Dictionary Recnik
date: label: date made
content: 1985
name: label: depicted (sitter)
content: Schaefer, William Donald
label: maker
content: Grujic, Branislav
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This dictionary was the primary reference for Helen Janc Malone while she was learning English as a new immigrant. It was a gift from her father, Dr. Mirko Janc, who had owned two earlier versions of the dictionary and left behind an extensive library when their family emigrated in February 1993 to escape war torn Yugoslavia. When she came to the US, Helen was enrolled in a class of English for Speakers of Other Languages or ESOL, but she was the only one in her school to speak Serbo-Croatian. Her dictionary was her main tool for communicating both in and out of the classroom. While she was permitted to use her dictionary for exams, it would sometimes take her an entire class period to translate the problems or questions, leaving little or no time for the answers. Helen faced numerous challenges due to the language barrier but with perseverance and the help of the dictionary her English improved. She continued her education and at the time of her gift she was a doctoral candidate in education policy at Harvard University.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place published
content: Serbia: lost & found/Serbia, Belgrade
label: used
content: United States: Maryland
label: place purchased
content: Serbia: lost & found/Serbia, Belgrade
topic: label: content outlines
content: Education
label: used
content: Immigrants
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Education
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content: Cultures & Communities
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Helen Janc Malone
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2012.0149.01
label: catalog number
content: 2012.0149.01
label: accession number
content: 2012.0149
objectType: label: Object Name
content: book
label: Object Type
content: Books
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (cover material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 in x 5 1/4 in x 1 3/4 in; 17.78 cm x 13.335 cm x 4.445 cm