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Posted by: Anchi Hoh
The African and Middle Eastern Division of the Library of Congress welcomes three Junior Fellows for their summer internships. They are: Chelsey Brown, Briana Gausland and August Kahn.
Posted in: African and Middle Eastern Division (AMED)
Posted by: Anchi Hoh
The Hispanic Division hosts Junior Fellows Summer Interns who are creating data visualizations of the collections and the indigenous reaction to the Spanish conquest, and expanding access to Latin American, Spanish, Portuguese, and Latinx writers.
Posted in: Hispanic American History, Hispanic Americans, Hispanic Reading Room, Interns, Junior Fellows
Posted by: Anchi Hoh
The Library of Congress African and Middle Eastern Division recently acquired a rare Gospel book printed in Rome in 1548 AD. It is the first printed edition of the New Testament in Geez, ግዕዝ (Ethiopic), the ancient liturgical language of Ethiopia.
Posted in: African and Middle Eastern Division (AMED), Hebraic Section
Posted by: Cameron Penwell
The Ainu and Ezochi Rare Collection makes numerous rare Japanese books about the Ainu people and their traditional homeland freely available in digital format.
Posted in: Asian Division, East Asia
Posted by: Taru Spiegel
The Library of Congress has acquired a 1538 menologion, or Orthodox Eastern ecclesiastical calendar, from the influential printing press of Božidar Vuković (ca. 1460-1540) whose works were known for their beauty and technical achievement.
Posted in: European Reading Room
Posted by: Anchi Hoh
A paper conservator at the Library of Congress virtually examines the “Codex Quetzalecatzin,” a manuscript created by indigenous artists ca. 1593 that shows the Mexican regions of Puebla and Oaxaca. The Codex is housed in the Geography and Map Division of the Library of Congress.
Posted in: Hispanic Reading Room, Native American History, Native Americans
Posted by: Anchi Hoh
In 1911, Jewish children in the Russian Empire woke up to find a Tom Thumb of their own, a Hebrew Tom Thumb of the greatest charm imaginable, and written, moreover, by that greatest of modern Hebrew poets, Chaim Nachman Bialik (1873-1934). Bialik's "Etsba'oni" first appeared in the pages of Ha-Shahar [The Dawn], one of a growing number of Hebrew periodicals created specifically for children in the early decades of the 20th century, especially in Eastern Europe and Russia. The Library of Congress has an almost complete run of the periodical from its seven months of existence, covers included.
Posted in: African and Middle Eastern Division (AMED), Hebraic Section
Posted by: David Morris
It takes a special skill to transcribe old German handwriting, or die deutsche Schrift, for the Library of Congress' "By the People" crowdsourcing initiative.
Posted in: European Reading Room
Posted by: Anchi Hoh
With the launch of the North Korean Serials digital collection, some of the most sought-after materials about the country’s economics, law, politics, military affairs, society, history, agriculture, and education are freely online.
Posted in: Asian Division, East Asia