The Ideas of Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged Commemorating the 50th anniversary of Atlas Shrugged, 1957-2007   ▪ Exhibit ▪ Talks

October 8, 2007, through December 11, 2007

Ayn Rand's novel Atlas Shrugged is the subject of a new exhibit to open on October 8, 2007, at the Frances Howard Goldwyn Hollywood Regional Library. Commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the novel's publication, the exhibit is jointly sponsored by the Los Angeles Public Library and the Ayn Rand Institute, and is curated by Jeff Britting, archivist of the Ayn Rand Archives, a special collection of the Ayn Rand Institute. The exhibit will include a reception open to the public on the date of the novel's fiftieth anniversary, October 10, 7 pm, as well as four public talks devoted to the ideas of Atlas Shrugged and their contemporary importance.

The exhibit—a sequel to the library's 2006-07 exhibit on Ayn Rand's time in Hollywood—once again displays items from the Ayn Rand Archives, including rare and never-before-displayed reproductions of manuscript pages and notes from early drafts of the novel. Also on display will be original promotional materials produced by Random House, including a dollar-sign cigarette; an excerpt from Rand's manuscript for a television miniseries written shortly before her death; and the cover artwork of historic and foreign editions.

Exhibit space at:

Frances Howard Goldwyn Hollywood Regional Library
1623 N. Ivar Avenue, Hollywood, CA

Hours:

Mon. 10-8, Tue. 10-8, Wed. 10-8, Thu. 10-8,
Fri. 10-6, Sat. 10-6, Sun. 1-5

Presented by:

Frances Howard Goldwyn Hollywood Regional Library
In association with the Ayn Rand Archives, a Special Collection of the Ayn Rand Institute

Curator:

Jeff Britting, archivist

Media professionals in search of high-resolution images may contact media@aynrand.org

Exhibit

The Ideas of Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged
A Fiftieth Anniversary Manuscript Exhibit

October 8 through December 11, 2007

Publication Anniversary Reception
7:00 to 9:00 pm
October 10, 2007
(Open to the Public) 

Additional Programming

Saturday Afternoon Discussions:
“The Ideas of Atlas Shrugged and their Relevance to Today’s World”

Four Saturday afternoon sessions will discuss the ideas of Atlas Shrugged and their relevance to today’s world. Hosted by exhibit curator Jeff Britting, this series will feature presentations by speakers from the Ayn Rand Institute:

Saturday, October 20  3:00 pm: talk by Thomas A. Bowden on Capitalism
Saturday, November 3 3:00 pm: talk by Dr. Onkar Ghate on Morality
Saturday, November 17 3:00 pm: talk by Elan Journo on Foreign Policy
Saturday, December 8 3:00 pm: talk by Dr. Keith Lockitch on Environmentalism

Frances Howard Goldwyn Hollywood Regional Library, Exhibit Space

ALL EVENTS ARE FREE TO THE PUBLIC

Credits:

Some of the images, documents and quoted text from this exhibit were selected from Ayn Rand, an illustrated biography by Jeff Britting (The Overlook Press, 2005). Additional objects are courtesy of the Ayn Rand Archives.

This current exhibit was mounted with the generous cooperation of the Los Angeles Public Library, Frances Howard Goldwyn Hollywood Regional Branch.

The Ayn Rand Archives:

The Ayn Rand Archives was established in 1996 by the Ayn Rand Institute to acquire, preserve and make available Ayn Rand’s papers and related documents to serious scholars and general writers. For information about the Ayn Rand Archives and its programs, please visit our archives page.

For more information on this exhibit, send e-mail to archives@aynrand.org or call 949-222-6550, ext. 242.