Why would the Library of Virginia have copies of a 1950s publication in Swedish, Tagalog, and Chinese, among other languages? The answer involves Cold War-era U.S. government policies and one of the Library's collecting functions. Read more in today's The UncommonWealth.
https://uncommonwealth.virginiamemory.com/blog/2024/05/06/tracking-the-sinews-of-america-in-13-languages/
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