershwin were a huge inspiration to me. … I am beyond From top: Original cast honored, especially to be members of “On Your receiving it with the love of Feet!”; Dr. Hayden, Gloria my life and, as a couple, it is and Emilio Estefan, Quincy one of the most special things Jones, Speaker Nancy that I could ever possibly be Pelosi (D-CA), Sen. Dick involved with.” Durbin (D-IL), Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO), Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), and Rep. “It’s been a celebration, because Zoe Lofgren (D-CA); Gloria what we really enjoy and what Estefan we really love is music and that’s what makes us so happy,” said Emilio Estefan.

Bestowed in recognition of the legendary songwriting team of George and Ira Gershwin, the

Madison Council Bulletin | Fall 2019 19 Stevie Wonder, Sir Paul McCartney, songwriting duo Burt Bacharach and the late Hal David, Carole King, Billy Joel, Willie Nelson, Smokey Robinson, and Tony Bennett.

During the event, the Estefans were presented with the prize by Dr. Hayden, Chairman Rubenstein, Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi (D-California), Senate Democratic Whip Richard J. Durbin (D-Illinois), Senate Chairman of the Committee on Rules and Administration Senator Roy Blunt (R-Missouri), Senate Ranking Member of the Appropriations From top: Rita Moreno with Committee Senator Patrick J. Emilio and Gloria Estefan; Gloria and Emily Estefan Leahy (D-Vermont), House of Representatives Chairperson of the Committee on House Administration Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-California), and House of Representatives Ranking Member of the Committee on House Administration Representative Rodney Davis (R-Illinois).

Renowned music producer- composer Quincy Jones also joined the congressional leadership in presenting the prize.

“Emilio & Gloria Estefan: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song” is a co-production of WETA Washington, D.C., Bounce, and the Library of Congress. The executive Gershwin Prize recognizes producers of the program a living musical artist’s lifetime are Dalton Delan, Dr. Hayden, achievement in promoting the and Madison Council member genre of song as a vehicle Michael Strunsky. of entertainment, information, inspiration, and cultural The Estefans symbolize the understanding. Previous rich cultural diversity of the recipients are Paul Simon, American musical experience

20 Madison Council Bulletin | Fall 2019 and have made the rhythmic Cuban sound a part of the Great American Songbook. Married since 1978, the Cuban- American Estefans started their extraordinary rise to global fame in 1985 with Miami Sound Machine, creating a unique sound that blended Latin and pop rhythms. Many of their iconic hits, including “Conga,” “Turn the Beat Around,” “Get on Your Feet” and “Rhythm Is Gonna Get You,” reflected the perfect marriage of creative lyrics, high-octane rhythms, and spirited vocals.

The Library of Congress From top: David Rubenstein, Chairman of the James Madison Council; Gershwin Prize for Popular Sarah Chang and Gloria Estefan Song is made possible through the generous support of AARP, The Buffy and William the Corporation for Public Cafritz Foundation, Wells Broadcasting, PBS, and Fargo, Thomas V. Girardi, public television viewers. and Marjorie and Roy Furman. Additional funding for this Air transportation is provided program is provided by by United Airlines. The Ira and Leonore Gershwin Fund and The Leonore S. Gershwin Trust for the benefit of the Library of Congress Trust Fund Board, Trustee;

Madison Council Bulletin | Fall 2019 21 22 Madison Council Bulletin | Fall 2019 THE LEGACY OF JAMES H. BILLINGTON

Eminent Russia scholar, visionary Opposite: James H. Billington public servant, mentor, poetry (1929-2018) lover, and family man­—those were some of the attributes ascribed to James H. Billington, Ph.D., the 13th Librarian of Congress, by those who honored his memory on May 8 in the Coolidge Auditorium. He died on Nov. 20, 2018, at age 89.

Dr. Hayden co-hosted “Scholarship and Service: The Legacy of James H. Billington” with Jane Harman, director of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, which Dr. Billington led from 1973 to 1987. Speakers included Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi (D-California) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky).

The program was made possible by the generosity of Madison Council member Susan Carmel.

“Dr. Billington has left an indelible legacy on this institution that he led passionately and with honor for 28 years,” Dr. Hayden said. Dr. Billington served as Librarian of Congress from 1987 until his retirement in 2015. “With his vigor for philanthropy and tireless

Madison Council Bulletin | Fall 2019 23 efforts to expand the reach At the time, Dr. Billington and impact of the Library was a board member and of Congress, he achieved often shared his views of so much to advance the what was happening in the Library as an enduring place world, especially in Russia, on for scholars and learners.” which he was an authority.

Leader McConnell recalled Jim “He was always eloquent, always Billington as an outstanding erudite, always respected,” leader who helped the Library Speaker Pelosi said. thrive and grow, crediting him in particular for shepherding Later, as Librarian of Congress, it into the Internet age. Dr. Billington’s accomplishments included doubling the size of “His legacy of scholarship, the Library’s collections, creativity, and fine stewardship pioneering the Library of was a great gift, and it will Congress online and establishing benefit generations to come,” the Gershwin Prize for Popular Sen. McConnell said. Song, Speaker Pelosi recounted.

Speaker Pelosi recalled getting His legacy endures, she said, From top: Dr. Hayden; to know Jim and his wife of 61 in the work of the Library Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell years, Marjorie, at dinners of the today. “What he did as a Foreign Service School, when foundation enabled so many her husband, Paul, served as good things to happen now, and chair of the school’s board. he would want it that way.”

24 Madison Council Bulletin | Fall 2019 Jim Billington left “another stunning legacy” at the Wilson Center, Ms. Harman told the audience. He co-founded the Kennan Institute, dedicated to improving knowledge of Russia, Ukraine, and nearby states; he created the center’s journal, the Wilson Quarterly; and he started programs on Latin America and Asia.

By sharing his expertise with leaders—he was a key adviser to President Ronald Reagan on Russia and led multiple congressional trips to the country—Jim advanced the capacity of the U.S. to engage with Russia, said Matthew Rojansky, the Kennan Institute’s current director.

Of Dr. Billington’s 1966 book, The Icon and the Axe: An Interpretive History of Russian Culture, Mr. Rojansky said, “Half a century after its first publication, it is still the best history of Russian culture in the English language, and I think arguably in any language.” In a video presentation, Chairman Rubenstein spoke of becoming a close friend to Jim Billington after he became involved with the Library through the James Madison Council. Dr. Billington established the council, the Library’s first private- sector support group, in 1990; Mr. Rubenstein has served as its chairman since 2014. was a great patriot, and he was a great family man.”

“Jim Billington was an Clockwise from top: An arrangement of extraordinary individual, one of In a separate video, former Billington roses; Speaker the most extraordinary people U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Nancy Pelosi; Jonathan I’ve ever had the privilege to Trethewey talked of Jim Loar with Marjorie Billington meet,” Mr. Rubenstein said. “He Billington’s love of poetry and and Susan Carmel was a great scholar, he was his deep, abiding knowledge a great Librarian of Congress, of it. “He was our foremost he was a great American, he champion of poetry,” she said.

