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Resources on East Central Europe
- Materials on Poland, Hungary, Czech and Slovak Republics total approximately
95,000 volumes. The library has almost 60,000 holdings in Polish in hard copy,
microfiche and digital formats. The collection was begun by Witold Doroszewski (1899–1976)
and Józef Birkenmajer (1897-1939), the first chairs of the Department of Slavic Languages,
then called the Department of Polish. The Public Law-480 program for Poland
provided the library with many important books and periodicals as gifts
through the Library of Congress.
- A significant addition to the library's Polish literature collection was the
donation by Zygmunt Gąsiorowski (1919-2011) of the personal library of his late wife, poet
and Slavic Dept. professor, Dr. Xenia Gąsiorowska (1910-1989) in 2002.
- Other acquisitions include a collection
of Polish Solidarność (Solidarity) materials
held in the Special Collections Department.
- Memorial Library holds many of the major Czech, Slovak, and Polish scholarly
periodicals in the social sciences, history, and literature. Resources on
the Czech and Slovak Republics consist of some 25,000 items. The Hungarian
collection includes approximately 10,000 volumes and is particularly strong
in history and literature. Active exchanges have been conducted with the
libraries of the Academies of Sciences and the national libraries of the
countries in these regions.
Last modified: Jan. 5, 2024
East Central European Journals
Poland
Czech and Slovak Republics
Hungary
Romania and Moldova
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