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NAASR's Mardigian Library Treasures — Mardigian Library

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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NAASR and the Establishment of the Mashtots Chair at Harvard, 1954-1969 ~ Treasures of NAASR's Mardigian Library

NAASR and the Establishment of the Mashtots Chair at Harvard, 1954-1969 ~ Treasures of NAASR's Mardigian Library

In conjunction with the celebratory event NAASR held on May 6, 2023, marking the appointment of Christina Maranci as the third holder of the Mashtots Chair in Armenian Studies at Harvard University, we are devoting this Library Treasures installment to materials from NAASR’s own organizational archives pertaining to this organization’s pioneering effort to establish the first chair in Armenian Studies in the U.S.—or, indeed, anywhere in the Armenian diaspora in North America—focusing on the years from 1954 to the appointment of the first chairholder in 1969.

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The Avedis Derounian (John Roy Carlson) Archive: A Selection

The Avedis Derounian (John Roy Carlson) Archive:  A Selection

In the late 1930s and 1940s Armenian-American author and journalist Avedis Derounian (1909-91) went underground and infiltrated and collected materials on the full spectrum of U.S.-based extremist groups.

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From Venice to Boston: The Awgerean Brothers, Hamilton Fish, and Vartan Gregorian

From Venice to Boston: The Awgerean Brothers, Hamilton Fish, and Vartan Gregorian

We offer this in tribute to all of those who keep the spirit of learning and the love of books alive, from the Mekhitarist Fathers of San Lazzaro to Vartan Gregorian.

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