Please join

James Blanco, Trustee of the Hispanic Society
and
Szilvia Szmuk-Tanenbaum

For an intimate gathering celebrating the launch of
The Amigos of the Hispanic Society Library,
a new membership program for supporters, scholars, and book enthusiasts

Wednesday June 4th, 2025 at 6:30 pm

Grande Amigo Committee:
Yohir Ackerman
Maria and João Cortez de Lobão
José Rafael Fernández
Sergio Galvis
Maria Garzón
Elizabeth Goizueta
Bill Harman
Jonathan Hogg
Daniel Romualdez
Mark Rosenberg

The renowned library of the Hispanic Society offers unrivaled resources for researchers interested in the history and culture of Spain, Portugal, and the Americas. The collections of the Department of Manuscripts and Rare Books are among the most extensive outside Spain, containing more than 250,000 manuscripts, documents, and letters dating from the 11th to 20th centuries, along with 30,000 books printed before 1830, which include some 250 incunabula (books printed before 1500). In addition to rare books, the Hispanic Society maintains a modern research library on the literature, fine arts, geography, history, and cultures of Spain, Portugal, Latin America, and the Philippines, now comprising over 300,000 volumes plus 1,500 periodicals dating from the 19th century up to the present.

Friends of the library play a crucial role in raising funds to support the Library’s acquisitions and special projects.