This blog post is co-authored by Troy Smith, Nordic Area Reference Librarian; Clinton Drake, Reference Librarian; and Ashley Dickerson, Cataloging and Acquisitions Specialist for Finland and the Baltics. Of the 200,000 Finns who immigrated to the United States between 1890 and 1914, many settled in Michigan, particularly in the state’s Upper Peninsula. It was here, …
Reflexiones sobre el trabajo con las colecciones de panfletos de Puerto Rico, Nicaragua y Guyana en la Sala Hispánica de Lectura, las cuales reflejan las drásticas transformaciones sociales que estos países vivieron a mediados del siglo XX, principalmente desde la perspectiva femenina y literaria.
The Library of Congress holds a wealth of primary and secondary sources in multiple types of formats on the study and recognition of Greek independence and Philhellenism. The blog post introduces readers to some of them.
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.
