January/February 1997
In This Issue January/February 1997
Presidents Talking About the Presidency
Excerpts from seven of the NEH's presidential papers projects.
Volume 18, Issue 1
President George Washington and architect James Hoban oversee construction of the White House, 1798.
Detail from Building the First White House, by N.C. Wyeth for the Pennsylvania Railroad.
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Features
Five Who Make a Difference
Profiles of the 1996 Charles Frankel Prize Winners: Rita Dove, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Daniel Kemmis, Arturo Madrid, and Bill Moyers.
By Mary Lou BeattyThe Richest Man in the World
A documentary film chronicles the life of Andrew Carnegie, the steel company mogul who rose from an impoverished childhood to become the richest man in the world.
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Departments
Conversation
A Conversation with Lawrence Levine
The author of The Opening of the American Mind, Lawrence W. Levine, talks with NEH Chairman Sheldon Hackney about openness in higher education.




































































































