Henri Temianka (Concert Programs)

This collection contains material pertaining to the life, career, and activities of Henri Temianka, violin virtuoso, conductor, music teacher, and author. Materials include correspondence, concert programs and flyers, music scores, photographs, and books.https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/temianka_ephemera/1038/thumbnail.jp

The Civil War, The Union - The Library of Congress Knowledge Cards

The Civil War, The Union - The Library of Congress Knowledge Cards. Features portrait of Ulysses S. Grant on the cover of the box. The back features a description of the set. Pomegranate Communications, Inc. Printed in China. 4.25 x 3.5 A set of 48 cards. Each card has an engraved portrait of figures from the United States of America (Union) . On the back of each card, there is a short biography of that individual. created by The Library of Congress (American,1800-present) and published by Pomegranate Communications (American,1968-present)https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/fvw-artifacts/4754/thumbnail.jp

Celebrating the Portuguese Communities in America: A Cartographic Perspective (Exhibit Guide)

Celebrating the Portuguese Communities in America: A Cartographic Perspective. June 10 - November 29, 1997 Although numerous countries and individuals were involved in the exploration and mapping of the Americas, it was the Portuguese who set the stage during the fifteenth century for the ensuing discoveries in the New World. Portuguese-born and sponsored explorers played a significant role, especially in charting a route around the southern tip of South America; in exploring and exploiting the waters bordering the northeast coast of North America; and in exploring the Pacific Coast of North America, particularly the area that today is the state of California.https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/oml_miscellaneous/1007/thumbnail.jp

An open reply to "What is going on at the Library of Congress?" by Thomas Mann

This is an open response to a report by Thomas Mann at the Library of Congress concerning changes in cataloging. The author contends that, although the current changes at the Library of Congress are suspect, changes are imminent and experienced catalogers must offer positive suggestions for change, otherwise they will be ignored by management

Letter from Claudio Signorile, the Italian Minister of Transportation, to Geraldine Ferraro

Letter from Claudio Signorile, the Italian Minister of Transportation, to Geraldine Ferraro. Letter includes a Library of Congress translation.https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/vice_presidential_campaign_correspondence_1984_international/1337/thumbnail.jp

IFLA Congress in Italy for the fourth time , Libraries create futures: building on cultural heritage : final programme, Milan, Italy, 23-27 August 2009

Welcome of the Chair of the Italian National Committee. IFLA Congress comes back to Italy for the fourth time: 1929, 1951, 1964, and now 2009. In June 1929, in the Marciana Library (Venice), Mr. Isak Collijn announced the name of the Library Federation, and the Italian librarian Vincenzo Fago read the Statute, dated "Florence, June 25, 1929": 1) The name of this organization shall be the International Federation of Library Associations. 2) The object of the Federation shall be to promote international library cooperation. One year after, in 1930, the Italian Library Association (AIB) was founded

Letter from Matilde M. de Soto and Maria Lydia Sanchez de Roman, Deputies of the Costa Rican Legislative Assembly, to Geraldine Ferraro

Letter from Matilde M. de Soto and Maria Lydia Sanchez de Roman, Deputies of the Costa Rican Legislative Assembly, to Geraldine Ferraro. Letter has handwritten notes and includes a Library of Congress translation.https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/vice_presidential_campaign_correspondence_1984_international/1344/thumbnail.jp

Americana in the Library of Congress

"The Report of the Librarian of Congress for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1926 is of special interest to workers in the field of history… Several pages are devoted to a list of notable gifts of Americana during the previous year. Several pages are also given to important purchases of Americana.