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Janina Wójcicka Hoskins (February 19, 1912 – October 19, 1996) 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.
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.
- Wojciech Zalewski
- 2011
Janina Wójcicka Hoskins (ur. 19 lutego 1912 w Kupowie, zm. 19 października 1996 w Menlo Park) – amerykańska bibliotekarka polskiego pochodzenia, dzięki jej pracy Biblioteka Kongresu w Waszyngtonie uzyskała największy zbiór polskich dzieł w całych Stanach Zjednoczonych. Życiorys
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
Oct 19, 1996 · Polish: Janina Wójcicka (Kozłow), Hoskins. Birthdate: March 03, 1912. Birthplace: Daugavpils, Daugavpils pilsēta, Daugavpils, Latvia. Death: October 19, 1996 (84) Immediate Family: Daughter of Michał Kozłowski and Jadwiga Kozłowska.
- Daugavpils
- March 3, 1912
- Franciszek Wójcicki
- October 19, 1996
Stanley George Wojcicki [1] ( / ˌvuːɪˈtʃɪtski / VOO-ih-CHITS-kee; [2] born Stanisław Jerzy Wójcicki, Polish: [vujˈt͡ɕit͡skʲi]; March 30, 1937 – May 31, 2023) [3] was a Polish American physicist and former chair of the physics department at Stanford University in California. [4]
Description. Also known as. English. Janina Wójcicka Hoskins. Polish-American librarian (1912–1996)
