Mapping the Center:
Written Literary Works
- Lebanese literature (in the mother tongue and other languages)
- Mahjar literature: émigré literature from North America, South America, Europe and the rest of the world
- Folk literature (poetry and prose, published and in manuscript form, as well as materials related to oral poetry, the oral tradition, and other legal documents)
- Lebanese Zajal (published and in manuscript form)
- Lebanese theater (published works, manuscripts, playbills, announcements, invitations, pictures, posters, advertisements, reviews, etc.)
- Lebanese music (musical scores in manuscript and published forms, performance announcements, invitations, pictures, posters, reviews, etc.)
- Trends and movements in Lebanese visual arts throughout its history: the pioneers, the artists, the major artistic trends in the various forms of visual art (drawing sculpture, water color, painting, murals, stained glass, bas-relief, mosaics, ceramics, etc.)
- Lebanese Art Deco — arts decoratifs
- Lebanese cinema since its beginnings (films, tapes, books, pictures, advertisements, posters, etc.)
- Documentation of historic and traditional Lebanese architecture
- Lebanese political, administrative, diplomatic and folk history (passages, records, minutes, official reports, memoirs, etc.)
- Archeological survey of all sites in Lebanon throughout the ages
- Special collections wing containing first editions of works by Lebanese authors in various languages
- Special wing for translations of Lebanese literature to and from Arabic
- Special reference wing for bibliographic data on items that may or may not be in the center's holdings
[“Mapping the Center” index]