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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
The following is a post by Henry Granville Widener, Portuguese Language Reference Librarian, Hispanic Reading Room, Latin American, Caribbean, and European Division Words connect us in so many ways. Whether spoken, sung or written, they can act as the sinews that link our senses and emotions to one another. When I listen to the Library …
Posted in: Brazil, Collaborations, Handbook of Latin American Studies, Hispanic Reading Room, Latin America, Latin American, Caribbean and European Division, National Poetry Month, PALABRA Archive
Posted by: Suzanne Schadl
This is a guest post by Natali Palacios, a Maryland native in her junior year at the University of Maryland, College Park where she studies Human Development. Natali was selected for an internship in the Latin American, Caribbean and European Division (LACE) through Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU). Henry Widener was her mentor. …
Posted in: Brazil, Handbook of Latin American Studies, Hispanic Reading Room, Interns, Latin America
Posted by: Suzanne Schadl
(The following is a guest post by Dani Thurber, Reference Librarian, Hispanic Reading Room, Latin American, Caribbean, and European Division) A couple of weeks ago I began searching for love stories and poems from Latin America in preparation for a Valentine’s Day event. My colleagues in the Hispanic Reading Room had some amazing suggestions by …
Posted in: Hispanic Reading Room, Latin American, Caribbean and European Division
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
This is guest a post by MexiCali Biennial curator and project coordinator April Lillard Gomez. During the COVID 19 lock down, the Library of Congress Hispanic Reading Room invited the MexiCali Biennial to interact with the library’s digital collections and archival materials to inform resources relating to Border Art. To date, this contemporary arts and …
Posted in: Collaborations, Exhibitions, Hispanic Reading Room, StoryMaps
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