madison council Ja mes Madison bulletin council SPRING 2018 madison cou ncil Ja mes Madison bull etin council SPRING 2018 The Madison Council Bulletin 3 Letter From the Librarian is a publication of the James Madison Council of the Library of Congress. 4 Fall 2017 Madison Council Meeting Dr. Carla D. Hayden Librarian of Congress 18 Library Establishes Jay I. Kislak Chair for the Study of the History and David M. Rubenstein Chairman Cultures of the Early Americas Susan K. Siegel Director of Development 20 Tony Bennett Receives Gershwin Prize for Popular Song 27 Publication of America’s Greatest Library Made Possible by Opperman Gift 28 Symposium Lays Groundwork for Future The Two Georges Exhibition 30 Higdon Viola Concerto Wins Grammy Design: Carla Badaracco 32 An Educational Day at the Library for the Episcopal School of Dallas Contributors: Mark Hartsell 33 Marjorie and James Billington Staff Recognition Award Winners Anne McLean 34 New Acquisitions Photography: Carol M. Highsmith 34 Manuscripts Detail Protests in House of Lords Proceedings Cover 37 Scenografia Folio Showcases Early 19th Century Italian Engravings Vince Massa Pages 2, 4-17, 33 Justin Kerr 39 Los Angeles Exhibition Features Photographs from Library’s Collection Inside front cover, pages 18-19 Shawn Miller 41 Library to Open Baseball Americana June 29, 2018 Pages 20-26, 28, 30-31 Eric Frazier 45 New Madison Council Members Pages 37-38 Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC Page 51 51 In Memoriam: Leonard Silverstein Front cover: U.S. Capitol at sunrise, from a window in the North Corridor of the Great Hall of the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building. Above the window is a mural by Charles Sprague Pearce with a quotation from Confucius. Inside front cover: Two-Part Cache Vessel With Applied God Heads, Guatemalan Lowlands. Early Classic Maya, A.D. 200-600. Painted ceramic. Total ht. 3 7 45 cm. (17 ⁄4 inches); diam. 30 cm. (11 ⁄8 inches). Jay I. Kislak Collection. Inside back cover: Vessel With Teotihuacán Maya War And Sacrifice Themes, Late Classic Maya, AD 600–900. Polychrome ceramic. Jay I. Kislak Collection. MADISON COUNCIL BULLETIN | SPRING 2018 1 Simone Dinnerstein, David Rubenstein and Leland Melvin 2 MADISON COUNCIL BULLETIN | SPRING 2018 LETTER FROM THE LIBRARIAN ver the past 28 years, the James Madison Council has become an integral part of the nation’s library. Your generosity is vital to the Library’s growth and continued success in connecting students, teachers and lifelong learners everywhere to creativity, knowledge and ideas. We cannot thank David Rubenstein enough for his visionary leadership of the Council and for his work as one of the nation’s leading champions of literacy and reading. David is now playing a pivotal role advancing our vision for enhancements to the visitor experience in the Thomas Jefferson Building, the Library’s crown jewel. I am excited to share with you ambitious plans for our exhibition spaces and for the development of learning centers to maximize the experience for our nearly two million annual visitors. We are most grateful to Jay Kislak and the Kislak Family Foundation for a generous grant to establish the Jay I. Kislak Chair for the Study of the History and Cultures of the Early Americas. The Kislak Chair will add an important dimension to scholarship at the Library and will reside within the John W. Kluge Center. We thank the Council and Mike Strunsky, trustee of The Leonore S. Gershwin Trust, for generous support of the 2017 Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, which delighted many Members of Congress, Council members and other special guests when it was conferred on music legend Tony Bennett. We are grateful to Buffy Cafritz and Marjorie Fisher for co-hosting a memorable dinner in honor of Mr. Bennett at the beautiful Hay-Adams hotel. We thank Julie Opperman for making possible the Library’s new publication America’s Greatest Library: An Illustrated History of the Library of Congress , the first authoritative history of the Library published in nearly 20 years. We appreciate the support of Beverly and Lyman Hamilton which made possible a fascinating symposium that laid the groundwork for a landmark Library exhibition planned for 2020-21, The Two Georges. This exhibition will explore the overlapping worlds of George III and George Washington. We thank John Medveckis for his support of a Grammy Award-winning Viola Concerto by Pulitzer Prize winner and American composer Jennifer Higdon. This concerto was commissioned by the Library of Congress, the Nashville Symphony, the Curtis Institute of Music and the Aspen Music Festival. We also thank John for his acquisition for the Library of a stunning folio with early 19th Century Italian engravings of ancient and modern monuments in Rome. We are so pleased to welcome a number of new Council members: Maureen and Edward Bousa from Massachusetts; Mary Mochary of Washington, D.C.; Joyce and Thomas Moorehead from Virginia; and Craig and Diane Welburn of Virginia. It is a particularly impactful time to be involved with the Library, and I encoura ge each of you to suggest at least one individual who will further strengthen this enviable group of philanthropists. I am saddened to report the loss of