Madison Council Bulletin | Fall 2019 25 Former Rep. Gregg Harper (R-Mississippi) who served as chair of the Joint Committee on the Library of Congress, recalled visiting Jim in his office. “He was the smartest person I’ve ever known. He did not invent the Internet— he was the Internet.”

Susan Billington Harper, one of Dr. Billington’s two daughters, reminisced about growing up in the Billington household and “going to sleep with the sound of dad’s typewriter as he wrote his books.”

Now a historian herself and an executive at the American Bible Society, Ms. Harper concluded, “Dad would want me to say thanks to each and every one of his colleagues and friends gathered here today.”

Other featured speakers were Marie Arana, literary adviser to the Library, and George Weigel of the Ethics & Public Policy Center. Other family members in attendance were Marjorie Billington, James Billington Jr., and Thomas Billington.

As attendees filed out of the Coolidge—the house was full— they each received a Billington Rose, named in Dr. Billington’s honor and announced at the 15th anniversary celebration of the Open World Leadership Center, which he founded during his tenure.

Large arrangements of the roses also graced a display mounted in Mahogany Row in conjunction with the memorial to showcase major Billington-era acquisitions.

26 Madison Council Bulletin | Fall 2019 Highlighted acquisitions Lucy Rojansky, Jonathan Dormand, Jonathan included the Marian S. Carson Above from left: Ong, Dr. Hayden, Jane Harman, Matthew Rojansky, Diana Davis Collection of Americana, which Spencer, Abigail Rojansky, Dorothy Ro, Michele Glymph, Carol he called “the most significant Lynn Ward-Bamford acquisition of Americana by the Library of Congress in the Opposite from top: Adrienne Cannon with Marjorie Billington; 20th century,” and the only The late Cokie Roberts, Helena Zinkham and Eiichi Ito known copy of the 1507 world map by Martin Waldseemüller, which contains the first use of the word “America” in relation to the New World.

Madison Council Bulletin | Fall 2019 27 28 Madison Council Bulletin | Fall 2019 JUNIOR FELLOWS PROGRAM

From May 28 until August 2, 2019, Opposite: Junior Fellow Benjamin Shields of 40 students participated in the Catholic University of America examined the Library’s Junior Fellows Program differences between early takes and final recordings in 22 divisions and offices across made in the 1940s the Library.

The program exposed Junior Fellows to the breadth and depth of the work that takes place at the world’s largest library.

The Junior Fellows Program is funded by a gift from Madison Council member Nancy Glanville Jewell through the Glanville Family Foundation and from the Knowledge Navigators Trust Fund, established with a lead gift from the late H.F. (Gerry) Lenfest, chairman emeritus of the Madison Council, with major support provided by members of the Council. Mrs. Jefferson Patterson (1905- 2002) originally funded the program.

From contributing to women’s suffrage primary resources and experimenting with data flow visualization to inventorying films from Walt Disney Co., and highlighting holdings related to African American veterans’ history, Junior Fellows worked on a diverse range of projects under the mentorship of Library staff during this 10-week paid internship program.

On July 24, Junior Fellows presented their most significant discoveries and accomplishments during Display Day in the Library’s Thomas Jefferson Building. The popular event drew large crowds made up of public visitors and Library staff.

Fellows Brianna Gist and Sally Smith worked with commercial audio recordings produced by Native American record labels and performers since the 1940s,

Madison Council Bulletin | Fall 2019 29 compiling a subject guide for researchers of more than 400 of the recordings.

William Choi and Cassidy Creighton—both history majors— started developing metadata this summer for the newly digitized World War II collection of the Office of Scientific Research and Development. The collection consists of approximately 40,000 papers, technical reports, and artifacts produced between 1941 and 1945 by the U.S. government in support of the war effort. “I was surprised by the sheer scope and breadth of the collection,” William said. “Many of the reports in our collection likely have not been examined closely in decades, and so every document indexed is another document made more accessible to the research community.”

Madeline Mitchell inspected and created records for about 200 home movies from the Library’s Prelinger collection of ephemeral films. She showed a clip including Nazi Party figure Hermann Göering from a 1937 rally in Naples, Italy. She determined by researching details in the movie, ship Leigh Norman of George From top: manifests, and related images Mason University prepared a careful that the Benjamin Levy family analysis of the Library’s social media and homepage traffic; of New York City took the color Anthony Lowe of the University of footage. She said it’s impossible Maryland carried out a Center for the to know what the Levys—as Book project that involved creating Americans who were probably a database recording state-level Jewish—knew about Nazism at reading initiatives; Beatriz Haspo the time, or how they felt at the with Leah Borquez of Bryn Mawr rally. “These are very natural College who worked with the 30,000-volume private library of questions, but it is important to Antonio August Carvalho Monteiro read the film as a document and processing a number of volumes not draw sweeping conclusions for the tracking database about the family,” she said.

Kelda Habing displayed tiny books—one unfolded into the

30 Madison Council Bulletin | Fall 2019 shape of a cow, another into a pig. The books were pulled from the general collections, where their placement among standard-size books makes them vulnerable to damage or loss. One of the miniatures she displayed, “How Watson Learned the Trick” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, intrigued Habing because of its backstory: The original is part of the dollhouse library of Queen Mary of England and is displayed at Windsor Castle.

Chloe Hovind spent the summer in the Music Division working on the Disney film music project, which involves rehousing and From top: Junior Fellow Talia Benheim of Wellesley College furthered cataloging all the division’s access to a collection of between 20 and 30 thousand Hebrew unpublished Disney scores books on rabbinic topics; Madison MacArthur of Kent State University acquired as copyright deposits. and Danielle Moler of University of Maryland worked with the Walter She displayed four early versions Hamady Papers and the Perishable Press Archive on housing and the of what would become “The creation of a finding aid Work Song” the mice sing in the 1950 animated film Cinderella.

Madison Council Bulletin | Fall 2019 31 “Researchers evaluating the scores can see how the composers struggled to balance the busyness of the work song with Cinderella’s gentle personality,” Hovind said. “Together, these scores give us an insider’s glimpse into the songwriting creative process for one of America’s most beloved films.”

Fellows learn about a broad spectrum of library work: copyright, preservation, reference, access, and information technology. In the past, Fellows have identified hundreds of historical, literary, artistic, cinematic, and musical gems representing the Library’s rich cultural, creative, and intellectual From top: William Choi of Case Western Reserve University and assets. No previous experience Cassidy Creighton of Illinois State University created essential is necessary, but fellowships are metadata for the Office of Scientific Research and Development competitive and special skills or Collection from World War II.; Abigail Gomez of University of Maryland knowledge is usually desired. and Swatha Nandhakumar of Loyola University Chicago worked with the Copyright Office to develop a presentation demonstrating the Selections are based on academic basic process of copyright through search reports, original achievement, reference calls, and record books, and parts of the famous card catalog an interview with a selection official.

