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The Art of Leadership: A Legacy of Honor: An Exhibition from the Senatorial Papers of Birch Bayh, U.S. Senator from Indiana, 1963 to 1980 is currently on display at the Lilly Library Main Gallery.

"The Art of Leadership" documents the many legislative accomplishments of Birch Bayh's career in the United States Senate from 1963 to 1980.

After chronicling Bayh's Hoosier roots, the exhibition traces legislative work in the main areas Bayh influenced. Among them:

· federal disaster relief
· the extension of civil rights to all Americans
· the constitutional amendments on presidential succession and lowering the voting age to 18
· women's rights
· judicial ethics
· development of alternative fuels

The exhibition provides a glimpse into the contents of Bayh's senatorial papers, which are a particular treasure among the congressional papers collections.

Items on display come from these papers, richly supplemented by photographs and artifacts generously loaned by Jerry Udell, John Rector, Gordon Alexander, and Bob Blaemire.

"The Art of Leadership" will be on display in the Lilly Library Main Gallery from January 29 to May 5, 2007.

Read a short biography, view timeline, and learn more about the collection.

Find additional Indiana political-related manuscripts at the Lilly Library.

Listen to Bayh's comments through a WFIU podcast.