founding Madison Council member Leonard Silverstein. Leonard was a staunch supporter of the Library, serving as Council Treasurer for many years. His dedication and enthusiasm for this institution were well known, and were instrumental to the Library’s success during the group’s formative years. He will be deeply missed by his many friends at the Library. We extend our deepest sympathy to his wife, Elaine; his children, Tom and Susan; his four grandchildren and his sister Marion. We are grateful to all of our Council members for your ideas, time and generous benefactions. Your philanthropic spirit energizes all of us as we embrace many new opportunities to extend the reach and impact of the nation’s library in an increasingly knowledge-dependent world. MADISON COUNCIL BULLETIN | SPRING 2018 3 FALL 2017 MADISON COUNCIL MEET ING 4 MADISON COUNCIL BULLETIN | SPRING 2018 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12 (clockwise from top left) Page 4: Dinner in the Great Hall; David Rubenstein, Laurence Belfer, and Catherine Corman; Eric Motley and Carla Hayden Page 5: Craig Welburn, Joyce and Thomas Moorehead, and Diane Welburn; Candice Millard and Mark Uhlig; Jean Strunsky, Carla Hayden, and Amber Ringler; Katy Menges, Leland Melvin, and Melissa Wallace; Kay Martin, Mike and Jean Strunsky, and Michelle Raab MADISON COUNCIL BULLETIN | SPRING 2018 5 FALL 2017 MADISON COUNCIL MEETING 6 MADISON COUNCIL BULLETIN | SPRING 2018 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12 (clockwise from top left) Page 6: Sharon and Calvin Butler with Carla Hayden; Council members at manuscript display; Inger and Bill Ginsberg with Marie Arana; Ken Menges; Leonard Silverstein; Betsy Moukawsher with Leland Melvin; Jean and Mike Strunsky with Carla Hayden Page 7: Engraved portrait of Beethoven; Carla Hayden, Thomas and Joyce Moorehead, and David Rubenstein; Simone Dinnerstein; Mike Strunsky and Tom Girardi; David Rubenstein MADISON COUNCIL BULLETIN | SPRING 2018 7 FALL 2017 MADISON COUNCIL MEETING 8 MADISON COUNCIL BULLETIN | SPRING 2018 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12 (clockwise from top left) Page 8: Tom Girardi, Leland Melvin, and Sue Siegel; Dinner in the Great Hall; Carla Hayden and Leland Melvin; Original Beethoven manuscript score; Raja Sidawi and Consuelo Duroc-Danner; Carla Hayden with Craig and Diane Welburn Page 9: Tom Silverstein, Buffy Cafritz, and Carla Hayden; Laurence Belfer with Sharon and Calvin Butler; Ann and Paul Stern with Simone Dinnerstein; Ray White and Troy Carter; Debbie Driesman and Frank Islam; Carla Hayden, Eric Motley, and David Rubenstein MADISON COUNCIL BULLETIN | SPRING 2018 9 FALL 2017 MADISON COUNCIL MEETING 10 MADISON COUNCIL BULLETIN | SPRING 2018 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12 (clockwise from top left) Page 10: The Great Hall; Carla Hayden, Simone Dinnerstein, and David Rubenstein; Carla Hayden and Laurence Belfer Page 11: Carla Hayden, Sharon and Calvin Butler, and David Rubenstein; Monique Duroc-Danner and Raja Sidawi; Musical dessert; Carla Hayden, Troy Carter, and David Rubenstein; David Rubenstein with Leland Melvin MADISON COUNCIL BULLETIN | SPRING 2018 11 FALL 2017 MADISON COUNCIL MEETING | THURSDAY OCTOBER 12 12 MADISON COUNCIL BULLETIN | SPRING 2018 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13 (clockwise from top left) Page 12: Dinner setting in the Great Hall; Carla Hayden with Ed Miller; Laurence Belfer with Paul and Ann Stern; Thomas Moorehead, Calvin Butler, and Katy Menges; Carla Hayden, Leland Melvin, and David Rubenstein Page 13: Marie Arana and Tom Girardi; Carla Hayden; Eric Motley and Katy Menges; Tom Silverstein and Leonard Silverstein MADISON COUNCIL BULLETIN | SPRING 2018 13 FALL 2017 MADISON COUNCIL MEETING 14 MADISON COUNCIL BULLETIN | SPRING 2018 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13 (clockwise from top left) Page 14: David Rubenstein and Candice Millard; Albert Small; Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address; Carla Hayden, Jaimie Field, and David Rubenstein; Catherine Corman, Eric Motley, and Raja Sidawi; Council members view manuscript treasures Page 15: Luncheon in the Members Room; Candice Millard, Diane and Craig Welburn and Katherine Walden MADISON COUNCIL BULLETIN | SPRING 2018 15 FALL 2017 MADISON COUNCIL MEETING 16 MADISON COUNCIL BULLETIN | SPRING 2018 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13 (clockwise from top left) Page 16: Council Members viewing Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address; Jeff Flannery, Joyce Moorehead, and Eric Motley; U.S. Capitol Police with the Gettysburg Address; Tom and Betsy Moukawsher with Nathan Dorn; Manuscript display; David Rubenstein with Katherine Walden Page 17: David Rubenstein, Carla Hayden, and Candice Millard; Ed Miller; Jeff Flannery, David Rubenstein, and Joyce Moorehead; Carla Hayden and Michelle Krowl MADISON COUNCIL BULLETIN | SPRING 2018 17 (clockwise from above) Carved Stone Mask, Olmec; Ceremonial Bird-Effigy Metate, Costa Rica; Two-Part Cache Vessel With Applied God Heads, Early Classic Maya; Large Jade Plaque: Fat Lord and Frog, Late Classic Maya; Hollow Warrior With Jaguar Helmet, Mixtec culture 18 MADISON COUNCIL BULLETIN | SPRING 2018 Library Establishes Jay I.