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March 2007 eNewsletter
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Friends of the LBJ Library eNewsletter
March 2007
In This Issue
An Evening With Roy Spence
Presidential Timeline Project
Did you know?
Save the Date - Upcoming Friends Events
Other Events at the Library
Links for the Friends

Dear Friends,

The Library will be a busy place this spring! In addition to launching the Presidential Timeline Project, we are hosting a number of interesting programs, for both the Friends and the general public. Please read below for more details.

Also, please forward this eNewsletter to other Friends who may be interested in receiving this new communication from the Library.

Sincerely,

Betty Sue Flowers
Director

An Evening With Roy Spence
On March 6, Roy Spence will present an illustrated lecture on his recent book The Amazing Faith of Texas. The event and the reception following will be held in the Lone Star Room at the Frank Erwin Center. Tickets are required for entry. If you have not yet received a ticket and would like to attend, please call (512) 721-0176 or email friends@lbjlib.utexas.edu.

Roy Spence, Jr. is the president and co-founder of the Austin-based advertising agency GSD&M. Over the past 35 years, Spence and his partners have built GSD&M into a national advertising powerhouse that includes the new AT&T, Southwest Airlines, BMW, MasterCard, and the United States Air Force among its clients.

A few autographed copies of The Amazing Faith of Texas are still available for purchase at the Museum Store. Please call (512) 232-2396 for more information.
Presidential Timeline Project
On President's Day weekend, we formally launched the Presidential Timeline Project. The goal of the project is to make primary and secondary source materials from the (soon-to-be) twelve presidential libraries readily and freely available to students, educators, and adult learners throughout the world via a single unified interface. More information about the Presidential Timeline project may be found at www.presidentialtimeline.org.

The Presidential Timeline Project is funded by The National Endowment for the Humanities, with additional support from the LBJ Foundation and The University of Texas Digital Library Services Division.
Did you know?
And the category is: presidential libraries. Soon, contestants and viewers of “Jeopardy!” will be matching wits about items found in this country’s presidential libraries – some are historic, some are unusual, all are seldom-seen fascinating treasures.

On February 22, “Jeopardy!” Clue Crew members Jon Cannon and Kelly Miyahara taped items at the LBJ Library and Museum that will become creative and interactive visual clues for a future show. LBJ staff scoured the Library’s collections in search of pieces that will be featured.

“We are thrilled that the Clue Crew from Jeopardy! will be showcasing some of the most interesting objects from the Library’s collections,” says Betty Sue Flowers, Director of the Library. “This will provide a new opportunity for the public to see and understand the wealth of information not only at the LBJ Library but at all presidential libraries.”
Save the Date - Upcoming Friends Events
The Friends of the LBJ Library have a full spring calendar to look forward to. Please save the following dates:
  • April 4 - An Evening With Max Sherman
  • April 17 - An Evening With Maria Shriver
  • April 23 - An Evening With Bill Bradley
  • May 10 - An Evening With Joseph Califano
  • May 22 - An Evening With Robert Dallek
Invitations will be sent for each of these events. Locations and times to be announced.
Other Events at the Library
International Speaker Series presented by the Robert Strauss Center for International Security and Law :

March 7, 2007
Theresa Whelan on "African Security and U.S. Interests: The Problem of 'Ungoverned Space'"

March 21, 2007
Ethan Kapstein on "The Fate of Young Democracies"

Both events will take place from 5-6:30 p.m. in the Brown Room on the 10th floor of the LBJ Library and Museum. Tickets are not required.