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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]
Hoskins, a scholar who taught at American University, John Hopkins University and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. He was also a senior Specialist in Foreign Relations at the Library of Congress. In 1952, Dr. Janina Hoskins received a part-time position as Polish Consultant in the Slavic and East European Division at the Library of ...
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
Oct 1, 2011 · Abstract. 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 ...
Janina Wójcicka Hoskins. Janina Wójcicka Hoskins (ur. 19 lutego 1912 w Kupowie, zm. 19 października 1996 w Menlo Park) – amerykańska bibliotekarka polskiego pochodzenia [1], dzięki jej pracy Biblioteka Kongresu w Waszyngtonie uzyskała największy zbiór polskich dzieł w całych Stanach Zjednoczonych [2] .
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.
Jan 1, 1998 · Janina Wojcicka Hoskins was a member of the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences. Bibliography “An Act to Designate the Federal Building at 111 W. Huron Street, Buffalo, New York, as the Thaddeus J. Dulski Federal Building” (PL 99-642, November 10, 1986), 100 United States Statutes at Large , 3573.
