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NAASR's Mardigian Library Treasures

Treasures of NAASR's Mardigian Library: Armenian Christmas Special Installment

Treasures of NAASR's Mardigian Library: Armenian Christmas Special Installment

This edition of Library Treasures will focus on a single item acquired in 2019: Inchpēs zardarel tōnatsaṙě = Ինչպէս զարդարել տօնածառը (How to decorate the Christmas tree), a 20-page booklet written by “Zaruhi” and published in Tiflis in 1910.

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A New Addition to NAASR's Library: The First Armenian Printed Bible of Voskan Yerevants'i

A New Addition to NAASR's Library: The First Armenian Printed Bible of Voskan Yerevants'i

This is the story of the 300-year journey of a remarkable book to our library. 

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Remembering and Celebrating Artist and Author Nonny Hogrogian (1932-2024)

Remembering and Celebrating Artist and Author Nonny Hogrogian (1932-2024)

This issue will cover the life and illustrative work of Nonny Hogrogian.

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The Art of Armenian Church Mural Painting

The Art of Armenian Church Mural Painting

In this edition of Library Treasures, we will highlight publications from the Mardigian Library collection that focus on murals of the Armenian churches. 

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Garabed Kaloustian: A Constantinople Armenian Doctor and the American Civil War ~ Treasures of NAASR's Mardigian Library

Garabed Kaloustian: A Constantinople Armenian Doctor and the American Civil War ~ Treasures of NAASR's Mardigian Library

It has long resided in a folder within the Avedis Derounian Archive, which has been at NAASR since the early 1990s, inside an envelope labeled “Dr. Kaloustian,” but until recently we did not realize its significance, let alone that this year marks the 200th anniversary of this interesting individual’s birth.

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