32 Madison Council Bulletin | Fall 2019 Clockwise from top: Patricia Glaser of University of Maryland and Kimberly Windham of Florida State University researched the experiences of African American veterans to increase the discoverability of these collections; Hannah Reynolds of Ohio University worked in the Benjamin Garber Papers, one of the Music Division’s special collections connected to Martha Graham’s legacy; Rebecca Gourevitch of University of Rochester explains her work in the Manuscript Division processing the personal papers of Art Buchwald to Dr. Hayden

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Members of Congress Participated Opposite: Photo from the June 4, 2019, opening in the Gala Opening of the Library’s exhibition: “Shall Not Be Denied: Women Fight for the Vote” featuring original A sea of white highlighted by splashes of purple and gold—the hues of the manuscripts, images of the Suffrage Movement, women’s suffrage movement—filled the Great Hall on Tuesday night for the collections of leading opening of the Library’s major new exhibition, “Shall Not Be Denied: Women Suffragists from Seneca Fight for the Vote.” Falls to 19th Amendment

The exhibition is made possible by the Library of Congress James Madison Council, with additional support from 1st Financial Bank USA, Democracy Fund, Thomas V. Girardi, AARP, the Barbara Lee Family Foundation Fund at the Boston Foundation, HISTORY®, and Roger and Julie Baskes.

The date—June 4—coincided with the 100th anniversary of the Senate’s passage of the suffrage amendment, and members of Congress joined Dr. Hayden in the Great Hall to commemorate the important milestone. Many of the members and guests wore white dresses, suits, and scarves to honor the activists who persisted for more than 70 years to achieve voting rights for women.

“Women were not granted the right to vote,” Dr. Hayden said. “Instead, as this exhibition will show you, women earned it.”

The exhibition is unique, she said, because the Library holds the personal collections of many American suffragists—the handwritten letters, speeches, and scrapbooks of leaders such as Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucy Stone, Mary Church Terrell, and Carrie Chapman Catt—along with the collections of the National American Woman Suffrage Association and the National Woman’s Party.

Madison Council Bulletin | Fall 2019 35 “They donated their materials put on their purple and their Above: Sen. Marsha to the Library of Congress, white and their gold and their Blackburn (R-TN); Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX); because they wanted their sashes, and they paraded Rep. Brenda Lawrence (D- stories to be remembered,” in the streets. They made MI); Sen. Shelly Moore Capito Dr. Hayden said. “This exhibition their voices heard, and they (R-WV); Former Sen. Barbara will tell the stories.” changed history,” she said. Mikulski (D-MD); Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA); Kay Cole James Speaker of the House of In doing so, the suffragists of the Women’s Suffrage Representatives Nancy Pelosi achieved more than just voting Centennial Commission; Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC); (D-California), observed rights. “In many ways,” she said, Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI); that more than 100 women “they gave women the courage Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) are serving in the current to run and to advocate and to Congress—a record—and the lead. … I’m blessed to be in Library has its first woman their footsteps.” Librarian of Congress. A highlight of the program “We stand on the shoulders of occurred when members of these really remarkable people,” Congress took to the stage to she said of suffragists. “We read aloud the 19th Amendment. understand that responsibility.” Barbara Mikulski, who was Maryland’s senator from 1987 Sen. Shelley Moore Capito to 2017, joined the group. She (R-West Virginia) spoke of the has the distinction of being the example suffragists set for longest-serving woman in the generations of women. “They history of Congress. stood up, they organized, they

36 Madison Council Bulletin | Fall 2019 Sen. Marsha Blackburn Two authors conversed about Clockwise from top: (R-Tennessee) and Rep. the exhibition and their research Tom Girardi with suffragists; Brenda Lawrence (D-Michigan) in the Library’s suffrage collections. Bill Burton with suffragist; announced passage earlier in Rep. Brenda Lawrence the day of legislation they had “The collections are unrivaled,” (D-MI) and Sen. Marsha co-sponsored directing the U.S. said Rebecca Boggs Roberts, Blackburn (R-TN) Treasury to create silver coins who drew on them extensively to commemorating the suffrage write “Suffragists in Washington, movement. Sen. Blackburn also D.C.: The 1913 Parade and the noted her state’s special place in Fight for the Vote.” achieving suffrage: The approval of 36 states was needed to She said the exhibition is “jaw- ratify the 19th Amendment, and dropping” not only because Tennessee became the key of the story it tells, but also 36th state when it ratified the because of the way it showcases amendment on Aug. 18, 1920. the “resources this institution has to offer to historians and Rep. Lawrence spoke of activist visitors and people interested in Sojourner Truth as “one of the learning more about our country.” original suffragists”—a fact often overlooked, she said—and called Elaine Weiss, author of “The attention to racial disparities Woman’s Hour: The Great Fight in implementation of women’s to Win the Vote,” discussed the suffrage. “I’m so glad for us to unique value of the collection reflect on our history,” she said. “Women of Protest: Photographs From the Records of the National

Madison Council Bulletin | Fall 2019 37 38 Madison Council Bulletin | Fall 2019 Woman’s Party” and the historical newspaper collection, the digitization of which is an “enormous, enormous gift to any researcher,” she said.

Albert P. Hegyi, chairman of 1st Financial Bank USA, also offered comments. His institution’s support made the evening’s program possible. It concluded with a performance by the cast of “19: The Musical,” which tells the story of the suffrage movement through the eyes of suffrage icons Alice Paul, Ida B. Wells, and Susan B. Anthony. The exhibition is on view through September 2020.

Clockwise from top: Suffragists with Ed Miller and Arline Pacht; Owen Sapulpa, Joy Harjo, Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, Dr. Hayden and Zoe Mandel; Dr. Hayden, Al Hegyi, and Rep. Virginia Foxx; Dr. Hayden

Opposite: Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)

Madison Council Bulletin | Fall 2019 39 “So much history of people of color is … Jacquelyn Chin, Brittney lost, misplaced, and not made accessible,” said Dr. Hayden. The internship offers Meadors, and Keshad “Ife” students a chance to “open up a treasure chest,” she added, “and be the person Adeniyi were participants who is going to find that letter, that is going to find that film clip, that is going to in the inaugural Archives, find that recording … and make it accessible,” an undertaking the Librarian described as History and Heritage akin to giving a gift to generations to come. Advanced Internship, a joint Over the past three months, the interns spent 20 hours a week working at the effort by Howard University Library under the direction of staff mentors. The Internship and Fellowship and the Library to make Programs Division oversaw the program, intended to serve as a model for similar collections about African partnerships going forward. Stipends for the internships were made possible American history and through the generosity of Council members Diane and Craig Welburn. culture widely available. Jacquelyn Chin organized contents from the Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation collection, working with Libby Smigel of the Music Division. A native of Prince

