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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.
Andrzej, Stanisław. 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 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.
29 de nov. de 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 1989. She emigrated from Poland during World War II.
1 de oct. de 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....
Both are daughters of Professor Stanley (Stanisław) Wójcicki, born in Warsaw, Poland on March 30th, 1937. How the Wójcickis came from Warsaw to Silicon Valley? It was all due to their grandma, Janina, who died two years before Larry and Sergey moved to her granddaughter’s garage. Grandma Janina was an art historian.
Janina Wójcicka Hoskins (mother) Awards: Bruno Pontecorvo Prize (2011) Panofsky Prize (2015) Scientific career: Institutions: Stanford: ... Wojcicki was born in Warsaw, Poland, the son of Janina Wanda Wójcicka (née Kozłowska), a bibliographer, and Franciszek Wójcicki, a lawyer.
