April 7, 1995

Press Contact: Helen Dalrymple (202) 707-1940
Public Contact: Jennifer Bride (202) 707-1993

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"Language of the Land" Traveling Exhibition Adds Venues

Five additional sites for the Library of Congress traveling exhibition "Language of the Land: Journeys into Literary America" have now been scheduled, bringing the number of cities that will have an opportunity to see the exhibition to a total of 25 over a three-year period.

The exhibition, which examines the nation's literary heritage through picturesque literary maps, photographs evocative of specific regions of the country, and quotations from authors who have created their own lasting verbal images of America, was developed by the Library's Interpretive Programs Office in cooperation with the Geography and Map Division and the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress. It has been made possible by a generous grant from the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund with additional support from the Library's James Madison Council. The exhibition is part of the Center for the Book's Literary Heritage of the States project.

Additional venues for the exhibition are:

Gulfport Harris County Library
Gulfport, Mississippi
August 5 - Sept. 24, 1995

Phoenix Public Library
Phoenix, Arizona
Dec. 21, 1995 - Feb. 4, 1996

University of Wyoming
Laramie, Wyoming
April 27 - June 9, 1996

Lake Geneva Public Library
Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
Nov. 2 - Dec. 15, 1996

Southern Oregon History Center
Medford, Oregon
Jan. 4 - April 13, 1997

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PR 95-055
4/7/95
ISSN 0731-3527