40 Madison Council Bulletin | Fall 2019 INTERNS EXPAND ACCESS TO AFRICAN AMERICAN HOLDINGS

George’s County, Maryland, Ms. Chin For Libby Smigel, introducing Opposite: Diane Welburn, studies psychology and human Jacquelyn to the Ailey collection Keshad Adeniyi, Brittney development. A senior at Howard, was a delight. “As a seasoned dance Meadors, Jacquelyn Chin, she aspires to earn a Ph.D. and start historian, I long for those moments and Craig Welburn a holistic healing clinic for black and when a newcomer to the field low-income communities. awakens ideas or connections,” she said. “I couldn’t have asked “To me, developing a multidisciplinary for a more refreshing perspective.” lens to the field of psychology allows academics and clinicians Brittney Meadors has a Bachelor’s to ask better research questions degree in music with minors in and treat patients more holistically,” sociology and psychology from High she said in an interview before Point University. She is a first-year the program. graduate student at Howard, where she studies classical voice and She faced a learning curve at first, international affairs. she said, not being conversant with the world of dance. But once she She worked in the American Folklife immersed herself in the collection, Center on the Bruce Jackson and she became fascinated, especially by Diane Christian collection and the the mixed responses of critics and Pete Welding collection. The nature of fans to the famous choreographer’s the collections inspired her to apply work. “It’s a reminder that … not for the internship. everyone will understand or support your vision,” she said. “The collections are centered around music,” she said, “with one of the

Madison Council Bulletin | Fall 2019 41 collections taking an in-depth exploration territory during the Civil War. He said he of African American musicians that inspire applied for the internship to sharpen his and shape black culture.” archival research skills. In the Manuscript Division, he processed the papers of Ann For the Jackson-Christian collection, Tanneyhill, a National Urban League which documents prisoners’ experiences— authority on vocational guidance who their jokes, games, songs, and more— sought to help African Americans achieve Brittney rehoused manuscript materials social and economic equality. and created a container list for a finding aid. For the Pete Welding collection, Keshad said he connected with Ann she listened to and logged more than Tanneyhill’s dedication to increasing 90 audiotapes of interviews and employment among black youth. “I was performances by jazz and blues artists. impressed by that,” he said, explaining his Pete Welding was an authority on U.S. activism in the same area. “It reminded blues and jazz traditions. me that it’s something I need to be steadfast in.”

Pang added that He also was moved by an unexpected finding in the collection: a printing plate of this internship, like William Grandison, Ann’s grandfather and the first black member of a printer’s union others, presented a in Massachusetts. “great opportunity “Beyond her lifelong commitment to confronting the struggles of black people,” to create ambassadors Keshad said, the inclusion of the printing plate in her papers suggests “a type of for the Library and pride in her family history in America.” its rich resources.” Meg McAleer and Pang Xiong co-mentored Keshad. Meg spoke of the value of inviting “As a professional musician myself, I really young historians to “challenge our enjoyed listening,” she said. assumptions” as archivists and “open us up to new possibilities,” something she She took special pleasure in discovering said Keshad did. “We listened deeply.” an affinity with jazz musician Pete Robinson “as he explored his personal Pang added that this internship, like journey through the study of classical others, presented a “great opportunity to and popular music,” a trajectory she create ambassadors for the Library and said she relates to. its rich resources.”

“One of the tremendous results of If Jacquelyn Chin is any indication, Pang Brittney’s work was to make the contents is correct. of these audiotapes discoverable by creating audio logs full of rich descriptive “I knew it housed a lot of historical information,” said Ann Hoog, who collections,” Jacquelyn said of the Library mentored her. before she started her internship. “But I didn’t realize just how many resources … Keshad Adeniyi, a native of Los Angeles, is film screenings, concert performances, pursuing a Ph.D. in history with a focus on pop-up displays, open houses. I’ve since the experiences of Southern black men encouraged all of my friends and family to and women who traversed into Union … take advantage of those opportunities.”

42 Madison Council Bulletin | Fall 2019 NEW AQUISITIONS: POLITICAL CARTOONS & 3D TERRAIN MAPS

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Political Cartoons

The Madison Council made it possible for the Library to acquire an important set of public domain American political prints filling a gap in one of the collecting strengths of the Library— 19th-century political cartoon prints.

The Library’s collection was extensively documented by Bernard F. Reilly Jr., in his American Political Prints, 1776-1876 (1991). This new collection of eight prints is notable for their commentary on American political history, especially during the era of Reconstruction after the Civil War. The rich content of these relatively rare images makes them highly desirable to scholars and schoolteachers to help historians better understand the past through the use of pictures and satire.

Six of the eight cartoons deal directly with presidential elections between 1840 and 1872. “Curse the d__d Congress Committee and their guns,” was described in the New York Post on Thursday, October 25, 1832 (published the previous day), and shows two newspaper publishers having been driven off course while Jackson and Van Buren take the easy course to the White House.

“All fours or old sludge” shows incumbent Martin Van Buren playing cards with the ultimate 1840 election victor, William Henry Harrison.

In “Little Mac trying to dig his way to the White House,” the spirit of Columbia prevents Democratic Party candidate George B. McClellan from entering the White House in 1864, the year Lincoln easily won re-election.

Top: “The philosopher’s stone;” Bottom: “Republican platform”

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“Blood will tell” features General Grant as a racehorse defeating the Democratic Party candidate Horatio Seymour in 1868.

Another cartoon from the election of 1868, “Republican platform, or the political mountebank,” features General Grant on a split rail supported by an African American on one side and newspaper publisher Horace Greeley on the other and derides the candidate’s support of the wealthy at the expense of those who served in the Civil War.

Finally, in a presidential election cartoon from 1872, Democratic Party candidate and newspaperman Horace Greeley sharpens his ax in “The philosopher’s stone,” intimating that the New York Tribune is all the alchemy he needs to win, although he lost to incumbent Ulysses Grant.

There are two prints that deal with African Americans and Reconstruction. In “Reconstruction or a white man’s government,” a plantation owner prefers to drown rather than accept aid from an African American while Presidential candidate Grant advises him to get to shore by any means. The second print, The Jacobin radical Republican record refers to the debt caused by the Freedman’s Bureau. This print, published in Michigan, expresses the resentment by whites toward the aid provided to African Americans during Reconstruction.

Top: “Blood will tell;” The collection is now accessible to researchers Bottom: “Curse the d_ _d Congress Committee and their guns” in the reading room on Capitol Hill and on the Library’s website.

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3D Terrain Maps

Madison Council funds acquisition of WWII Terrain Model Archive

Through the generous support of the Madison Council, the Geography and Map Division recently acquired a truly unique World War II 3D Terrain Model collection.

The archive consists of materials gathered by Arthur Kenneth Yost, a U.S. Navy Specialist, during his tour of duty during World War II. There are numerous completed hand-finished rubber- and-foam maps, and others in various stages of completion. Also included is a memento book dedicated to those involved in the mapmaking project, and a binder that includes dozens of original photos of the 3D map production process. In addition there are instructive cards detailing steps in the creation process and the proper handling of the finished models.

