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Posted by: Alyson Williams
A discussion of Candido Portinari’s artwork in the Library of Congress’s collections and the part it played in the Hispanic Reading Room’s activities during Hispanic Heritage Month 2024.
Posted in: Brazil, Events, Hispanic Reading Room, Latin American, Caribbean and European Division, National Hispanic Heritage Month
Posted by: Muhannad Salhi
This blog post spotlights books, journal articles, conference papers, and lectures dedicated to Armenian manuscripts and other rare items housed in the Library’s African and Middle Eastern Division.
Posted in: African and Middle Eastern Division (AMED)
Posted by: David Morris
This post uses the work of the Norwegian Nobel literature laureate Jon Fosse as a departure point for an explanation of Nynorsk and other aspects of Norway's linguistic history.
Posted in: European Reading Room, Norway
Posted by: Ryan Wolfson-Ford
“World War II Records from Burma” is a diverse and unique grouping of documentary materials in the Southeast Asian Rare Book Collection. This post highlights documents from the collection concerning the Indian Independence League and Indian National Army, two Indian diaspora organizations that emerged prior to and during World War II.
Posted in: Asian Division, Southeast Asia
Posted by: Alyson Williams
Various authors, languages, and cultures reflected in the latest release of PALABRA Archive recordings for National Hispanic Heritage Month
Posted in: Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape, Hispanic Reading Room, Latin American, Caribbean and European Division, National Hispanic Heritage Month, PALABRA Archive
Posted by: David Morris
This post describes the Library's, Ostroh Bible, the first complete printed bible in Church Slavic and the first one in Cyrillic type, which has been recently digitized by the Rare Books and Special Collections Division.
Posted in: Collection Acquisitions, European Reading Room, Latin American, Caribbean and European Division, Rare Books and Special Collections, Russia, Ukraine
Posted by: Joshua Kueh
Asian Division 2024 Junior Fellow Akhila Gunturu shares her experience inventorying serials on microfiche in the South Asian Collection. The post highlights the collection’s various uses through an analysis of the advertisements in the Telugu periodical Iṇḍiyā Tuḍē: Vārṣika Sāhitya Sañcika (India Today: Annual Literary Issue).
Posted in: Asian Division, Junior Fellows, South Asia
Posted by: Alyson Williams
Con motivo de la celebración del natalicio de Rómulo Gallegos, Joseph Torres-González reseña algunos de los recursos disponibles en la Biblioteca del Congreso sobre el autor, incluyendo la reciente digitalización de su grabación para el Archivo de la PALABRA.
Posted in: Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape, Latin America, Latin American, Caribbean and European Division, PALABRA Archive
Posted by: Alyson Williams
To commemorate his birthday, Joseph highlights the work of Venezuelan author Rómulo Gallegos, and the recently digitized recording for the PALABRA Archive.
Posted in: Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape, Latin America, Latin American, Caribbean and European Division, PALABRA Archive