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The author of 18 bibliographic publications. calling to public attention the depth and scope of the Librarys Dutch and Germanlanguage collections. Mrs. Krewson made one of her responsibilities informing American descendants of European immigrants of their national heritages collected in the Library of Congress Her bibliographies range from 300 Years of German Immigration to the United States (1983) through The Dutch Collections of the Library of Congress: A Chronology (1990) to GermanAmerican Relations: A Selective Bibliography (1995). In addition. she has sponsored over 60 events--lectures. exhibitions. and readings related to the countries for which she is responsible--including in 1996 raising the necessary funds and editing the catalog for the Librarys successful exhibition Dresden: Treasures from the Saxon State Library. Her dedicated attention to publications within their countries and her care in maintaining cultural relations has led the governments of the Federal Republic of Germany. the Netherlands. the Republic of Austria. and Belgium to acknowledge her achievements with the award of special decorationsmost recently The Commanders Cross of the Order of Merit from Germany in 1996 and the Cross of Honor for Science and Art from Austria in