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Janina Wójcicka Hoskins. Janina Wójcicka Hoskins (February 19, 1912 – October 19, 1996) [1] [2] was a Polish-American librarian. She worked at the Library of Congress from 1951 to 1989 and was responsible for assembling there the largest collection of Polish material in the United States. [3]
Nov 29, 2011 · In this article the author provides a glimpse of the life and work of Janina Wójcicka Hoskins, an influential Slavic librarian, who worked at the Library of Congress (LC) from 1951 to 1989. She emigrated from Poland during World War II. Through her efforts, the Polish collections at LC became the largest in the United States.
- Wojciech Zalewski
- 2011
Jan 19, 2024 · A small, cropped photo on the cover of the book shows the countess as a young woman with dark, shiny hair parted in the middle and pulled tightly back behind her ears in the era’s fashionable buns. Yet her biographers barely mention her appearance until 200 pages in, when they quote someone describing her as “small, dark and bright-eyed ...
- Kitty Kelley
JANINA WGJCICKA HOSKINS (1912-1996) E>r. Janina Hoskins, Polish Area Specialist at the Library of Congress for almost thirty years, passed away in Menlo Park, California, on October 19, 1996. The legacy she left behind is the best Polish collection outside of Poland. Her lifelong work was dedicated to breaching the cultural "iron
Janina W. Hoskins, retired area specialist for Poland and Eastem Europę for the Library of Congress, died on October 19 in Menlo Park, CA. Dr. Hoskins was bom in Kuprovo, currently in Latvia, and received masters and doctoral degrees from the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland, where she taught history.
Oct 19, 1996 · Dr. Janina Wójcicka Hoskins (February 19, 1912 – October 19, 1996) [1] [2] was a Polish-American librarian. She worked at the Library of Congress from 1951 to 1989 and was responsible for assembling there the largest collection of Polish material in the United States. view all.
Jun 19, 2023 · According to the Arizona Department of Public Safety, the body was found at about 10 a.m. in a vehicle parked along an off-ramp near Loop 202 and Country Club Drive in Mesa. The Maricopa County ...