3D terrain modeling became a central focus of United States military mapmaking during the Second World War. The utility of these models in planning for bombing raids, ground assaults, and post-capture infrastructure development was well known. The U.S. military established several model- making workshops, first on the East Coast, and then in Hawaii as the war in the Pacific became the focus. The production of the models was extremely time-consuming, with each one being meticulously hand painted to match aerial photos.

Above: Example of a partially finished and incompletely colored map of Angaur Island (representing an interesting mid-production snapshot); Below: Hand-finished rubber- and-foam map of Angaur Island

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Such a collection that includes examples of the Angaur is a tiny limestone island, finished product, in-process creation pieces, step- Above: just 3 miles long, separated from Peleliu by a by-step instructions, and a photographic archive, 7-mile strait, from which phosphate was mined. preserves this bygone process and will be valuable In mid-1944, the Japanese had 1,400 troops to researchers. This archive will nicely complement on the island related WWII terrain models held in Geography and Map Division; a two-piece foam relief map of Utah Beach, Normandy, France, made prior to the D-Day landing, other WWII 3D terrain models, and the 1,000+ item Mylon Merriam collection of early to mid-20th century manuscript relief mapping.

While the collection will be challenging to catalog and house, it is exactly the type of material the largest map collection in the world should acquire and maintain for researchers. We thank the Madison Council for their vision in supporting this acquisition.

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WORLDS By Giselle Aviles Library’s Ginsberg Collection Travels the World via a Story Map

The Library of Congress The piece that really caught not all about aesthetics, however. possesses an impressive my attention was a miniature Objects like these give us deep collection of ancient Andean tunic (11.14 x 11.38 inches; see insight into the techniques for textile masterpieces that are Bulletin cover) that scholars skilled manipulation of feathers sure to amaze anyone who gets believe comes from the Ica and cotton that Andean artisans close to them. During the spring Valley in Peru and probably dates possessed so many centuries of 2019, I was a research fellow from 1200-1350 CE. With vivid ago. Looking closely and working on these incredible reds, blues, oranges, and yellows, contemplating the variety of materials alongside John Hessler, and iridescent turquoise and patterns and weaves forces curator of the Jay I. Kislak purple, the bird feathers in the one to reflect on the meticulous Collection, which was donated tunic create the appearance of a nature of this kind of craft, by William and Inger Ginsberg, perfectly designed suit that was weaving feathers and threads longtime members of the delicately hand painted by a little by little to form a masterful Library’s Madison Council. master craftsman. Every detail in work of art. this ancient creation evokes the The collection includes 28 sublime perfection of nature. It My admiration for this collection Peruvian pre-Columbian bags, did not take much for me to led me to design a story map— including chuspas, a Quechua imagine the deep admiration for a kind of Geographic Information word for a hand-woven pouch birds and their feathers that must System (GIS) application that used to carry coca leaves. These have existed many centuries ago blends geography with the treasures are stored in what in the early Americas. humanities to create and share appeared to me to be a magical collections digitally. Story maps vault in the Geography and Map The miniature tunic, as well as all are an excellent way to deliver Division, where a temperature- the ancient textiles found in the educational media and text. They controlled atmosphere preserves Ginsberg Collection, looks as if let you combine authoritative them for generations to come. they were made yesterday. It is elements such as maps, text,

48 Madison Council Bulletin | Fall 2019 images, and multimedia content, As an anthropologist, my Story Map Link: and make it easy to harness the methodology in developing the http://bit.ly/2UVWzuV power of new technology to tell story was to grasp the symbols, your story. Story maps are used colors, and feelings evoked by Bag from the Chimu for a wide variety of purposes: the textiles, and relate them to Above: culture with embroidered advocacy and outreach, virtual other objects in the Library’s human/mythical figures tours, travelogues, delivering collections, such as photographs, on each side. 1000-1400 public information, and many prints, maps, and manuscripts. CE, Peru more. The Weavers of Other My goal was to develop an Worlds story map takes you ethnography of my experience through the ancient cultures that could be shared. I invite you of the Andes on a journey into to visit Weavers of Other Worlds my experiential learning about and start a journey yourself. these objects.

News about Kislak The Library’s John W. Kluge Center also hosts the Kislak Chair for the Study of the History and Cultures of the Early Americas. The Kislak Chair conducts research with an emphasis on interdisciplinary projects related to indigenous peoples, colonialism, and empires in the Americas, often making use of the Kislak Collection. Simon Martin, an anthropologist and specialist in Maya hieroglyphic writing from the University of Pennsylvania Museum, began his tenure as the second Kislak Chair in September 2019.

Madison Council Bulletin | Fall 2019 49 50 Madison Council Bulletin | Fall 2019 NATIONAL BOOK FESTIVAL

More than 140 authors—many Congress Prize for American appeared on three stages well known and loved, others Fiction to Richard Ford, author of devoted to young people. up-and-coming—took to 11 stages “Independence Day,” the first Matthew Gray Gubler, one of the on Aug. 31 to engage with readers novel to win both the Pulitzer stars of CBS’ “Criminal Minds,” of all ages at the Library’s 19th Prize and the PEN/Faulkner talked about his children’s book, National Book Festival. Award. U.S. Supreme Court “Rumple Buttercup.” Beloved Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg children’s writer R.J. Palacio, James Madison Council Chairman appeared just after Ford on the author of the best-selling and National Book Festival Board Main Stage, discussing her “Wonder” series, spoke about her Co-chairman David M. Rubenstein best-selling collection of writings stories. And noted historian again played a crucial role in and speeches, “In Her Own Henry Louis Gates Jr., presented the festival both as the lead Words,” with Nina Totenberg of his new children’s book, benefactor with his generous National Public Radio. Other “Dark Sky Rising: Reconstruction financial support as well as with highlights included D.C. celebrity and the Dawn of Jim Crow.” his insightful and engaging chef and humanitarian José Authors talked, and children and interviews with influential figures Andrés; graphic-novel superstar families engaged in an array including David Brooks and Raina Telgemeier; eminent of “edutainment” in the Library Michael Beschloss. historians Michael Beschloss, of Congress pavilion on the Douglas Brinkley, David convention center’s vast expo Generous funding from the McCullough and more; literary floor. There, visitors found out James Madison Council, Wells stars Julia Alvarez, Barbara what’s happening at the Library, Fargo, the Washington Post, Kingsolver, Sigrid Nunez and from genealogy research to the John W. Kluge Center at the Joyce Carol Oates, to name veterans’ history, or they tried Library of Congress, Tom Girardi a few; and genres including their hands at transcribing and Buffy Cafritz made possible crime writing, historical fiction primary documents through a variety of key programming and westerns. the Library’s crowdsourcing for the festival. text-transcription initiative, This year’s festival also By the People. The Main Stage opened with the celebrated literature for children presentation of the Library of and teens: Nearly 50 authors

Opposite: Row 1. Children’s Stage; Dr. Hayden and David Rubenstein; Library staff from Acquisitions & Bibliographic Access Directorate Row 2. Richard Ford and Dr. Hayden; Ruth Bader Ginsburg; José Andrés and Diane Rehm; young festival-goers with Dr. Hayden; Jericho Brown and Scottlynn Ernestine Ballard; David McCullough Row 3. Henry Louis Gates Jr.; Michael Beschloss and David Rubenstein; Children’s Stage

Madison Council Bulletin | Fall 2019 51 UPCOMING EXHIBITION

On December 4, 2019, members of the Madison Council will be invited to attend the opening of a major exhibition drawing from the Library’s Rosa Parks Collection.

