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December
- December 27, 1999 (99-192)
- African Americans in Ohio and Civil War Maps Are Subjects of New Web Presentations
- December 23, 1999 (99-191)
- Arkansas Center for the Book Approved
- December 23, 1999 (99-190)
- Pennsylvania Center for the Book Established
- December 23, 1999 (99-189)
- District of Columbia Center for the Book Approved
- December 23, 1999 (99-188)
- Library of Congress to Continue British-American Film Series
- December 22, 1999 (99-187)
- Library's National Digital Library Program Wins Best in Education Web Site Award from GII
- December 22, 1999 (99-186)
- Jazz Film Series Begins at Library of Congress January 10 -- "Louis Prima: The Wildest" First Film on Schedule
- December 21, 1999 (99-185)
- "Meeting of Frontiers" Web Site Chronicles Parallel History of America's West and Russia's East
- December 21, 1999 (99-178)
- Suzanne Smith Discusses Her New Book, Dancing in the Street: Motown and the Cultural Politics of Detroit, January 26 [RESCHEDULED TO FEBRUARY 23]
- December 14, 1999 (99-183)
- Library of Congress Wins GII Award for Best Education Web Site: Library Exemplifies a Standard of Excellence for Best Practices and Innovation on the Web
- December 10, 1999 (99-184)
- Washington Post Writer Juan Williams To Discuss Latest Book, Thurgood Marshall: American Revolutionary
- December 10, 1999 (99-182)
- World's Largest Library Integrates Its Records Systems
- December 7, 1999 (99-179)
- Library Moves Closer to Digital Talking Books with Installation of the State-of-the-Art Recording Facility
November
- November 23, 1999 (99-176)
- Novelist Herman Wouk Honored in New Library of Congress Publication
- November 22, 1999 (99-175)
- Library of Congress to Exhibit World War II Era Prints and Drawings by Arthur Szyk
- November 17, 1999 (99-172)
- New Library Publication Describes Medieval Manuscript Books
- November 16, 1999 (99-174)
- Librarian of Congress Names 25 More Films to National Film Registry
- November 5, 1999 (99-171)
- Librarian of Congress and Architect of the Capitol Break Ground for Collections Storage Facility at Ft. Meade
- November 5, 1999 (99-168)
- Library of Congress Presents The Beijing Trio on Nov. 13
October
- October 27, 1999 (99-165)
- Gloria Kaiser to Lecture on Brazilian Writers
- October 27, 1999 (99-164)
- Media Advisory: Wolfgang Petritsch to Deliver 1999 Vienna Lecture
- October 27, 1999 (99-162)
- Major Hemingway Collection Donated to Library
- October 25, 1999 (99-167)
- Media Advisory: Major Hemingway Collection Donated to Library
- October 21, 1999 (99-161)
- George Washington's Legacy To Be Discussed at the Library on November 19-20
- October 20, 1999 (99-163)
- Dutch Author Edith Velmans to Read Nov. 8
- October 20, 1999 (99-157)
- Teman Treadway to Appear at the Library of Congress Nov. 4 in "Call Me Ishmael": Selections from Moby-Dick; or, The Whale
- October 19, 1999 (99-160)
- Library of Congress Commemorative Stamp Design Is Unveiled
- October 14, 1999 (99-156)
- Da Camera of Houston to Perform at Library of Congress Founder's Day Concert
- October 13, 1999 (99-153)
- Massachusetts Center for the Book Approved
- October 8, 1999 (99-154)
- John Hébert Appointed Chief of Library of Congress Geography and Map Division
- October 8, 1999 (99-152)
- Author Geoffrey Perret To Discuss His Recent Book, Eisenhower, at the Library of Congress Nov. 1
- October 8, 1999 (99-138)
- C-SPAN "American Presidents" Video Available on Library Web Site
- October 7, 1999 (99-151)
- American Folklife Center To Hold Benefit Concert
- October 7, 1999 (99-149)
- American South Represented in Three New Online Collections
- October 5, 1999 (99-143)
- The Spirit of Christmas in Wartime Is Subject of Library Publication
- October 4, 1999 (99-148)
- Library of Congress Presents Reading The Defiant Muse: Hebrew Women's Project
