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Thirty years of cataloging the South Asia collection: an interview with Shantha Murthy

Posted by: Ryan Wolfson-Ford

While staff work is what allows researchers to conduct research, their presence in the Library is foundational to the creation of the culture at the Library. This blog is an abbreviated version of a longer virtual interview with Shantha Murthy, a librarian and cataloger working in the Middle East and South Asia Section (MESA) of the Acquisitions and Bibliographic Access (ABA) Unit, with a particular focus on serials (magazines, newspapers, etc.) from South and Southeast Asia.

The Thomas Wilson Haskins Digital Collection (1902-1908)

Posted by: Ryan Wolfson-Ford

Thomas Wilson Haskins, a young American legation official in Beijing, accompanied the U.S. Minister, William W. Rockhill on a journey to meet the 13th Dalai Lama in 1908. The recently digitized collection includes Haskins’ handwritten diary of the meeting, photographs of Wutai Shan and diplomatic life in Beijing in the early 1900s, and a transcript of an interview with Elizabeth Gowan Haskins Workman, his fiancée who had travelled to China to join him.

Large metal hollow globe on a metal frame with metal orbit trails surrounding it

Varanasi, Jain Cosmology, Mica Portraits, and the 2,000-Year-Old Gandhara Scroll: More Highlights of South Asian Materials from the Library’s International Collections Facebook Page

Posted by: Ryan Wolfson-Ford

A photochrom (colorized image) of Varanasi, a map of Jain cosmology, portraits of a Hindu household on mica, and the Library’s ancient Gandhara scroll are featured in this blog with more South Asian highlights from Library of Congress social media.