part of our collection
In the Digital Library, you can find the part of our collection that is available and accessible in electronic format.
Black-and-white and color photographs, front and back, from different periods of the 20th century, with themes such as “Vratsa and the Vratsa region,” “Lifestyle and traditions,” “Festivals and customs,” “Traditional clothing,” “Community centers and cultural life,” “Schools,” “Churches and monasteries,” “Natural landmarks,” and more.
It contains postcards, leaflets, and brochures in various languages – front and back – featuring themes such as “Old Vratsa,” “Hristo Botev Square,” “Natural and cultural-historical landmarks,” “Easter postcards,” “Christmas and New Year postcards,” “Vratsa Balkan,” and “Sacred places – churches and monasteries.”
Transferred and processed from analog audio media (reel-to-reel tapes, audio cassettes) into digital format, including folk songs, legends and tales, locally oriented stories, fairy tales and customs – festive folk calendar, traditional crafts and labor activities, children’s games and sayings, folk meteorology and traditional medicine.
Books from the publication series of the Regional Library “Hristo Botev” – “Roden Kray” (“Native Region”) and “Heritage”; almanacs and local history collections, anniversary publications. This collection also includes materials (texts and presentations) from the 10 regional local history conferences “The Past of the Native Region – a Message to the Future.”
Books, collections, commemorative sheets, and other documents (posters, programs, invitations, etc.) related to the tradition of the Botev commemorations and the Kozloduy–Okolchitsa march, among others. The thematic collection also includes rare local publications dedicated to Hristo Botev and the Botev detachment; as well as the Botev sites from Kozloduy to the Vratsa Balkan.
The library’s publications present the rich cultural and historical heritage of the Vratsa region through thematic series, collections, and research studies. They bring together folklore materials, archival documents, and scholarly works created in partnership with cultural and educational institutions.