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. On June 29, 1958, at the age of just 17, Edson Arantes do Nascimento, better known as Pelé, helped Brazil win its first World Cup championship in Stockholm, Sweden. Twelve years …
The African and Middle Eastern Division announced the rerelease of the Africana Historic Postcard Collection. Currently containing 1,300 items, the Collection provides coverage for researchers working on the French, Italian, German, Belgian and British colonial establishments in Africa from the 1890s until the end of the 1930s.
This blog post features the Asian Division's recently digitized Mangyan Bamboo Collection from Mindoro, Philippines, and a new research guide on the collection.
