Greetings Fellows, Congratulations to the new fellows. I am excited to see your work. Two weeks ago I had the choice opportunity to introduce the collection to about 40 outstanding teachers visiting from Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and the Ukraine at the University of Delaware. I am part of a group of 27 US teachers who will be traveling to Russia in October to stay with one of these teachers and teach in his/her school for two weeks as part of a program sponsored by the US Information Agency. (Mickey Bogart from the 97 American Memory Fellows class is also going). I wish I could express adequately the excitement and interest that the collection elicited from both the Russians and the other US teachers. Many of the Russian teachers have access to the internet at school and are eager to use the collection. I am hoping that I will be assigned to a school district in Russia with internet access so that I can report back to you all on how Russian students and teachers utilize the collection. I hope you all have a great beginning of the school year! Laura Wakefield 97 Fellow