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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.
Her paternal grandmother, Janina Wójcicka Hoskins, was a Polish-American librarian at the Library of Congress and was responsible for building the largest collection of Polish material in the U.S. She has two sisters: Janet, a doctor of anthropology and epidemiology, and Anne, an entrepreneur who is the co-founder and CEO of 23andMe.
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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 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] .
- amerykańsko-polska
- 19 października 1996, Menlo Park
- bibliotekarka
- 19 lutego 1912, Kupowo
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 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.
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.