- October 4, 1999 (99-147)
- Library of Congress Launches Web-Braille on the Internet for Blind and Visually Impaired Library Users
- October 4, 1999 (99-146)
- Poets Kenneth Carroll and Donna Masini To Read Their Poems at the Library of Congress Oct. 21
- October 4, 1999 (99-145)
- The Race for Empire in Central Asia To Be Discussed at the Library on Nov. 2
- October 4, 1999 (99-144)
- Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky Opens Fall 1999 Literary Series on Oct. 7: Favorite Poem Project Progresses
September
- September 22, 1999 (99-140)
- Swann Foundation Now Accepting Applications for Graduate Fellowship in Caricature and Cartoon
- September 22, 1999 (99-139)
- Library of Congress To Exhibit American Prints and Drawings in "Life of the People: Realist Prints and Drawings from the Ben and Beatrice Goldstein Collection, 1912-1948"
- September 19, 1999 (99-137)
- Center for the Book to Participate in "New York Is Book Country" Book Fair on September 26
- September 16, 1999 (99-136)
- Michael Eisner, Kofi Annan, and Christopher Reeve To Be Interviewed at the Library of Congress
- September 15, 1999 (99-135)
- New Online Collections Focus on Two American Presidents: Songs About Lincoln and Film of Theodore Roosevelt -- the First President Chronicled on Film
- September 15, 1999 (99-132)
- Italian Author Claudio Magris To Read
- September 9, 1999 (99-133)
- Norwegian Author Per Petterson to Read
- September 9, 1999 (99-131)
- Pickford Theater to Present British-American Film Series
- September 9, 1999 (99-130)
- Library of Congress Produces One-Millionth CIP Record
- September 9, 1999 (99-128)
- Library Staffers Receive Federal Librarians Round Table Awards
- September 8, 1999 (99-124)
- Leading Cognitive Neuroscientists to Speak at the Library Oct. 6 at Conference on the Science of Thought
- September 2, 1999 (99-127)
- Joint Exhibition with the British Library Opens November 17: "John Bull and Uncle Sam: Four Centuries of British-American Relations"
August
- August 31, 1999 (99-125)
- Media Advisory: Library Cosponsors International Literacy Day Celebration
- August 30, 1999 (99-126)
- Calvin Coolidge and His Era and American Quilts Are Subjects of New Online Collections
- August 18, 1999 (99-111)
- Library of Congress-American Library Association Free Promotion/Activity Materials Available
- August 12, 1999 (99-123)
- Library of Congress Announces 1999-2000 Concert Season; Kickoff for Three-Year Bicentennial Musical Series "I Hear America Singing"
- August 11, 1999 (99-122)
- Author of For the Love of Books to Speak at the Library on September 29
- August 10, 1999 (99-110)
- 1531 Mesoamerican Document To Be Displayed in "American Treasures of the Library of Congress"
- August 5, 1999 (99-121)
- Literary Maps Are Featured in New Library of Congress Publication
- August 5, 1999 (99-120)
- Political Cartoonist Paul Conrad to Discuss His New Book on September 8 at the Library
- August 2, 1999 (99-108)
- Center for the Book Invites Descriptions of Reading Promotion Projects for its Web Site
- August 2, 1999 (99-107)
- Resource Notebook for Library-Museum-Head Start Project Published by the Library
July
- July 30, 1999 (99-099)
- November Poetry Reading Planned in Observance of Library's Bicentennial
- July 29, 1999 (99-100)
- Awards Program Recognizes Outstanding Federal Libraries, Librarians and Library Technicians
- July 29, 1999 (99-088)
- Library of Congress Publishes Annual Report for 1998
- July 28, 1999 (99-101, etc.)
- Russian Leadership Program: About 2,000 Russian Political and Civic Leaders to Visit Communities in America Between July 28 and September 30
- (99-119) Sterling-Rock Falls, Ill.
- (99-117) Iowa
- (99-116) Syracuse
- (99-115) Seattle
- (99-114) Boston
- (99-113) North Carolina
- (99-112) New York
- (99-109) Southern California
- (99-106) Springfield, Ill.
