Libraries/Museums 1. General information about the museum/library 2. Availability 3. Special collections/ archives available at the museum/ library 4. Printed catalogues of holdings/collections 5. Policy of access to the holdings 6. Measures that the museum/library has taken to preserve 7. Availability of 8. Funding 9.1 Number of 9.2 10. Number of 11. Number of 12. Topics of workshops / seminars 13. List of colloquia/conferences organized by the museum/library during the last five years 14. Other special programs of active copies of the holdings copies of specific opportunities for exhibits Frequency public lectures workshops / program of items when scholars who wish organized by the of exhibits organized by the seminars organized C. City, state, D. Number of E. Short description of holdings/specialization F. Types of holdings G. Sourcces of funding new requested from the to conduct research organization / museum/library by the country professional acquisitions other institutions in the institution center during the during the last five museum/library Support by an Continuing support Open to Open with last five years years (avarage number during the last five A. Official name of the museum/library Contact Person B. Year of foundation staff members State Community Open to the established of one family or Other scholars / special Other Photocopying Microfilming DigitizingOther None per year) support support public years Books Journals Newspapers Art works Artifacts Manuscripts Other endowment individual Yes No Yes ( title, year and place of publicaion) No researchers permission Yes No Yes No N

Armenian Lyceum (Hay Djemaran) / Nshan Palanjian Djemaran / • All art works are the works of Armenian artists. 1 Arin Kalousdian 1930 , Not available Modest library, eclectonic newspaper collection 40000 225 titles 200 titles 650 pcs. XX XX XXX000 0 Melankton & Haig Arslanian Djemaran • Publications of the Armenian Cultural Association of are complete.

A number of rare books and a selection of 18th and 19th century publications (books and complete collections of journals); a "Armenian Periodical Collection" in 1974 and 1981 by Haigazian Armenian The Barsumian Library holds a collection of books, periodicals and online databases that support and 10 oil 355 Coins, 151 Maps, 806 Cards, 16499 Clippings, 879 copy of the first Armenian Bible published in 1666; books in Turkish (in Latin and Armenian Alphabet); HU founder Dr. HU Alumni and 10000 Library (The Barsumian Library collection and the foreign books of the All current Barsumian and Derian Armenological Library, Haigazian supplement the general curriculum of the university. The Derian Armenological Library is a highly daily, on Pamphlets, 648 Videos, 432 CDs, 206 DVDs, 291 Haigazian University Armenag Haigazian's personal archive; book collections from the personal libraries of Siran Ceza, Kersam Aharonian, Krikor students of The Derian Armenological Library Friends group has a list of proposed activities that will be announced Beirut, Lebanon 40 paintings + 2 Derian Armenological Library are available online through the Haigazian members of In some cases Annual Once a year E‐books and E‐Journals 2 Prof. Arda Ekmekji 1955 5 organized library in the . It has a rich collection that offers intellectuals relevant 62000 bound 25 Cassettes, 835 Slides, 3905 Microfilms, 96 Diskettes, 4 General Operating Fund X Bogharian, Asbed Donabedian and Ingrid Semaan; files or clippings about renown personalities and special subjects; a vast X other XX 3/year 1 0 in months to come. University, Beirut average needle work website. The newly acquired Armenian books' lists are published in the Haigazian Family sources for their research of Armenian interest. periodicals Video Disks, 50 Long and Short Players collection of pamphlets, lecture invitations, wedding cards and calendars published by different organizations of the Armenian universities. canvas Haigazian Armenological Review on a yearly basis as of 2007.) community.

3 Bibliothèque Nubar of AGBU, Prof. Raymond Kevorkian 1928 Paris Not available Not available 700 000 documents Not available Not available Not available XXXXNot available Not available Not available Not available Not available Not available 0 Scholar‐in‐Residence program; internships and independent study Der Manuelian collection, originals and copies of correspondence and papers of John Vigen Der Manuelian; Garabed Bedrosian collection, copies of papers of the translator for Leslie Davis in Harput; Harb collection, correspondence and manuscript of Center for Armenian Research and Publication, University of John Harb; Catholicos Garegin II/Garegin I collection, some correspondence of the Catholicos; Vartanoosh Torigian collection, 4 Prof. Ara Sanjian 1985/1986 Dearborn, MI, US 2 Not available 16025 Not available Not available 471 CDs, LPs, audiotapes, DVDs, VHS tapes, maps XX XX X X X X 0 0 0 Michigan‐Dearborn which consists of photocopied as well as digitized notebooks; Armenian Assembly Oral History Project, tapes and transcripts of some 160 oral histories; and the Armen Gharip collection, two full‐length manuscrips (a novel and a translated work on cancer and nutrition).

