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Two pages from a folding Thai horoscope manuscript showing images of people and mythical beings in color.

Southeast Asian Rare Collections at the Library of Congress

Posted by: Joshua Kueh

This blog post provides an overview of rare and unique Southeast Asian material at the Library of Congress. It highlights two recently published research guides on this topic, one focusing on collections at the Asian Reading Room and the other on European-language resources related to Southeast Asia. Users can also view a recorded webinar that discusses the Southeast Asian rare collections at the Library.

Posted in: Asian Division, Southeast Asia

Front page of Hindostan newspaper with Hindi text and illustration of submarine and ship in water.

Now Online: The WW1-Era POW Camp Newspaper “Hindostan” in Hindi and Urdu

Posted by: Joshua Kueh

The Library’s Asian Division is pleased to announce the digitization of the Hindi and Urdu editions of “Hindostan,” a propaganda newspaper for South Asian prisoners of war (POWs) held in Germany during World War I. The Asian Division is notable for having nearly complete runs of this pro-German newspaper, which was published in Berlin from March 1915 to August 1918. A total of 159 issues of the Hindi and Urdu editions are now freely available in the South Asian Digital Collection.

Posted in: Asian Division, South Asia, World War I