- (99-105) Alabama
- (99-104) Georgia
- (99-103) Louisiana
- (99-102) Kansas City
- (99-101) Chicago
- July 12, 1999 (99-095)
- New American Memory Online Collections Debut
June
- June 28, 1999 (99-094)
- Library of Congress World History Seminar To Be Cybercast
- June 28, 1999 (99-070)
- House and Senate Leading Effort with Library of Congress to Document America in Local Legacies Program
- June 21, 1999 (99-093)
- Media Advisory: Library of Congress to Highlight Louisiana "Local Legacies" -- State's Cultural Heritage to Be Documented for Future Generations
- June 17, 1999 (99-091)
- Grandson of Silent Film Pioneer to Speak
- June 29, 1999 (99-090)
- National Photo Contest Winners Announced
- June 17, 1999 (99-089)
- Library of Congress Announces Koussevitzky Commissions for 1998
- June 21, 1999 (99-086)
- Library of Congress To Open National Digital Library Learning Center
- June 17, 1999 (99-085)
- Media Advisory: National Digital Library Learning Center Opens
- June 14, 1999 (99-087)
- Classic Movies to Tour
- June 11, 1999 (99-082)
- Amine Gemayel, Former President of Lebanon, to Lecture on Mideast Peace June 11
- June 8, 1999 (rev.) (99-036)
- Media Advisory: Experts To Survey Past and Future in "Frontiers of the Mind" Symposium
- June 7, 1999 (99-081)
- Library of Congress Publishes Revised Edition of 1943 Work on Declaration of Independence
- June 7, 1999 (99-052)
- Copyright Office to Increase Fees
- June 1, 1999 (99-083)
- New Book About Jefferson and Education Published
May
- May 27, 1999 (99-080)
- Copyright Office Releases Report on Digital Distance Education
- May 27, 1999 (99-079)
- Swann Foundation Announces Fellow for 1999-2000
- May 27, 1999 (99-075)
- Media Advisory: Public Events at the Library of Congress: June - August 1999
- May 26, 1999 (99-077)
- Library Of Congress Issues 1999 Catalog of Publications
- May 25, 1999 (99-076)
- Library of Congress Displays Thomas Jefferson's Rough Draft of the Declaration of Independence
- May 21, 1999 (99-078)
- Library of Congress Closed May 21 Due to Water Emergency
- May 20, 1999 (99-074)
- Original Drawings for The Water-Babies To Be Exhibited
- May 13, 1999 (99-073)
- Summer 1999 Film Series Announced at the Library of Congress
- May 11, 1999 (99-072)
- Virginia and Missouri Win 1999 Boorstin Center for the Book Awards
- May 7, 1999 (99-071)
- Media Advisory: Press Preview of Eames Exhibition Set for May 17
- May 5, 1999 (99-066)
- 50 Educators to Participate in Library of Congress American Memory Fellows Program: Third Annual Educators Institute to Aid Participants in Use of Electronic Primary Sources
- May 5, 1999 (99-063)
- Library of Congress Acquires Major Photo Archives
- May 3, 1999 (99-069)
- Director Liane Brandon to Speak May 13
- May 3, 1999 (99-067)
- More Than 50 Collections Now Available Online from the Library of Congress: Jefferson, Jazz Age and Animation Are Latest Offerings
April
- April 30, 1999 (99-065)
- Library of Congress Presents the George Russell Living Time Orchestra on May 10
- April 29, 1999 (99-064)
- Media Advisory: Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky to Close 1998-99 Literary Series at the Library of Congress
- April 29, 1999 (99-062)
- Rep. David Wu (D-Ore.) To Discuss Political Participation for Asian Pacific Americans
- April 29, 1999 (99-061)
- Library Announces Third Mellon Foreign Area Fellowship Awards
- April 29, 1999 (99-060)
- Robert Hass to Host "River Of Words" Program at Library on Saturday, May 8
- April 29, 1999 (99-059)
- Ralph Ellison's Two Novels To Be Discussed at the Library of Congress June 29 and 30
- April 22, 1999 (99-058)
- Media Advisory: All Three Library of Congress Buildings to Close on Friday, April 23
- April 21, 1999 (99-057)
- Media Advisory: Thomas Jefferson Building of Library of Congress to Close at 2 p.m. on Friday, April 23
- April 21, 1999 (99-051)
- Library of Congress Publishes Facsimile of a Rare 1562 Map of the Americas
- April 20, 1999 (99-055)
- Gold Rush Historian J.S. Holliday to Discuss His New Book on June 10 at the Library
- April 20, 1999 (99-046)
- 12 Winners Announced in Final Round of Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition
- April 20, 1999 (99-054)
- Center for the Book and Weekly Reader Corporation Announce "Letters About Literature" Essay Contest Winners
- April 14, 1999 (99-017)
- Mellon Foundation Gives Library of Congress Grant To Digitize Hannah Arendt Papers
- April 14, 1999 (99-049)
- Library of Congress Kicks Off Bicentennial Gifts to the Nation Project
- April 14, 1999 (99-048)
- Library of Congress Announces Worldwide Search for Lost Books of Thomas Jefferson: Dallas Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones to Fund Effort