1. 2006 ‐ "Unimarc and friends: charting the new landscape of Library Standards," , Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. Since its creation in 1968, the Art Library holds numerous special collections that have been enriched with major bequeaths or Organized by the Art Library in association with the Portuguese National Library and the IFLA. (International) Regular readers training sessions. The Art Library aims to provide comprehensive information resources, at the national and with acquisitions of private collections of scholars (around 200 by now). Included are private archives of Portuguese artists and 2. 2008 ‐ "Architectural Archives Project: : personal archives of the architects Raul Lino e Cristino da Silva".Lisbon, Calouste Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian‐ Biblioteca de Arte / Calouste Open to anyone The Art Library offers every year training periods included in professional courses on librarianship, Lisbon, international level, to readers needing special and research information in history of art, fine arts and titles Not available videos architects, 180 photographic collections derived from researches on Portuguese art and private libraries (the holdings of the Fundo Alfredo Pimenta. Lisboa, 1994‐1999 No frequency Gulbenkian Foundation. Organized by the Art Library. (Regional) 5 Jorge Manuel Resende 1968 34 300 5 3 XX X aged over 16 XXX100 documentation and information sciences. Gulbenkian Foundation ‐ Art Library, Lisbon architecture. Art Library were formerly created from the private collection of Calouste Gulbenkian and comprised about 3.000 titles of 3. 2008 ‐ "Photography and architectural Heritage: Memory and register," Lisbon, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. Organized monographs and periodicals). by the Art Library in association with the IGESPAR (Institute for the Management of the Architectural Heritage). (Regional)

The collection of 4030 digitized and microfilmed Armenian manuscripts is part of the total collection of 110,000 complete Undertake 12‐15 international manuscript preservation projects per year (running throughout the year, Photographic copies of manuscripts (total: 110,000 and growing); rare books and manuscripts Hill Museum & Manuscript Library, St. John’s University, manuscripts in microfilm or digital media. The rare printed book collection is rich in Bibles, liturgical books, and monastic texts concurrently). Such project for the documents of Lebanon, Syria, , Iraq, India, Ukraine, Malta, Collegeville, MN, USA Not available (10,000); reference works (40,000); more extensive research collection in the adjoining Saint John's Unspecified Unspecified Unspecified Unspecified 4030 Unspecified Several annually Unspecified Not available 6 Dr. Columba Stewart 1965 XX Xin several languages. The reference collection supports research in the language tradition represented by the manuscript X X X X X 25+ 0 and Italy are planned in 2010. In addition to the exhibitions, public lectures, symposia etc mentioned Minnesota University Alcuin Library. (digital) image holdings (Latin, Syriac, Greek, Ge'ez, Armenian, Christian , Garshuni). above there is also an extensive web presence and publication of a magazine twice a year.

Among those whose collections reside within the NAASR library are Vartan Malcom (author of "The in America"), Emmanuel Varandyan (author of the novel "The Well of Ararat"), Dickran Boyajian (author of "Haykakan Legeone", "Pillars of the Armenian Church", and ": The Case for a Forgotten Genocide"), Ervant Der Megerditchian (translator of Library consists of more than 20,000 titles, thousands of newspapers and periodicals, and collections Sundukyan’s "Bebo" and Baronian’s "Paghtasar Aghbar"), Avedis Derounian (aka John Roy Carlson), and Alice Odian Kasparian of personal papers and documents, primarily in Armenian and English, dating from the seventeenth (author of "The Armenians of Angora and Stanos"). The largest and most significant collection is the recently received Ani and century. (The earliest printed book is Arakel of Tabriz’s Girk Patmuteants, published in Amsterdam in George Bournoutian Collection, consisting of nearly 2,500 titles. 1669). Overall, the majority of the library’s holdings are in the areas of history (Library of Congress ‘D’ NAASR Edward and Helen Mardigian Armenian Reference and More than 20,000 titles, thousands of newspapers and periodicals, and collections of personal papers and documents, primarily in Armenian and English, dating from the The library also contains several significant collections of personal papers, including those of the late Avedis Derounian (aka Belmont, MA, USA series, 29%) and language and literature (Library of Congress ‘P’ series, 37%), with philosophy/religion Not available 7 Marc Mamigonian 1967 1 seventeenth century. XX X XJohn Roy Carlson), which has become a substantial source of information for researchers. Another smaller but significant XX XX X 0 0 0 Research Library, Belmont, Mass. (Library of Congress ‘B’ series, 8%) and fine arts (Library of Congress ‘N’ series, 5%) being significant collection is that of Rev. Charles A. Vertanes (1905‐75), who was the director of the Armenian National Council of America in elements as well. Highlights of the library include a large number of histories of now‐destroyed the 1940s and 1950s and was the editor of the short‐lived journal Armenian Affairs. This collection is the most extensive Armenian villages and towns, and an enormous trove of newspapers and periodicals, including known dealing with the activities of the Armenian National Council of America, a now nearly‐forgotten but significant entity in scholarly journals, dating back to the 1870s. its time. Other smaller collections include papers of Emmanuel P. Varandyan, Prof. Sarkis Soghikian of the Sanasarian Academy of Erzerum, Dr. Lucy Gulezian’s papers relating to the Armenian National Red Cross, the papers of the Pan‐Sebastia Union, and the Committee for Armenian Section of the Library of Congress, among others.

