Special Collections
Lithuanica
Collection materials in format
Analogue
The Lithuanian Collection contains the Lithuanian literature printed in the Russian empire between 1828 and1917, which the Library received as legal deposit
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Lista liettualaisista sanomalehdistä (opens a new tab)Collection description
The Lithuanian Collection contains the Lithuanian literature printed in the Russian empire between 1828 and1917, which the Library received as legal deposit copies.
Of the 600 volumes of Lithuanian literature, some 400 are monographs, and the rest are newspapers or periodicals. The newspaper volumes are incomplete.
Most of the collection's literature, around 200 publications, was printed in the years 1904–1917.
Collection languages
Material type
Books
Newspapers
journals
Ephemera
Accrual status
Completed
Temporal coverage of the collection
the Middle Ages beginning of the modern age modern age (turn of the 18th and 19th century to the 20th century) modern times (1900-)Main collection
Special CollectionsParent collection
The legal deposit collections from the period of Russian ruleRestrictions of use
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Catalogue information
Card catalogue made of the collection
More information about cataloguing
A alphabetised card catalogue is found in the Special Reading Room.
A separate list of Lithuanian newspapers can be found digitised in Doria (see the link).
Collection sizes
6
linear metres
600
volumes
Signum
H Lit.
Provenance
A Legal Deposit Collection from 1828–1918.
Collector
Helsingin yliopiston kirjasto