CoHSL-list February 2012

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by KALAMOS BOOKS

Sam P. Stamatis and Peter S. Stamatis Dandelions for Dinner: Greece at War and a Family's Dreams of America ISBN-10: 146205675X ISBN-13: 978-1462056750 What happens to a family already on the brink of disaster when the world around them crumbles? Dandelions for Dinner presents a memoir set in the sleepy town of Gargaliani, Greece, spanning the last quarter of the nineteenth century through the Greek Civil War of the 1940s. Told through the eyes of a thirteen-year-old boy, it is an epic tale of youth, family, poverty, war, and unjust loss. It is also an uplifting story of how in the midst of calamity, survival is possible by using your head, taking your hits, and maintaining an undying faith. Though it is the tale of a family that is by all standards poor, Dandelions for Dinner demonstrates just how rich the poor can be when they have hope, faith, and love for one another-when they maintain the lessons of their parents and forefathers, nurture a love of education, and never let up on their hope for freedom. This memoir is, above all, a story about the importance of America-not only for those who live there, but also for all those who reside in the dark corners of faraway lands and dream of a better life. Over the course of their life together, any family will most assuredly experience both want and plenty, suffering and joy. Dandelions for Dinner is the surprising story of what remains when everything else is lost. ================================ June Samaras KALAMOS BOOKS (For Books about Greece) 2020 Old Station Rd Streetsville,Ontario Canada L5M 2V1 Tel : 905-542-1877 E-mail : kalamosbooks(a)gmail.com www.kalamosbooks.com http://kalamosb.alibrisstore.com/ http://www.antiqbook.com/books/bookseller.phtml/kal

12 years, 2 months

LDS Records from Greece - Now or Never?

by KALAMOS BOOKS

I just got this mesage through facebook Do any of you have any information about this situation ? Do you know which, if any, archive in Greece has a set of the LDS microfilms ? June S ================ Monday, February 20, 2012 LDS Records from Greece - Now or Never? There is a lot of talk in the genealogy blogs about the end of microfilm manufacturing. You might think that is okay, but what about the records that were microfilmed years ago by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormans). These microfilm rolls are archived and available for you to order and have sent to either a local LDS Family History Center or if you live in the U.S., a local affiliated public library. The issue is that when an order comes in for the loan of a microfilm roll, the original is copied, and the copy is sent to the library for your use (this is my understanding of the process). If new microfilm manufacturing is halted, how much longer can this loan process last? They are in the process of converting much of their microfilm into digital files available for access online. The Greek records, however, are not on the list for near term conversion. I believe that is due to a lack of interest in viewing these records by those of us researching our Greek family history. If you are interested, visit their website at FamilySearch.org - search in the subject area for Greece. They have very clear directions on how to order microfilm. ========================== June Samaras KALAMOS BOOKS (For Books about Greece) 2020 Old Station Rd Streetsville,Ontario Canada L5M 2V1 Tel : 905-542-1877 E-mail : kalamosbooks(a)gmail.com www.kalamosbooks.com http://kalamosb.alibrisstore.com/ http://www.antiqbook.com/books/bookseller.phtml/kal

12 years, 2 months

Hellenic studies Library Research Fellowship Program announcement

by Paganelis, George I

With apologies for cross-posting. Tsakopoulos Hellenic Collection Library Research Fellowship Program, 2012-2013 Thanks to generous funding from the Elios Society, the University Library at California State University, Sacramento is pleased to inaugurate a three-year Library Research Fellowship Program to support the use of the Tsakopoulos Hellenic Collection by fellows for scholarly research in Hellenic studies while in residence in Sacramento. The Program provides a limited number of fellowships ranging from $500 to $4,000 to help offset transportation and living expenses incurred during the tenure of the awards and is open to external researchers anywhere in the world at the doctoral through senior scholar levels (including independent scholars) working in fields encompassed by the Collection’s strengths who reside outside a 150 mile radius of Sacramento. The term of fellowships can vary between one week and three months, depending on the nature of the research, and for the first year will be tenable from July 1, 2012-June 30, 2013. The fellowship application deadline is March 13, 2012. No late applications will be considered. Comprising the holdings of the former Speros Basil Vryonis Center for the Study of Hellenism, the Tsakopoulos Hellenic Collection, currently numbering some 75,000 volumes, was donated to Sacramento State in December 2002 and named in honor of its benefactor and alumnus Angelo Tsakopoulos. With its focus on the Hellenic world, the Collection contains early through contemporary materials across the social sciences and humanities relating to Greece, its neighboring countries and the surrounding region, with particular strengths in post-Classical Hellenism. There is a broad representation of languages in the Collection, with a rich assortment of primary source materials. Since 2009 the Collection has experienced dramatic growth with the gift acquisition of the libraries of the late Pyrrhus J. Ruches and the late Dr. Steve A. Demakopoulos, which together are adding over 5,000 volumes to our holdings in the areas of Greek language, folklore, history, literature, music, and anthropology. For further information about the Tsakopoulos Hellenic Collection, visit http://library.csus.edu/tsakopoulos. For the full Library Research Fellowship Program description and on-line application, see: http://library.csus.edu/tsakopoulos/lrfp.asp. Questions about the Program can be directed to George I. Paganelis, Curator, Tsakopoulos Hellenic Collection (paganelis(a)csus.edu<mailto:paganelis@csus.edu>). Best, George I. Paganelis ----------------------- George I. Paganelis Curator, Tsakopoulos Hellenic Collection University Library California State University, Sacramento 2000 State University Drive East Sacramento, CA 95819-6039 Ph: (916) 278-4361 * Fax: (916) 278-5917 paganelis(a)csus.edu http://www.library.csus.edu/tsakopoulos

