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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] Biography.
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. She also mentored a number of younger Slavic librarians.
- Wojciech Zalewski
- 2011
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. curtain" which divided communist-ruled Poland and ...
Oct 1, 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.
Janina Wójcicka Hoskins (grandmother) Franciszek Wójcicki (grandfather) Signature. Susan Diane Wojcicki ( / wʊˈtʃɪtski / woo-CHITS-kee; [1] born July 5, 1968) is an American business executive who was the chief executive officer (CEO) of YouTube from 2014 to 2023. Her net worth was estimated at $765 million in 2022.
Her grandmother, Janina Wójcicka Hoskins, assembled the biggest collection of Polish material in the US. At 11, she founded her first business, selling spice ropes door-to-door. She holds both US citizenship and Polish citizenship. In 2017, she launched her own YouTube channel with a video titled My First Video - Advice From Creators.
Personal and professional correspondence, reference files and written drafts of various articles and books dealing particularly with Thaddeus Kosciuszko, I. J. Paderewski, the memoirs of Krystyna Narbutt, music collections in Poland, Polish printing and rare books, Polish manuscripts in the Library of Congress, the visual arts in Poland, and personal memoirs including information about ...
