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Posted by: Suzanne Schadl
This is a guest post by James Thompson, an undergraduate intern from the University of Notre Dame as part of the Cross Cultural Leadership Program of the Institute for Latino Studies at Notre Dame. Several people, when they hear about my internship at the Library of Congress, are inclined to ask about what I do …
Posted in: Collection Displays, Hispanic Reading Room, Interns
Posted by: Suzanne Schadl
This is a guest post by Nanette Gibbs, a Reference Librarian in the Hispanic Reading Room, who enjoys sharing Library resources with researchers of all ages. With their trip funded entirely from the proceeds selling Girl Scout Cookies, the Chesapeake Bay Troop 333 of the Girl Scouts of The Chesapeake Bay Council in Delaware, visited …
Posted in: Collection Displays, Hispanic Reading Room, Latin American, Caribbean and European Division, Uncategorized
Posted by: Suzanne Schadl
This is question and answer guest post by Adelaide Willis — an intern in the European Reading Room. In honor of Pride Month, Adelaide wanted to share what brought Adelaide to the French language, the European Reading Room and an appreciation for the creative genius of Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore, a romantic pair of …
Posted in: Collaborations, Collection Displays, European Reading Room, France, Interns, Pride
Posted by: Suzanne Schadl
(The Hispanic Reading Room joined forces with the Prints and Photographs Division to explore the Library’s Latina/o visual collections as part of the Finding Pictures webinar series. In this post, Hispanic Reading Room Reference librarian, Dani Thurber reflects on this collaboration and shares the link to the webinar recording for those interested.) Happy Hispanic Heritage …
Posted in: Collaborations, Collection Displays, Digital Content, Hispanic American History, Hispanic Americans, Hispanic Reading Room, Latin American, Caribbean and European Division, National Hispanic Heritage Month
Posted by: Giselle M. Avilés
The following is a post by Henry Granville Widener, Portuguese Language Reference Librarian in the Hispanic Reading Room of the Latin American, Caribbean, and European Division. September 7, 2022 marks 200 years since Pedro I declared Brazil’s independence from Portugal on the banks of the Ipiranga River. Similarly to its sister nations of the former Spanish, French …
Posted in: Calendar of Events, Collection Displays, Digital Content, Events, Exhibitions, Hispanic American History, Hispanic Reading Room, Latin American, Caribbean and European Division, Lectures
Posted by: David Morris
An overview of Dante's Divine Comedy, highlighting various editions of the work in the Library's collections
Posted in: Announcements, Collection Displays, European Reading Room, Hispanic Reading Room, Latin American, Caribbean and European Division, Manuscripts, Rare Books and Special Collections