12 years, 2 months

News from the Tsakopoulos Hellenic Collection

by Paganelis, George I

The Tsakopoulos Hellenic Collection in the University Library at California State University, Sacramento has acquired the library of the late Pyrrhus J. Ruches and the Hellenic library of the late Dr. Steve A. Demakopoulos. For most of his career Ruches worked in New York as a journalist. He is the author of two books, Albania's Captives (1965) and Albanian Historical Folksongs, 1716-1943: A Survey of Oral Epic Poetry from Southern Albania, with Original Texts (1967). Over the years he also published freelance articles in the Greek-American and Greek periodical press related to his interest in Northern Epirus and issues of the Greek minority in southern Albania. Among the roughly 1,800 items acquired from his library are books, pamphlets, journals, maps, and audio-visual materials in various languages reflecting his broad interests in the fields of Greek history, ethnography, folklore, cultural anthropology, and religion. Demakopoulos was an economist, computer scientist, and author whose Hellenic library contains approximately 3,400 volumes in the fields of Greek lexicography, literature, folklore, and music; a music collection consisting of sheet music, musical archives, and audio recordings; and related subject files. He contributed numerous articles and columns for newspapers such as the National Herald, Proini, Hellenic Chronicle, Greek Star, and in various magazines. He is also the author of Do You Speak Greek? (2000), in which some of these articles are reprinted in an exploration of Greek language in use in everyday contexts. These two gift acquisitions now dramatically strengthen the holdings of the Collection in several key subject areas as it inaugurates a three-year Library Research Fellowship Program, generously funded by the Elios Society, which will enable both budding and senior scholars outside the Sacramento region to enjoy sustained access to the wealth of materials contained in the Tsakopoulos Hellenic Collection in support of their academic endeavors while in residence for varying periods of time. For further information about these acquisitions or the Library Research Fellowship Program, see http://library.csus.edu/tsakopoulos/collection.asp. Best, George I. Paganelis ----------------------- George I. Paganelis Curator, Tsakopoulos Hellenic Collection University Library California State University, Sacramento 2000 State University Drive East Sacramento, CA 95819-6039 Ph: (916) 278-4361 * Fax: (916) 278-5917 paganelis(a)csus.edu http://www.library.csus.edu/tsakopoulos

12 years, 2 months

NEW PUBLICATION

by KALAMOS BOOKS

Mountain, Carol Tarpon Springs Arcadia Publishing. 2012 ISBN: 9780738591186 With its origins at a small fishing settlement near the mouth of the Anclote River, Tarpon Springs began upriver at a bayou with a freshwater spring where the tarpon jumped at the doorstep of a father and daughter. A traveler from Nassau decided to stay and marry A.W. Ormand’s daughter Mary, who legend tells named the town Tarpon Springs. It was from this humble beginning that a city was carved out by pioneering spirits who loved the natural beauty, abundant fishing and hunting, rich timberlands, and the best of Florida’s sunshine and tranquility. In 1887, the town became the oldest city of the Pinellas Peninsula, the Orange Belt railroad arrived, and the Anclote Key lighthouse was built. City founders employed immigrating Greeks to enrich the sponging industry with their deep sea diving suits. African Americans were employed by the fisheries and lumber mills. A true diversity of cultures, races, color, and creeds was intertwined. Author Bio: A past president of the Tarpon Springs Area Historical Society, author Carol Mountain reveals a picturesque history of this most unique, authentic, and distinct city and its people, including pioneers, socialites, immigrants, and seasonal and permanent residents. ============================== June Samaras KALAMOS BOOKS (For Books about Greece) 2020 Old Station Rd Streetsville,Ontario Canada L5M 2V1 Tel : 905-542-1877 E-mail : kalamosbooks(a)gmail.com www.kalamosbooks.com http://kalamosb.alibrisstore.com/ http://www.antiqbook.com/books/bookseller.phtml/kal

12 years, 2 months

Proposal for Cherokee Romanization Table

by Johnson, Bruce

Proposal for Cherokee Romanization Table A proposal for a Cherokee romanization table was developed in 2001 and circulated in the Cataloging Service Bulletin CSB 92. No further action was taken at that time. The Policy and Standards Division is interested in completing work on this table and it is available for review at http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/romanization/cherokee.pdf [PDF, 96 KB]. Comments on this proposed romanization table may be sent to Bruce Johnson, Policy and Standards Division (bjoh(a)loc.gov) by April 20, 2012. Bruce Chr. Johnson The Library of Congress Policy & Standards Division Washington, DC 20540-4263 USA bjoh(a)loc.gov www.loc.gov 202.707.1652 (voice) 202.707.1334 (fax)

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