Register Now for New Deal Symposium, Library of Congress


Registration for Art, Culture & Government: The New Deal at 75, a Library of Congress symposium, is now available on line
-- please visit http://www.loc.gov/folklife/newdeal/register-newdeal.php for the registration form.

On March 13-14, 2008, leading scholars from throughout the United States will join experts from the Library of Congress in a free public presentation at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC. The symposium will re-focus attention on the New Deal, the multi-faceted social, cultural, and fiscal recovery programs launched by the Roosevelt administration in 1933, to reform and reinvigorate national life in the wake of the Great Depression.

Presented by of the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress, in collaboration with the Center for the Book, John W. Kluge Center, and the Prints and Photographs Division, with the Manuscript Division, the Music Division, the Rare Books Division, and the Recorded Sound Division.

For additional information on the program, please visit http://www.loc.gov/folklife/newdeal/index.html

For questions or comments please contact the program coordinator, Nancy Groce, at ngro@loc.gov or 202-707-1744.