Rosa Parks: Beyond the Bus will justice until her death in 2005 and focus on her groundbreaking role in inspired millions of people worldwide. Above: Photo shows Mrs. Rosa Parks being fingerprinted by the civil rights movement. The Rosa Deputy Sheriff D.H. Lackey in Parks Collection is a gift made to the Rosa Parks: Beyond the Bus is the Montgomery, Ala., on Feb. 22, Library through the generosity of the first major exhibition to showcase the 1956, when she and others Howard G. Buffett Foundation. The Rosa Parks Collection, which came were arrested for boycotting. evening is made possible through the to the Library in 2014. The collection From the Library of Congress generosity of Council members Joyce includes thousands of pages of her New York World-Telegram & and Thomas Moorehead. personal correspondence, letters Sun Collection from presidents, writings from the Rosa Parks is known for her refusal to time of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, give up her seat to a white man on a and about 2,500 photographs, as well crowded bus in Montgomery, Ala., on as her Presidential Medal of Freedom Dec. 1, 1955. Her arrest sparked the and Congressional Gold Medal. Montgomery Bus Boycott, a seminal event in the civil rights movement. Rosa Parks is often characterized by misconceptions. Contrary to popular belief, she was not a demure seamstress. In fact, she was a seasoned activist. She was punished for the famous bus incident with death threats, unemployment, and poverty; however, she remained committed to the struggle for social

52 Madison Council Bulletin | Fall 2019 WELCOME

“Kaffie is an accomplished Before joining the Smithsonian, On August 5, development professional with Kaffie was executive director a history of building new and of clinical care and research 2019, Dr. Hayden successful giving programs in at George Washington museums and institutions of University, where she managed announced the higher education,” Dr. Hayden development efforts including said. “We are excited about the alumni reunion, regional activities, appointment experience and acumen she and alumni annual giving, as brings to this important position.” well as fundraising focused on of Katherine grateful patients and friends of “I am thrilled to be at the the University’s Medical Center. “Kaffie” Milikin Library and look forward to its continued successful growth Kaffie previously was associate as the Library and development, in 2020 and director of development for the beyond,” Kaffie said. Georgetown University Medical of Congress’ Center and a development Kaffie comes to the Library associate at the American director of from the Smithsonian Institution Association for the Advancement where, since 2012, she was of Science. She holds a Master development/ director of the regional major of Arts degree in international gifts program. As part of studies from the University of campaign the Smithsonian’s first-ever South Carolina and a Bachelor of campaign, she developed Arts in international studies from manager. and managed a program of Texas Christian University. philanthropic outreach to increase the Smithsonian’s visibility and philanthropic presence nationally. To support these efforts, she engaged a network of over 200 regional volunteers in 10 cities and collaborated with development professionals from 19 museums and centers.

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Susan E. Carmel

American University has of the Washington National Opera, established direct exchange she chaired the WNO’s largest programs with the Higher School annual fundraiser, the Opera Ball, of Economics and MGIMO- at the Embassy of the Russian University in Moscow, and Federation; the Embassies of students annually receive Susan France and Germany; and the Carmel Awards to study at these Chancery of the Embassy of the universities. Since the Institute’s People’s Republic of China. She founding, Ms. Carmel’s support also founded and continues to has enabled more than 250 support the WNO-Bolshoi Young American and Russian students Opera Artists Exchange Program, to receive financial assistance to now in its ninth year. Ms. Carmel study in each other’s countries. currently chairs the Board of the Each year, the Carmel Institute American-Russian Cultural also travels to Russia with Cooperation Foundation, and Susan Carmel is President of competitively chosen American served as a Founding Member RSJ Properties (New York, N.Y.), students for a popular 10-day, of the Board of the European- a real estate investment thematically developed class trip. American Cultural Foundation. company established in 1999. She currently serves as a She is an owner-investor and Ms. Carmel also established a Member of the Board of Trustees managing partner in numerous chair in Russian History and of the Mariinsky Foundation of commercial real estate Culture at American University. America; the Board of Governors properties located within the Additionally, she inaugurated the of the Russian Cultural Centre; New York Metropolitan area. Ms. Library of Congress exhibit and the Carmel Institute at Carmel is also the Founder and “Russian Influences on Music American University. Ms. Carmel Advisory Committee Chair of the and Dance in America” at the has also participated in the Carmel Institute of Russian opening of the Cultural Forum Dartmouth Conference on the Culture & History at American at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. United States and Russia. University in Washington, D.C. Petersburg, Russia, in December 2015. The success of this Ms. Carmel has received multiple Under Ms. Carmel’s leadership, effort led to the installation awards for her efforts towards the Institute has promoted of interactive kiosks at the greater cultural relations greater understanding of Mariinsky, featuring additional between nations. She was Russia’s history and culture, and materials that expanded upon recently awarded by President has hosted close to 30,000 this theme. Vladimir Putin with the Order of students and guests at its Friendship of the Russian monthly film screenings, Ms. Carmel has served on Federation at the Kremlin. Her symposiums, talks, concerts, numerous boards and was a past awards include Russia’s and art exhibits—all of which are former member of the James Medal of the Ministry of Foreign open to consortium students in Madison Council during Dr. James Affairs for Contributions to the Washington, D.C. area. H. Billington’s tenure as Librarian International Cooperation, the Through the Carmel Institute, of Congress. While on the Board One to World Fulbright Award for

