J O Y C E James
Irish prosaist and poet
1882-1941
Bufallo, NY (USA): University of Bufallo - Lockwood Memorial Library - 467 volume
Charakteristics and history: dictionaries, books dedicated to Joyce, serials (among all there is eighteen magazines from August 1929). Volumes which shows Joyce´s interest: Matharan´s "Casus de
F A U L K N E R William
American prosaist and poet, Nobel Prize winner for literature
1897-1962
Charlotessville, Virginia (USA): University of Virginia Library - 219 titles
Charakteristics: French literature (Zola, Balzac, Hugo, Dumas, Daudet, A.France, Shakespeare), Russian (Tolstoj, Dostojevskij), classics literature (Dickens,
W O O L F Virginia
1882 - 1941
English writer, esejist and critic
Pullman, Washington (USA): Washington State University - 4.500 titles, in some british libraries dispersed some other volumes of the collection ( e.g. Sussex University)
Charakteristics and history: library integrated with the personal library of Woolf´s husband
W I L S O N Woodrow
1854 - 1924
Twenty-eight american President
Washington, D.C. (USA): Library of Congress - 6.792 volumes
Charakterisika a historie: library contains books associated with every period of Wilson's life, the collection includes volumes read as a child; texts used at preparatory school. college, and law school; works
C H A P M A N C A T T Carrie
1859 - 1947
American feminist, the president of the National American Woman Suffrage Assocation (NAWSA)
Washington, D.C. (USA): Library of Congress - originally 6.487 volumes
Charakteristika: Chapman Catt donated her "feminist library" to the Library of Congress on behalf of her organization. Formerly
A S H B E E Henry Spencer
1834 - 1900
British bibliographer and bussinessman
London (Great Britain): The British Library - for now undefined number of volumes
Charakteristics: volumes of this library are dispersed into the book collections of the British Library. Mainly French literature and literature with erotic topic. Into the
A N T H O N Y Susan B.
1820 - 1906
One of the founders of the woman suffrage movement in America
Washington, D.C. (USA): Library of Congress - 272 volumes
Charakteristics: volumes presented and dedicated to Anthony by admireres, the official reports of the national suffrage conventions, addresses made at congressional hearings after
J E F F E R S O N Thomas
1743-1826
The third american President
Washington, D.C. (USA): Library of Congress - originally 6.487 volumes
Charakteristics and history: politics, history, sciences, law, art literature and philosophy. The library was purchased into the Library of Congress collections in 1815. During the large fire in 1851,
A P O L L I N A I R E Guillaume
1880 - 1918
French poet, dramatist and anarchist of the Polish origin
Paris (FR): Bibliothèque Historique de la Ville de Paris - 5.000 volumes
Charakteristics and history: books, magazines, brochures. The library is maintained in the original interior in poet´s flat as it stayed after his death. It was
Š M U R L Jevgenij Francevič
1854 - 1934
Roumanian historian
Prague: National Library - The Slavonic Library - 6.000 volumes
Charakteristics: the library contains books in Russian, French, German, Polish and some other languages. The core of the collection make books refering to Peter the Great and his epoque, relations between
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