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Posted by: Henry Granville Widener
Reflexiones sobre el trabajo con las colecciones de panfletos de Puerto Rico, Nicaragua y Guyana en la Sala Hispánica de Lectura, las cuales reflejan las drásticas transformaciones sociales que estos países vivieron a mediados del siglo XX, principalmente desde la perspectiva femenina y literaria.
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Posted by: Henry Granville Widener
A discussion of the Hispanic Reading Room’s pamphlet collections from Puerto Rico, Nicaragua, and Guyana, which tell their histories of dramatic social change in the mid-twentieth century through the eyes of women in various literary genres such as poetry.
Posted in: Hispanic Reading Room, Research Guides
Posted by: Alyson Williams
A series of blog posts will discuss the efforts of Hispanic Reading Room staff to follow recipes taken from cookbooks in the Library of Congress’ collections. The second recipe is ensalada de pimientos con naranja as presented in Jenny Chandler’s The Real Taste of Spain.
Posted in: Hispanic Reading Room, Latin American, Caribbean and European Division, Spain
Posted by: Muhannad Salhi
This is the fourth and final installment in the Etched in Stone blog series. In it, we delve into the remarkable discoveries that followed the decoding of cuneiform script. Topics include the invention of timekeeping and the 24-hour day, advancements in sailing, labor organization, written correspondence, women’s rights, religious beliefs and parables, ancient cuisine, early customer complaints, and much more.
Posted in: African and Middle Eastern Division (AMED), Near East Section
Posted by: Alyson Williams
To celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, a series of blog posts will discuss the efforts of Hispanic Reading Room staff to follow recipes taken from cookbooks in the Library of Congress’ collections. The first recipe is arroz con camarones as presented in Nilda Luz Rexach’s The Hispanic Cookbook.
Posted in: Hispanic Reading Room, Latin America, Latin American, Caribbean and European Division, National Hispanic Heritage Month
Posted by: Muhannad Salhi
Aldini’s Italian manual on fire safety was published in 1833. It offered detailed instructions, diagrams, and practical strategies for surviving and preventing fires. Yet two years before its publication, an Armenian version of the same manual was printed by the Mekhitarists, an Armenian Catholic monastic order, in Venice.
Posted in: African and Middle Eastern Division (AMED), Near East Section