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Posted by: Ryan Wolfson-Ford
While staff work is what allows researchers to conduct research, their presence in the Library of Congress is foundational to the creation of the culture at the Library. This blog is an interview with Phong Tran, a librarian, and currently, Deputy Director of the New Delhi Overseas Operations Field Office, conducted by Charlotte Giles.
Posted in: Asian Division, South Asia
Posted by: Joshua Kueh
In conjunction with May as Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month, a new display titled “Celebrating the Art and Literature of Jade Snow Wong (1922-2006)” is open to the public in the Library’s Thomas Jefferson Building until June 5, 2023. This blog introduces several display items that showcase the career of this pioneering Chinese American ceramist and author.
Posted in: Announcements, Asian American History, Asian Division
Posted by: Cameron Penwell
The Yongle Encyclopedia (Yongle dadian), completed in 1408, was premodern China's, and perhaps the world's, largest reference work. The Library of Congress holds 41 unique volumes, which have been fully digitized and made available online. This post traces the compilation, transmission, near loss, and contemporary preservation of this momentous work. We invite book-lovers to enjoy in high resolution its exquisite calligraphy and illustrations.
Posted in: Asian Division, East Asia
Posted by: Joshua Kueh
This blog celebrates the New Delhi Overseas Operations Field Office’s 60th anniversary, looking to the office’s past, present, and future operations of acquiring and processing library materials in multiple South Asian languages and formats.
Posted in: Asian Division, South Asia, Uncategorized
Posted by: Joshua Kueh
This blog post features the Asian Division's recently digitized Mangyan Bamboo Collection from Mindoro, Philippines, and a new research guide on the collection.
Posted in: Asian Division, Southeast Asia
Posted by: Ryan Wolfson-Ford
This blog post highlights the Library of Congress Asian Division’s “Collection of Wartime Messages from China to the American People (1943-1945) and Other Materials.” The collection is made up of items related to the Second Sino-Japanese War, among which are 2,100 rarely seen hand-written letters, booklets, and scrolls in Chinese that were created in wartime China.
Posted in: Asian Division, East Asia