02/09/2026
๐๐๐๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ข๐๐ซ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ, ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐, ๐๐๐.
We are deeply grateful to share that The Loomed Legends by Asim Qureshi is now officially represented in the library catalogue of the Jefferson Library at Monticello.
๐๐๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ
๐ ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ซ๐ญ ๐: The Forgotten Tapestry is catalogued / indexed as Print Book.
๐ ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐: Behind the Broken Tapestry is seamlessly linked as eBook.
๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ข๐๐ข๐๐๐ง๐๐
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๏ธ A Place of Historical Scholarship: The Jefferson Library serves as an important research hub for the study of Thomas Jefferson, his world, his history, books, and intellectual culture surrounding his legacy.
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๏ธ Academic and Thematic Resonance: The presence of The Loomed Legends within this environment is especially meaningful because the duology, explores cultural memory, inherited identity, history, fashion, textiles, and the preservation of stories across generations.
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๏ธ Global Discoverability: Through library cataloging and WorldCat-linked bibliographic records, the books become discoverable within the wider international research and library ecosystem.
๐ ๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐
๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ญ
The inclusion at Monticello marks another milestone in the journey of The Loomed Legends across universities, libraries, cultural institutions and research collections internationally.
๐ ๐๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฑ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐: Cataloged at Columbia University, Cornell University, and the University of Pennsylvania (Penn).
๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ก ๐๐ข๐๐ซ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฌ: Discoverable through the library systems of at UC Berkeley and the New York Public Library (NYPL).
๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ข๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฅ & ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐๐ซ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฌ: Represented in catalog records associated with the George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon and now the Jefferson Library at Monticello.
๐ ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ:Represented within the library ecosystem of the Qatar National Library.
What began as a manuscript written with a simple belief in the power of storytelling, cultural memory and human connection is gradually finding its way into institutions whose purpose is to preserve knowledge, history and the written record.
Ultimately, The Loomed Legends was not written simply to tell a story.๐๐ญ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ .
(Catalog screenshot and library imagery are for informational and celebratory purposes)