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Posted by: Suzanne Schadl
This blog highlights some of the collection items from Ediciones Vigía (Watchtower Editions). These are handmade books that present text and images in interactive and unexpected ways.
Posted in: Hispanic Reading Room, Latin America, Latin American, Caribbean and European Division, National Poetry Month, Rare Books and Special Collections
Posted by: David Morris
The Rare Book and Special Collections Division at the Library of Congress recently acquired a set of the writings of the Danish physicist Hans Christian Ørsted, which the author had presented to his daughter, Sophie. Today, on her birthday, we remember how Sophie and her family used to receive visits from the famous fairytale author, Hans Christian Andersen.
Posted in: Denmark, European Reading Room, Latin American, Caribbean and European Division, Rare Books and Special Collections, Uncategorized
Posted by: David Morris
This post describes the Library's, Ostroh Bible, the first complete printed bible in Church Slavic and the first one in Cyrillic type, which has been recently digitized by the Rare Books and Special Collections Division.
Posted in: Collection Acquisitions, European Reading Room, Latin American, Caribbean and European Division, Rare Books and Special Collections, Russia, Ukraine
Posted by: Ryan Wolfson-Ford
On Friday September 29, the Asian Division of the Library of Congress will be hosting a partial day display and talk in the Thomas Jefferson Building (rooms LJ110/119) celebrating the diversity of the Library’s collections through textiles, in collaboration with the African and Middle Eastern, Prints & Photographs, Geography & Maps, and Rare Books and Special Collections Reading Rooms.
Posted in: African and Middle Eastern Division (AMED), Asian Division, Events, Rare Books and Special Collections, South Asia, Southeast Asia
Posted by: Suzanne Schadl
(This is a guest post by Cuban-American author and anthropologist Ruth Behar. “Lucky Broken Girl,” the winner of the Pura Belpre Award, was her first book for young readers. She stopped by the Hispanic Reading Room to perform Otra Piel before the National Book Festival. In this post, she shares its creation story). As soon …
Posted in: Collection Acquisitions, Hispanic American History, Hispanic Americans, Hispanic Reading Room, Latin American, Caribbean and European Division, National Hispanic Heritage Month, National Poetry Month, PALABRA Archive, Rare Books and Special Collections, Uncategorized
Posted by: David Morris
German Americans have been part of American history since colonial times and even today are its largest immigrant group, yet their influence on practically all aspects of American life often goes unnoticed.
Posted in: European Reading Room, German Americans, Germany, Latin American, Caribbean and European Division, Rare Books and Special Collections
Posted by: Giselle M. Avilés
This is a two-part blog post by Pamela Padilla, 2022 Summer participant in the Library of Congress Internship (LOCI) program with the Hispanic Reading Room, and a Library Science and History graduate student at Queens College, City University of New York. Click here for the first part of Pamela’s research project. At one point one …
Posted in: Collaborations, Digital Content, Handbook of Latin American Studies, Hispanic American History, Hispanic Reading Room, Latin America, Latin American, Caribbean and European Division, Manuscripts, Rare Books and Special Collections
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
Posted by: Anchi Hoh
(This is the second in a series featuring literary and other artistic “Responses to World War I” in the Library of Congress collections. This post is by Marianna Stell, Reference Assistant in the Rare Book & Special Collections Division.) Before the outbreak of World War I, French novelist Roland Dorgelès (1886-1973) was best known among …
Posted in: European Reading Room, Rare Books and Special Collections, World War I