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Posted by: David Morris
German Americans have been part of American history since colonial times and even today are its largest immigrant group, yet their influence on practically all aspects of American life often goes unnoticed.
Posted in: European Reading Room, German Americans, Germany, Latin American, Caribbean and European Division, Rare Books and Special Collections
Posted by: Giselle M. Avilés
La versión en Español de este artículo puede leerla aquí. This is a guest post by Monica Soto, 2022 Junior Fellow, who has a bachelor’s degree in history from the College of William and Mary and is pursuing a master’s degree in library and information science at the University of Denver. This interview was previously published …
Posted in: Collaborations, Digital Content, Hispanic American History, Hispanic Reading Room, Interviews, Junior Fellows, Latin America, Latin American, Caribbean and European Division
Posted by: Giselle M. Avilés
An English version of this blog post is available here. Este es un artículo de Monica Soto, 2022 Junior Fellow, quien tiene una licenciatura en historia de College of William and Mary y está cursando un máster en bibliotecología y ciencias de la información en la Universidad de Denver. La entrevista se publicó anteriormente en …
Posted in: Collaborations, Digital Content, Film, Hispanic Americans, Hispanic Reading Room, Interviews, Junior Fellows, Latin American, Caribbean and European Division, National Hispanic Heritage Month, Videos
Posted by: Cameron Penwell
An exploration of early appearances of red pandas in collections at the Library of Congress.
Posted in: Asian Division, East Asia
Posted by: Ryan Wolfson-Ford
The Asian Division is now accepting applications for its Florence Tan Moeson Fellowship, which supports short-term research visits to the Asian Reading Room at the Library of Congress. This year’s application deadline is January 16, 2023.
Posted in: Announcements, Asian Division
Posted by: Giselle M. Avilés
The following is a post by Henry Granville Widener, Portuguese Language Reference Librarian in the Hispanic Reading Room of the Latin American, Caribbean, and European Division. September 7, 2022 marks 200 years since Pedro I declared Brazil’s independence from Portugal on the banks of the Ipiranga River. Similarly to its sister nations of the former Spanish, French …
Posted in: Calendar of Events, Collection Displays, Digital Content, Events, Exhibitions, Hispanic American History, Hispanic Reading Room, Latin American, Caribbean and European Division, Lectures
Posted by: David Morris
(The following post is by Nevila Pahumi, Reference Librarian in Modern Greek and Albanian, European Reading Room) “I am a song of my own time. I wasn’t living in Vienna like Mozart or Beethoven. In my circumstances, it was impossible to be indifferent.” —Mikis Theodorakis, interview with the Chicago Tribune, May 26, 1994 One year …
Posted in: European Reading Room, Uncategorized