With apologies for cross-posting… On the 150th
birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi (Wednesday October 2), the Library
of
Congress and Embassy of India will invite the public to the Library’s
Whittall
Pavilion for a special display on Gandhiji’s life and legacy. The
display, which
is free and open to all from 11:00am to 4:00pm, draws from the Library’s
collections to highlight Mahatma Gandhi’s contributions to nonviolence
in India
and the United States. Those in the DC area on October 2 are most
welcome to visit -- and the welcome certainly extends to all list
members to visit the Asian Reading Room whenever your travels bring you
through DC.
For details and collection highlights on display on 10/2, please see the Library of Congress press release: https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-19-095/library-to-mark-150th-anniversary-of-mahatma-gandhis-birth-with-display-of-special-collections/2019-09-24/. The event flyer is also attached as a jpeg.
Ahead of this event, the Library of Congress digitized its handwritten draft of Mahatma Gandhi’s essay “A Common Platform," which bears the signature “M.K. Gandhi” on page six. This draft is viewable online (https://www.loc.gov/item/2002531352) and discussed in more detail in a recent blog post (https://blogs.loc.gov/international-collections/2019/09/now-online-handwritten-draft-of-essay-a-common-platform-by-mahatma-gandhi/).
Kind regards,
Jon
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South Asia Reference Librarian
Asian Division, Library of Congress
(202) 707-3417
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