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Posted by: David Morris
It takes a special skill to transcribe old German handwriting, or die deutsche Schrift, for the Library of Congress' "By the People" crowdsourcing initiative.
Posted in: European Reading Room
Posted by: Taru Spiegel
Stefan Zeromski’s “Przedwiosnie” is of symbolic interest to the Polish nation. The Library of Congress has various versions of the book.
Posted in: European Reading Room
Posted by: Taru Spiegel
On the first day of May, International Workers’ Day, 2020, staff of the international collections divisions at the Library of Congress celebrate workers everywhere by sharing a tribute to workers who have engineered and implemented innovations like paper, movable print, video, internet, and crowd sourcing to make information sharing possible!
Posted in: African and Middle Eastern Division (AMED), Asian Division, European Reading Room, Hispanic Reading Room
Posted by: Taru Spiegel
If you feel like a bit of virtual browsing, consider sampling the “4 Corners of the World” blogposts from the International Collections at the Library of Congress. A number of the posts feature online works.
Posted in: European Reading Room
Posted by: Taru Spiegel
To honor the Library’s 220th anniversary, this blog looks at some freely accessible digital collections and projects from four divisions: African & Middle Eastern, Asian, European, and Hispanic.
Posted in: African and Middle Eastern Division (AMED), Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape, Asian Division, European Reading Room, Handbook of Latin American Studies, Hispanic Reading Room, PALABRA Archive
Posted by: Taru Spiegel
This blogpost offers a reminder that the Ask a Librarian service and the online catalogs with rich international content are still available while the Library of Congress buildings are closed to the public.
Posted in: African and Middle Eastern Division (AMED), Asian Division, European Reading Room, Hispanic Reading Room
Posted by: Taru Spiegel
A brief glimpse into the interconnectend lives of several powerful medieval Scandinavian women.
Posted in: European Reading Room, Uncategorized
Posted by: Taru Spiegel
Benjamin Franklin Bache, grandson of Benjamin Franklin, disseminated his grandfather's and his own revolutionary principles through the materials he disseminated as a printer, especially his almanacs.
Posted in: European Reading Room
Posted by: Taru Spiegel
(The post is by intern Shelby Reidle, European Division) The Bernhard Tauchnitz firm was established in Leipzig, the German center of literature and book publishing, in 1837. The Tauchnitz “Collection of British Authors” debuted in 1842 with the novel “Pelham” by Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton. Despite its name, the Collection included American works from the very …
Posted in: European Reading Room