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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: Suzanne Schadl
The following is a guest post by journalist, Alice Driver, who interviewed Mexican author Elena Poniatowska for the Library of Congress’ PALABRA Archive in March of 2023. “I have one good eye,” said Mexican writer Elena Poniatowska, 91, when I interviewed her at her home in Mexico City in March 2023 for the Library of …
Posted in: Collaborations, Collection Acquisitions, Digital Content, Hispanic Reading Room, Latin American, Caribbean and European Division, PALABRA Archive
Posted by: Suzanne Schadl
Esta postagem de Catalina Gómez, Bibliotecária de Referência e curadora do Arquivo PALABRA, foi traduzida das versões em inglês e espanhol por Henry Widener, Bibliotecário de Referência da Sala de Leitura Hispânica. Dando continuidade à tradição anual do Mês Nacional da Herança Hispânica a Sala Hispânica de Leitura, da Divisão Latino-Americana, Caribenha e Européia (LAC&E) …
Posted in: Collaborations, Collection Acquisitions, Digital Content, Events, Hispanic Americans, Hispanic Reading Room, Interviews, Latin American, Caribbean and European Division, National Hispanic Heritage Month, PALABRA Archive
Posted by: Suzanne Schadl
The following is a post by Catalina Gómez, Reference Librarian and Curator of the PALABRA Archive in the Latin American, Caribbean and European Division. Click here to read in Spanish. Following its annual National Hispanic Heritage Month tradition, the Hispanic Reading Room in the Latin American, Caribbean and European division (LAC&E) announces the digital release …
Posted in: Collaborations, Collection Acquisitions, Digital Content, Events, Hispanic Americans, Hispanic Reading Room, Interviews, Latin America, Latin American, Caribbean and European Division, National Hispanic Heritage Month, PALABRA Archive
Posted by: Suzanne Schadl
Este artículo fue escrito por Catalina Gómez, bibliotecaria y curadora de Archivo de la PALABRA de la Sala Hispánica de Lectura de la Biblioteca del Congreso. Para leer en inglés, haga clic aquí. Tal como es tradición durante el Mes de herencia hispana, la Sala Hispánica de Lectura de la Biblioteca del Congreso (EE.UU.) anuncia …
Posted in: Collaborations, Collection Acquisitions, Digital Content, Events, Hispanic Reading Room, Interviews, Latin America, Latin American, Caribbean and European Division, National Hispanic Heritage Month, PALABRA Archive
Posted by: Giselle M. Avilés
This is a guest post written jointly by Tiffany Brown-Louis and Crispin Beyogle, graduate students from the Center of Latin American Studies at Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service, who completed capstone research in consultation with staff in the Hispanic Reading Room. Tiffany In the Fall of 2022, we were preparing for our capstone …
Posted in: Brazil, Collaborations, Collection Acquisitions, Hispanic Reading Room, Interns, Interviews, Latin America, Latin American, Caribbean and European Division
Posted by: Suzanne Schadl
(This is a guest post by Catalina Gómez, Curator of the PALABRA Archive in the Latin American, Caribbean and European division) Following its annual National Hispanic Heritage Month tradition, the Hispanic Reading Room in the Latin American, Caribbean and European division (LAC&E) announces the digital release of 50 new streaming audio recordings in the PALABRA …
Posted in: Collection Acquisitions, Hispanic American History, Hispanic Americans, Hispanic Reading Room, Latin American, Caribbean and European Division, National Hispanic Heritage Month, PALABRA Archive, Uncategorized
Posted by: Suzanne Schadl
(This is a guest post by Cuban-American author and anthropologist Ruth Behar. “Lucky Broken Girl,” the winner of the Pura Belpre Award, was her first book for young readers. She stopped by the Hispanic Reading Room to perform Otra Piel before the National Book Festival. In this post, she shares its creation story). As soon …
Posted in: Collection Acquisitions, Hispanic American History, Hispanic Americans, Hispanic Reading Room, Latin American, Caribbean and European Division, National Hispanic Heritage Month, National Poetry Month, PALABRA Archive, Rare Books and Special Collections, Uncategorized
Posted by: Giselle M. Avilés
Puerto Rico is celebrating the 500th anniversary of the founding of Old San Juan, the oldest city in the United States, and we could not be more excited to share two recent acquisitions by the Latin American, Caribbean & European Division (LAC&E) which shed light on the historical details of Old San Juan and the …
Posted in: Collection Acquisitions, Digital Content, Finding Aids, Hispanic Reading Room, Latin American, Caribbean and European Division, Manuscripts, PALABRA Archive, Research Guides