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Lady Booth Olson

Cultural Diplomacy, the Eurasia the advisory board of Pass the Center’s Lifetime Achievement Pearls, a nonprofit organization Award, the Catherine the Great founded in Louisville, Ky., with Award from the Russian Cultural the goal of instructing women Center, the Woodrow Wilson about state-of-the-art medicine Award for Public Service for for women’s health, including contributions towards minimally invasive laparoscopic U.S.-Russia Relations, as well as techniques in surgery. She is American University’s highest an advisor to Beauty Booth, honor, The President’s Award. LLC, a company formed by her Ms. Carmel has received the two sisters in 2006 to support rank of Chevalier in France’s women’s health, beauty and Légion d’honneur, and is a welfare. In 2008, Beauty Booth recent recipient of the first published The Venus Week, a Global Peacemaker Award from “user-friendly” guide through the Sustained Dialogue Institute. Lady Booth Olson is a the vicissitudinous journey of a lawyer, businesswoman, and woman’s hormones throughout Ms. Carmel resides in philanthropist. She was raised her lifetime, authored by Washington, D.C., West Palm in Louisville, Ky., received her gynecologist Rebecca Booth, M.D. Beach, and New York City. B.S. in mathematics with high honors from the University of Since returning to the Kentucky, 1982; her law degree Washington D.C. area, Lady from Georgetown University Law has worked with a variety of Center in 1985 (editor of The Tax nonprofits, including Aschiana Lawyer law review); a masters USA, founded in Washington, D.C., of law degree (LL.M. in Taxation) in 2008 to feed and educate from New York University in street children of Afghanistan. 1986, and a scholarship from the Over the past 10 years, Lady Rotary Foundation for studies in has worked with her husband, international economic law from Ted, in support of LBGT rights, Université de Strasbourg, France, beginning in 2009 with the first 1986-1987. filing in federal court for marriage equality in the landmark Lady practiced tax law in New Hollingsworth v. Perry case to York City (from 1987 to 1993) overturn California’s Proposition and Louisville, Ky. (1993-1995), 8 ban on gay marriage, for which co-founded a home healthcare Ted was lead litigator. The couple company, Meridian Home now lives in Great Falls, Va., with Medical, LLC, in 1995, and a their Australian shepherds, Thor consulting company, LEB, LLC, and Freyja. for technology and healthcare start-ups in 1997. She is on

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Theodore B. Olson

Theodore B. Olson is a Partner and assisting clients with in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s strategies for the containment, Washington, D.C. office; management, and resolution of Sports Law, and Appellate major legal crises occurring at and Constitutional Law the federal/state, criminal/civil Practice Groups. and domestic/international levels. He has handled cases at all Mr. Olson was Solicitor General levels of state and federal of the United States during the court systems throughout the period 2001-2004. From 1981- United States. 1984, he was Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Office Mr. Olson’s Supreme Court of Legal Counsel in the U.S. arguments have included Department of Justice. Except cases involving separation for those two intervals, he has of powers; federalism; voting been a lawyer with Gibson, Dunn rights; the Tenth Amendment; & Crutcher in Los Angeles and the First Amendment; the Equal Washington, D.C. since 1965. Protection and Due Process Clauses; jury trial rights; Selected by Time magazine in punitive damages; takings of 2010 as one of the 100 most property and just compensation; influential people in the world, the Commerce Clause; Mr. Olson is one of the nation’s taxation; criminal law; sports premier appellate and United wagering; copyright; antitrust; States Supreme Court advocates. securities; campaign finance; He has argued 63 cases in foreign sovereign immunities; the Supreme Court and has telecommunications; the prevailed in over 75 percent of environment; the Internet; and those arguments. These cases other federal constitutional and include the two Bush v. Gore statutory questions. cases arising out of the 2000 presidential election; Citizens As Solicitor General, during the United v. Federal Election presidency of George W. Bush, Commission; and Hollingsworth Mr. Olson was the Government’s v. Perry, the case upholding principal advocate in the the overturning of California’s United States Supreme Court, Proposition 8, banning same- responsible for supervising sex marriages. Mr. Olson’s and coordinating all appellate practice is concentrated on litigation of the United States, appellate and constitutional and a legal adviser to the law, federal legislation, media President and the Attorney and commercial disputes, General. As Assistant Attorney

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General for the Office of Legal Reagan Presidential Foundation where he was a member of Counsel during the Reagan since 2009 and a member of the the California Law Review and Administration, Mr. Olson was Board of Visitors of the Federalist Order of the Coif. He received the Executive Branch’s principal Society since 2004. Additionally, his bachelor’s degree from legal adviser, rendering legal he has served on the Board the University of the Pacific, guidance to the President and of Directors of the Knight First where he was recognized as to the heads of the Executive Amendment Institute at Columbia the outstanding graduating Branch departments on a University since the beginning student in both forensics and wide range of constitutional of 2017 and the 9/11 Pentagon journalism. He has written and and federal statutory Memorial Foundation since lectured extensively on appellate questions, and assisting in 2019. He was a visiting scholar advocacy, oral communication formulating and articulating the at the National Constitution in the courtroom, civil justice Executive Branch’s position on Center in 2007. He served on reform, and constitutional and constitutional issues. the President’s Privacy and administrative law. Civil Liberties Oversight Board Mr. Olson has served as private from 2006 to 2008. He was Co- counsel to two Presidents, Chair of the Knight Commission Ronald W. Reagan and George on the Information Needs of W. Bush, in addition to serving Communities in a Democracy those two Presidents in high- from 2008-2009, and served level positions in the Department two terms on the Board of of Justice. He has twice been Directors of the National Center awarded the United States for State Courts. Department of Justice’s Edmund J. Randolph Award, its highest Mr. Olson is a Fellow of both award for public service and the American College of Trial leadership, and also received Lawyers and the American the Department of Defense’s Academy of Appellate Lawyers. Distinguished Service Award, its He has been repeatedly listed highest civilian award, for his in legal publications as one of advocacy in the courts of the the nation’s leading appellate United States, including the lawyers. The late New York Supreme Court. Times columnist William Safire described Mr. Olson as this Mr. Olson has been a member of generation’s “most persuasive the Council of the Administrative advocate” before the Supreme Conference of the United Court and “the most effective States since 2010 as well as the Solicitor General” in decades. Commission on White House Fellowships since 2014. He has Mr. Olson received his law degree also been a member of the in 1965 from the University of Board of Trustees of the Ronald California at Berkeley (Boalt Hall)

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Martha Ryan

Martha Ryan grew up in publications that are found in school academic/mentoring Piedmont, Calif., and earned a two presidential libraries and the program for underprivileged degree in Communications and Hoover Institute Archives. high school students. Public Policy from the University of California, Berkeley. Following Since her appointment in 2005 She was an important force graduation, she enjoyed a by then California Governor behind the fundraising efforts to successful advertising career Arnold Schwarzenegger, Martha build the New Stanford Hospital, with Jack Nadel, Inc. has served as a Trustee of the scheduled to open this fall. Los Angeles-based California In 2013, Martha co-founded State Summer School for the Martha and her husband, Daric, Inc., a software company Arts. From 2017-2019, she served Greg, enjoy traveling. Their that provides state-of-the- as President of the California most memorable recent trips art software to financial State Summer School for the were to Beijing, Shanghai, and institutions, hedge funds, and Arts Foundation. the Baltic. They golf together private equity firms. Daric, Inc. regularly and enjoy “party bridge” has partnerships with Zillow, Also in 2005, the United States with other couples. The Ryans Wipro, and most recently, SAP— Ambassador to the World’s Fair have two grown children, Greg Germany’s largest enterprise appointed her “Honorary Director Jr. and Christina. They live in software company. to the Ambassador to the United Hillsborough, Calif., with their States for the World’s Fair” in golden retriever Mazey. Martha’s civic and board Aichi, Japan. Martha represented affiliations are numerous. the American people and She currently serves on showcased our way of life during the Board of Governors for “American Day” in Japan. the Commonwealth Club of California—the largest and oldest Martha is a longtime member nonpartisan public forum in of the Board of Directors of the U.S. with more than 30,000 the San Francisco chapter members. She is chairperson for of Achievement Rewards for their annual gala. College Scientists (ARCS). The organization honored her From 2010-2014, Martha served with the ARCS Light Award in as the first female in the state recognition of her outstanding of California to chair a major service and for chairing the most political group—The Lincoln Club successful fundraiser in the of Northern California. In addition organization’s history. to overseeing the work of the board, she served as Mistress For a number of years, Martha of Ceremonies at galas honoring successfully co-chaired four past Secretaries of State. (with Laurene Powell Jobs) During her tenure, she oversaw the College Track fundraising the production of a number of event. College Track is an after-

