Pennsylvanijos Angliakasių Lietuva
Vladas Būtėnas (tekstas); Algimantas Kezys, S.J. (nuotraukos); Portfolio: Elena Bradūnaitė, Jurgis Bradūnas
1977 · Chicago, IL
Cataloged byS. Jurgutis
ŽIBURIO ARCHIVE · LITHUANIAN DIASPORA MATERIALS
The Žiburio Archive
Books carried across borders. Culture carried through time.
The Žiburio Archive is a structured body of Lithuanian diaspora knowledge formed within the institutional life of Žiburio Lituanistinė mokykla (Lithuanian School) in Detroit. Its collection spans the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, including early immigrant publications in the United States, prewar Lithuanian print, displaced persons camp materials, and postwar diaspora press.
These materials document more than historical experience. They reflect a continuous cultural system through which language, faith, education, and identity were sustained under conditions of migration, war, and exile. Within the Archive, they remain bound to the contexts that produced them.
The result is not simply a collection, but a coherent structure of cultural memory carried across generations and made legible in the present.
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Kovos dėl Lietuvos Nepriklausomybės, III Tomas: Kovos su Lenkais 1920–1923
Dr. Antanas Rukša
1982 · Cleveland
Cataloged byD. Yelizarov
Anoj Pusėj Ežero
Pulgis Andriušis
1953 · Jungtinės Amerikos Valstybės (United States of America)
Cataloged byD. Jurgutis
Lithuanian Cultural Legacy in America / Lietuvių Kultūrinis Paveldas Amerikoje
Algis Lukas (Managing Editor / Atsakingasis redaktorius); Danutė Bindokienė (Editor / Redaktorė); Vincas Lukas (Art Editor); Paul Mickus (Layout & Production Editor); contributing authors: Dr. Ramūnas Kondratas, Ambassador Audrius Bruzga, Danutė Bindokienė, Antanas Saulaitis SJ, Dr. Romualdas Kriaučiūnas, Dr. Milda B. Richardson, and others
2009 · Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
Cataloged byS. Jurgutis
Lithuanian Religious Life in America: A Compendium of 150 Roman Catholic Parishes and Institutions, Volume 3: The Midwest and Beyond
William Wolkovich-Valkavičius
1998 · Norwood, MA
Cataloged byD. Jurgutis
Šviesa Tamsoje
Alfonsas Grauslys
1974 · Putnam, CT
Cataloged byA. Kish
Didysis Kovotojas: Kunigas Karolis Garuckas, S.J.
Redagavo Kun. Jonas Kidykas, S.J.
1989 · Worcester, MA (printed); Cicero, IL (desktop publishing)
Cataloged byA. Kish
Lietuvos Bažnyčios / Churches of Lithuania, Vol. I: Telšių vyskupija / The Diocese of Telšiai
Bronius Kviklys
1980 · Chicago, IL
Cataloged byM. Gabrielius
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Žiburio students handle, photograph, and document the collection. Their observations stay attached to the books, and every published contribution is permanently credited.
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Books and institutional histories cataloged here contribute to the public record of Lithuanian parish life in the United States, connecting the collection to communities, buildings, and histories still unfolding.
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