5,200 monographs in the collection, of which 1,500 are in Armenian, audio materials (includes School of Oriental and African Studies, (SOAS) library, University Periodicals, maps, sound recordings, audio materials, Not available UK Not available cassettes & CDs), books, manuscripts, maps (includes all types of cartographic material), official Unspecified Unspecified Unspecified Not available Not available Not available Not available Unspecified Unspecified Unspecified 8 Prof. Peter Colvin unpublished theses and electronic resources XX XX XX of publications, serials, theses.

The Armenian Cultural Foundation is a private library and museum dedicated to the preservation and enhancement of Armenian history, culture and letters. The Eghia Demirjibashian Library of the 1) Bibliography of the Armenian Periodicals, Monographic Series, and Armenian Cultural Foundation. The Library holdings exceed 33,000 items. The Armenian collection, Reference Materials. Arlington, MA: Armenian Cultural Foundation, 2000. The Armenian Cultural Foundation ‐ Eghia Demirjibashian perhaps the most unique in North America, includes large numbers of Old World Armenian 8 special archies/papers of Armenian writers, musicians, and intellectuals. Arlington, MA, USA titles titles Not available 2) Collections of the Armenian Cultural Foundation I: Letters & No frequency Unspecified 9 Ara Ghazarians 1945 1 periodicals and reference materials such as dictionaries, bibliographies, yearbooks, series, and books. 33000 35 112 10 53 2 X XX X X XX X X 3 0 0 Library, Arlington, Mass. Autographs, 2007. In addition it has an impressive collection of the first editions in English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Farsi, and Turkish. These works cover the fields of literature, philosophy, psychology, history and the arts.

1.Herbert Offen Oriental Rug Research Collection The Armenian Library and Museum of America, Watertown, Watertown, 27000 titles, 10000 Historical, Ethnographic and Artistic works related to Armenian Culture titles Membership 2. Genocide Research Collection Unspecified , Armenian Costumes Folk Arts & Crafts 10 Mariam Stepanyan 1971 Massachusetts, U.S.A 5 883 6 400 20000 18 X X X XX X X X X X X 60 25/year 6 0 Mass. duplicates 3. Genocide Oral History Collection

1) A catalogue of Armenian manuscripts in the , London, 1913 Armenian 2)Gospel Books, 1987 3) The Christian Orient, 1978 4) The art of book illuminations 1. SacredBooks of the Three Faiths (Local) 2000/one for Early printed manuscripts, Early printed book, modern publications on the humanitarian subjects, Funds raised for Valid Reader's London Unspecified Manuscripts,early printed books,maps,archives and complete runs of important and rare periodicals. Catalogue of early Armenian books 1512‐1850, London, 1980 5) Planned: No frequency Unspecified The art of Armenian book binding. International 2. Byzantium (International) Educational workshops for local school children 11 The British Library (Christian Section) Vrej Nersessian 1753 journals, newspapers, maps, archives. 8200 59 57 320 X particular projects X X pass XXX36 the section Catalogue of Armenian manuscripts acquired by the British library since workshop held in Italy. 3. Shah Abbas:The Remanking of Iran (International) 1913

The Library of Congress Armenian Collection in the Near East LC: 145,000,000 items: Armenian, approximately 30,000 items (books, journals, microfilms, films, musicals scores and recordings, gvernment LC: 145,000,000 items: Armenian and Armenian related: Manuscripts, diaries (e.g., Dawit' Adamean), personal papers (e.g., Extensive conservation 3 hour seminar featuring the first 5 American 12 Dr. Levon Avdoyan 1800 Washington, DC, USA 2 30,000 items (books, journals, microfilms, newspapers, manuscripts) 35 XX online: catalog.loc.gov XXXXXX 0 1‐3/year 1 0 See lcweb.loc.gov for the home page of the Library of Congress Section of the African and Middle Eastern Division newspapers, manuscripts) documents Rouben Mamoulian, Henry Morgenthau, missionaries), photographs (Sultan Abdul Hamid II album by Abdullah Freres), etc. program ambassadors to Armenia

Kalouste Gulbenkian Armenian Gulbenkian Library of the Armenian Patriarchate of , Early printed Armenian books; Armenian newspapers from the ; Hayadar newspapers; wide collection of There have been annual international conferences since 2008 on various aspects of armeniological Jerusalem, Armenian incunabulae, Armenian newspapers, Armenological works unspecified unspecified unspecified 0 0 pamphlets Foundation, Patriarchate Community of No frequency Unspecified Unspecified 13 1929 1 0 x Armenian literary journals xx xx x1 4 studies Israel of Jerusalem Jerusalem

Diverse collection of photographs, growing library of oral history audio tapes, depict all aspects of 14 1975 Watertown 1 30,000 photographs , 600 oral history audio tapes XX XX X X X7 6 0 0 Project SAVE, Watertown, Mass. Ruth Thomasian Armenian life in the homeland and Diaspora, from the 1860s to the present day.