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Gregory P. Ryan

Gregory P. Ryan is a Senior Vice President with Capital Group. In that capacity, he advises wealthy families and individuals, and the boards of foundations and endowments in developing and implementing investment strategies designed to achieve long-term investment objectives. Prior to joining Capital Group in 2001, he was with Goldman Sachs & Co., where he was a vice president in the firm’s fixed-income and commodities division in New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.

Greg is a member of the Library of Congress Trust Fund Board in Washington, D.C. He is on the Board and Treasurer of the Crescent Porter Hale Foundation, a private foundation that supports K-8 education and family aid in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is a past member of the Northern California Advisory Board of Jumpstart Children First.

Outside of professional and civic activities, Greg is an avid traveler, reader of history, golfer, and fly fisherman.

He received his Bachelor’s degree in economics from Stanford University. He and his wife, Martha Ryan, live in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Madison Council Bulletin | Fall 2019 59 IN MEMORIAM Cokie Roberts

Cokie Roberts, a journalist and political commentator in an era when the profession was dominated by who became one of the most prominent Washington men, especially in the political ranks. Her husband, broadcasters of her era and championed young Steven V. Roberts, was a New York Times women in media during a long career at NPR and correspondent in Greece, where Ms. Roberts began ABC News, died Sept. 17 in Washington. She was 75. filing radio dispatches for CBS News as she watched The cause was complications from breast cancer, the country’s military junta collapse in 1974. according to a family statement provided by ABC. She later worked at NPR and PBS before joining Cokie earned three Emmy Awards, was inducted ABC News in 1988, where she served as a political into the Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame in 2000 correspondent for “World News Tonight,” filled and was named a “living legend” by the Library of in for Ted Koppel on “Nightline” and appeared Congress in 2008. She was also an honorary as a panelist on David Brinkley’s Sunday political member of the Madison Council. program “This Week.” She anchored the show with Sam Donaldson from 1996 to 2002, when The consummate Washington insider, she had she was diagnosed with breast cancer. covered Capitol Hill since the Carter administration and was eulogized after her death by former As her influence grew at ABC—and at NPR, where presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, she continued working as a political commentator who called her “a constant over 40 years of a until her death—Ms. Roberts sought to fill the shifting media landscape and changing world.” journalistic ranks with women. “Duck and file,” she advised aspiring female reporters: “Just do Her seasoned understanding of Washington politics your work and get it on the air.” was informed by an upbringing in Congress itself, where she bounced on the knee of House Speaker Ms. Roberts was the author of best-selling books, Sam Rayburn (D-Tex.), whom she called “Mr. Sam,” including several that focused on powerful women and was paraded through the halls by her father, in American history. Rep. Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. (D-La.). Hitting the campaign trail with a young Cokie in tow, he rose At times, she said, she yearned to step into politics to become House majority leader before dying like her parents and two siblings: Thomas H. Boggs in a 1972 plane crash. His seat was filled by Jr., a high-profile lobbyist and power broker, and Ms. Roberts’s mother, Lindy Boggs, who launched Barbara Boggs Sigmund, who served as mayor of her own nine-term congressional career. Princeton, N.J., before dying of cancer in 1990.

Ms. Roberts inherited much of her parents’ “I’m the only person in my original nuclear family unflappability and charisma, entering journalism who didn’t run for Congress. … I have always felt

60 Madison Council Bulletin | Fall 2019 semi-guilty about it,” she told The Washington women (who were paid less than men). Within Post earlier this year. “But I’ve sort of assuaged my NPR’s newsroom, Ms. Roberts and female guilt by writing about it and feeling like I’m broadcasters including Susan Stamberg, Nina educating people about the government and how Totenberg and Linda Wertheimer became known to be good voters and good citizens.” as the organization’s “founding mothers.”

For millions of viewers and listeners, Ms. Roberts Ms. Roberts served as a congressional correspondent was an indispensable guide to official Washington, for more than a decade at NPR, which eventually able to explain knockout legislative fights and installed a special line into her home so that she White House intrigue in snappy segments on David could call in to “Morning Edition” early in the day, in Letterman or Jay Leno’s late-night talk shows. pajamas if necessary. At least one such broadcast She said she avoided stories in which there might was reportedly interrupted by the howling of her be a conflict of interest, and saw little conflict in basset hound. working for two media organizations at once, even if they were competitors. She married Roberts in a 1966 ceremony attended by President Lyndon B. Johnson and his wife, Lady “I think it’s a woman’s talent,” she told The Post Bird. They lived in Bethesda for many years and in 1993. “Being able to do two things at once.” chronicled their marriage in a 2000 book, From This Day Forward, which also explored the history Mary Martha Corinne Morrison Claiborne Boggs of marriage in America. was born in New Orleans on Dec. 27, 1943, and said her brother nicknamed her Cokie because In addition to her husband, survivors include two he couldn’t pronounce Corinne. children, Lee Roberts of Raleigh, N.C., and Rebecca Roberts of Washington; and six grandchildren. Her Ms. Roberts graduated from Stone Ridge School mother died in 2013, her brother in 2014. of the Sacred Heart, a Catholic girls’ school in Bethesda, Md., and received a bachelor’s degree in Ms. Roberts remained a presence in the Capitol political science from Wellesley College in 1964. Her well after her cancer diagnosis, traipsing down early journalism jobs included hosting a public affairs halls that she had shuffled through as a child and program at Washington television station WRC-TV run through as a reporter. “This is a friendly place,” and producing stints in New York and Los Angeles. she once told the Los Angeles Times. “It’s beautiful, it’s historic, and if it is true that I have a bias, it’s a She covered Capitol Hill for NPR beginning in 1978, bias in favor of the institution.” when the media organization was still an upstart and, by some accounts, could only afford to hire By Harrison Smith. Reprinted with the permission inexperienced staffers, network castaways and of The Washington Post

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