- April 12, 1999 (99-050)
- Media Advisory/Photo Opportunity: Dallas Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones to Give $1 Million to Library of Congress
- April 7, 1999 (99-047)
- Library of Congress Receives Grant to Preserve Films
- April 6, 1999 (99-045)
- Media Advisory: Press Briefing with Robert Pinsky, Three-Time Poet Laureate
- April 5, 1999 (99-044)
- Harpsichordist Rinaldo Alessandrini to Perform at Library of Congress
- April 5, 1999 (99-043)
- Librarian of Congress Makes Unprecedented Poetry Appointments
- April 5, 1999 (99-042)
- Media Advisory: District Students to Hear Readings from Manuscripts, Rare Books in "Building a Nation of Readers" Program
- April 1, 1999 (99-040)
- Media Advisory: Gerry Mulligan Celebration at Library of Congress
March
- March 24, 1999 (99-041)
- Washingtonians to Read Favorite Poems at the Library of Congress April 7
- March 23, 1999 (99-029)
- Papers of Ameen F. Rihani, Pioneering Arab-American Author, Donated to Library of Congress
- March 22, 1999 (99-039)
- FLICC Awards Honor Federal Librarians, Technicians, Libraries and Information Centers
- March 18, 1999 (99-038)
- New Online Materials Debut from the Library of Congress
- March 17, 1999 (99-037)
- Gerry Mulligan Exhibition and Concert at Library of Congress April 6
- March 16, 1999 (99-034)
- Senator George Mitchell To Receive Wickersham Award for Public Service from Friends of the Law Library of Congress
- March 11, 1999 (99-035)
- Digital Library Visitors' Center To Close March 19 for Renovation
- March 11, 1999 (99-026)
- Final-Round Winners of Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition to Be Announced This Spring
- March 2, 1999 (99-033)
- Seventh Class of Library of Congress - Soros Foundation Fellows Announced
- March 2, 1999 (99-032)
- Poets Stuart Dischell and Brenda Hillman To Read Their Poems at the Library of Congress
February
- February 25, 1999 (99-031)
- Young People's Poetry Week To Be Launched April 7
- February 25, 1999 (99-030)
- Vietnam Women's Memorial Project Leaders To Discuss Women's Patriotic Service on March 9
- February 23, 1999 (99-028)
- Washington Mystics Team Captain Nikki McCray To Deliver Women's History Month Keynote Address
- February 22, 1999 (99-027)
- Teman Treadway To Appear in "To Ithaca: Selections from Homer's Odyssey"
- February 18, 1999 (99-023)
- U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Sadako Ogata To Speak on National Identity and International Pressures March 10
- February 17, 1999 (99-025)
- Dale C. Williams Appointed Inspector General
- February 17, 1999 (99-024)
- Poets Donald Hall and Charles Simic To Read March 4
- February 17, 1999 (99-022)
- Library of Congress Offers Spanish-Language Tours
- February 17, 1999 (99-019)
- Peggy Bulger Appointed Director of American Folklife Center
- February 11, 1999 (99-020)
- U.S. Court of Appeals Upholds Librarian on Satellite Fees
- February 11, 1999 (99-018)
- New Biography of Walt Whitman To Be Discussed on March 22
- February 10, 1999 (99-015)
- AT&T Gives $3.5 Million Grant to National Digital Library Program
- February 8, 1999 (99-016)
- Media Advisory: AT&T Gives $3.5 Million Grant to Library of Congress for National Digital Library Program
- February 8, 1999 (99-014)
- Poets Richard Howard and Mary Kinzie To Read February 25
- February 1, 1999 (99-012)
- Abraham Lincoln's 1861 Inaugural Address on Display February 17 - May 28 in "American Treasures of the Library of Congress"
- February 1, 1999 (99-011)
- Eames Exhibition to Open at Library of Congress May 20
January
- January 29, 1999 (99-013)
- Electronic Version of Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules (AACR2-E) Added to Library of Congress's Cataloger's Desktop
- January 25, 1999 (99-009)
- Library of Congress Announces Spring 1999 Literary Series
- January 25, 1999 (99-008)
- Poets Mark Doty and Dionisio Martínez to Read
- January 22, 1999 (99-007)
- Library of Congress and Copyright Office Sign Landmark Agreement with UMI
- January 21, 1999 (99-010)
- Applications Being Accepted for 1999 American Memory Educators Institute
- January 19, 1999 (99-021)
- Fourth Preservation Awareness Workshop To Be Held April 13
- January 19, 1999 (99-006)
- Executive Director of Black Leadership Forum to Keynote African-American History Month
- January 19, 1999 (99-003)
- Rep. John Lewis to Discuss His Book on the Civil Rights Movement on February 2
- January 11, 1999 (99-004)
- German Author Uwe Timm to Read on February 9
- January 11, 1999 (99-002)
- Publication of African-American Newspaper and Periodical Bibliography To Be Feted February 9
- January 9, 1999 (99-001)
- Poets Agha Shahid Ali and Rafael Campo to Read at the Library of Congress