New Videos 7/2/2019
Posted by: Anchi Hoh
A list of newly released webcasts of the public programs organized by the Library of Congress' four area studies divisions - African and Middle Eastern, Asian, European and Hispanic.
Posted in: Videos
Archive: 2019 (64 Posts)
The Illustrated Album of Yangzhou Prefecture in the Chinese Rare Book Collection
Posted by: Anchi Hoh
This blog introduces the “Illustrated Album of Yangzhou Prefecture,” a collection of illustrated maps with detailed descriptions of regions in the Chinese prefecture of Yangzhou.
Posted in: Asian Division, East Asia
In Harmony Small Things Grow: The Elzevir Family of Publishers and Printers
Posted by: Taru Spiegel
As reference librarians, we work hard to connect researchers with the materials they need, or might not even know they need. However, every now and then we pause to contemplate the first printers and publishers, without whom our jobs possibly would not exist. Such contemplation is particularly easy to do in the Library of Congress’ …
Posted in: European Reading Room
Under Six Flags: The Curious Career of the CSS Stonewall
Posted by: Taru Spiegel
(The following is a post by Juan Manuel Pérez, Reference Specialist, Hispanic Division) During the American Civil War (1861-65), as the Union Navy of the North was putting a chokehold on the Southern Confederacy by its naval blockade, the Confederate government of the South sought to break it by trying to purchase or build warships in …
Posted in: Hispanic Reading Room
An Evening of Collective Art-making with Chicano Artist Mario Torero
Posted by: Anchi Hoh
(The following is a post by Catalina Gómez, Reference Librarian, Hispanic Division.) On Friday, May 3, 2019, together with the Prints & Photographs Division, we had the pleasure of hosting, here in the Hispanic Reading Room, a stimulating collective art session with Mario Torero, one of California’s most important muralists and activists from the Chicano …
Posted in: Hispanic American History, Hispanic Americans, Hispanic Reading Room
Perry in Edo Bay: The Dawn of the U.S.-Japanese Relationship
Posted by: Anchi Hoh
(The following is a cross-post by Neely Tucker, Writing-Editor in the Library’s Office of Communications. It originally appeared on the Library of Congress Blog.) The Black Ship scrolls are a genre of Japanese paintings that captured the historic meeting of two alien cultures: That 1854 moment when U.S. Commodore Matthew Perry barged into Edo Bay …
Posted in: Asian Division, East Asia
4 Corners: International Collections Program Calendar 5/24/2019
Posted by: Anchi Hoh
Request ADA accommodations five business days in advance at (202) 707-6362 (Voice/TTY) or email [email protected]. Directions Floor Plans Tuesday, May 28, 2019, 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. EDT Research Orientation: European Reading Room A tour of the European Reading Room, and an orientation to the Library’s European collections, is being offered on Tuesday, May 28, 2019 …
Posted in: Calendar of Events
The Three Musketeers and d’Artagnan Ride into the Public Domain—Again!
Posted by: Taru Spiegel
This year, a large number of well-known works entered the public domain, thanks to changes in copyright law over time. One of these books is a popular edition of “The Three Musketeers,” written by Alexandre Dumas (1802-70), translated into English by Philip Schuyler Allen (1871-1937), and illustrated by the well-known artist, Milo Winter (1888-1956). Earlier …
Posted in: European Reading Room
Tequila, Tarahumara, and Turkeys: Recent Research Topics in the Handbook of Latin American Studies
Posted by: Anchi Hoh
(The following is a post by Tracy North, Reference Librarian and Social Sciences Editor, Handbook of Latin American Studies, Hispanic Division.) In the blog post to announce the publication of Volume 71 of the “Handbook of Latin American Studies” (HLAS), we drew attention to a study of pisco, the popular South American brandy. In Volume …
Posted in: Handbook of Latin American Studies, Hispanic American History, Hispanic Americans, Hispanic Reading Room